Canada Teams 2019
| Thales
Thales
General counsel | Gerdau
General counsel | Gerdau
| Thales Portugal
French aerospace, defence, security and ground transportation systems company Thales Group has been present in Portugal since 1990, where it has developed a strong presence in passenger transport. It is...
| Thales Group
Among the 15 largest defence contractors in the world as of 2015, and with total revenue of €14.6bn for 2016, Thales Group is one of the most prominent and successful...
| Thales
October 2018 saw a major success for the Thales Africa legal team, as it successfully negotiated approval with South Africa’s Competition Commission for the long-anticipated €4.65bn acquisition by the company...
| Thales
Thales’ excellence in the highly competitive and technologically-dependant defence sector is underpinned by excellent internal processes which mirror the precision in the company’s products; its legal team is no different....
The in-house legal team at Thales, a global technology, defence and infrastructure research and development company is led in Canada by Daniel Marion, vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for North America and vice president of legal and contracts. Thales operates five global research centres and is widely acknowledged as a leader in research and production of urban railways, civil aviation, cyber security and the defence and security markets. In Canada, Thales has seven locations with a focus on artificial intelligence, employing 1,800 people and earning C$500m. The multitalented and highly praised legal team has been key in partnership and contract negotiations throughout the past year. Specific highlights include the partnership with Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, to develop flight control systems for its vertical take-off and landing aircraft and on-demand mobility system. Additionally, the Thales announced the opening of a new location in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as a defence research and development centre to support the Royal Canadian Navy’s AJISS Program, a service contract for Arctic and offshore patrol ships, and joint support ships.
