
Who we are
Founder

TREVOR FAURE
CEO | Lawyer | Author
Trevor Faure has been a senior lawyer inside global giants hired to deal with existential change and challenge since 1990:
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Ernst & Young Global - Faure was Global General Counsel and Leader, Legal Services when it was implicated in the $60Bn Lehman Brothers collapse, the Madoff fraud and an Iran nuclear embargo breach, all successfully resolved.
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Tyco International – EMEA GC, part of the turnaround team after the Dennis Kozlowski scandal almost led to an Enron-style collapse.
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Dell – Legal Director EMEA, during the “Dellionaire” rocket-ride from No.7 worldwide to No.1
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Apple – Senior European Counsel, EMEA, during the loss-making spiral before working on the Steve Jobs return and turnaround.
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UK Record Industry Licensing – Head of Legal Affairs, leading the biggest pay-to-play dispute with the radio industry in its history.
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Barrister of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, Middle Temple, called 1988. Law LLB (Hons.), Queen Mary University of London.
Trevor Faure authored "The Smarter Legal Model: more from less" in 2010 and "Smarter Law: transforming busy lawyers into business leaders" in 2018.
Faure has worked in most major cities around the World, lived in Paris for ten years and speaks fluent French. He has been the keynote speaker of numerous international conferences, see here including at Harvard Law School and Oxford University.
Member of "The Times" Law 100 Panel advisory body and the International Bar Association Task Force on the Future of Legal Services. President of the Global General Counsel Academy.
Various awards including “The Lawyer” In-House Counsel of the Year & Team of the Year, Legal Business Team of the Year, FT Innovative Lawyer commendation, etc.
“..one of a handful of dynamic, young lawyers who are transforming the legal market…clearly a pioneer”, The Times of London
“...the professional equivalent of a rockstar..” Editor in Chief, Legal Success Russia.
“..one of the most creative and systematic thinkers about contemporary business law...“, Ben W. Heineman, Jr., Former General Electric General Counsel & SVP.
Despite his professional profile, Trevor Faure is otherwise a private individual, avoiding Twitter, Facebook and all social media aside from LinkedIn for business-related posts.
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