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 Professional experience
Bénédicte Deleporte started her professional career in 1989 with the Alain Bensoussan law firm, a prominent French firm specialized in IT law. Her responsibilities included counseling businesses, computer contract drafting and negotiating for French and international clients and arbitration.
In 1993, she decided to pursue her career in-house and became the legal director (EMEA) for Network Equipment Technologies (N.E.T.), an American company manufacturing networking equipment. While working at N.E.T., her activities focused primarily on supporting the products and services distribution strategies in France and in the rest of Europe, including drafting, negotiating and closing contracts for the marketing, sales, distribution, maintenance and support of N.E.T’s hardware and software products.
In early 2000, Bénédicte Deleporte joined a team of entrepreneurs in Brussels (Belgium) as General Counsel to assist with the launch of Planet Medica, a pan-European internet start-up company. At Planet Medica, her responsibilities included ensuring the legal compliance of seven web sites across Europe (compliance to local laws, domain names, user agreements, site content, interactive on-line tools and services), developing the company's contractual strategy, negotiating contracts with the suppliers and services providers, and coordinating the set up of the headquarters and subsidiaries in six European countries.
In 2001, Bénédicte Deleporte moved back to Paris and joined eBay France as legal director. At eBay her practice focused primarily on web site legal compliance issues (commercial law, consumer law, intellectual property, liability, internet and e-commerce law), privacy/data protection regulatory affairs and litigation.
She left eBay, to establish the DELEPORTE WENTZ AVOCAT law firm in 2007.
Working languages
French
English
Education
Bénédicte Deleporte holds law degrees from Paris universities (Maîtrise en droit, Paris XI University - Jean Monnet Law School; and DEA en droit économique international, Paris I University - Panthéon Sorbonne Law School) and from the US (Master of Public Affairs, Indiana University - Bloomington; and Master of Laws - LL.M, University of Iowa).
Betty SFEZ
 Professional experience
Before joining the Deleporte Wentz Avocat law firm in March 2011, Betty Sfez worked with the CMG & Associés law firm doing both consulting and litigation in business law, intellectual property and information technology law. Betty Sfez then joined the Degoulet law firm where she further developed her expertise in intellectual property law.
Working languages
French
English
Education
Betty Sfez holds a degree in criminal science from the Paris Criminology Institute (Paris II University – Panthéon Assas), a pre-doctoral degree (Master 2) in Contracts law from the Versailles – St Quentin University and graduated from the Versailles Bar School (CFRPA). She also completed a semester of study at Manhattan College in New York City.
Network
We also work in close contact with a network of independent attorneys, both in France and abroad (Europe and United States-Silicon Valley), who practice in similar and complementary areas and work according to the same philosophy of proximity with our clients, pragmatism, flexibility, responsiveness and cost control.
These attorneys are specialized in the following areas:
Labor law
Company law
Mergers and acquisitions
Tax law
Criminal law
Public contracts
Associations and foundations
Computer and internet litigation
Licensing
Our international network of attorneys includes the following countries:
England, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United States (California)
Corresponding firm:
California – Palo Alto / Fremont
Gerould & Player, LLP
Rich Gerould Judy Player
Tel : (650) 224-2207 Tel : (510) 673-1280
www.gerouldplayer.com
Associations
Member of the following associations:
International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw )
International Bar Association (IBA) (section Technology Law)
GlobalLawExperts (GLE)
Avocats Conseils d’Entreprise (ACE)
European Professional Women's Network (EPWN)
Teaching activities and seminars
Teaching a post-graduate (Master 2) IT law course (Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Law) - Global e-business Program at Lille I University - Institute of economic sciences and management - since 2007
The Global e-business (GEB) blog can be reached at: http://managementandglobalebusiness.wordpress.com
Teaching a post-graduate (Master 2) Computer and information technology law course- MIAGE program at Paris East – Créteil Val de Marne (formerly Paris 12 University) - School of computer science applied to management - since 2007
Developed and presented the following legal seminars
"Managing quality in service contracts", Comundi, Paris (June 2011)
“On-line purchasing by professional buyers”, Comundi, Paris (May 2011)
“Specific purchase contracts”, EFE, Paris (December 2007)
“Mastering the risks of purchase contracts”, EFE, Paris (November 2007)
Participated in a working group organized by Forum des Droits sur l’Internet (FDI) the Internet Law Forum) on commercial relations on the internet between private persons which resulted in their recommendations being published in “On-line commerce between individuals persons” (November 2005) (in French)
www.foruminternet.org
Presented on the sale of cultural goods over the internet, Interpol, Lyon (June 2005)
Presented on anti-piracy over the internet, 10th European forum on intellectual property, Paris (March 2005)
Presented to a working group organized by Forum des Droits sur l’Internet (FDI) on Cultural goods which published a legal recommendation entitled “On-line brokerage and cultural goods” (July 2004)
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