Lawyers in France

Philip Dunham

Philip is an international arbitration Partner at Signature’s Paris office with over 30 years’ experience, representing clients (including regularly acting for or against states) across a broad range of sectors and jurisdictions. Philip’s practice covers both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations spanning several international jurisdictions. He is an acknowledged expert in advising in relation to construction and engineering, oil and gas, telecoms, shareholder, agent and joint venture disputes, and regularly acts both for and against states and state-owned entities. He has represented clients in a number of high-value global disputes, with a particular focus on the Balkans, MENA, Latin America and South East-Asia. He acts both as counsel and arbitrator handling a broad range of disputes conducted under ICC, LCIA, SCC, DIAC, BCDR, HKIAC, UNCITRAL and ICSID rules.

Signature Litigation AARPI

Philippe Bessis

Partner (individual practice) For almost 50 years, our IP team, led by Philippe Bessis, has offered a comprehensive range of services covering both transactional and contentious IP matters. Intellectual property occupies a central place in our practice, particularly in relation to contentious IP matters: infringement matters, IP ownership disputes, issues relating to the enforcement of license agreements and unfair competition cases. We handle all types of issues relating to industrial property (trademarks, designs and models, patents), literary and artistic property (copyrights and related rights), as well as the protection of innovations on the Internet and new forms of exploitation (such as NFTs). Our IP practice is supported by our leading expertise in distribution and franchising. We assist clients in negotiating and drafting all types of distribution agreements, including franchise, concession and partnership agreements, and in designing and protecting selective distribution networks. We advise a wide range of clients, including major French and international groups, in various sectors, but with a particular focus on fashion and luxury goods, food and beverages (in particular wines and spirits) and consumer goods. Our intimate knowledge of our clients' businesses, particularly in the luxury and fashion sectors, enables us to provide them with tailor-made advice and to assist them effectively in the development of their intellectual property strategy. Transactional activity: Analysis of IP portfolios: prior rights searches, infringement risk analysis, validity of IP rights, studies of use, usage or reputation of trademarks... Advice on IP protection strategies. Negotiation and drafting of complex IP agreements: assignment agreements, licenses, co-existence, R&D agreements, know-how agreements, co-ownership arrangements. Negotiating and drafting complex literary and artistic property agreements: publishing agreements, sponsorship agreements, licenses, collective management of copyright and related rights. Drafting and negotiation of distribution and marketing agreements: franchising, distribution, partnership, co-branding. IP due diligence. IP litigation practice: Representing clients before the French courts (both civil and criminal) in a wide range of IP-related litigation matters: infringement actions, validity and cancellation proceedings, summary injunctions, counterfeiting seizure proceedings, breach of license agreements and unfair competition. Assisting, together with specialized trademark attorneys, in administrative proceedings before the EUIPO and the French National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI): opposition, cancellation and invalidity proceedings.

Bessis Avocats

Philippe Bouchez el Ghozi

Partner - White Collar Crime, Compliance & Investigations

Jeantet

Philippe Bouillon

Partner

Franklin

Philippe Chassany

Managing partner | Attorney registered with the Lyon Bar Association

Chassany Watrelot & Associés (CWA)

Philippe DROUILLOT

Philippe DROUILLOT has been a partner at LexCase since 2009 and co-heads the Tax Law Department. Philippe has acquired specific expertise on the key role of taxation in a company’s business, in particular for international groups, optimizing and ensuring the solidity of corporate operations. He also provides training on taxation in management schools and universities.

LexCase

Philippe Danesi

DLA Piper

Philippe Delelis

Partner

Jones Day

Philippe Desvignes

Of Counsel, Paris

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Philippe Donneaud

Philippe Donneaud joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 1995 and became a partner in 2007. He practices in tax law on all aspects of direct taxation for companies and senior executives, providing advice and representing them in litigation proceedings. He advises clients on the tax planning, structuring and management of their corporate operations and transactions. Philippe Donneaud assists with strategic planning and decision-making (financial and asset-related). He also provides advice to address ongoing and ad hoc tax issues. He represents clients in their dealings with the tax authorities, during pre-litigation and litigation proceedings, and in advance tax rulings and authorisation procedures. Philippe Donneaud also has extensive knowledge and experience of mergers and acquisitions, advising on the tax implications of acquisitions and disposals, corporate groups, mergers, and financial flows.

CMS Francis Lefebvre

Philippe Druon

Partner

Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP

Philippe Dubois

Associé

De Pardieu Brocas Maffei

Philippe Dumez

Philippe DUMEZ is co-head of the LYON office’s "Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law" Department. Alongside standard services in Corporate Law (equity financing), he works from the LYON office in: - restructurings, mergers, company transfers, leverage operations (LBOs, OBOs and fundraising), supporting external growth, etc. - drafting specific contracts (industrial subcontracting, distribution, sales of client lists) - struggling companies : preventive procedures (conciliation, ad hoc authorization), recovery of struggling companies (including collective insolvency proceedings), asset disposal plans - assistance to Italian companies expanding into FRANCE and French companies for carrying out external growth operations in Italy He is co-head of the Italian desk launched by DELSOL Avocats to bring Italian professionals comprehensive services in Italian for their transnational business.

Delsol Avocats

Philippe Durand

Partner

August Debouzy

Philippe Goossens

Partner

ADVANT Altana

Philippe Gosset

Philippe Gosset joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2012 and became a partner in 2022. He practices in tax law with a focus on estate planning and transactions. He advises entrepreneurs, high-net-worth individuals, private banks and family offices on the tax aspects of asset planning. His practice covers transfers (under the “Pacte Dutreil”, a favourable tax regime for the transfer of family businesses; apport-cession, i.e. contribution-disposal of securities under Article 150-0 B ter of the French Tax Code; and, donation-cession, gift followed by sale), equity savings plans, business property financing, property wealth tax, life insurance policy taxation, etc. He also consults on employee and executive compensation, including founder share subscription warrants, bonus shares, employee share ownership and mobility. Philippe Gosset advises and handles litigation for corporate groups on corporate tax issues. He also assists investment funds on the tax implications of acquisition and refinancing transactions.

CMS Francis Lefebvre

Philippe Grudé

Philippe Grudé is special European counsel in the Tax Department, focusing on the tax aspects of IPOs, LBOs, mergers and acquisitions and other reorganizations of businesses. Philippe regularly handles complex tax issues relating to mergers and acquisitions and other high-profile transactions. He has significant experience in the areas of tender offers, stock or asset purchases and private offerings of securities.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Philippe Guibert

Associé

De Pardieu Brocas Maffei

Philippe Hameau

Partner

Norton Rose Fulbright

Philippe Hansen

Partner at UGGC Law Firm since 2011, Philippe Hansen has expanded his practice to cover several legal fields and sectors of activity. Early on, he focused on urban and spatial planning law, but quickly added a specialisation in public property law, to which he dedicates much of his time. Philippe also devotes a lot of work to railway law and railway regulations. He is also extremely active in art law, working both for public institutions, museums, art dealers and collectors.

UGGC Avocats

Philippe Herbelin

Partner

White & Case LLP

Philippe Jacques

Partner

CGR Avocats

Philippe Julien

Co-Managing Partner

PDGB

Philippe Julien

Co-Managing Partner

PDGB