Mathilde Mason Alline has been an Associate General Counsel in a global role at Coty, worldwide leader in the luxury perfume, since November 2018. Mathilde is based in Coty’s Luxury division head office in Paris, supporting luxury brands such as Gucci, Burberry, Tiffany, Boss, Chloe, Miu Miu, Lacoste, AMQ, Bottega Venetta, Lancaster, etc. She is dual qualified in England and France (solicitor and avocat), and after spending 8 years at Freshfields, both in London and Paris in the Antitrust teams, she transitioned into an in-house legal role, first in pharmaceuticals/beauty & cosmetics at Aptargroup and subsequently in tobacco/e-cigarette. She spent 8 years at Japan Tobacco International (Camel, Winston, Benson & Hedges, Logicpro), as the legal head of their French operations, where she handled complex, political, economic and public law matters at French and EU level including in competition law, and as an integral part of the local executive committee.