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With qualifications specialising in labour law, her practice is dedicated to providing advisory and litigation services to businesses. Alix Schontz thereby provides a regular follow up, by means of subscriptions, of the management of labour relations within businesses and associations. She is also active in the employment tribunals of Nouvelle Aquitaine, managing litigation in labour ...
Read moreLawyer with more than 18 years of experience, with emphasis on corporate, civil and real estate law. Advises national and International companies in the preparation and management of civil and commercial contracts and, in general, in all legal services related to this activity. Strongly oriented to the banking, real estate and telecommunications sectors.
Read morePartner in charge of the Department of Social and Labor Law, with more than twenty years of experience in this field, has been chosen between the “100 Youth Leaders” of the Magazine “Sábado”, El Mercurio 2006. He developed a strong expertise in Labor and Social Law practice. He focuses on providing a full legal range ...
Read moreGraduated from Sciences Po Strasbourg, Arnaud Vermersch joined the environmental and sustainable development law department of DS Avocats in January 2019 after a first 4-year experience in a litigation French law firm. He provides advisory and litigation services to private and public actors.
Read moreArnauld Achard is a banking and finance lawyer based in the Paris office of DS Avocats. His field of expertise is financial law in general and more specifically debt issuances, derivatives, funds, regulatory matters and treasury products. His practice is split between advising large groups on these matters and advising small innovative companies on the ...
Read moreBenoît Charrière-Bournazel is a member of the Paris and New York Bars as well as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. He advises on French and international business law matters. He worked for 10 years at the French embassy in the United States and for the US law firm Covington & ...
Read moreWith a university degree in labor law, Camille Duteil provides advisory and litigation services in all aspects of this discipline. She assists both national and international companies in their management of individual and collective labor relations, as well as with respect to social security issues. A lawyer since 2018, Camille Duteil joined DS Avocats in ...
Read moreClarisse Marot holds a Master 2 degree in Labour Law from the University of Nantes. She joined the Bordeaux office and provides advisory and litigation services exclusively on labour law to businesses and executive managers.
Read morePartner in charge of the Tax area of DS Chile. Lawyer with 15 years of experience, he has specialized in advising on Tax Compliance and Litigation. In charge of advising national and foreign companies in Chile in their internationalization processes. Specialized in Tax Consulting processes, Administrative Defense, conflict resolution and complex tax negotiations. He advises ...
Read moreDiénaba Camara is involved in corporate law cases. She provides day-to-day and exceptional legal secretarial services: constitution, approval of accounts, all statutory modifications, all changes in governance, restructuring operations, etc.She is in direct relation with clients, chartered accountants and auditors. She also monitors and carries out all corporate law formalities.
Read moreDimana Todorova has joined DS Avocats in 2017 after significant experiences in law firms in Brussels and Paris specialized in European and competition law, as well at the European Court of Justice. She provides legal advisory services and litigation services, in French, English and Bulgarian, with a double expertise in trade defense measures and European ...
Read morePartner in charge of the tax area of DS Chile. Lawyer with more than 15 years of experience who has a long career in this area, having worked in the Department of International Taxation PriceWaterhouse Coopers (PwC). His knowledge and specialty are especially focused on restructuring and tax planning. Likewise, his knowledge is also focused ...
Read moreHolding a Master II degree in public law and after a first experience in a Parisian law firm, Emma Verdier-Villet joined DS avocats in January 2020. She assists and provides advisory and litigation services to private and public actors in the area of regulatory and operational town planning law.
Read moreÉric Coutaud’s practice focuses on public law, particularly urban planning and development law. For almost 30 years, he has advised regional authorities, as well as their associations and operators such as semi-public companies (SEM), local public enterprises (SPL), single-purpose public-private partnerships (SEMOP), public bodies, real estate developers, etc. Based in the Lille office, he practices ...
Read moreÉtienne Dubreuil’s expertise applies to structuring and negotiating complex transactions, whether in international partnerships or partnerships between public sector and private sector. He specializes in matters dealing with the marketing of intellectual assets and the outsourcing of services.
