Firm Biographies
Alixandre Schijman
Partner, Global Practice Leader
alixandre@kga-ba.com
Alixandre is Partner, Global Practice Leader at Kearsarge Global Advisors and heads our Latin America office, where she oversees our Americas and European public affairs issues.
Alixandre comes to KGA following five years as Executive Director of Global Policy at Time Warner, with responsibility for supporting all of Time Warner's brands operating in Canada and Latin America.
Prior to joining Time Warner Alixandre was Assistant General Counsel AOL Latin America, from the outset of AOL's entry into that region. During her two years with AOLA, Alixandre assisted with the legal aspects of launching AOL services in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Puerto Rico. In this capacity she provided general corporate advice and legal support to subsidiaries and in-country offices; including negotiating, drafting and reviewing a wide range of commercial agreements.
In addition to her more strictly legal responsibilities, Alixandre also handled public policy and government relations for AOL Latin America. This involved identifying and analyzing legal as well as policy issues pertaining to a diverse range of topics including intellectual property, privacy and data protection, content liability, on-line advertising and wide range of other internet-related subjects. Prior to joining AOL Latin America, Alixandre was Director of Legal Affairs for the New York Corporate Office of the Cisneros Group of Companies, which comprises more than fifty companies participating globally in a variety of enterprises including telecommunications, media, entertainment and consumer technology. In that capacity, Alixandre supervised the legal component of business development negotiations, new ventures and alliances.
Of Chilean origin, Alixandre is an American University law school graduate. She is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a four-term member of the Board of the Council of the Americas and a member of the Board of ProMujer Argentina. Alixandre has lectured in Spanish and English in various private and academic fora including the World Economic Forum (Sao Paulo), the University of Monterrey (Mexico) and University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) Law Schools, the Internet Law and Policy Forum and the American Society for Industrial Security.