About

Philippe Chavasse has, with the assistance of the IT services of Fives Group, interweaved technology modernisation throughout the legal department. A software application allows him to have a clear interpretation of all legal activity, including those involving outside counsel, and makes the handling of sensitive dossiers easier. Chavasse is also leading the team to create videos depicting training sessions on specific contractual themes to assist employees without consuming too much of their time. In 2009 he was appointed deputy general counsel having started his journey with a subsidiary of Fives, an industrial engineering group, which was called Stein Heurtey when he joined in 1998. With his entire in-house career dedicated to the Fives Group, Chavasse is acknowledged for his many litigation wins, including arbitration, and specifically his ability to ensure favorable outcomes even in less favorable circumstances, in some cases, on last minute notification. With over 20 years of knowledge of Fives’ history and his staunch legal fortification of the group, Chavasse has contributed to monetary savings through his laudable foresight in risk management and settlement in litigation transactions, he has also encouraged the growth of the group through imaginative contractual structures.