Luis Wolff kono

Welcome to my site!

I am an attorney based in Paris, France, advising and representing companies, professionals and investors in corporate, commercial, compliance and data protection matters.

My practice is based on the following foundational pillars:

Client focus

Client needs and interests are the fundamental priority.

Improvement/Innovation

It is imperative to be constantly improving and evolving my service, through research, development and innovation.

I am a big believer of “open law” philosophy, leveraging open legal resources available and contributing back through my open publication of articles (please check out “Articles” section of my site, which I frequently update with new materials).

Quality

World-class legal advice requires strong quality policies and procedures.

Efficiency

Laser-focus on cost control, and an obsessive search for efficiency gains.

Commercial matters

Corporate law

Compliance and data protection

Outsourced legal counsel

To be a trusted, loyal and competent advisor to my clients, on their sunny and rainy days, and build bridges between cultures

 

With 23 years of experience as an attorney, I previously worked as in-house counsel and at law firms.  

My in-house experience working for multinational companies in France and the United States, consisted of a variety of legal counsel roles, ranging from commercial contracts, to business division matters, to procurement, to compliance programs.

As an associate at international law firms in New York and New Jersey, I participated in intellectual property and corporate transactions, and performed legal research for litigation.

At the start of my legal career, I worked as a law clerk for a federal magistrate judge in Dallas, Texas.

I have studied law in the United States (Columbia, J.D. 1996) and France (Université de Paris II Panthéon-Assas, LL.M. 2004, French business law).  From my work experience I have also gained knowledge of English law.

With an undergraduate degree in Computer Science (Columbia, B.A. 1992), I have a special interest and expertise in software and technology.

Born and raised in Brazil, I lived in the United States and Japan, prior to moving to France in 2003.

I am fluent in English, French and Portuguese.

Board member at Club des exportateurs de France (Club of exporters of France)

Member of legal commission at Chamber of commerce of Brazil in France