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UGGC Avocats combines significant expertise in public contracts, urban planning and development, public criminal law and compliance, and regulatory issues to advise leading companies and public entities on public law matters in the rail, aviation, healthcare, ports and energy sectors, among others. The team is frequently called upon to advise on public procurement and public works contracts, in addition to handling related administrative litigation and regulatory disputes. The well-regarded Thierry Dal Farra, who has particularly strong litigation expertise, leads the team. Philippe Hansen, a key contact for urban planning matters, Franck Lepron, Edouard Caupert and Benjamin De Sevin are also names to note.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘High level of expertise in commercial law and regulatory law. The UGGC team knows how to take an innovative approach on complex and technical subjects. Lawyers with a wide variety of profiles who bring a sharp eye to specific economic and accounting issues.’

  • ‘Philippe Hansen is very available to customers. He adapts perfectly to his interlocutors, which is valuable for convincing our teams of the relevance of his reasoning.’

  • 'Good, ambitious legal strategies.'

  • 'Edouard Caupert has worked with us for a long time and understands our reasoning as managers perfectly. His team is also very good.'

  • 'Great work capacity and valuable assistance in decision-making in constrained environments: UGGC is able to understand the issues involved in the files perfectly in order to best advise or defend the interests of its client.'

Key clients

  • Paris 2024
  • Amazon
  • European Gambling and Betting Association (EGBA)
  • EDF Group
  • Kindred Group / Unibet
  • Systra Group
  • Dalkia
  • SCC Group
  • SNCF Group
  • OPCO-EP
  • Académie des Beaux-Arts
  • Société des Grands Travaux de l'Océan Indien (GTOI), a subsidiary of Colas Group
  • Public body responsible for the conservation and restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
  • Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) - the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission
  • Castel et Fromaget
  • Aéroport Marseille Provence (Marseille Provence Airport)
  • L'Union des Aéroports Français (The French Airports Association)
  • Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux (GPMB)
  • PITEL Entreprise
  • Toulouse Blagnac Airport
  • Réunion des Musées Nationaux et du Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées (RMNGP)

Work highlights

  • Assisting SNCF Réseau in regulatory disputes, focusing on (i) the access to the national rail network and related pricing issues and (ii) managing disputes with other railway companies arising from the withdrawal of traffic rights.
  • Acting as counsel to the Union des Aéroports Français on the preparation of documents relating to the management and development of public airport property and the implementation of measures aimed at optimising the management of public airport properties in France.
  • Acting as counsel to the public establishment for the conservation and restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (RNDP) on the work carried out following the fire that ravaged the cathedral.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Thierry Dal Farra

Other key lawyers

Philippe Hansen, Edouard Caupert, Benjamin de Sevin, Franck Lepron