Claire Dejean

• • Supported internal stakeholders from different departments by handling legal inquiries.

• • Analyzed and negotiated commercial agreements (NDAs, Sourcing Contracts, Secondment Agreements, Framework Agreements).

• • Drafted and reviewed key transaction documents for private placements (Term Sheets, Final Terms, Decision Letters, Notices to Noteholders).

• • Drafted and finalized core security instruments for structured finance documentation (Secured Notes, Pledge Agreements, Security Trust Deeds, Tap Issuances, Extension Notices).

• • Managed end-to-end EUIPO and INPI filing process for trademarks and designs, including a contentious case for an American client seeking registration in France.

• • Authored a detailed report on The Protection of Unregistered Trademarks. The comparative legal analysis was inspired by an active client case, examining the strategic challenges of protecting a U.S.-based client's trademark, rooted in Common Law, against a prior registration in France's Civil Law system.

• • Drafted various legal documents (letters to the Courts of appeal, letters to clients and colleagues, conclusions in response, motions, pleading files, subpoenas).

• • Conducted legal research on Swiss, French, and International law to support case precedents.

• • Contributed to the firm's knowledge base by drafting memos, briefing notes, and legal articles for the firm's website

• • Communicated with clients in French and English.