Emmanuelle Hober Zaffran is an Attorney at Law at the Paris Bar and a senior member of our legal team in France. She brings extensive expertise in aviation law, which constitutes her primary area of practice, alongside strong capabilities in business and commercial law.
With more than two decades of experience, Emmanuelle has held senior legal positions both in private practice and within major international companies. Notably, she spent over 14 years at Air France, where she held key roles including Cross-Functional Project Manager for Air France-KLM Group Governance and Head of Legal Affairs for Transport and Consumer matters. This background enables her to provide strategic, commercially driven legal advice, particularly within the aviation and transport sectors.
Within our team, Emmanuelle focuses on complex aviation-related matters, including regulatory, contractual, and dispute-related issues, while also contributing to broader commercial and business law work as needed.
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Core expertise in aviation law, including regulatory, contractual, and dispute matters
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Expertise in EU 261 strategy and Mass claims.
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Advising on business law and complex commercial transactions
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Former Cross-Functional Project Manager, Air France-KLM Group Governance
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Former Head of Legal Affairs at BlueLink (Air France Group) and Amadeus France
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Background in private practice covering commercial, corporate, competition, distribution, and IP law
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International legal experience, including representation in the United Kingdom
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Fluent in English and French native
Areas of Expertise
- Aviation Law
- Business and Commercial Law
- Transport and Consumer Law
- Contract Law and Commercial Agreements
- Competition and Distribution Law
- Intellectual Property (Industrial, Literary and Artistic Property)
Education & Memberships
- LL.M. in English Commercial Law, postgraduate degree
- CAPA (Certificat d’Aptitude à la Profession d’Avocat) – Qualification as Attorney at Law
- Postgraduate Degree (DEA) in Business and Economic Law, University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas
- Master’s Degree in Business Law, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
- Attorney at Law, Paris Bar