Jérome Rivkine holds a post-graduate diploma (DEA) in International Economic and Development Law from the University of Paris V in 1999, a post-graduate diploma of attorney-at-law from Paris Bar School in 2002 and a doctorate in International Relations (PhD thesis) from the University of Paris V in 2005.

He has worked as a lawyer since 2001 in major law firms both in Japan and France, such as BCW Associés, LMT Avocats and Ernst & Young.

In 2011, he founded RIVKINE AVOCATS, a “boutique law firm” specialized in general business law, dedicated to assist individuals and companies in their day-to-day affairs. He also teaches at a number of universities.

Affected by a cancer in 2013, he set aside his law practice to focus on the healthcare sector. He publishes a book (Les cinq saisons, L’Harmattan) in 2016, intervenes as speaker at conferences and provides contributions and articles to medical journals.

In 2018, he becomes a member of the board of directors at CAMI Sport & Cancer. In 2019 he is appointed as a patient-expert for the Fondation de France and he joins the Sport Health Insertion Committee.

In 2020, he cocreates the Association des Patients en Onco-Pneumologie de l’Hôpital Foch (APOP Foch), a patient organization located into the Hôpital Foch, committed to bring patient support and advocacy.

In 2022, he is graduated at the Université des Patients-Sorbonne of a university degree (DU) in Health Democracy.

In 2023, he joins the team of the Université Sorbonne Paris-Nord to teach “the patient perspective” at the General Medecine Department and raise awareness among general medical students on topics such as patient rights, the healthcare relationship and the co-construction of medical decisions.