Addleshaw Goddard

Anna-Christina Chaves

Anna-Christina has worked as a lawyer since 2001. She has developed a pragmatic employment law practice with a strong financial focus. She advises major groups, SMEs, financial institutions and investment funds on their strategic operations (mergers, disposals, takeovers, LBOs, etc.) in terms of employment law audit and due diligence, management of HR integration processes (review of collective status, working hours, etc.) and implementation of management packages alongside corporate teams. She is also involved in restructuring projects (downsizing, PSE, carve-outs, etc.) or the implementation of alternative scenarios (RCC, APLD, PDV, GPEC, etc.). Anna-Christina also assists her clients with remuneration issues and the implementation of schemes such as value-sharing bonuses, employee savings plans and employee share ownership. Anna-Christina also advises on matters relating to individual employment relations (discrimination and equal treatment, contractual termination, redundancies, settlements, foreign secondments, etc.) and litigation arising from URSSAF inspections and collective disputes.

Antoine Martin

Antoine Martin advises on all aspects of corporate / M&A matters. He specializes in advising on share and asset acquisitions and disposals, corporate reorganizations and cross-borders transactions. These transactions often focus strongly on complex carve outs or distressed asset transactions, involving as such negotiations with French State Agencies and local authorities. He also focuses his practice on private equity transactions (acting for institutional investors, managers and portfolio companies). His business background has further developed his naturally pragmatic, business-focused approach. With over 30 years' experience in the M&A sector, he has advised a number of international industrial groups on their strategic development activities in France and abroad. He has acted for domestic and international clients operating in the following industries: aerospace and defence, agriculture, food & drink, automotive, retail, biotech and high-tech, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, and miscellaneous services.

Aymar Claret de Fleurieu

Aymar Claret de Fleurieu is a Managing Associate in our International Arbitration Practice, based in Paris, France. He acts as counsel in arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and institutional. His practice includes both investor-State and commercial arbitration, with a particular focus on the energy, construction, competition & distribution and post-M&A sectors. He also acts in post-arbitration proceedings (annulment and enforcement of arbitral awards) before French courts. Aymar is a lawyer at the New York and Paris bars. Prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard, he practiced for six years in one of France’s largest international law firms and worked as an assistant to Professor Jennifer Hillman at Georgetown University. Clients describe Aymar “as organized, efficient and always on the top of his cases.” (Legal 500 EMEA - 2023).

Baudouin Gueyffier

Baudouin's practice focuses on corporate law, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions (both domestic and cross-border) and private equity transactions. He also advises on a range of commercial matters, in particular the drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts in the aerospace, defence and nuclear sectors.

Blandine Bourelle

Before joining Addleshaw Goddard, Blandine has been an associate with K&L Gates (6 years). Blandine is a managing associate in our Paris office, who acts for French and international clients on a wide range of real estate matters, including real estate investment, transactions and acquisitions, leases, construction and property development, and real estate disputes.

Cécile Terret

Cécile focuses her practice in the fields of national and international conflict resolution, including litigation, alternative dispute resolution and corporate investigations and compliance. She regularly advises on general business and commercial matters. Cécile regularly takes part in industry events as a speaker, including the AFJE (The French association of the in-house lawyers in France) webinar "Internal investigation: a new paradigma" with a large focus on labour's aspects.

Celia Gallo

Celia advises clients doing business in France on all aspects of French employment law. Celia provides French and international clients with labour law advice related to corporate reorganizations and downsizing, plant closures or redeployment of industrial sites, business outsourcing, mergers and acquisitions. She also represents her clients before national courts (labour, civil, appeal courts) in complex litigations against employee representative bodies, unions, labour administration, and employees. Her activity is mainly focused on labour issues arising out of corporate transactions (such as mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, LBOs), for listed and non-listed companies. labour law advice in connection with M&A/ LBOs transactions (e.g. due diligence, guidance on information and consultation procedure of the works council, review of put option agreements/ MoU, review of Share/Assets purchase agreements, transfer of employment contracts, etc.). I also assist other departments (e.g. Tax, Anti-trust, Restructuring, etc.) on transversal issues (e.g. management packages, stock options/ RSU agreements, permanent establishment issues, information and consultation procedure regarding anti-trust, etc.); reorganizations and downsizing (redundancy plans); negotiation of C-level employees’ termination; assistance to clients on day-to-day employment law issues (e.g. hiring and termination issues, executive and employee compensation, union and works council negotiations, discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims, business transfers, professional elections, etc.); assistance on collective matters (professional elections, negotiation of company-wide agreements, etc.).

