About

Internal legal advice at CAC 40 reinsurance group SCOR is overseen by Cécile Boyer, a highly recommended attorney who holds the role of group general counsel of SCOR. As the fourth largest reinsurer in the world with over 4,000 employees throughout 37 offices worldwide, the Paris-headquartered company is assisted by Boyer and her legal function in anticipating and adapting to change; most notably in the areas of the volatile reinsurance market environment and the financial sector. In its mission to provide comprehensive legal support to the business worldwide, the legal team is responsible for working on a variety of practice areas spanning corporate, governance, regulatory, all insurance and reinsurance legal matters. As expected in a globalised business, the team is expected to ensure work takes into account each business unit’s local environment along with keeping the needs of their internal clients in mind at all times, utilise expertise that is recognised as being of the highest standards. SCOR’s legal team will serve an extremely important function in the upcoming years as tough industry conditions will pose challenges to all reinsurers, for example a lack of fresh capital and low interest rates. In mitigating and preventing these issues, the SCOR legal team will have its work cut out in influencing the ability of the company to achieve its business aims.