Alice Pezard

Attorney at law ( own firm) and arbitrator Member of the Financial Committee of Paris Europlace Arbitrator of the ICC Court (Paris), member of the LCIA users Council (London) and the CJA/OHADA (Abidjan) French Expert of the European Committee in charge of drafting the European Patent Court ‘s rules of proceedings Member of a Stock Exchange Investors Club In the past: Teacher at Paris School of International Affairs - Sciences-Po and HEC Former Head of the Custom Valuation Committee in the Ministry of Finance Member of the Agreement Committee of the « Institut de Développement de l’Ethique et de l’Action pour la Solidarité » (IDEAS), in charge of charity trusts supervision and of Europlace (Commission for Law and Finance in Stock Exchange) Professional Career Former Of Counsel in DLA PIPER From 2008 to February 2013 Judge in the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation, Business and Financial Chamber) From 2003 until 2007 Chief Justice in the Paris Court of Appeals, in charge of trade and anti-trust law, financial services, telecommunications, pharmaceutical companies and intellectual property. Simultaneously external lawyer for the Appeals proceedings of the European Patent Office (EPO). Missions in Haïti and Gabon, appointed by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). From 1995 until 2002 Head of the legal affairs and tax Department in the French and International banking Group « Caisse des Dépôts». From 1986 until 1995 Ministry of Finance: Legal Adviser of Mr Jean-Claude Trichet, Treasury Head Responsible for French and international privatisation programs (Kazakhstan, Thailand, Russia). From 1983 until 1986 Foreign Affairs Ministry French proceedings in the European Human Rights Courts. From 1977 until 1983 Prosecutor in the Courts and member of the Ministry of Justice in charge of the implementation of anti-trust law in the oil industry. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Master 2 in Law at the University of Paris Avocat certificate and French School for Judges (national exam in 1976) PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS INCLUDED) « Codified French monetary and financial regulations : comments» (LexisNexis, 2010 4th edition preface by Christine Lagarde, French Ministry of Finance and Economy). Paper for legal of economic reviews on international privatisations, foreign pension funds, corporate governance, European take-overs, derivatives and ethics in finance.