Charles Tissier

Charles Tissier is a partner in the Finance group of Addleshaw Goddard (Europe) LLP Paris office. Charles is a recognized lawyer in the field of finance/structured finance and has recognized expertise in capital markets transactions, including debt capital markets, derivative and repos/stock-lending transactions. He has developed a strong expertise in domestic and complex cross-border financial transactions and disintermediated financing and regularly advises financial institutions, borrowers and investors at all stages of the structuring or restructuring transaction. Charles advises French or foreign financial institutions and corporates on their issuance, investment and debt-rating transactions (euro bonds, EMTN programmes, hybrid securities, Euro PP, covered bonds, high yield, commercial paper, NSV/Schuldschein…) and liability management transactions. Charles also advises on fintech, blockchain and cryptocurrency assets. Charles regularly speaks at University and conferences and seminars including on financial regulation, debt capital markets and structured products.

Charles Connesson

Charles has significant and recognised expertise in banking and finance and is mainly involved in acquisition finance, leveraged finance and syndicated finance transactions, as well as real estate finance, bond issues and private placements. He advises a wide range of French and international clients, including financial institutions, investment funds and companies. Charles was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2017 and is fluent in French and English.

David Lambert

David advises investment funds and family offices in their small to mid cap transactions, in a wide range of sectors (industry, health services, etc.). He also advises managers in LBOs and fundraising. He also has a recognised know-how acquired in restructuring distressed LBOs.

David Père

David represents companies and executives in the context of French or international government or regulatory investigations, including money laundering, corruption, misappropriation of corporate assets and tax fraud. David is one of the first lawyers in France to have provided training in preparation for police custody in real conditions for managers. He also distinguished himself as a lawyer for civil parties in cases of terrorist attacks (Rue des Rosiers attack, Rue Copernic attack). He teaches at the Panthéon Sorbonne University Business Ethics and Compliance Master’s Degree, and is regularly invited to participate in conferences in France and abroad, for Universities, professional organisations (AFJE, CIAN) and international or national public bodies (OECD, ENM - French School for Judges). David is also in charge of the criminal business law seminar at Master 2 – Droit des affaires (Nanterre University). He has been recognized by Best Lawyer in Criminal Defense in France in the 2021 edition, ranked “Excellent” for White-collar crime & compliance by Décideurs Leaders League in 2020, and selected by Legal 500 for White-collar crime in 2019.

Dorine Reda

Dorine has experience in advising private equity funds and multinational groups on the tax structuring of M&A deals including LBOs and capital market transactions. Dorine's practice also focuses on the general reorganisation work for corporate groups, including tax and VAT issues. Dorine also represents taxpayers in tax disputes. Dorine joined the firm in 2023 after an initial experience in an international firm.

Edouard Verhoeven

Edouard is graduated of the Business Law and Management program at EDHEC Business School (Grande Ecole course, Master in law & Tax Management, 2021) and the Catholic University of Lille (Master II Business Law Practice, 2021). After completing several internships in business law, Edouard began his career in 2023 as a paralegal, then as a lawyer at De Pardieu Brocas Maffei in corporate M&A. Edouard has expertise in corporate M&A and private equity with a strong interest in international cases. He has also developed a personal expertise in commercial and corporate leases relating to real estate.

Edouard Vitry

Before joining Addleshaw Goddard, Edouard has been a partner with K&L Gates (9 years), Simmons & Simmons (5 years) and an associate at Richards Butler (now Reed Smith) (4 years) where he headed their real estate group after spending 8 years with major French law firms Edouard Vitry, a partner in the firm’s Paris office, has more than 30 years of experience in real estate. He advises on all commercial real estate matters, with a particular focus on investment, finance, construction, real estate development and commercial leases. He has experience in all types of real estate work including due diligence, sale and purchase process, securitisation, drafting and negotiating contracts and leases, property disputes and ADR Edouard acts for international and French clients including real estate funds, asset managers, developers, banks, builders, real estate companies, landlords, occupiers and insurance companies

Elisabeth Marrache

Elisabeth Marrache is leading the IP/IT and data protection practice at Addleshaw Goddard France. She has an expertise in intellectual property, new technologies and personal data and advises on complex transactions in digital law (IT contracts, outsourcing operations, internet law) as well as in personal data and intellectual property law. Elisabeth benefits from a wide range of French and international clients and advises companies and start-ups in the healthcare, telecoms, IT, financial institutions, and e-commerce sectors. Elisabeth is also part of different international committees such as the International Trade mark Association (INTA) or the Trademark and Design Law Practitioners Association (APRAM) and regularly speaks at conferences (AIM Marseille / La Tribune) and training programs on matters relating to new technologies and personal data. In France, she is co-leading the Addleshaw Goddard accelerator programme for young startups “AG ELEVATE”, advising on IP/IT and data protection matters. And she is involved in some Pro Bono work for several startups belonging to 42 Startup-Up Club (Ecole 42). Member of the Paris Bar since 2005, with more than eight years of experience in the TMT departments of major Anglo-Saxon law firms, she holds a post-graduate degree (DEA) in communication law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas.

