About

According to one source, Javier Oroz Coppel is an ‘outstanding candidate for the GC Powerlist’. Before joining multinational insurance company, AXA, Oroz Coppel worked in the Mexican subsidiary of Dutch financial services provider, ING. At Seguros ING, his quality was instantly recognised as he rapidly progressed through the ranks between 2005 and 2007. When AXA bought out ING Seguros in 2008, in a transaction that was worth $1.5bn, Oroz Coppel was part of the team ensuring the sale’s success and subsequently joined the AXA team. His expedited rise through the ranks continued when he was made AXA’s youngest ever head of litigation at the age of 29, going on to become general counsel in 2012. Now leading a team of 55 people, including 38 lawyers, Oroz Coppel has responsibility for a full range of legal aspects including public bids, customer complaints, compliance, litigations and insolvency. By having a strong economic focus and prioritising the recovery and collection of debt, he has ensured the company recouped $50m between 2008 and 2015, exemplifying how GCs can make a real, positive quantitative impact on the company’s bottom line. The litigation work of the AXA legal team has also impacted overall insurance law following Supreme Court decisions they have pursued.