FÉRAL is a strong choice for clients from the financial services, chemicals, healthcare, industrial engineering, pharmaceuticals and life sciences sectors. Under the firm's regular handlings includes data protection compliance audits, data transfer agreements and binding corporate rules, data protection impact assessments, CNIL dawn raid management, data protection training, and drafting IT guidelines, GDPR compliance, and international data transfer contracts. Richard Willemant is regularly sought out to provide immediate assistance to clients in the wake of data breaches. Olivia Luzi is an expert in GDPR compliance and data protection regulations. Christiane Féral-Schuhl and Bruno Gregoire Sainte Marie are also key names in the team.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘It was a great pleasure to work with Féral! Their strengths: GDPR expertise, I particularly appreciate their follow-ups and the trust they have managed to create within the teams, their technological knowledge.'

  • ‘Olivia Luzi: she is just "great"! All the teams love her. Very important for the background work.'

  • 'Agathe Moulin and Morgan Monnet: both are very efficient and congratulations for their follow-ups! Elie Touitou: very comfortable, proactive and innovative. '

  • ‘Following the merger between the Luzi-avocats firm and Féral, we have of course continued to work with the team led by Olivia Luzi, which has grown considerably. Always the same responsiveness, and the sense of a job well done, in a pragmatic approach. The file is remarkably followed, the needs are anticipated and the quality of service / cost ratio is particularly advantageous.’

Key clients

  • ADVENT INTERNATIONAL L.P
  • PACIFIC AVENUE CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC
  • BIOGARAN
  • EVENTEAM
  • IHEARTMEDIA INC.
  • NAAREA
  • DQE SOFTWARE
  • EMINEO EDUCATION
  • OVHCLOUD

Work highlights

  • Advised Eventeam live on GDPR compliance with a specific focus on data processing during PARIS 2024 Olympic Games.
  • Advised Biogaran on data privacy compliance.
  • Advised a private education group in the context of a GDPR compliance review.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Richard Willemant, Olivia Luzi

Other key lawyers

Christiane Féral-Schuhl, Bruno Grégoire Saint-Marie, Agathe Moulin, Morgan Monnet, Elie Touitou