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Maria Lefe

Maria Lefe

Attorney At Law/ Senior Data Privacy Legal Counsel
Paris

Summary

Trilingual legal counsel and Attorney-at-Law (Athens Bar Association) with 6+ years of experience advising on data privacy, IT, and complex commercial contracts. Currently Senior Data Privacy Legal Counsel at Renault Group, supporting large-scale, cross-border projects in French, and English. Brings strong in-house and law firm experience, including Data Protection Legal Counsel roles, and holds a Master 2 in Law & Technology from Paris Nanterre University. Recognized for pragmatic, business-oriented legal advice in IP, IT, and data protection matters.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages

Work History

Senior Data Privacy Legal Counsel

RENAULT GROUP
05.2022 - Current

Ensure compliance of Renault's business activities with personal data protection regulations, including Privacy Impact Assessments, Transfer Impact Assessments, guidance and support to business teams, drafting and negotiating of Data Processing Agreements (DPAs), management of data breaches, development of data privacy guidelines for the entire Group

Data Privacy Legal Counsel - DPO team

Caisse des Dépôts Informatique
08.2019 - 04.2022

Support and awareness-raising for business and operational teams; GDPR review and analysis of all IT projects; analysis of data sovereignty challenges in the cloud; implementation of a company-wide data retention policy.

Trainee Lawyer - IP/IT & Data Protection Team

Racine Avocats
01.2019 - 06.2019

Support companies in defining and implementing GDPR compliance strategies; draft Privacy Policies, Cookie Policies, and Privacy Notices; govern personal data transfers outside the EU (drafting Binding Corporate Rules and implementing Standard Contractual Clauses); develop methodologies for handling data subject rights requests; Drafting and negotiating IT contracts (outsourcing, maintenance, hosting, licensing, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS).

Trainee Lawyer - IT/Data Protection team

HAAS Avocats
04.2018 - 09.2018

Drafting and negotiating IT contracts (outsourcing, maintenance, hosting, licensing, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS); support companies in achieving GDPR compliance; provide legal advice on the processing of sensitive data; map processing activities through on-site interviews with business teams.

Junior Associate Lawyer

STRATIS SIMANTIRIS Law Firm
10.2016 - 07.2017

Business law and personal data protection law: drafting legal documents (procedural documents and pleadings); review contractual clauses; conduct research in the field of data protection; and handle filings and notifications with the Greek Data Protection Authority.

Trainee Lawyer

LEGAL ADVISORY OF THE STATE - Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity
01.2016 - 08.2016

Trainee Lawyer

A&P Legal Law Firm
01.2015 - 12.2015

Education

Master 2 - Law of New Technologies and Information Society

Paris Nanterre University
Paris, France
01.2018

Law Degree -

National And Kapodistrian University of Athens
Athens, Greece
01.2014

Erasmus Exchange Program -

Paris Nanterre University
Paris, France
04.2001 -

Timeline

Senior Data Privacy Legal Counsel

RENAULT GROUP
05.2022 - Current

Data Privacy Legal Counsel - DPO team

Caisse des Dépôts Informatique
08.2019 - 04.2022

Trainee Lawyer - IP/IT & Data Protection Team

Racine Avocats
01.2019 - 06.2019

Trainee Lawyer - IT/Data Protection team

HAAS Avocats
04.2018 - 09.2018

Junior Associate Lawyer

STRATIS SIMANTIRIS Law Firm
10.2016 - 07.2017

Trainee Lawyer

LEGAL ADVISORY OF THE STATE - Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity
01.2016 - 08.2016

Trainee Lawyer

A&P Legal Law Firm
01.2015 - 12.2015

Erasmus Exchange Program -

Paris Nanterre University
04.2001 -

Master 2 - Law of New Technologies and Information Society

Paris Nanterre University

Law Degree -

National And Kapodistrian University of Athens
Maria LefeAttorney At Law/ Senior Data Privacy Legal Counsel