About

Kaiku is a Spanish company with an international presence in Chile and Tunisia and is specialised in the manufacture, commercialisation, sale and purchase, transport, distribution and merchandising of a range of food products, and above all dairy products. The legal team is composed by the head of legal, Gemma Alonso Perea and the legal counsel Fabienne Pondeulaa who respectively have 18 and 15 year careers in the agri-food sector, both domestically and internationally. They have been noticed by nominators for their contribution to all the disparate legal activities of the business: ‘In addition to the usual functions of a legal department, the legal team has developed the compliance and data protection areas with national and international representation. The team proved to be efficient and best-in-class throughout the whole process. The profound knowledge of the team of the sector and market where they operate is remarkable’. Together, they are responsible for reviewing and updating any commercial agreements with business units, manufacturer engineers and marketing agencies, going by loan agreements, supplier and or logistic agreements and commercial agreements for each business units and company of the Kaiku Group. Operating in a diverse global market has required the team to be a proactive legal team prepared for any change in regulations, knowing how to anticipate and propose measures to protect the company and reduce risks at the legal level. The team provide daily legal support of the legal team in the societal changes in the countries of operation, acting as business partners for the different areas of business in an increasingly complex environment. They have also been instrumental to assisting the business in adapting to the new European legislation regarding data protection (GDPR) within the company.