Lawyers in France

Stephan Lesage-Mathieu

Partner

LPA Law

Stephane Bonifassi

Stéphane Bonifassi has practiced complex financial criminal law for over 30 years. He counsels individuals, companies and states affected by illicit schemes and other financial crimes, and is regularly consulted in high-stakes litigation. In these endeavours he is assisted by members of the Paris-based boutique law firm he leads, BONIFASSI Avocats. He co-founded The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators, a collaboration of litigation professionals working with the Basel Institute on Governance to expand worldwide access to solutions in economic crime cases.

Bonifassi Avocats

Stephanie Dumas

Partner

Flichy Grangé Avocats

Stephanie Martinier

Stéphanie Martinier is a Private Equity M&A partner and a member of Proskauer's Private Capital industry group. Stéphanie advises French and international clients regarding cross-border transactions and commercial matters. She represents private equity funds and corporate entities in business acquisitions, sales and joint ventures, as well as in the negotiation of complex commercial contracts and in corporate restructurings. Stéphanie focuses in particular on the industrial sector, and on technology and financial services companies. Stéphanie also represents clients in litigation matters relating to M&A transactions and shareholders’ disputes, and regularly counsels clients regarding compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and French data privacy regulations. In addition, Stéphanie manages the pro bono work of the Paris office and, as part of this commitment, provides legal training on business creation to young entrepreneurs through the not-for-profit Yes Akademia. Having attended law school in both France and the United States, Stéphanie holds a master of law from University Lyon III as well as a LL.M. degree from the University of Minnesota. Stéphanie is located in the Paris office and licensed to practice law in both France and New York. She has been with Proskauer for the duration of her legal career.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Stephen Le Vesconte

Stephen is an Energy and Infrastructure Partner with nearly 20 years of experience advising on large-scale, cross-border project development, project finance, joint venture and M&A transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors (including oil and gas, petrochemicals, power and renewables). He has particular expertise in structured finance and multisource project financings including Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) and other international financial institutions. Stephen set up the firm’s Seoul office in 2013 and was Seoul office Managing Partner 2016-2018, and continues to lead the firm’s relationships with many Korean corporates, ECAs and banks in Seoul. Stephen previously worked for nine years in the firm’s London office, for three years in the firm’s Moscow office and for six months in the firm’s Hong Kong office. He joined our Paris team in September 2018.

Linklaters

Stéphan Alamowitch

Partner

Franklin

Stéphane Austry

Stéphane Austry joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2007 as a partner. He leads the firm’s tax litigation and controversy practice. He is a highly experienced litigator in tax cases. He mainly represents large companies in proceedings in domestic jurisdictions (before the Conseil d’Etat and the Constitutional Council), and before the international courts (the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights). Stéphane Austry also advises clients on international tax issues and on the interpretation and application of tax treaties.

CMS Francis Lefebvre

Stéphane Bloch

Partner

Ogletree Deakins

Stéphane Bénouville

Avocat à la cour, Stéphane heads our litigation practice group and is a member of our global investigations practice. He mainly represents our clients in relation to financial services and banking disputes as well as in the context of regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings (especially before the sanctions commission of the Autorité des marchés financiers, France's stock market regulator) and white-collar crime (including bribery and corruption). In addition, he has developed particularly strong experience of global investigations in a range of sectors including financial services, banking, technology, defence and automotive industries. Stéphane also has extensive experience in a wide range of commercial and business law-related matters, shareholder disputes and post-acquisition litigation. He regularly represents companies in a wide range of industrial sectors in relation to internal investigations related to alleged fraud and corruption practices.

Freshfields LLP

Stéphane Catays

Partner - https://www.osborneclarke.com/lawyers/stephane-catays/

Osborne Clarke

Stéphane Davin

Partner

Baker McKenzie

Stéphane Erard

Partner

LPA Law

Stéphane Flichy

Partner

Flichy Grangé Avocats

Stéphane Henry

Stéphane Henry is a partner in the Employment Law practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Paris office. Stéphane advises high-profile U.S.-based and French clients on all aspects of employment law, with a focus on areas including mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing, business transfer legislation, relationships with employees' representative bodies and unions, as well as other human resources management matters. He has specialized in particular in the new technologies, chemistry and entertainment sectors. Prior to joining Paul Hastings in 2006, Stéphane worked in two international law firms based in Paris. He also served as an in-house employment and labor counsel for Accenture.

Paul Hastings LLP

Stéphane Huten

Partner

Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP

Stéphane Jaffrain

Stéphane Jaffrain is Senior counsel in the Paris office. He focuses on corporate, mergers & acquisitions, banking & finance, real estate and hotels.