Read moreFlorence Bouthillier has extensive experience in drafting and managing contractual documents for clients including real estate companies and asset managers (civil and commercial leases, intermediary mandates, acquisition and transfer agreements, etc.), as well as for French and foreign investors (acquisition and transfer agreements, guarantees, etc.). She also advises on the resolution of disputes, including legal ...
Read morePartner in charge of the Real Estate area of DS Chile. Lawyer with more than 15 years of experience. Advisor to numerous national and international real estate companies, in charge of providing all the pertinent legal services for the accompaniment in the development of the real estate business, that is, with respect to all those ...
Read moreFrédéric Bellanca is a partner in charge of the Financial Services and Fintech, Digital Banking and Crypto-Finance practice at DS Avocats in Paris. He leads a team of specialists in banking and financial regulation, acting as counsel and litigator before the ordinary courts, the AMF and the ACPR. Frédéric has developed well-known expertise in the ...
Read moreGuillaume Bourgeois joined DS Avocats after working for several international law firms. He works in the Banking & Finance department, Financial Services Group, as well as in the Fintech, Digital Banking and Crypto Finance Group, and handles both advising and litigation aspects on behalf of financial institutions, Fintechs and large French and foreign industrial groups.
Read moreHélène Laborde holds a Master II degree in Real Estate and Construction Law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and the Institut des études juridiques de l’urbanisme et de la construction [Institute of legal studies on town planning and construction] of the University of Toulouse I Capitole, and she provides both advisory and litigation ...
Read moreJason Dutrizac’s expertise in prosecuting investment and corporate fraud cases ranges from bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring to corporate fraud, cross-border and financial services litigation. A strong proponent of alternative dispute resolution in private and court-mandated mediations and arbitrations, he also appears on motions at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, including Bankruptcy Court and the ...
Read moreJean-Marc Poisson is a Doctor of Public Law and has a Master’s of Law from Duke University. His professional experience is varied and ranges from university lecturer between 1996 and 2010 in France, the United States and China, counsel with rights of audience before the Council of State, to working for an American law firm. ...
Read moreJean-Marie Salva is a Partner, in charge of the International Department at DS Avocats in Paris. He puts his expertise in customs law and international trade regulations at the service of the clients of DS Avocats. He provides advice (strategic consulting, optimization, compliance, AEO certification) as well as litigation. Jean-Marie Salva is also registered on ...
Read morePartner in charge of the Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions and International Law department of DS Abogados Chile. Having more than 25 years of experience, advises companies and investment funds in various sectors such as the Retail Industry, Pharmaceutical Industry, New Technologies Industry, Renewable Energy Industry, mining and services industry in general. Furthermore, he also assists ...
Read moreJustine Minguet holds a Master I from Paris 2 Panthéon Assas and a Master II in Business Law. She has completed internships with an investment bank and an Anglo-Saxon law firm. She joined the Banking & Finance department in the Financial Services division as an associate.
Read moreLaurent Kihl handles tax litigation for individuals and companies. His area of expertise extends to tax consulting and tax audit assistance. He has extensive expertise in patrimonial taxation. He also supervises restructuring operations for tax purposes and coordinates audit operations. A graduate of the École Nationale des Impôts, Laurent Kihl was an auditor, then inspector ...
Read moreLi Joshua is mainly responsible for the firm’s business development activities, providing deal sourcing, business communication assistance and legal advisory services for Chinese companies investing overseas and foreign companies investing in China. Prior to joining DS, he worked for a well-known Chinese cross-border M&A service company, where he served a large number of Chinese companies ...
Read moreMaria Cristina Ferrara is the office manager, responsible for the general services of DS Avocats Milan. She attends to clients and suppliers, manages the organization and communications, the agenda and the commitments of the team, organizes meetings, appointments, conference calls and business trips. She is also in charge of accounting and billing. She speaks Italian ...
Read moreMarie-Christine Bonnamour is the founding member of DS SQUARIS as well as its main shareholder and CEO. Marie-Christine Bonnamour started her career as a lawyer at the Bar of Brussels where she specialised in European Law. Aware of the fact that legal issues were only part of her clients preoccupations when dealing with European Affairs, ...
