Tanguy GIRAN

mobile : +33.6.81.88.38.67

e-mail: tgiran@hotmail.com

website: http://www.chez.com/tgiran/

30 years old

French

single

 

 

 

International lawyer

specialized in Computer Law and Information Systems

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

September 2000 to date :

 

             In-house legal counsel for ATEMPO (formerly called QUADRATEC. Editor of Time Navigator®, European leader for backup, recovery and archiving software).

 

                 In charge of the legal department (headquarters and subsidiaries) :

- develop standard agreements : license, maintenance (support), distribution (resellers)

- negotiate, review and approve all non-standard terms (license, maintenance, distribution) in coordination with the Corporate rules

- supervise and coordinate the activity of outside counsels (esp. regarding protection of the company's intellectual property)

- advise management on legal risks

- provide training to management and staff regarding legal corporate policy and law.

 

2000:     Service juridique UFC-Que Choisir (Union Fédérale des Consommateurs) (May - August)

                 (UFC is France's N.1 consumers' association).

                 In charge of the legal issues regarding IT, Internet, e-commerce security :

- define the association's position regarding consumers' protection in the aforementioned subjects

 

                 Wanadoo’s technical customer support : Hot liner (January-April).

 

1999:     "Contracts & Negotiations" Department, IBM France, 5-month placement (May-September)

- Transposition and enforcement in France of IBM Corp.'s outsourcing and system integration agreements.

- Year 2000 issue : contract audit, information of the customers, determination of IBM's liabilities as provider of hardware and services.

 

1996/98:   National Service: 14-month experience as a 'lawyer officer'. Legal advice for conscripts and enlisted people, in civil, consumer, social, criminal, tax law..., as well as administrative and social advice.

 

1996:        3-month placement in a multinational company (Trouvay-Cauvin, Le Havre), inside the legal department.

                 Cases in international trade law, consumer law, industrial property...

 

 

EDUCATION

 

1998/99:   DESS (post-graduate diploma) in Computer Law and Information Systems (University of Toulouse, France).

·      Elaboration, negotiation, and validation of IT contracts: hosting, supply of hardware and software, outsourcing, e-business...

·      Legal follow-up of IT projects (databases, websites, etc)

·      Legal protection of Information Systems (security of payments on the web, etc)...

 

1994/95:   L.L.M. in international trade law (Staffordshire University, Great-Britain).

                 Consumer law, international trade law, common law.

 

1993/94:   Maîtrise (Master's degree) in European and International Business Law (University of Le Havre, France).

                 French and international tax law, international trade law, company law...

 

1992/93:   Licence (Bachelor's degree) in Law and Languages (University of Hanover, Germany - ERASMUS Program).

                 German Law (both Public and Private), as well as International and European Law.

 

LANGUAGES

 

French: mother tongue.

English: fluent. One-year law course at Staffordshire University (Great-Britain).

German: good knowledge. One-year law course at the University of Hanover (Germany).

 

COMPUTER AND LEISURE

 

Computer knowledge : Microsoft® Office packages, Lotus Notes (Windows), developing languages: HTML.

Hobbies: photography, cinema, sports (rugby, hockey, tennis).