Fred Einbinder, a Chicago born and bred lawyer resident in France since 1979, served as in-house legal counsel for major French infrastructure companies culminating as General Counsel of Alstom where he managed a worldwide team of over 220 lawyers. He is presently an Associate Professor at the American University of Paris and a senior lecturer at the ESSEC business school. He has degrees from Bradley University (IL) (BA), the University of Illinois (JD), and HEC (Paris-Exec MBA). His research and publications focus on issues arising out of the extraterritorial application of US law which dovetails with his work as VP Advocacy since 2016.