Pauline Buche

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Director, Commercial legal affairs at Mistral AI

Paris, Île-de-France, France

Overview

Pauline Buche is the Director of Commercial Legal Affairs at Mistral AI, leveraging her deep expertise in digital, IT, and privacy law to support the companys growth. She holds a CIPP/E certification and a Masters in Digital Law from Université Panthéon Assas, with previous experience at Google.

She is actively scaling Mistral AIs commercial legal department to support its rapid international expansion, particularly in the EMEA and DACH regions.

Personality Overview

Objective Thinker

Precise

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Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features.  They like to take decisions independently and do not seek others' support often. It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms.

Topics They Care About

Scaling Legal Teams
Actively recruiting commercial legal counsels to build out her team and support Mistral AI's rapid expansion in the EMEA and DACH regions.
AI Commercial Strategy
Her role focuses on driving strategic negotiations and navigating complex commercial agreements to facilitate Mistral AI's go-to-market efforts.
Data Privacy Law
Holds a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) certification and has a strong background practicing as an IT and privacy lawyer.

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Work History

10-2025
Director, Commercial legal affairs at Mistral AI
7-2024
Senior Legal Counsel @Mistral AI at Mistral AI
1-2020 - 6-2024
IT & Privacy lawyer ( CIPP/E & CDPO/FR) at Deprez guignot Associés (DDG)
4-2022 - 7-2023
Legal Counsel (Full-time Secondee) at Google
1-2017 - 12-2019
IP / IT & Privacy lawyer at Lafarge Associés

Education

2015 - 2016
Certificat d'aptitude à la profession d'avocat from EFB - Ecole de formation du Barreau de Paris
2013 - 2014
Master 2 droit du numérique (anciennement droit du multimédia et de l'informatique) - Jérôme Passa from Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II)

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Insights For Selling To Pauline

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Don’t forget to mention how you compare to competition on both features and pricing
  • Be ready for penetrating questions and critical examination of your pitch
  • Keep some extra margin while sharing pricing, they are likely to negotiate later

DONT's

  • Don’t rush them till they have clearly gotten all the necessary information
  • Do not use very emotional or colorful language
  • Don’t try too hard to build a relationship with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Pauline is

  • Proof of ROI, low pricing and objective proof points are the important factors for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Pauline

  • They do not mind saying no if they believe that it is the right decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Pauline move?

  • Their decision-making is neither very fast nor very slow, they are somewhere in between.
  • Can Pauline take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if their analysis shows that it would be worth it.

You And Pauline

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