Raquel C.

CEO

Paris, Île-de-France, France18 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 20 years of legal and compliance experience
Led governance and compliance for A.P. Moller - Maersk
Expert in risk management and legal advisory

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Governance and Compliance expert in the Logistics and Transportation industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

GovernanceComplianceLegal ComplianceCorporate GovernanceCorporate LawLegal AdvisoryLegal CounselContract Management

Other Skills

Agreements reviewAnalyticsCommercial LitigationCompliance auditsCompliance monitoringCompliance proceduresCompliance trainingContract NegotiationContract draftingContract negotiationCorporate structure designDatabase managementDue diligenceEnvironmental licensesGovernance mechanisms

About

Con más de 20 años de experiencia en el ámbito legal y de cumplimiento, actualmente lidero la función de Gobernanza y Cumplimiento para el suroeste de Europa en A.P. Moller - Maersk. Mi enfoque se centra en garantizar el cumplimiento de leyes, regulaciones y políticas locales, además de implementar mecanismos sólidos de gobernanza y gestión de riesgos estratégicos que refuercen los sistemas de control interno. En mi rol, colaboro estrechamente con las autoridades locales y con diversas partes interesadas para asegurar una operación ética y eficiente. Me impulsa un compromiso con la integridad, el aprendizaje continuo y el trabajo en equipo, valores que aplico para mantener a nuestra organización preparada frente a cambios regulatorios y para minimizar riesgos legales a través de programas y formaciones dirigidas.

Experience

A.p. moller - maersk

2 roles

Governance and Compliance Head South West Europe

Promoted

Jul 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 8 mos

Business Continuity
Ensure full compliance with all local laws, regulations and policies
Ensure that local documentary requirements are satisfied
Ensure that all Group requirements are complied with.
Engage with local authorities as needed
OEA/AEO (Authorized economic operator)
Competition Compliance.
Fraud awareness / prevention.
Anti-Corruption.
Act as the entry point for Minority Shareholders
Risk Management
Implement risk management framework.
Strengthening the overall governance mechanism, including strategic risk management as well as internal control system, being risk mapping, and implementing risk mitigation controls
Acts as an advocate of the internal control framework
Follows up on quantity and quality of the internal control performance and testing
Conclude reviews and provide meaningful insights
Responsible for ensuring that the daily business comply with internal and external compliance standards
Legal & Advisory
Ensure legal framework is formalized, communicated, and understood by key stakeholders
Act as legal entry point for the cluster, with close collaboration with Region and Center Legal counsel.
Act as escalation point for liner vendor and customer escalations and other exception handling
Assist Cluster and the off shore teams in exception handling to minimize cost / maximize revenue.
Oversee legal disputes in coordination with Center Legal and/or local legal counsel.
Ensure to keep informed of new legislation and ensure compliance of the Line and Agency therewith.
Liaises with other organisations, industry and regulatory authorities as needed to form advisory.
Support Center Legal in projects and in managing any legal risks.
Coordinate with Center Legal on competition/anti-corruption/foreign trade controls.
Review and ensure legal sign-off of templates
Ensure and potentially provide contractual templates are prudent and legal compliant
Statutory & Tax and Accounting

Compliance proceduresRisk managementLegal frameworkGovernance mechanismsInternal controlLegal disputes+3

Head of Legal and Compliance Middle America Cluster

Sep 2014 – Aug 2018 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Proactive legal counselling and legal support to the business for its whole operation for Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras.
1. Compliance agenda enforcement, assurance and follow-up protocol in all MIC countries.
2. Established strong Corporate Governance control.
3. Responsible for counselling, preparing, negotiation and closing of contracts for front and back office areas, records retention, labour matters.
4. Ensure business in the Cluster is kept up to date with changes to the legal environment in which the company operates.
5. Legal risks assessment of various facets of operations, planning of programs and trainings to minimize risks and devise protocol for contingencies.
6. Ensure that the Legal Function is an integral part of the Company’s business so it receives appropriate commercial and other functional inputs and viceversa.
7. Minimize legal risk by early involvement in key projects, trainings, guiding resolution of issues and proactively creating an environment where risk is prevented and avoided.
8. Management and supervision of external lawyer’s pool activities (corporate, migratory, labour, administrative, litigation, customs, trademarks, etc.) and notaries.
9. Coordination and monitoring of adequate compliance with all permits, authorizations and liabilities related to the business.
10. Participation in Foreign Trade Controls global project of the group.
11. Participation in Group Internal Audit projects regarding Fraud Vulnerability Assessments in the region.
12. Organized training for Senior Managers in MIC for compliance with local customs regulations and the terms of Maersk Line contract of carriage.
13. Close work with Finance teams especially with Tax and Finance Customer Relationship Departments.
14. Legal Support to other Business Units of the AP Møller Group in the Cluster, (Maersk Drilling and APM Terminals).
15. Member of the Cluster Leadership Team.
16. Board of Directors member for Maersk Drilling Mexico.

