Team size: 4

How do you approach managing legal aspects during periods of instability or crises, and how does your legal strategy align with the broader business strategy to ensure the organisation’s resilience?

I believe it is not wise to make decisions under pressure or react hastily in periods of instability or crisis. I believe that the best thing to do is to try to stay calm and analyze the situation to make the best decisions that put the organization at the least risk. My team’s legal strategy aligns with the organization’s business strategy under the phrase “Creating trust and enhancing business efficiency” as a guideline. Undoubtedly, it is important to learn from those moments of crisis to be better and wiser in future situations

What are the major cases or transactions you have been involved in recently?

The most relevant project that I have led this year has been the development of a new technological solution (a platform) for the review of legal consultations/ queries, to replace the previous platform that was active since 2009. The development of this new platform was the idea of my OGC Partner – the Legal Counsel leader or the organization.

The development of the tool was an in-house development and I was in charge of its design, development and its implementation. It took one year from its design to the date of launch at the national level.

It has been a significant effort because it involved extensive knowledge and experience in the operation of the organization, as well an extensive knowledge and experience of the internal areas.

It is a tool that serves the internal users of the organization at the national level to be make consultations, for the review, resolve and authorization of queries, legal documents and contracts with clients and prospects, which equally represents a great contribution to the organization for the review and approval of contracts for external clients.

The tool works with collaborative documents and providing access to the different internal areas for the review, analysis and document their review and approval of the various aspects of such consultations and legal documents.

This project meant facing great challenges and facing areas that I had never faced in my professional career. Complications in terms of constantly reviewing prototypes and test environments to rule out errors before launch.

Personally, it involved a great leadership development to be in charge of the project and achieve its successful launch. It is an effort of which I am very proud and it is one of the greatest achievements I have achieved in my professional career.

How do you prioritise diversity and inclusion within your legal department, and what initiatives have you implemented to foster a more inclusive and equitable work environment?

I promote and encourage diversity and inclusion in my legal department. The legal department of my organization is a large group of lawyers of different ages, backgrounds, and interests. The legal department of my organization is very diverse, my mates in the department have different interests as well as come from diverse contexts; an environment of respect and inclusion is fostered without discrimination of any kind.