About

Johan Gerrese, vice president and general counsel at leading telecoms provider Alcatel-Lucent, is one of the most experienced global counsel working in Europe. Over a period of 20 years, Gerrese has worked with international law firms and multi-national companies such as Destec Energy and Enron in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. He joined Alcatel-Lucent in 2001 as vice president and assistant general counsel before moving to a similar role in the company’s China-based holding, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, in 2007. In these roles Gerrese has achieved notable success in commercial transactions and negotiations and is praised for smoothly negotiating the complexities of the power and telecom industries. Well accustomed to dealing with cultural differences, he will now be called upon to help bring together two very different corporate cultures following Alcatel-Lucent’s January 2016 merger with Nokia.