Legal counsellingCorporate governanceContract negotiationLegal risk assessmentCompliance trainingLegal Compliance+1

Softlanding group méxico, s.c./independent consultant

SENIOR CORPORATE ASSOCIATE

Jan 2014 – Sep 2014 · 8 mos · MEXICO

SLG is a company assembled by a group of professionals with vast experience in local and International Markets, that provides counseling to International companies analyzing investing and/or doing Business in Mexico.
Softlanding Group Mexico
Key Responsibilites:
1. Design the corporate/legal structure more convenient for each Project, having in mind time constrains and more convenient scheme of operations for the different Clients.
2. Preparation of By-laws, articles of incorporation, share certificates, powers of attorney and the obtaining of permit for use of the corporate name for the different Clients;
3. Take care of the Corporate Registrations before Foreign Investment Registry, as well as the preparation of corporate records and books (shareholders, board members, share certificates);
4. Confirmation of preferential import duties under existing Free Trade Agreements;
5. Investigation of official norms (NOM’s Norma Oficial Mexicana) applicable to products to be manufactured;
6. Confirmation of environmental licenses required by industrial parks and, if applicable, for the New Warehouse;
7. Grant legal supportive information and coordination of works related to the environmental study required for the operation of the new plant (an environmental company needs to be hired to prepare the environmental study);
8. Coordinate the obtaining of local registrations and licenses, including tax, labor and social security registrations;
9. Agreements review.
In parallel, independent legal advice to individuals and companies focused on the corporate and financial sectors. Legal advice on start ups and small businesses incorporation; Agreements review, draft and negotiation; Notary public procedures.

Corporate structure designLegal documentationEnvironmental licensesAgreements reviewCorporate LawLegal Advisory

Gemalto (now thales digital identity & security)

LATAM LEGAL COUNSEL

Feb 2011 – Jan 2014 · 2 yrs 11 mos · LATAM

1. Legal counselling to internal and external clients mostly in Mexico and some issues in the region (Argentina, Colombia, Central America) and support for legal matters, especially with the review and support in negotiation of Business Unit ́s agreements (Software License Agreements, Supply Agreements, Distribution Agreements, Service Agreements, Lease Agreements, Purchase Agreements, Agent Agreements, among others).
Creation of a due diligence report on all the LATAM agreements and legal documents of the company..
2. Monitoring of proper implementation and compliance of Legal and Corporate authority limits and agents policy terms and their policies. Support to Finance and Sales teams in the compliance of such policies.
3. Support to HR and Purchasing areas on the legal matters, especially in the negotiation of agreements with suppliers.
4. Contracts Database: Development and updating of the database for physical files and management of agreements to internal systems.
5. In charge of Government Programs businesses within LATAM by providing the relevant documents to participate in the tenders, reviewing agreements, coordination of internal processes regarding this BU and compliance with internal dispositions of the compaty regarding this Business Unit.
6. Liaison and coordination of external lawyers.
7. Member of the Ethics Committee.

Legal counsellingContract negotiationCompliance monitoringDatabase managementLegal CounselContract Management

Financiera independencia

CORPORATE LAWYER

Oct 2010 – Feb 2011 · 4 mos · MEXICO

Research on legal matters for the company ́s Bank project regarding applicable legal dispositions and compliance with requirements, money laundering and fraud prevention; Drafting, translation and review of various types of contracts; Due diligence; Keeping track of corporate books and records; Attention and follow up to complaints presented by users before the National Commission for the Defense of Users of Financial Institutions (CONDUSEF); Preparation of all the required documents to register an affiliate Company before the General Justice Inspection (IGJ) in Argentina; Trademark prosecution and maintenance before the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI).
MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS: (i) Active participation in meetings and Committees for obtaining a Bank License for the Company before Mexico ́s National Bank and Securities Committee (CNBV); (ii) Updating of complaints presented by users at the National Commission for the Defense of Users of Financial Services (CONDUSEF);

Legal researchContract draftingDue diligenceTrademark prosecutionCorporate LawLegal Compliance

Water capital

ATTORNEY AT LAW

Oct 2007 – Apr 2010 · 2 yrs 6 mos · MEXICO

Water Capital was a Mexican company with presence in Mexico and the United States, which specialized in offering financial solutions of sustainable technologies, equipment, and other assets. The company closed operations in Mexico in 2014.
My duties in the company included: I was in charge of the company ́s Compliance area where my activities included: Conducting internal audits on all the company ́s areas, evaluation, presentation and analysis of findings, policies and procedures development; contractual compliance, monitoring of affirmative and negative covenants acquired by the company as a result of the execution of various contracts, I implemented the Compliance Committee; prevention of money laundering and fraud; Preparing legal opinions on various items; Drafting and reviewing of various types of contracts amongst them: Trust agreements, Credit agreements, Factoring agreements, Service agreements, Lease agreements, and other types of commercial contracts; Preparation and negotiation of closing and execution of deals; Data collection; In charge of coordination of all notary procedures; Member of the Credit and Collections Committees, preparation of meeting minutes; Updating and monitoring of corporate books; Due Diligence. Validation of closing documents and operations documentation. Lease renegotiation and restructuring; Trademark prosecution and maintenance before the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI).

Compliance auditsContract negotiationCorporate governanceComplianceLegal Advisory