JCDecaux SA announced the retirement of Patrick Gourdeau, Group General Counsel, as of May 31, 2016. Bertrand Allain, who is joining JCDecaux on February 1, 2016, is appointed Group General Counsel, with effect as of June 1, 2016. Deputy Group General Counsel for Schneider Electric since 2004, Bertrand Allain was successively named Head of the Business Law Department (including M&A transactions) and then Head of the M&A and Corporate Law Departments in 2009.

Nicolas Dufouleur is appointed Deputy Group General Counsel in charge of International Affairs as of 1 February 2016. Nicolas Dufouleur joined JCDecaux in 2005 as Deputy General Counsel. Before joining JCDecaux, Nicolas worked as a Lawyer for the Freshfields law firm for close to 7 years, focusing primarily on M&A and financing operations and corporate and stock market legal issues.

Nicolas Dufouleur will report to Group General Counsel, Bertrand Allain.