Sébastien Proust
Herbert Smith Freehills LLPLeveraging its particular industry expertise in the TMT sector, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP is ideally equipped to handle complex IT projects and disputes. The experienced team caters to both French and international clients. Recent highlights include defending major industry players such as Google in multi-jurisdictional litigation, as well as supporting clients with non-contentious matters such as data management, digital projects and regulatory issues. Alexandra Neri manages the team, focusing on complex disputes and data protection issues. Sébastien Proust specialises in rights protection and licensing issues, as well as acting in relevant disputes.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Key clients
- Bureau Vallée
- Expedia Group / HomeAway
- Forseti
- Infravia Capital Partners
- Molotov
- Tripadvisor
- Vinted
Work highlights
- Representing Forseti, which operates the legaltech Doctrine.fr site, in litigation against Lexis Nexis, Dalloz, Lexbase, and other historical legal publishers.
- Representing Molotov in multi-jurisdictional litigation against several French TV channel editors before the Court of Appeal and the judicial court in Paris.
- Defending Google in litigation brought by Prodiss in relation to the selling or reselling of tickets to shows in France without a promoter’s permission to buy their way to the top of a list on the client’s search engine.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Alexandra Neri