Read moreQualified from the University of Bologna (Italy) and the University of Paris 10 Nanterre, Marta Landriscina’s practice is focused on corporate and commercial law. She provides assistance and advice to Italian and foreign clients, in particular French ones, thanks to the experience and aknowledge acquired during her studies in France, both in litigation and out-of-court ...
Read moreDual-qualified from the Skema Business School and Master’s degree in Business Law. Mélanie Corna provides both advisory and litigation services at DS Avocats in Economic Law (commercial law and contract law). She has previously practised at CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre and at a law firm in Washington DC. She was called to the bar in ...
Read moreMichel Debroux worked for the legal department of the European Commission before starting to practice French and European competition law in 1992. He advises clients in the energy, telecommunications, infrastructure, financial services and media sectors on both transactional and contentious matters. He is a renowned specialist in state subsidies and his extensive client base ranges ...
Read morePeggy Wong has extensive professional corporate secretarial experience in private companies over a wide range of industries in Singapore. Peggy Wong provides advisory services under the Companies Act and assists companies in all secretarial matters. Peggy Wong also provides advisory services in immigration matters. Qualified from the Singapore Association of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries ...
Read moreSacha Brodetsky holds a Master degree in General Private Law from the University of Paris II and an LL.M. from the University of Melbourne (Australia). He joined the Environmental and Sustainable Development Law department of DS Avocats in February 2020 after a 2-year experience in a renowned French law firm in the field of insurance ...
Read moreWith over 25 years of experience in British and American law firms, Thibaud Forbin advises clients in the field of French and international business law. Prior to joining DS Avocats, he was a partner at McDermott Will & Emery, whose Paris office he opened in 2011. He has been a partner in the Corporate/M&A department ...
Read moreThomas Beaugrand’s practice focuses on IT law (large technology projects, digital services, software licensing and law, electronic communication, IT litigation and legal appraisals, digital intellectual property, etc.), data protection law (personal data, GDPR compliance, e-privacy regulations, frameworks for new data exploitation models), and e-commerce law (drafting general terms and conditions of sale for commercial websites, ...
Read moreQualified from Sciences Po Lyon and the University Paris I, Vianney Cuny provides advisory and litigation services in the areas of town planning law and land control law. He also assists project promoters on matters of environmental assessment and regulatory procedures linkage (public participation procedure, authorizations required).
Read moreVictor Condemine was called to the Bar in 2013 and joined the public business law team in 2015 after having practised in various French and international firms and at the courts. He advises in a numerous areas of public business law, notably in public domain issues, administrative law, cooperation between local authorities, liability and mixed ...
Read moreZha Tingxin joined DS 3 years ago and has been providing translation and interpreting services for clients.
Read moreOur team of banking and finance experts advise in the following sectors : Financial services ; Fintech, digital banking and cryptofinance ; Financing. Financial services Our Financial Services practice advises national and international financial institutions on banking, finance and capital markets law. For cross-border transactions and international disputes, our Financial Services practice is assisted by ...
Read moreThe banking, finance and insurance sector was fundamentally changed by the 2008 crisis and is subject to increasing pressures in a complex global environment. Sector stakeholders must constantly anticipate new regulatory restrictions and volatile financial markets. At the international level, these new rules and practices are sometimes contradictory. DS Avocats’ horizontal and multi-disciplinary organisational structure ...
Read moreWe advise our clients, including entrepreneurs, companies, managers and shareholders on all legal challenges ranging from those related to the manufacture to the marketing of their products and services, both nationally and internationally. Our commercial law and competition experts also advise on the following : Contracts ; Commercial litigation ; Competition ; Distribution ; Consumer ...
Read moreOur Customs and International Trade Department advises on customs law everywhere in the world where DS Avocats has an office: Europe, Canada, Latin America, Asia and Africa. Multi-disciplinary know-how In order to protect commercial transactions in an increasingly international context, we support our clients with their international projects across four cross-disciplinary areas : Access to ...
Read moreThe energy and natural resources sector is undergoing profound and constant change under the pressure of global demand, scarcity of resources, huge investment requirement and the imperative need to preserve our environment. States, local authorities, national companies, energy producers and suppliers, energy network and distribution companies, investors and financial institutions trust us to support their ...
