Team

• Bertrand RAGER, has a long experience of advising companies in many countries operating internationally on the optimisation of their customs organisation and costs, their indirect tax charges and their level of compliance -particularly in terms of export control- and security in the management, including electronic management, of their international flows of goods and services.
• After working at E & Y and then Arthur Andersen, Bertrand was pan-European VAT and CUSTOMS Director at the Delphi Automotive Systems group.
• He is an international corporate lawyer, and is involved in consultations, audits and litigation both in France and the EMEA zone.
• Founder of Custax & Legal, he operates globally via the worldwide TTA network of independent experts in export control and customs, of which he is a member since its inception, and via a European network of VAT specialists.
• In his free time Bertrand, a music lover, reads a lot, swims, and saves time for his wife, his three children and two grandsons.

Qualifications

• Tax & Customs Lawyer since 1991,
• Master in economics (thesis on Sogo Shoshas)
• Qualified Chartered Accountant

Engagements

Member of customs think-tanks both In England and Germany, member of French SIEPS and ODASCE; Bertrand also chairs the International Commission of the FIEEC and teaches Customs law in Ireland

Languages

English, German & French

• Frédéric DELADERRIERE has developed three areas of expertise in export control, specialising in the management of intangibles and know-how, digital technology and cybersecurity. He has operational and technical knowledge of engineering and industry, particularly in the space sector.
• Before joining Custax & Legal, Frédéric was Director of Export Control and Controlled domain at Airbus Defence and Space, the most critical entity of Airbus, where he headed a team of around twenty people covering the entire scope of export regulations, as well as R226, War Materials, Restricted Diffusion, PPST, the Space Operations Act, LPM, etc.
• His activities in the Space domain have covered: the entire controlled domain, the interface with the authorities (SGDSN, DGA, ANSSI, etc.), specific regulations (Space Law, Space “Images” Law, PASI, Fire Campaign Security Plan, etc.), as well as setting up contracts and negotiating with customers, etc.
• Frédéric has held various positions such as Technical Authority Engineering Space, Data Governance Officer and DPO (GDPR), focusing on defining operational, technical and IT solutions that comply with the strict regulations of high-tech environments.
• He has led several large-scale compliance programmes (up to €100m), working in an international environment and collaborating closely with the authorities of various countries and intergovernmental agencies.
• Frédéric supports compliance context analyses and helps companies to optimise their Export Control function, as well as to define business and IT environments that comply with regulations.
• He has received several awards during his career and has contributed to professional scientific publications in the field of astronomy/space.

Qualifications

• Master of Business Administration, PEF Universitët, Vienne (Autriche) 
• Aerospace Engineer, Ecole National de l’Aviation Civile, Toulouse 
• Computer Science Master, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse

Engagements

An active member of the Alumni-ENAC network, Frédéric also gives of his time to help students find employment, and acts as a development coach on a voluntary basis.

He is also a contributor to the world of open-source computing, and has taken part in several collaborative cybersecurity initiative projects. 

Languages

French, English, German

Over the years, Lucie Cordier has developed an expertise in export control with regard to international flows of strategic and sensitive products. She is also active in the aerospace and defence sectors.

Prior to joining Custax & Legal as a lawyer, Lucie worked for a renowned French economic intelligence agency and for the largest aerospace companies both in France and the UK. She has also dealt with air, civil and commercial litigation within international law firms.

She assists her clients on issues relating to strategic goods, including military and dual-use goods (rating & classification, obtaining and managing licences and authorisations, managing related customs issues, training, drafting internal compliance procedures, etc.).

Corporate lawyer for Airbus Defence and Space in England for nearly three years, Lucie returned to Paris to pass the Bar and practice as a lawyer.

In her free time, Lucie trains for triathlons, plays drums and flies aeroplanes.

She is also interested in space-related issues and she won in 2017 the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Young Person’s Lecture Award for an article about “Space Traffic Management”.

Qualifications

• Customs Manager Diploma – ODASCE – 2020
• McGill Annual Strategic Space Law Course (Cyber Edition), Centre for Research in Air and Space Law, 2020
• Paris Bar
• Master 2 European Business Law, University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, 2015
• Master 2 Space and Telecommunication Law, University of Paris-Saclay, 2014
• Master’s degree in Business Law, University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, 2013
• Law degree, University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, 2012

Commitments

• Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
  • Legal team member since 2020
  • Legal co-lead from 2017 to 2020
• IHEDN’s youth
  • Member of the Aerospace Committee
  • Member of the Cyber Committee

Languages

French, English

Born into a family of lawyers, Thérèse studied law at the University of Nanterre where she joined for a year the dual degree in French and Anglo-American law.

Hesitating between her family heritage and her passion for French cooking and catering, she became a student and obtained a master’s degree from the prestigious VATEL school in Lyon. After a decade of management and executive positions in various establishments.

Deciding to return to the legal sector, Thérèse joined Custax & Legal in 2022 where she completed her knowledge as EC Officer, and has now acquired the skills and operational experience as required.

Thérèse blossoms as a full member of C&L team by combining intellectual rigour, a sense of service and excellent interpersonal skills to take on each of the missions entrusted to her. As a mother of two children, Thérèse also uses organisation as a second language.

In her spare time, Thérèse enjoys sewing and cooking.

Thérèse speaks French and English.