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Responsible for the legal affairs of an €18.7bn revenue automotive equipment supplier, the Faurecia legal department is highly competent and well regarded by their peers. Overseen by group general counsel and board secretary Nolwenn Delaunay, the legal function contains three subdivisions with a total of 30 individuals worldwide. ‘I took over the team around two years ago’, Nolwenn recalls, ‘and we did quite a bit of reorganisation around this time. The team is now organised around three pillars, that of corporate, business group and regional’. The corporate group contains specialists who are able to take the lead when necessary on issues that arise among the regional or business group teams and is, therefore, ‘the central pillar’ of the Faurecia legal arrangement, with the other two teams remaining as self-reliant as possible. This arrangement has paid dividends and allowed the team to spearhead a number of exciting projects and internal innovations aimed at improving their capabilities. Over the past two years, Nolwenn lists the team’s ‘selling one of 4 product lines, implementation of a full audit program of all group legal entities, digitalisation of the management of the board of directors, and rationalising the group’s portfolio of law firms worldwide’ as among the most successful endeavours it has worked on. The Faurecia legal team is particularly adept at dealing with antitrust regulations having introduced ‘a full antitrust compliance program’ group-wide, and also faces the challenge of navigating uncharted legal territory relating to autonomous vehicles and other cutting edge innovations which require ‘new legal frameworks’ to address. As such, the team is fortunate to have strength and depth throughout, with head of antitrust and regulatory Melissa Bensemhoun, vice president, general counsel and secretary North America Jill Greene and legal director for automotive seating Arnaud Dardy coming in for particular praise.

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