Read moreThe global environmental sector is expanding rapidly thanks to increased regulations and changes in consumer preferences. Across the world, stakes have been raised in this sector as a result of the increased awareness of and mounting consideration given to topics such as ecology, sustainable development and the environment, as well as to the role of ...
Read moreIn all countries, governmental and public sector entities are subject to strong pressures to improve the provision of public services and infrastructure with increasingly limited resources. The technological, economic and geopolitical environment in which communities, national and international authorities and para-public companies operate is constantly evolving. At the same time, this environment is profoundly affected ...
Read moreThe leisure sector includes a multitude of actors with various profiles: owners, operators, distributors [?], public and private investors, regional authorities, governmental and para-public entities. This sector is very sensitive to circumstances and consumer confidence and is currently going though significant developments and changes : Globalisation and the development of the middle class in emerging ...
Read moreGlobalisation has enabled those involved in the infrastructure and large-scale projects sector to seize new opportunities in technology, economics, trade and geopolitical influence. At the same time, it has exposed them to new risks. These changes require a more sophisticated approach to large-scale infrastructure projects. Our teams’ renowned expertise ensures that our clients in the ...
Read moreThe global Health and Biotechnology market is a balancing act between growth and change. Innovation and opportunities for progress are often born out of crises. The Covid-19 global pandemic is redefining the missions and strategies of all stakeholders, public institutions, companies and industrialists, with an increased awareness of collective and individual responsibilities. In this demanding ...
Read moreWe have long-standing and world-renowned expertise acquired over 30 years of working in the public law sector, assuring the highest standard of assistance to all our clients, be they companies or public structures, at all stages of their projects and business. The public law team offers specialised advice in public procurement and contracts, public economic ...
Read moreDS Avocats’ reputation and know-how in real estate and construction law, one of its core practices, is internationally renowned. Our specialised team advises clients on real estate developments and investments across the globe. Our lawyers work together with a network of experts in the economic, climate, finance, real estate, environmental and construction fields, among others, ...
Read moreThis major economic sector, which remains sensitive to economic and geopolitical fluctuations, has experienced profound changes due to demographic [shifts], urbanisation, and the need to at the same time respond to the demand for new services and the restrictions imposed by sustainable development. Increased awareness of environmental impact, the emergence of new consumption patterns and ...
Read moreThe greatest difference between start-ups and more traditional companies is in their objectives and strategies. Where a traditional company, whether it is a very small company, SME, intermediate size company or a large group, operates by following a business plan and drawing profits, start-ups instead attempt to define and test different plans until they discover ...
Read moreOur goal is to safeguard and optimise the expansion, management and structuring projects of our clients, whether they are national or international companies, managers or individuals. Our lawyers advise their clients on all areas of tax law : Corporate tax ; Property tax ; Income and asset tax ; Tax audit procedures and litigation ; ...
Read moreFor those in the telecommunications, media and technology sector, new uses and technologies represent both an opportunity to develop, as well as a potential destabilising risk that needs to be controlled. 5G, artificial intelligence, big data, the IoT, etc., are all drivers for a transformation of the market, which is forcing both long-standing operators and ...
Read moreDS Avocats Paris is strengthening its tax department by integrating Jean-Claude Drié, Partner, Laurent Kihl, Of Counsel, and Adrien Landon as an associate, thus pursuing its development strategy. With this arrival, the Paris tax team now consists of 4 Partners, 1 Of Counsel and 4 associates. The team thus composed broadens its support capabilities in ...
Read moreThe United Kingdom (hereinafter “the UK”) left the European Union (hereinafter “the EU”) on 31 January 2020. The withdrawal agreement between the EU and the UK provided for a transitional period which expires on 31 December 2020 and which can no longer be extended. On 1st January 2021, the UK will leave the internal market ...
Read moreSince the PACTE law came into force in France, a procedure for obtaining a visa for any public Initial Coin Offering has been provided for before the French Financial Markets Authority (the AMF). In this context, the AMF requires issuers applying for a visa to set up a procedure to secure the funds collected during the ICO. Avec ...
