CHRISTINE LAGARDE 08.11.11

Lagarde was born in Paris as Christine Madeleine Odette Lallouette into a family of academics. Her father Robert Lallouette was a Professor of English at the Faculty of Rouen; her mother Nicole worked as a teacher.[8] After graduation in 1974 at the Lycée François 1er in Le Havre, she went on a scholarship to the Holton-Arms School, a girls' school in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.[9] Then she graduated from law school at University Paris X Nanterre, near Paris, France, and obtained a Master's Degree in political science from the Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence (Sciences Po Aix).[10] Since 2010, she has presided over the Institute's board of directors.[11]

Lagarde worked as an intern at the United States Capitol, as William Cohen's congressional assistant.[12]

As a teenager, Lagarde was a member of the French national synchronised swimming team.[13] She is divorced and has two sons, Pierre-Henri Lagarde (born 1986) and Thomas Lagarde (born 1988).[citation needed] Since 2006, her partner has been the entrepreneur Xavier Giocanti from Marseille. She is a vegetarian and never drinks alcohol.[14][15][16] Her hobbies are yoga, scuba diving, swimming and gardening.[citation needed]

The fashion magazine Vogue profiled Lagarde in September 2011.[17]
[edit] Professional career

Lagarde joined Baker & McKenzie, a large Chicago-based international law firm, in 1981. She handled major antitrust and labor cases, was made partner after six years and was named head of the firm in Western Europe. She joined the executive committee in 1995 and was elected the company's first ever female Chairman in October 1999.[18][19][20] In 2004, Lagarde became president of the global strategic committee.[21]

Her personal interest in European affairs led her to open the European Law Centre, an office of Baker & McKenzie in Brussels exclusively dedicated to the practice of European Union law.

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