Fabrice Bouquier

Fabrice Bouquier assists French and international clients with their strategic projects: joint ventures, shareholders' agreements, partnership agreements (franchising, licensing, etc.), build-ups, carve-outs, outsourcing, ESG/RSE strategy (decarbonisation of the value chain, duty of care). He also coordinates the firm's various departments involved in these cross-functional projects (real estate, finance, IP/IT/Data, employment law, competition, etc.). Fabrice also has extensive experience of advising Chinese industrial groups in various European jurisdictions. He is trained in and committed to ESG issues, notably through the Sustainable Capitalism & ESG Certificate at Berkeley Law School (Nov 2020), the Certificate in Sustainable Business Strategy at Harvard Business School (Dec 2020), and the Cambridge University Certificate in Business and Climate Change: Towards Net Zero Emissions (2021)

François Alambret

With more than 20 years’ experience, François advises clients on labour issues and employment law. He represents and advises international clients in the frame of the implementation of redundancy schemes, dismissals, and negotiates with unions and the French labour authorities.

Gabriela Custodio

Gabriela is an associate in the commercial disputes team. Her practice focuses on assisting and representing clients before civil and commercials courts on all commercial issues. She also assists companies facing insolvency issues. Prior to joining the Paris Bar, she was an attorney at the Lyon Bar and practised in a law firm specialised in commercial issues and insolvency proceedings.

Gabrielle Pierre-Lenfant

Gabrielle is practising at the Paris Bar for three years, in intellectual property and digital law, advice and litigation. In particular, she advises French and international companies on cybersecurity, personal data protection and e-commerce. Her litigation experience also covers trademarks, copyright and unfair competition before the French and European courts, particularly in the fashion, clothing, alcoholic beverages and construction equipment sectors. Gabrielle is also a guest lecturer at the Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas and a trainer at the Digital School of Paris. As a student, she studied International Business Law (Master 2) at the University of Aix-Marseille, whilst studying for the DJCE, and Intellectual Property Law at the University of Strasbourg (CEIPI, the Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies). Gabrielle also studied for a year in Dublin, Ireland (Erasmus, L3).

Georges-Louis Harang

Georges is a French lawyer: admitted at the Paris Bar in 2006. He joined HOCHE Avocats in 2010, having previously practised as a lawyer at ARES-Avocat, Law Firm for 4 years. As a member of the Commercial Litigation Department, he focuses his practice on the advising and representation of clients before Courts in Commercial and Insolvency issues. He is specialized in Insolvency law (takeover bids, special purpose receiverships, conciliations, judicial reorganization and liquidation proceedings, filing of proofs of claims), whether acting on behalf of the debtor companies, creditors or bidders: drafting of take-over bids / advising client during the process advising and representing clients in distress either in pre-insolvencly proceedings (mandat ad hoc – conciliation) or in insolvency proceedings (reorganization / liquidation proceedings) dealing with Insolvency practitioners drafting of judicial acts (declaration of claims, summonses, judicial requests…) advising and representing clients in cases referring to liabilities within the context of insolvency proceedings advising and representing Insolvency practitioners in judicial proceedings Commercial law and business law (contractual liability, warranty actions, directors’ and officers’ civil liability, shareholders’ disputes, unfair competition: -pre-litigation and litigation representing clients before Mediator / Arbitrator representing clients before French Courts (Civil, Commercial and Criminal Courts) drafting writings (assignation, conclusions, mémoire, dires) drafting summonses and statements of claim negotiating and Drafting commercial contracts advising and Dealing with clients (both French and Foreigners) on legal issues drafting of legal opinions (both in French and in English) negotiating and setting up settlement agreements dealing with judicial experts Commercial leases (negotiation, performance and enforcement of leases, renewal of leases, indemnities for termination/eviction…), whether acting on behalf of the landlords or the tenants

Gwenaël Kropfinger

Gwenaël Kropfinger has extensive experience in advising private equity funds and multinational groups on the tax structuring of M&A deals including LBOs and capital markets transactions. Gwenaël has been involved in general reorganisation work for corporate groups. Gwenaël also advises on the creation of French and pan-European private equity funds. Before joining AG, Gwenaël was a counsel in high-profile international firms.