Dentons

Stéphane Lemarchand

DLA Piper

Stéphane Leriche

Stéphane provides cutting edge, business-oriented advice on all aspects of technology transactions and partnerships Stéphane is a partner in ourCommercial and IT Groups, based in Paris. His specific interests include the drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts in the Information Technology, Communications and eCommerce sectors. His current practice is focused on high profile transactions and strategic partnerships, advising major companies in structuring their strategic alliances, joint ventures , IT and business process outsourcing deals. Stéphane has extensive experience of complex and structured contractual arrangements, particularly in regulated environments. In addition to his transactional work, Stéphane’s advises on copyright issues related to the protection of technology assets such as software and databases in both contentious and non-contentious matters. Stéphane regularly contributes to publications on information technology-related matters and is a frequent speaker at conference on such matters.

Bird & Bird

Stéphane Letranchant

Stéphane Letranchant is a partner and co-founder of VOLT Associés, where he heads the Tax department. He advises on a wide range of complex operations and transactions, working primarily with French mid-sized companies (PME-ETI), French subsidiaries of major international groups, and investment funds on all aspects of domestic and international taxation. In parallel, Stéphane also advises executives and management teams on their personal tax matters and assists all his clients in the context of tax audits and litigation.

VOLT Associés

Stéphane Micheli

Stéphane Micheli has been a partner of the firm since 1997. He specialises in family law and inheritance law. In this capacity, he advises, assists and represents a clientele composed of individuals in all types of procedures related to a property project or a dispute settlement. He also assists individuals and institutions in criminal business law, particularly in the context of Tracfin. In real estate law, he advises his clients in the context of acquisitions, real estate purchase operations, leases or dispute settlements.

Herald Avocats

Stéphane Perrin

Stéphane PERRIN is co-head of the PARIS office’s "Civil and commercial litigation" Department. He has developed recognized expertise in conflict, pre-litigious or litigious situations relating to: - economic law : restrictive competition and anticompetition practices, unfair or parasitic competition, pricing and sales promotion practices, etc., - commercial contract, sale and distribution law, - product liability law for manufacturing companies, - intellectual property and modern technology : copyright infringement, violation of trademarks, designs and models, rights to domain names, software, etc. He works more particularly on behalf of French and international companies in the chemical, agrochemical and health sectors.

Delsol Avocats

Stéphane Puel

Stéphane Puel is the Partner in charge of Gide's Investment Funds team in Paris. He specialises in structuring, creating and raising French and foreign private assets investment funds. He also advises portfolio managers and sponsors on all their activities (regulatory approvals, management passport, marketing, AIFMD and ELTIF regulations). Stéphane also advises institutional investors on their investments in private assets investment funds. He is also heavily involved in assisting parties in the context of GP stakes. He is the regular contact for the Autorité des Marchés Financiers on all matters. Stéphane has recently assisted French and foreign asset managers in the structuring of institutional investment funds in private equity, private debt, infrastructure and natural capital based in France and Luxembourg. He also assists numerous French and foreign management companies in the creation of ELTIF 2 funds eligible for life insurance. Lastly, he has recently assisted French banks and financial entities in acquiring stakes in asset managers or restructuring asset management groups. Stéphane holds a postgraduate diploma (DEA) in business law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and is a graduate of IEP Paris. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1997.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Stéphane Vernay

Stéphane Vernay is a partner in the Gide's Projects (Finance & Infrastructure) team in Paris. With over 30 years of experience, he specializes in major construction, concession and partnership projects in the energy, natural resources, transport, defense, and aerospace sectors. More specifically, He intervenes in the development, structuring and financing of projects. He advises developers, financial institutions, and public authorities. Familiar with sovereignty and export control issues, he developed a particular expertise in the aerospace and defense industry. Stéphane regularly advises EDF on its EPR/EPR 2 nuclear plant projects in India, the UK, China, the Czech Republic, and Poland, as well as on several hydro, solar and wind power projects. He also advised MSC on its acquisition of Bolloré Africa Logistics and is advising the group on several transactions in Europe and Africa. He intervenes for Naval Group, which he advised regarding the Australian Future Submarine Program, as well as for Ariane Group which he advised on several industrial projects. Stéphane has also worked in the Beijing and Hong Kong offices of Gide for over 12 years. He is a co-author of the book, "Négociation vécue par les professionnels - Partage d'expérience autour du traité pratique de négociation" (Editions Larcier, 2021). He is member of the Paris Bar since 1994.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Stéphanie Alexandrino

Partner

Bersay