LPA Law — France

About

The firm: LPA Law is a leading full-service French law firm with an international reach of over 300 lawyers in 15 offices located in key business centres advise locally and abroad on all strategic projects. ### Areas of practice Banking and finance: the banking and finance team offers services including advice and assistance in banking or finance market, banking and financial advisory regulations, real estate finance and financial litigation. Competition and Economic Regulation: our team advises you on all aspects of competition law and economic regulation (Litigation of anti-competitive practices (cartels / abuse of dominant position); Competition / Compliance Audits (Compliance Programs); Assistance in dawn raids; Damages actions; Sector-specific economic regulations; Advertising and consumer protection; Merger control (joint-ventures, multi-filing); Foreign Subsidies Regulation; Foreign direct investment filings; Internal market law / Freedom of movement / Freedom of establishment and provision of services; State Aid) Distribution and commercial contracts: our team works in the fields of distribution, consumer law and commercial contracts, offering both advisory and litigation support. The team assists companies in developing their contractual and commercial strategy and controlling the risks related to their activities, ensuring their security and compliance. Dispute resolution: LPA Law litigation team assists its clients with all stages of a dispute, from the analysis of risks and their prevention, the implementation of amicable or alternative dispute resolution methods to legal representation and enforcement of decisions. Employment: with 35 years’ experience in the area of labour law, the firm’s multicultural team of lawyers provides advisory and litigation services for all clients’ employment-related problems, whether in connection with complex strategic operations or the day-to-day labour management of the company. Energy: the firm perfectly manages market trends and regulations, and contributes to the development of energy law. The government bodies, the energy regulatory authority and professional federations within the energy and renewable energy sector are among the firm’s privileged interlocutors. Environment: LPA Law created the first platform which integrates industrial environment and real estate sustainable development practices. The team assists major industrial groups, players in the real estate market and public institutions for the management of their assets, their resources and the risks related to their activity or to the achievement of their development or reorganisation projects. IP/IT: the team of lawyers assists and advises clients in relation to all legal aspects of intellectual property and technology transactions. The team’s lawyers provide clients with advisory and litigation assistance for the implementation of their protection, use and intellectual property defence policies. M&A – corporate law: over the years, the team has built up and developed a renowned practice in mergers, acquisitions and corporate law. The team assists its clients in all aspects of their acquisitions, investment and restructuring, particularly in the energy, TMT, infrastructure and industry sectors. Public and administrative: the team dedicated to commercial public law possesses great expertise in this area. It assists public and private clients at all stages in the conclusion and realisation of their infrastructure projects and optimises the contractual framework of the operation. Real estate: since its creation, real estate law has been the flagship activity of the firm. With more than 65 lawyers, the real estate team is one of the largest in France and is leader for all aspects of the sector (investment, finance, tax, construction, urbanism, leases, asset management, etc) and for all types of assets. Restructuring: the firm’s multidisciplinary team assists its clients in all issues, collective proceedings and in restructuring but also in mergers and acquisitions and corporate law, banking and finance, labour law, environment and real estate, both in advisory and litigation. Risk and insurance: LPA Law has built up a renowned advisory and litigation practice in the sector of insurance. It draws on the multidisciplinary expertise of the firm, such as the law of mergers and acquisitions and companies, real estate and construction, tax and white-collar crime. Tax: the team assists private and public companies in France and abroad with each stage of their projects, from the structuring of the operation until its realisation, including real estate tax. Wealth management and patrimonial law: the team dedicated to patrimonial law and wealth management assists a diverse client base consisting of family businesses, individuals, family groups, holding companies, private banks, Independent Wealth Managers and family offices in France and abroad. ### Languages - Arabic - English - French - German - Italian - Japanese - Madarin - Russian - Spanish ### Staffing Figures - 300 Number of lawyers

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Lawyers in this office

Airi Tozaki

Counsel · Corporate / M&A

Alexandre de Konn

Partner · Criminal Defence

Anaïs Lorentz

Counsel · Real Estate

Anne Delorme

Counsel · Environmental Law

Arnaud Depierrefeu

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Aurore Souverain

Counsel · Real Estate

Aurélie Dauger

Partner · Real Estate

Baptiste Cousseau

Counsel · Environmental Law

Bo Han

Counsel · Corporate / M&A

Christian Sauer

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Clémence Legout

Partner · Restructuring

Céline Rifflet

Counsel · Real Estate

Eleonora Sorribes

Partner · Litigation

Florence Defradas

Partner · Real Estate

Frédéric Bailly

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Frédérique Chaillou

Partner · Environment

Géraldine Piedelièvre

Partner · Real Estate

Hélène Cloëz

Partner · Real Estate

Javed Allybokus

Counsel · Banking & Finance

Jérémy Régade

Partner · Real Estate Transactions

Karine Bézille

Partner · Employment

Laurence Wynaendts

Counsel · Litigation

Marco Plankensteiner

Partner · Competition / Antitrust

Marianne Sajus

Counsel · Real Estate

Marie Boustany

Counsel · Tax

Marie-Gabrielle du Bourblanc

Counsel · Corporate / M&A

Marie-Lise Turpin

Counsel · Real Estate

Marion Roquette-Pfister

Partner · Public & Administrative Law

Martine Blanck-Dap

Partner · Private Wealth Management

Mathieu Selva-Roudon

Partner · Tax

Maxime Ramos-Guerrero

Counsel · Litigation

Michael Samol

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Michelle Wong

Counsel · Corporate / M&A

Nicolas Lefèvre

Counsel · Litigation

Nicolas Vanderchmitt

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Pascaline Déchelette-Tolot

Of Counsel · Real Estate

Pauline Dessevre

Counsel · Competition / Antitrust

Pauline Maurus

Counsel · Energy

Pierre Marly

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Prudence Cadio

Partner · Intellectual Property

Ran Hu

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Raphaël Chantelot

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Romain Viret

Counsel · Intellectual Property

Sandra Fernandes

Partner · Tax

Sarah Kesy

Counsel · Tax

Sidonie Fraîche-Dupeyrat

Partner · Real Estate

Silke Nadolni

Partner · Real Estate

Sophie Marinier

Partner · Employment

Stephan Lesage-Mathieu

Partner · Litigation

Stéphane Erard

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Sébastien Thouvenot

Counsel · Corporate / M&A

Thibault Julia

Counsel · Environment

Typhaine Geoffroy

Counsel · Real Estate

Valérie Hardouin

Counsel · Real Estate

Vincent Sol

Of counsel · Environment

Virginie Martel

Counsel · Private Wealth Management

Xavier Clédat

Partner · Litigation

Zineb Gaouane

Partner · Energy