News

All the news

Back
Press release

LPA-CGR avocats welcomes Aude Simon as Business Development Manager for Asia

Paris, September 2nd, 2022

LPA-CGR avocats welcomes Aude Simon as Business Development Manager for Asia

Aude Simon joins LPA-CGR avocats to support the firm’s business development strategy in Asia and to reinforce the firm’s reputation in the region.

With over 20 years of experience in Asia, in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo and Singapore, LPA-CGR is the leading French business law firm covering all major Asian financial centers. With the arrival of Aude, the firm renews its strong ambition to assist its French and international clients throughout the region, by relying on a very good knowledge of the local economic network, as well as a unique, transversal and multidisciplinary legal offer.

Aude has over 15 years of experience in international environments. She was Business Development Manager at the French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore and Trade Advisor at Business France in Singapore, where she helped French companies in various sectors, including healthcare, to penetrate Asian markets. She was previously the Import-Export Business Development Manager at Euromedishop.

Based in the Singapore office, Aude will work closely with the lawyers of the 4 Asian offices as well as the lawyers of the Asia Desk based in Paris. She will also be responsible for strengthening synergies with the Paris office and the firm’s other offices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa to support clients in their international expansion projects, in coordination with the Communication and Business Development team in the Paris office.

She holds a master’s degree in Management and International Business from the University of Caen, France (2007), a bachelor’s degree in International Business, major in Marketing, from Francis Marion University, South Carolina, USA (2006) and a DU in Management and Business Administration from the University of Quimper, France (2004).

Aude has been living in Singapore for over 6 years. She is fluent in French and English and is beginning to learn Chinese.