IN CONVERSATION WITH MAARTEN SCHOLTEN 07
W I T H T H A NK S T O T HE C ON T R I BU T OR S OF T HI S E XCH A NGE . . .
MAARTEN SCHOLTEN, GENERAL COUNSEL, TOTAL S.A .
DAVID LECKIE, CLYDE & CO
Maarten R. Scholten has been Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Total S.A. since January 1, 2014. He has almost 30 years of extensive legal and financial experience from the oil service industry. He was formerly an executive for 20 years at Schlumberger, where he served as Director of Legal Service, Head of Finance, President Schlumberger Oilfield Services ECA (Europe, Africa and CIS), and Director of Mergers &Acquisitions/ Business Development. He has been a Director at the Association of Corporate Counsel since October 2015. Mr. Scholten holds aMaster of Science in Politics from the University of Paris (Sorbonne) and a JD Commercial Law from University of Amsterdam.
David is a partner in Clyde&Co’s Global Arbitration Group and Oil &Gas Group. He is a specialist in international commercial arbitration, litigation and regulatory law. He has represented clients in the UK courts at all levels, inmediations and in international arbitrations, including ICC and LCIA. David also has extensive experience of regulatory law, including fraud, bribery and corruption, health, safety, and environmental law. He was called to the Bar in 1994 and practised in the Chambers of Walter Aylen QC at Lincoln’s Inn. He was formerly Legal Counsel for Schlumberger and the Europe/Africa Director of the Association of International PetroleumNegotiators.
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