Magali Fernandes sets up her own business law firm, Auze Avocat. After seven years with White & Case and eight with Herbert Smith Freehills, she joined Klépierre in 2020 as Group Legal Director, then Group and Group General Counsel. compliance officer.
For the lawyer, who "was not predestined to open a practice".this corporate experience has contributed to to "decomplex [her] entrepreneurial approach". while offering "other perspectives and a different vision" of her work.
Business ethics, compliance and corporate law
Magali Fernandes assists companies of all sizes - listed and unlisted - as well as their managers and shareholders, in a wide variety of sectors ranging from the automotive and food industries to real estate.
The firm's practices focus on three areas: regulatory compliance and business ethics, M&A and corporate law, as well as assistance with transition, transformation and digitization projects. In terms of business ethics and regulatory compliance, the lawyer assists her clients on all issues relating to the duty of vigilance, the Sapin 2 law, the fight against corruption and regulatory compliance. In order to offer a complete compliance audit, she also runs training courses for employees. On the M&A and Corporate Law, the former General Counsel assists companies with mergers & acquisitions, disposals and other restructuring and capital transactions.
An approach business-oriented
“Today, the legal profession needs to go further. We need to adapt our way of working to the business, the company and the client's culture. I believe it's essential to understand the operational issues at stake in order to propose a suitable solution.”explains Magali Fernandes, who favours a "business-oriented”approach.. That's why the firm's business model is based on “tailor-made teams, multi-disciplinary approach to customer needs”.
Magali Fernandes wants to to maintain “the flexibility” of her practice while consolidating her business. If the lawyer "doesn't rule out being joined by like-minded colleagues", she is above all keen to keep her firm on a “human scale.” and initial “initial identity.”.
