Legal Risk Management: How can it be Turned into a Competitive Advantage?

Valérie Laurent, Head of Legal Knowledge Management, Total SA, France

Legal Risk Management "LRM" is not a product that was contrived to create a need that doesn't exist. LRM consists of a combination of strategy, management and law. If a company has a good understanding of its legal environment, it can create competitive advantage. LRM is naturally and directly tied to strategy, governance and risk management.

Valérie Laurent’s experience in legal affairs covers a continuum of business issues from strategic analysis to operational issues, legal risk mapping and management, strategic legal data monitoring & competitive intelligence, organization process reengineering, Knowledge Management, Crisis communication. Having started her career as a professional support lawyer with Baker & McKenzie, she joined Total SA in 2007 where she’s leading the Legal Knowledge Management.

Total is the fifth largest publicly-traded integrated international oil and gas company and a world-class chemicals manufacturer. Total operates in more than 130 countries and has 96 104 employees.