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August Debouzy Offices
7 rue de Téhéran
75008 Paris
France
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Basile Ader
Work Department
Litigation Arbitration White-Collar Crime
Position
Partner
Career
Basile Ader joined August Debouzy in 2018. He is a former Vice President of the Paris Bar (2018/2019), former member of the Paris Bar Council (2010-2012), former member of the Paris Bar Debating Society (Secrétaire de la Conférence) (1993), former President of the OIAD (Observatoire international des avocats en danger – International observatory for endangered lawyers), former President of Barreau de Paris Solidarité (Paris Bar association of volunteer lawyers) and Managing Editor of Légipresse (magazine on communication law published by Dalloz). Basile Ader also teaches at EFB (Paris Bar School).
Basile Ader is involved in all types of criminal, civil or business disputes pertaining to white-collar crime, media law, art market law, and intellectual property. He has a specific expertise in press criminal law, as managing editor of the French monthly magazine Légipresse since its creation in 1987.
He has created the “Lawyer representing artists and authors” status (avocat mandataire d’artistes et d’auteurs).
Languages
French | English
Memberships
Admitted to the Paris bar in 1988
Education
- General Private Law Degree (Maîtrise de droit privé général) (University of Paris II)
- Information and Communication Degree (Licence d’information et de communication) (Institut Français de Presse)
- Post-graduate degree (DESS) in Law and Communication Management
(University of Paris I)
Lawyer Rankings
France > Intellectual property: Copyright
(Leading individuals)France > Media and entertainment: Newspapers
(Leading individuals)Highly-specialised in press law matters, August Debouzy fields extensive experience across the media and press industries. The firm’s technology, media and IP team boasts a diverse roster of both French and international clients, advising leading publishers and newspapers, as well individuals, on both contentious and non-contentious media and entertainment matters. The practice has a strong track record representing individuals in libel and defamation cases. Mahasti Razavi leads the team alongside Basile Ader, who bolsters the firm’s media litigation services, defending media clients in high-profile copyright, audio-visual and press-relates cases. With a balanced advisory and litigation practice, Amélie Tripet has particular experience in press, libel and publishing and continues to develop niche areas of expertise, such as PR and advertising support.
France > Media and entertainment: Sports
With a balanced advisory and litigation practice, August Debouzy provides a one-stop-shop service spanning all aspects of sports law. Counting sports companies, brands, federations and athletes among its key roster of clients, the team regularly advises on partnerships with companies beyond the sports sector. The team is jointly led by Alexandra Berg-Moussa, Basile Ader and Laurent Cotret. Berg-Moussa is particularly active in sponsorship and contractual matters, while Ader represents clients in sports media issues and Cotret handles restructuring and financing for sports groups and clubs. Guillaume Aubatier and Pierre Pérot also bring their experience to advise on sports-related matters.
France > Media and entertainment: Art
Distinguished by its representation of some of Europe’s leading auction houses, August Debouzy is particularly skilled at handling disputes, art forgery cases, negotiations with the French Ministry of Culture, obtaining art passports and moral rights claims. Basile Ader, a longstanding expert in the field, co-heads the practice and specialises in sensitive, high-profile disputes. Fellow practice head Mahasti Razavi is a seasoned litigator. Amélie Tripet also advises a broad range of players on art law and art forgery cases.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals France > Media and entertainment: Newspapers
- Leading individuals France > Intellectual property: Copyright
- Media and entertainment: Newspapers France
- Media and entertainment: Art France
- Media and entertainment: Sports France
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Compliance
- Data privacy and data protection
- Employment
- Industry focus: IT and internet
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Media and entertainment: Newspapers
Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Luxury goods
- Media and entertainment: Art
- Media and entertainment: Sports
- Employment > Social security: compensation and benefits
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Environment
- Industry focus: Energy
- Insolvency
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Private equity: LBO
- Private equity: venture/growth capital
- Real estate
- EU, competition and distribution
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Tax
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Construction