Curriculum vitae Stéphanie YON-COURTIN
Original version : FR
Curriculum vitae (The MEP is solely responsible for the information published)
Updated: 03/06/2022
Education (qualifications and diplomas)
- 2003 : Certificate of aptitude to exercise the profession of lawyer (CAPA), Paris Court of Appeal (France)
- 1999 : Master’s 2 in European business law, Free University of Brussels (Belgium)
- 1998 : Master’s 1 in European and English law, University of Bristol (United Kingdom)
- 1997 : Master’s 1 in business law, Faculty of Law, University of Caen (France)
Professional career
- 01/2011-05/2019 : International competition law and competition policy consultant – provision of advice to competition authorities around the world on the implementation of competition law and policy; expert appointed by international organisations (Association of Southeast Asian Nations, European Union, United Nations)
- 03/2011-02/2012 : Policy officer at the Lower Normandy Regional Council in Caen – European regional policy, representing Lower Normandy region in the context of budget programming for the 2014/2020 period, including regional coordination on European regional policy and awareness-raising activities among local, national and European elected representatives
- 01/2007-01/2011 : Adviser on international affairs, Office of the Presidency of the French Competition Authority – international missions, including representing France in multilateral fora (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, International Competition Network, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, World Trade Organisation, etc.); implementation and management of bilateral cooperation agreements; participation in European technical assistance programmes in third countries; providing training in competition law and policy, giving speeches to business circles abroad
- 10/2001-12/2006 : Lawyer at law firms in Paris, at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and then Allen & Overy LLP, in the competition law department – provision of advice to companies and groups, at national or global level, on international, EU and French aspects of competition, in particular: telecommunications and energy market liberalisation; procedures initiated by the European Commission and the French Competition Council to address anti-competitive practices; State aid issues; notification of concentrations of undertakings; drafting of the monthly competition law newsletter, articles and brochures
- 10/1999-07/2001 : Legal adviser in the consultancy firm D&S Media GmbH in Brussels, tasked by the European Commission (Directorate-General for Education, Audiovisual and Culture) with implementing the MEDIA programme, the support programme for the European audiovisual sector – evaluation and monitoring of the eligibility of European funding projects; drafting and overseeing contracts between the Commission and recipients of Community aid; representing the Commission at meetings of experts
Political career
Offices held in local government bodies
- 03/2014-06/2019 : Mayor of Saint-Contest
- 03/2014-06/2019 : Vice-Chair of Caen la Mer Urban District Authority
- 03/2015-06/2019 : Vice-Chair of Calvados Departmental Council
- 02/04/2015-01/07/2021 : Member of Calvados Departmental Council
- 02/07/2021-... : Member of the Normandy Regional Council
Other activities
- 2013-2019 : French foreign trade adviser in Normandy, member of the National Commission for Promoting Awareness of France, set up by the National Committee of French Foreign Trade Advisers (CNCCEF)
- 2004-... : Quarterly contributor to the international policy section of the review ‘Concurrences’: articles and interviews with heads of foreign competition authorities
- 2007-2015 : Gave lectures and training courses on competition law abroad (Asia-Africa) for ministerial civil servants, judges, professional associations and economic actors
- 2010-2015 : Gave courses at Normandy School of Management in Caen, Deauville and Le Havre (France) – ‘Update on European issues’, closing seminar of MBA course (University of New Orleans, US), and ‘Competition Laws’ (Master in International Business), Le Havre; European law, Caen
- 2010-2015 : Gave competition law course for students studying for the diploma of in-house corporate lawyer and the Master’s 2 degree in competition and distribution law at the University of Caen
- 2011-... : Founder and chair of ‘Caen Les Femmes’, a mutual assistance association for women of all nationalities living in Normandy
- 2010-2015 : Member of the European Professional Women’s Network
- 2017-2019 : Member of the board of directors of Crédit Agricole du Calvados
Contact
Bruxelles
Parlement européen
Bât. WILLY BRANDT
04M021
60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
Bât. WILLY BRANDT
04M021
60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
Strasbourg
Parlement européen
Bât. WINSTON CHURCHILL
M02017
1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman
CS 91024
F-67070 Strasbourg Cedex
Bât. WINSTON CHURCHILL
M02017
1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman
CS 91024
F-67070 Strasbourg Cedex