Hugo Jung

Hugo is a real estate associate who graduated from Pantheon-Assas University (post-master degree in real estate and construction law) and from ESSEC business school (advanced master in business law and management). He advises French and international clients with a particular focus on real estate investment, asset and property management, leases, development and construction. Prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard, Hugo worked as an in-house lawyer in the legal department of a French listed real estate company (2 years).

Ioana Knoll-Tudor

Dr. Ioana Knoll-Tudor is a partner in the Paris office and member of the International Arbitration Practice. Ioana has over 15 years of experience with arbitral practice and procedure, both in commercial and investment arbitration. She has represented and advised clients in numerous international and domestic arbitrations (both institutional and ad hoc), with a particular focus on the energy, construction, competition & distribution and post-M&A sectors. She also acts in post-arbitration proceedings (annulment and enforcement of arbitral awards) before French courts. She is regarded as a Next Generation Partner in international arbitration by The Legal 500 - International Arbitration (2023). Dr. Knoll-Tudor has an extensive knowledge of the CEE region, having dealt and worked with every Eastern European jurisdiction, and having spent 10 years in the Warsaw and Budapest offices of an international law firm. Ioana regularly seats as arbitrator (chair, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator) before major arbitral institutions, both international (such as ICC, ICSID and VIAC) and regional (CICA-CCIR, CCIJ), including with States and State-owned parties. She is the first Romanian arbitrator appointed on an ICSID panel (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/30). She also speaks regularly on international arbitration at conferences and seminars, and frequently publishes on topical issues of arbitration and international law. Her book « The Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard in International Foreign Investment Law » (Oxford University Press, 2008) is a reference in the field of international arbitration, with a second edition expecting publication by 2024. Ioana was appointed member of the ICC Court of Arbitration for the 2024-2027 mandate, representing Romania and she is a Board Member of the SCC Arbitration Institute. Prior, Ioana served as the Secretary General of the Paris Arbitration Week for four years, she was a member of the international board of the Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC), she was appointed by the ICC as YAF Representative for the period 2019-2021 and she co-founded the Romanian chapter of the Club Espanol de Arbitraje (CEA) in 2019, for which she is acting as vice-president. Ioana is a qualified lawyer in France and Spain. Prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard, she worked for eight years in one of France’s largest international law firms where she launched and spear-headed the creation of a fully dedicated international arbitration stand-alone practice.

Jacques Dabreteau

Jacques works with private operators (investors, industrial companies, lenders, etc.) but also regularly works alongside the public sector (State, public companies, etc.) in a wide variety of fields: water and wastewater, waste treatment and recovery, transport, energy, construction and civil engineering, IT, telecommunications and defence. His skills cover all areas of public law, in both advisory and litigation capacities, with particular expertise in public procurement law (concessions, public procurement contracts, agreements for the occupation of public land, partnership contracts). The team also has solid experience of major transport infrastructure projects (motorway, rail and port concessions) and energy projects (offshore wind farm tenders), including their financing. She also works with the firm's other teams on acquisition, financing and restructuring transactions, as well as on regulatory issues. Jacques Dabreteau has twice been ranked (2021 and 2022) by Legal 500 as a next generation partner in public and regulatory law. Public Law and Administrative Contracts: legal adviser of public and private entities in the context of tendering and performance of administrative contracts (PPP, concession contracts, public procurement contracts, leases on publicly-owned lands, etc.) and private law contracts (construction and O&M contracts, services agreements, consortium agreements, sub-contracts, etc.) in various sectors (public works, water distribution and treatment, waste, energy, IT, transport, defence, R&D, etc.), issuance of legal memoranda and pieces of special regulatory advices International projects: lenders’ legal adviser in various PPPs in Belgium (Tram of Liège, etc.), tendering and performance of public procurement contracts in Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, etc.), sponsors’ counsel in the context of performance of a major concession contract in Cyprus, legal adviser in the context of major international arbitration Energy: legal adviser of sponsors and developers in the context of Infra M&A transactions (or refinancing) regarding energy production facilities (onshore wind farms, PV plants, biomass plants, etc.) as well as during the tendering process and financing of major offshore (fixed and floating) wind farms projects Due diligence / Restructuring / Foreign investments control in France: legal adviser of buyers in the context of Infra M&A transactions involving companies holding administrative contracts (defence, street lighting, etc.) and/or having business activities subject to specific regulations (energy, telecoms, etc.); restructuring (hydroelectricity, casinos, etc.); filing of applications before the French Minister of Economy in the context of the foreign investments control regime Dispute and arbitration: advising and representing companies in the context of pre-litigation discussions and disputes before the courts (including arbitration) in connection with administrative contracts and international projects; advising and representing public and private entities in the context of claims lodged against administrative decisions and/or administrative contracts ing international banks: advising on the regulatory aspects and legal documentation in respect of structured finance and derivatives transactions.

