Simmons & Simmons

Litigation / Life sciences

Jacques-Antoine is Country Head of France and manages the Paris Dispute Resolution department. He is a member of the firm's crime group.

Jacques-Antoine is a general commercial lawyer, acting mainly for major industrial groups - notably high tech, pharmaceutical companies, automotive suppliers, chemical industries - shareholders of such groups, their insurers or investment funds. His practice covers high level national and cross border disputes in contract law, tort law (product liability) and crisis management. He represents his clients in regulatory matters, transactions, arbitration and disputes involving commercial, corporate and/or liability issues.

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.