Helen Coulibaly-Le Gac is a partner of the Firm. She holds a doctorate in law and is a member of the Marseille Bar.
Helen Coulibaly-Le Gac began her career at JC Coulon & Associés, advising the mass-retailing industry. She then joined the competition, distribution and contracts departments of the international law firms Allen & Overy, then Salans.
Helen Coulibaly-Le Gac continued her career as a general counsel for leading international pharmaceutical groups such as Johnson & Johnson, and was also involved in the creation of a healthcare start-up company which raised several rounds of financing, before founding HLG Avocats and then joining the teams at BBLM Avocats.
Helen Coulibaly-Le Gac is a graduate of Rennes I University and Panthéon-Sorbonne University, and is particularly familiar with the agri-food industry, having defended her thesis in this field and worked for the Directorate for Common Agricultural Policy of the Council of the European Union. She has also worked for the food retail and specialized retail industries, and regularly advises suppliers to the latter. She is also very familiar with the healthcare sector, having served as general counsel of a pharmaceutical laboratory in France.
As an entrepreneur and lawyer, Helen Coulibaly-Le Gac works alongside managers and their teams to help them develop and grow.