Virginie Delacour
About Virginie Delacour
Virginie Delacour is a Senior Legal Counsel with extensive experience in corporate law, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, data privacy, and renewable energy agreements. She holds multiple degrees in law from prestigious institutions and currently works at Swift in Brussels.
Work at Swift
Virginie Delacour has been serving as a Senior Legal Counsel at Swift since 2024. In this role, she is based in Bruxelles et périphérie and works on-site. Her responsibilities include providing legal guidance and support within the organization, leveraging her extensive experience in various legal domains.
Education and Expertise
Virginie Delacour holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Business Law from the University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne, obtained in 2003. She also completed a Post Graduate Degree in European Competition Law at King's College London in 2013. Additionally, she studied GDPR and became a Certified Data Privacy Officer at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management in 2018. Currently, she is pursuing studies in AI, Legal, and Ethics at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
Background
Virginie Delacour has a diverse professional background in legal counsel roles across various sectors. She has worked at organizations such as Luminus, Eurofins, and ENGIE, where she held positions including Contract & Legal Manager and Head of Legal. Her experience spans multiple countries, including Belgium, France, and Luxembourg, providing her with a broad perspective on legal matters.
Achievements
Throughout her career, Virginie Delacour has developed expertise in several areas of law, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and data privacy. She has handled Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) in the renewables sector and has experience in liquidation and restructuring of companies. Her focus on customer satisfaction and pragmatic legal solutions has been a hallmark of her practice.
Legal Practice and Freelance Work
In addition to her roles in various organizations, Virginie Delacour offers legal services on a freelance and interim basis. She focuses on providing pragmatic and qualitative solutions to her clients, drawing on her extensive legal knowledge and experience across multiple sectors.