Grace le Bars Karaba

Grace Le Bars Karaba serves as the Deputy Managing Director and Head of Legal at adopte since January 2015, overseeing administrative, finance, HR, and legal teams while enforcing CEO directives, developing business models, and negotiating partnerships. Previous experience includes roles as Group Legal Counsel at GEB AdoptAGuy and PhoneAndPhone.com, providing comprehensive legal support on EU and French laws, managing trademark portfolios, and handling data protection as the company’s Data Protection Officer. Grace began the legal career at Virgin Group as a legal counsel and has held various positions in legal operations and litigation, complemented by a Master’s degree in Business Law and certification in common law from Université Paris Cité.