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Francisca Scharpé | HÄRTING Rechtsanwälte
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Francisca Scharpé

Of-Counsel
Switzerland

As a Flemish woman with a weakness for the international, Francisca Scharpé was a linguist in her former life. She found her happiness in the Alps, but sometimes she feels nostalgic for the Belgian coasts.

Learned to love IT, privacy and digitalisation as General Counsel, now knows her clients wishes.

Focus Data Protection Law IT Law IT Projects IT Security
Languages of correspondence

Dutch, English, French, German

Contact information
Phone +41 41 7102850
Vita

Francisca Scharpé studied Slavonic languages and literature in Ghent, Berlin and Saint-Petersburg and Law in Strassburg and Brussels. She was admitted to the Brussels’ Bar in 2007 and started her career as attorney at NautaDutilh, one of the largest independent full-service law firms in the Benelux.

Moving over to an in-house role in 2010, she became the regional general counsel of a multinational S&P 500 company located in Switzerland, overseeing all legal and compliance matters in Europe. In addition to her role as General Counsel Europe, she took responsibility for the design and implementation of the company’s global data privacy program in 2017 and became the lead lawyer for the company’s global digitalization, information security and data governance programs, leading legal professionals in Europe, China and the US. Since October 2023, Francisca applies her profound experience in IT sourcing and outsourcing, privacy and digitalization as Counsel at HÄRTING, where she advises Swiss and international clients in these matters.