Jugwal Doyen

Jugwal is an associate in the Competition/Distribution department of Addleshaw Goddard in Paris. He assists and represents international and French clients in European anti-competitive practices, merger control, and distribution law. He also works in sector-specific regulatory law and public business law. He has particular expertise in the electronic communications sector.

Julie Alix Maire

Julie is a dual-qualified lawyer and member of the New York and Paris Bar. Her practice focuses on employment law. She assists French and international clients on all French employment law matters, contentious and non-contentious. She provides advice on individual matters, from hiring to termination, including litigation and negotiated departures, as well as assisting in mediations (discrimination and harassment). She also advises on collective matters such as relationships with employee representatives, the organisation of elections, information-consultation procedures, and collective agreements. She holds an LL.M. degree from Cardozo School of Law in New York, and also earned a double degree in French and Common Law at Paris Nanterre University. Her previous experience includes Simmons & Simmons (2021-2023) and Capstan (2023-2024) and other international law firms in Paris and London, as well as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal agency in New York.

Julien Bacus

Julien Bacus is a partner in the Finance group of Addleshaw Goddard’s Paris office. Julien Bacus is a recognized lawyer in the field of finance, capital markets and structured finance. Julien advises in respect of a wide range of financing activities in relation to a number of asset classes. He focuses, in particular, on derivative transactions covering different types of underlying assets. Julien has more specific experience in documenting these types of contracts as well as advising on issues relating to netting, collateral, the role of clearing houses and the implementation of new regulations applying to these products. Julien's activity is also oriented towards restructuring. He advises his clients in financial difficulty on the restructuring of derivative transactions. He is also used to work with his clients on pre-litigation matters linked to derivative and structured finance transactions. In addition, he has extensive experience in the hedging of financing transactions (LBOs in particular) as well as financial regulation. Julien has developed expertise with his clients in issuing debt products and various types of structured products. In this respect, he has been working both for different types of issuers, including financial institutions, corporates and sovereign entities. Julien is also a University Professor associated at Le Mans University (Professeur des Universités associé) where he teaches financial and corporate law.

Louis-Alexandre Montpeyroux

Louis-Alexandre Montpeyroux focuses his practice on advising and assisting companies on projects related to the creation and development of their activities. He is mainly involved in the preparation and drafting of legal documentation relating to private equity and M&A transactions, and also participates in the follow-up of these transactions until their completion. His work also involves legal monitoring of companies in the context of various corporate law issues.

Marie-Emilie Codina

Marie-Emilie advises clients in various domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisition, joint-ventures, private equity and corporate restructurings. She leads negotiations and coordinates deal teams across multiple offices for both buy and sale-side transactions in a variety of areas including automotive, manufacturing, retail, energy and technology. She develops a business-focused approach in assisting both industrial players, investment funds and their portfolio companies, as well as banks and financial institutions. She has also a strong expertise in debt restructuring and bank regulatory compliance issues.

Mathieu Taupin

Mathieu advises on all aspects of corporate/M&A matters. He specialises in mergers & acquisitions, group reorganisations, general corporate law and private equity. He has recently worked on domestic and cross-border transactions for clients, in the context of both external growth and distressed situations, either buy-side or sell-side and in various sectors such as automotive, aerospace and defence, packaging, traditional industry, oil & gas, agriculture, food & drink, engineering and financial services. With more than 18 years of experience, he is particularly skilled at handling complex carve-out issues and processes, including in the context of divestment or distressed transactions. Mathieu speaks fluent French and English and is admitted to practice law in France, Paris Bar.

