About

Part of the CAC 40 index and with annual revenues of €9.6bn, Publicis Groupe is one of the world’s largest marketing and communications companies. Responsible for the legal affairs of the company and its subsidiaries as head of the Publicis Groupe legal team is Joe LaSala, who joined in 2015 having accrued 30 years of senior in-house legal experience as well as extensive experience in commercial litigation and corporate transactions. Notable legal managers who report to LaSala include Nelly Jacquin who is head of legal for Publicis Media, 133Lux and Publicis Life Brands and Isabelle Serero who is in charge of all the legal issues encountered by Publicis Dialog, Publicis Nurun, Red, Publicis EtNous and Chemistry (formerly Publicis K1). In the recent past, LaSala and his team have participated on facilitating notable international strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Walmart and Tencent. The team has also been active in handling legal matters for the group’s recent acquisitions of Vertiba, a salesforce consulting partner, in 2016. The previous year the team was involved in the acquisition of The Creative Counsel Group in South Africa and Glickman Shamir Samsonov, a leading Israeli creative agency.