GC Influencers
Most Influential GCs - France
Aurélien Hamelle of Total
Aurélien Hamelle has served as Group General Counsel at Total since 2016. He is highlighted as an influential general counsel and sector pioneer, with sources noting his white-collar crime expertise as a key asset for his role as leader of the legal department at the oil and gas giant.
A market source reports: “His appointment has been one of the key drivers in the market of general counsels in France because he was a partner at Allen & Overy and specialised in white-collar crime there, and it is rare to have someone with this experience become a general counsel. He is incredibly well respected by the legal community.”
Another intervieweecomments: “I think he has a vision of the market that is quite clear, he just created a panel system for big litigation cases which did not exist in the past.”