Jean-Pierre SCHIRES

Over 25 years experience in industry and services in the field of lobbying and institutional relations, commercial strategies, cross-border business alliances, mergers-acquisitions and transactions.
Directed legal and international affairs of a top leading steel producer, managed numerous affiliates and was delegate of various producers associations.
Recently counsel in European affairs and partner with various private equity funds and business banks for M&A operations.
Currently Partner in various companies (project management, private equity, health, food & environment) and Member of the Board of a French publicly-traded services company,
Master and Doctorate degrees in Business law and political studies.


Past performances include:

· advised the CEO of an environmental services company on development strategy having increased tenfold its value over the last decade through series of acquisitions
· directed companies specialized in steel manufacturing technology transfers
· advised a top leading French steel group on worldwide markets approach strategies
· achieved worldwide privatizations, reorganizations, partnerships, joint ventures, M&A and stock-exchange operations
· organized the relations of the French steel industry with governments and international institutions
· advised various metallurgical industries on trade and competition risks
· was French organizer of the European defence in major worldwide steel trade crisis
· advised European normalization for promotion of certain materials in automotive industry, construction, aerospace, packaging
· was official representative of the French industry at OECD multilateral negotiations on reduction of excess capacities and public support to the worldwide steel industry
· represented a French producer federation in public relations with governments, European and international institutions