LPA-CGR avocats

Managing Partners: Frédéric Bailly, Raphaël Chantelot, Sandra Fernandes

Number of partners: 45

Number of lawyers: 230 worldwide, 140 in Paris

Languages: Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish

Firm Overview:

LPA-CGR avocats is a leading full-service French law firm with an international reach. The teams of over 230 lawyers in 12 offices located in key business centres advise you locally and abroad on your strategic projects.

Main Areas of Practice:

Real Estate Law & Transactions:

16 partners, 45 fee earners

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.

Contact: Silke Nadolni Tel: +33 1 53 23 25 46

Email: [email protected]

Energy:

11 partners, 25 fee earners

The firm perfectly manages market trends and regulations and contribute to the development of energy law. The government bodies, the energy regulatory authority and professional federations within energy and renewable energy sector (Syndicat des Energies Renouvelables, France Wind Energy, Wind Europe) is among its privileged interlocutors. Therefore, the firm has acquired a unique experience in renewable energies, energy building efficiency and projects of sustainable cities.

Contact: Fabrice Cassin Tel: +33 1 53 93 30 00

Email: [email protected]

Mergers & Acquisitions – Corporate Law:

14 partners, 19 fee earners

Over the years, the team has built up and developed a renowned practice in mergers, acquisitions and corporate law. The team, consisting of 25 lawyers, assists its clients in all aspects of their acquisitions, investment and restructuring, particularly in the energy, TMT, infrastructure and industry sectors.

Contact: Raphaël Chantelot Tel: + 33 1 53 93 30 32

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Julie Cittadini Tel: +33 1 53 93 39 56

Email: [email protected]

Environment:

3 partners, 15 fee earners

LPA-CGR avocats 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.

Contact: Frédérique Chaillou Tel: +33 1 53 93 30 00

Email: [email protected]

Planning

The team has built up and developed a recognised practice in administrative and town-planning authorisations, in the context of asset sales and acquisitions, as well as the structuring and monitoring of private and public development and planning projects. The team also assists operators with issues relating to urban planning taxation and commercial planning, and represents them before the administrative courts.

Contact: Hélène Cloëz Tel: +33 1 53 93 30 00

Email: [email protected]

IP/IT:

1 partner, 3 fee earners

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.

Contact: Prudence Cadio Tel: +33 1 53 93 30 05

Email: [email protected]

Banking & Finance:

4 partners, 8 fee earners

The banking and finance team offers services including advice and assistance in banking or finance market, real estate, renewables, corporate financing and financial litigation.

Contact: Hassan Javanshir Tel: +33 1 53 93 30 00

Email: [email protected]

Tax:

4 partners, 15 fee earners

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 tax litigation and real estate tax. The team provides its clients with bespoken advice to their professional or personal situation and is guided by a proactive philosophy, offering a dynamic approach to the tax management of companies and assets.

Contact: Mathieu Selva-Roudon Tel: +33 1 53 93 30 00

Email: [email protected]

Employment:

4 partners, 15 fee earners

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. The team implements a partnership approach that is founded on availability, pragmatism and responsiveness.

Contact: Sophie Marinier Tel: +33 1 53 93 30 00

Email: [email protected]

Risks & Insurance:

3 partners, 7 fee earners

LPA-CGR avocats has built up a renowned advisory and litigation practice in the sector of insurance over more than 20 years. 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.

Contact: Arnaud Molinier Tel: +33 1 53 93 29 95

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Alexia Eskinazi Tel: +33 1 53 45 40 00

Email: [email protected]

Public & Administrative Law:

4 partners, 15 fee earners

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. It provides clients with advisory and litigation services, whether before the administrative or civil courts.

Contact: Fabrice Cassin Tel: +33 1 53 93 30 00

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Hélène Cloëz Tel: +33 1 53 23 25 44

Email: [email protected]

Dispute Resolution:

8 partners, 14 fee earners

LPA-CGR avocats 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. The team’s lawyers represent clients before supervisory authorities, arbitral tribunals or state courts.

Contact: Xavier Clédat Tel: +33 1 53 93 29 91

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Alexia Eskinazi Tel: +33 1 53 45 40 18

Email: [email protected]

Wealth Management & Patrimonial Law:

1 partners, 3 fee earners

The team dedicated to patrimonial law and wealth management assists a diverse client base consisting of family businesses, managers, individuals, family groups, holding companies, private banks, CGPIs and family offices in France and abroad.

Contact: Martine Blanck-Dap Tel: +33 1 53 93 30 18

Email: [email protected]

Restructuring:

3 partners, 3 fee earners

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. LPA-CGR avocats has also developed a recognised practice in managers’ responsibility.

Contact: Julie Cittadini Tel: +33 1 53 93 39 56

Email: [email protected]