About

Alison Lazerwitz serves as the executive vice president and general counsel of Swarovski Corporation, the leading multinational producer of cut crystal, genuine gemstones and created stones. Swarovski’s world headquarters are located in Switzerland from where Lazerwitz leads a global team of more than 40 legal, internal audit and compliance professionals and paraprofessionals in offices around the world, including the US, Europe and Asia. She oversees matters that include product compliance, intellectual property, M&A and general corporate activities. Lazerwitz has over 25 years of experience in international legal matters, including the development of corporate business compliance initiatives and cross border acquisitions and contracts. Prior to joining Swarovski she worked at French food services and facilities management company, Sodexo. She joined in April 2002 as chief legal officer, where she was in charge of coordinating legal advice for the holding company and its major subsidiaries. In September 2008 she assumed the position of senior vice president of international development, where she managed global outsourcing for all facilities management services, was responsible for managing the international team, and developing global framework agreements.