Simmons & Simmons

Litigation / Life sciences

Jacques-Antoine is a partner in the Paris office, he is a general commercial lawyer, acting mainly for major industrial groups - notably high tech and pharmaceutical companies - shareholders of such groups or investment funds. He represents his clients in regulatory matters, transactions and disputes involving commercial and/or liability issues. Jacques-Antoine works in contract law including termination of agreements, transfer of agreements, advertising and distribution networks. He has notably participated in recent major operations, concerning regulatory and competition law for a high tech manufacturer. He has been involved in major product liability cases and has recently won a highly publicized case before the French Supreme judicial court on behalf of a multinational industrial firm (September 2003).

Jacques-Antoine joined Simmons & Simmons in 2002 after spending eight years with the Paris office of an international law firm and six years with a traditional French law firm. He has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1989. Jacques-Antoine regularly gives lectures on business law aspects and is the author of several publications and articles.

French and English

He is a member of the French Arbitration Association.

Jacques-Antoine is a former student of the University of Paris I Sorbonne and of the Institute of Judicial Studies.