Lawyers in France

Samia Bendjenna

Partner

FTPA

Samia Khennous

Senior Associate

Ashurst LLP

Samuel Bordeleau

Samuel is a Partner in the Energy & Infrastructure practice in Paris. He advises international investors, energy majors, and construction and concession companies on the development, financing, and M&A of leading energy and infrastructure projects. Over the past 14 years, he has developed a well-rounded practice, covering most asset classes and products in the energy and infrastructure space.

Linklaters

Samuel Daniau

Counsel

Bredin Prat

Samuel Pariente

Partner

Bredin Prat

Samy Markbaoui

Partner

White & Case LLP

Sandra Esquiva-Hesse

DLA Piper

Sandra Fernandes

Partner

LPA Law

Sandra Graslin-Latour

Partner

Racine

Sandra Graslin-Latour

Partner

Racine

Sandra Hazan

Sandra Hazan is a Partner in Dentons’ Paris Tax group. Sandra is involved in restructuring and tax planning issues. She has extensive experience in assisting clients on tax audits and litigation, particularly in the area of transfer pricing and international structuring. She advises clients in many sectors of activity, such as food and hotels, and has particular expertise in the luxury, fashion and cosmetics industry. Sandra is the founder of the “Cercle du Luxe”, a think tank dedicated to tax-related issues applying to the luxury sector. Additionally, she has extensive experience in dealing with complex tax issues related to the digital economy. She is solicited by the OECD in particular for her expertise on taxation of intangibles.

Dentons

Sandra KABLA

Sandra Kabla est spécialisée en droit immobilier. Elle assiste et conseille ses clients dans les différents domaines ayant une implication immobilière (acquisition, avant-contrats, construction, copropriété, baux, fonds de commerce, Loi Hoguet…) tant en conseil qu’en contentieux. Elle enseigne les baux commerciaux au Master 2 de Droit immobilier de l’Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne et anime régulièrement des formations au sein de Dalloz formation. Elle est co-auteur du Mémento Francis Lefebvre – Baux commerciaux (2017-2020)

Ollyns

Sandra Kahn

Sandra Kahn is the firm’s rising star and has been involved in some of the most complex matters handled by the firm. She has a deep understanding of European and French financial regulations and advises French and foreign financial institutions on all areas of financial services regulations (payment services, electronic money activities, banking activities, anti-money laundering, investment services, asset management, post-trading, derivatives), including in the context of licensing applications as well as inspections and investigations by the French regulators. Sandra has developed an expertise in payment services and electronic money and has accompanied several important payment services providers in the Fintech space in the last few years.

Spitz Poulle Kannan

Sandra Strittmatter

Partner

Franklin

Sandra Tubert

Sandra Tubert is the co-founder and partner of Algo Avocats and head of the firm’s Data Protection & Privacy practice. Sandra is a recognised expert in data protection and privacy law, with a practice dedicated to data protection matters since 2013. She advises both French and international clients on strategic, technical and high-risk privacy issues. Her in-house experience through secondments gives her a practical and business-oriented approach that is highly valued by corporate clients. She regularly assists clients on: GDPR compliance programs and internal audits; Drafting of Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and feasibility studies, particularly where emerging technologies (AI, big data, IoT) are involved; Digital marketing compliance (cookies, profiling, targeted advertising, web-push, etc.); Sector-specific compliance challenges and requirements (e.g. in healthcare, open data, advertising and telecommunications); Compliance programs related to new regulations, including in cybersecurity and AI (Data Act, NIS 2 Directive, DORA, Cyber Resilience Act, AI Act, etc) Security incident and data breaches, including notification strategies and remediation plans; Drafting and negotiation of Data Protection Agreements (DPAs, joint controllership) and Market Data Agreements (related to the use and sharing of non-personal data) Cross-border data transfers, including the use of SCCs, BCRs frameworks; Investigations and enforcement actions by the CNIL, including on-site audits and formal notices; Litigation cases, providing full representation before the CNIL and French courts.

Algo Avocats

Sandrine Benaroya

Sandrine Benaroya, a specialist in M&A and LBO - Private Equity transactions, has developed a recognized expertise over the past twenty years and assists a clientele of investment funds and medium and large companies, in the media, entertainment, distribution and industrial sectors. Sandrine Benaroya advises on complex transactions, including carve-outs.

Fairway A.A.R.P.I.

Sandrine Bouvier-Ravon

Partner at Plasseraud Avocats

Plasseraud IP

Sara Bellahouel

Sara advises French, foreign and groups of companies on both individual employment relations (employment contracts, intra-group mobility, discrimination and equal treatment, disciplinary procedures, termination of employment contracts, etc.) and collective employment relations (collective bargaining, relations with the works council, etc.). In particular, she assists clients with reorganisations (collective redundancies, voluntary redundancy plans, employee transfers, etc.) and with the employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions (due diligence, information and consultation of the works council, etc.). In litigation, she represents clients before national courts in both employment law and social security law (industrial tribunals, courts of law, appeal courts).

Addleshaw Goddard

Sara Koski

DLA Piper

Sara Ortoli

Sara Ortoli's practice includes European and French competition law. Sara advises clients on both merger control and behavioural work.

Clifford Chance

Sara Pomar

Partner

Nomos

Sara Susnjar

Partner - Compliance / Corporate

Winston Taylor

Sarah Bailey

Sarah specialises in soft IP and is responsible for the day to day running of the Paris Intellectual Property Department. She advises on all the aspects involved in the creation, exploitation and protection of trademarks, design rights, copyrights and domain names and is also well versed on the issues relating to unfair competition, dealing with both contentious and non-contentious matters. Sarah also deals with data protection and advertising matters.

Simmons & Simmons

Sarah Dardour-Attali

Sarah Dardour-Attali joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2015 and became a partner in 2023. She practices in tax law and supports clients in tax audits and litigation. Sarah Dardour-Attali handles applications for advance tax rulings and acts for clients in litigation involving interpretation of higher-level norms. Her practice includes judicial reviews of administrative action (recours pour excès de pouvoir), priority preliminary rulings on constitutionality (QPC), as well as requests for preliminary rulings before the Court of Justice of the European Union. Sarah Dardour-Attali also has a solid track record in advising and assisting clients in general corporate and transaction tax matters.

CMS Francis Lefebvre