Mathilde Mounic

Mathilde Mounic joined Addleshaw Goddard in 2023. She advises both French and international companies on employment law matters, both on individual work relations (employment contracts, international mobility, termination of employment contracts, etc.) and on collective work relations (restructuring, collective bargaining, employees representatives, etc.). She also represents her clients before national courts. Her practice also includes assisting companies with internal investigations. She has developed a particular interest in new forms of work and issues relating to the impact of artificial intelligence on labour law. Mathilde is also writing a thesis entitled "Work and artificial intelligence" at the University Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris 1 and teaches labour law to third-year law degree students at the same university.

Maxime Favre

Maxime is an associate in the Public Law / Projects Department. He advises and represents private operators (investors, industrial companies, etc.) and public-sector entities (publicly-owned companies, etc.) in a wide range of sectors (water and wastewater, waste treatment, transport, energy, construction, IT and defence). He also has specific expertise in the outdoor advertising sector.

Maxime Dussartre

Maxime advises private equity funds and multinational groups on the tax structuring of M&A deals including LBOs and capital market transactions. Maxime also assists companies in the context of their tax audits and litigation.

Michaël Cousin

Michaël is a partner in the EU/Competition department in Paris. He represents clients in antitrust litigations, merger control, State Aid, counselling, and establishing effective antitrust compliance programs. He is also specialised in distribution law and restrictive trade practices. Michaël has considerable experience in competition matters involving the energy, transport and consumer products sectors and has represented clients in other industries including retail, banking, industrial equipment and private equity. Michaël lectures competition law at the University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas). He is a member of the board of the French competition Law Society.

Perrine Ader

Perrine spent two years at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner before joining Addleshaw Goddard in February 2021. Her practice focuses on assisting and defending French and international companies in commercial litigation and white collar and corporate crime litigation, both in the pre-litigation and litigation phases. She also advises French companies and their foreign subsidiaries on compliance issues through internal investigations and the implementation of anti-corruption procedures. Perrine is a graduate of the "Grande Ecole" program of Toulouse Business School and holds a master's degree in business law from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Pierre Mathé

Pierre Mathé’s practice focuses on financial regulatory matters in the context of M&A, capital markets transactions, enforcement and litigation. Pierre joined the firm in 2024 after spending more than 7 years in the Paris offices of two major international law firms. Lecturer in financial regulation law, Master II “Droit Bancaire et Financier,” Le Mans Université.

Rémy Blain

Rémy has 30 years of legal experience, both in business as a former legal director and in a law firm. Rémy finds pragmatic solutions to complex negotiations and cross-border projects. His main areas of expertise are mergers and acquisitions, private equity acquisitions and disposals, as well as build-up and carve-out operations. He works in the energy and renewable energy sectors, defense, aerospace and technology, as well as cosmetics, food and retail. Rémy Blain worked at Airbus Defence and Security (2004-2001) as General Counsel, and Legal Counsel (2001-2000) at Thales. He also spent 7 years at TotalEnergies as a Senior International Counsel (1993-2000), negotiating upstream oil & gas projects and with a focus on Russia-CIS region.

Sara Bellahouel

Sara advises French, foreign and groups of companies on both individual employment relations (employment contracts, intra-group mobility, discrimination and equal treatment, disciplinary procedures, termination of employment contracts, etc.) and collective employment relations (collective bargaining, relations with the works council, etc.). In particular, she assists clients with reorganisations (collective redundancies, voluntary redundancy plans, employee transfers, etc.) and with the employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions (due diligence, information and consultation of the works council, etc.). In litigation, she represents clients before national courts in both employment law and social security law (industrial tribunals, courts of law, appeal courts).

Stéphanie Chami

Stéphanie is an associate in the finance team of the Paris office of Addleshaw Goddard. She advises a wide range of clients on domestic and cross-border financing transactions. Her practice is focused on acquisition finance, intra-group financing and capital markets. Before joining Addleshaw Goddard, Stéphanie gained experience mainly in an American law firm in Luxembourg where she was admitted to the Luxembourg bar as a foreign lawyer and where she advised local and international clients, both lenders and borrowers, on investment fund financing and real estate financing transactions. Stéphanie is active in academic activities. She previously worked as a research and teaching associate at a French university and regularly delivers courses on business law and civil law.

Sylvie Chandesris

Sylvie focuses her practice on leases, construction, property development, real estate financing, acquisitions, and litigation. She acts for international and French clients. Sylvie has experience of the London market following experience in the legal department of Bouygues UK. She works with both French and international clients.

Théo Mercier

Théo joined Addleshaw Goddard in September 2024 as a member of the Litigation team. His practice focuses on corporate criminal law, compliance issues and internal investigations. Prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard, Théo worked in French and international law firms.

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