Read moreIn addition to the optional visa available for all issuers of Initial Coin Offerings, the French Pacte Law establishes a regulated status as a Digital Assets Service Provider or “DASP”. As it stands, the implementing regulations have not yet been published and will come into force towards the end of 2019. Avec Thibault Verbiest
Read moreTokenisation is the creation of the digital representation of an asset on a blockchain. The tokenisation process involves the registration of an asset and its rights on a digital token which is then recorded on a shared electronic recording device like blockchain. The respective project leaders are the only ones who can decide on the ...
Read moreThe Ministry of Manpower (MOM) imposed new conditions on Employment Pass (EP) applications for overseas Intra-Corporate Transferees (ITC) meeting the requirements of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) or an applicable Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Read moreThe European Court of Justice confirms the possibility of including in the customs value of a product the cost of an intangible good designed in the EU and made available free of charge to the third party seller by the purchaser. A brief by the Customs and International Trade team of DS Avocats
Read moreThe European Commission had proposed the adoption of a directive on the common system of the Digital Services Tax (DST) applicable to the revenues derived from the provision of certain digital services.
Read moreThe European Commission had proposed the adoption of a directive on the common system of the Digital Services Tax (DST) applicable to the revenues derived from the provision of certain digital services.
Read moreWith the future French PACTE law, currently under discussion, the legislator wishes to create an incentivising legal environment for all crypto-active actors. The French legislator’s approach is very clear: to identify the issues on which its intervention is necessary, particularly to protect investors, while at the same time allowing this new means of raising funds ...
Read moreThe French law of 22 May 2019 (known as the “PACTE law“) introduced a specific regime for ICOs, providing for the principle of an optional approval/visa issued by the AMF. This new regime, designed to promote the development of ICOs, does not apply to the issuance of tokens assimilated to financial securities (“Security Token Offering”/ ...
Read moreDS Avocats has had an office in Brussels since 2000 and its activity focuses on EU law. Squaris joined the DS group in 2018. A Belgian company founded in 1998, Squaris specialises in providing customised advice, assistance and services on various aspects of European business. Through a unique partnership, the DS Avocats and DS Squaris ...
Read moreOur team provides local operators and investors with a high level of on-the-ground services, enriched by a strong relationship with the Paris office teams and other DS offices across the globe. We advise on all areas of business law, with recognised expertise in the distribution, competition, consumer, intellectual property and innovation law sectors, the restructuring ...
Read moreThe office brings together specialists in various legal fields, who have extensive experience with national and international clients, in all legal areas. This allows us to provide legal services with a better understanding of our clients and to offer a wide range of solutions.
Read moreOur team advises on transactional and contentious matters related to the public domain, administrative liability and damages from public works, functioning of public institutions, the law of public and para-public organisations, regional authority and inter-communality law, civil service, as well as public services, public contracts, public service delegations, urban planning and real estate. Its clients ...
Read moreThe first French office to open in Chile, we have a team of 20 lawyers of various nationalities. We are an integral part of a network of 22 international offices and well placed to offer cross-border services to our clients. We specialise in key sectors in order to provide assistance to our clients with developing ...
Read moreWe offer our clients a customised service based on signficant experience of corporate law in Africa, in particular the OHADA zone countries, an extensive knowledge of the African business environment and the current social and economic context. Our knowledge of international practice as a result of our international presence allows us to provide support in ...
Read moreOur Japan Desk is made up of specialists with long-standing experience in Franco-Japanese business relations. It advises the largest Japanese groups, industrial and financial enterprises and SMEs involved in all sectors of the economy, including the industrial, health, automotive, aviation, logistics, agribusiness, fashion, distribution and internet sectors. The Desk also advises European clients wishing to ...
Read moreOur UK Desk offers our clients the advantage of proximity, on the ground experience and an international culture, in addition to bilingual French/English assistance. The Desk advises companies, investment funds, entrepreneurs and British law firms on their projects everywhere in the world where DS has an office. It also advises an international clientele on business ...
Read moreNotre Desk USA offre aux clients proximité, expertise de terrain et culture internationale, enrichies d’une assistance bilingue français/anglais. Le Desk accompagne entreprises, fonds, entrepreneurs et cabinets anglo-saxons dans leurs projets vers les pays d’implantation de DS. Il accompagne également une clientèle internationale vers les Etats-Unis en collaboration avec nos bureaux du Canada et notre réseau ...
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