Eliane Heilbronn, a renowned lawyer known for drafting Karl Lagerfeld's contract with Chanel in 1982, has died. The family announced a private funeral.
is extremely sad to confirm the death of Madame Eliane Heilbronn . The family will hold a private funeral,” it said.Heilbronn is best known for her career in law, which saw her draft the contract of Karl Lagerfeld when he was hired as creative director of Chanel in 1982.
Once World War II was over, Eliane Fischer, as she was then known, returned to France to pursue a university education with an eye toward law. Following her 1952 divorce, she married Didier Heilbronn, a lawyer. The couple had a son, Charles Heilbronn, who is now the head of the family office Mousse Partners. The family moved to New York City where her husband joined the Louis-Dreyfus merchant firm.
When her former husband Jacques Wertheimer was sidelined from Chanel in 1974, leaving her eldest son Alain in charge at the age of just 25, Heilbronn became one of his key advisers. The same year, she was sworn in as a member of the Paris bar.
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