Best known under its brand name Veolia, Veolia Environnement is a historic multinational French service and utility provider in the areas of water management, waste management, transport and energy services. The group chief legal officer of the company is Eric Haza, who advises the company on its numerous projects that span the aforementioned sectors, necessitating a flexible and wide-reaching approach to tackle the company’s different legal and regulatory challenges that rear their heads across numerous jurisdictions. Haza is well placed to dispense business-savvy legal advice, having first started his legal career approximately 25 years ago as a private practice lawyer with Simmons & Simmons, subsequently working at Clifford Chance for three years before moving in-house to join Veolia in 2009.