Seattle Avocats has a well-established reputation in the media and communications sector, advising clients including major press groups, online press editors, television channels and platforms. The team utilises particularly innovative expertise in the defence of freedom of expression, and more recently, the firm has developed its skills in all areas of e-reputation and the fight against hate speech on social networks. Practice co-head Emmanuel Tordjman is noted for an ‘exhaustive mastery’ of press and media law, advising major players in the industry such as Mediapart, the general information newspaper L’Humanité and NGOs. François RONGET co-leads, acting for various companies operating in the media sector on IP and new technology law matters. Olivia Lévy is also recommended for her extensive experience in press law and intellectual property law. François de Cambiaire has left the firm.
Testimonials
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'Cross-disciplinary approach to issues, global vision of subjects, fine and exhaustive technical expertise of the sector.'
'The Seattle team is both talented and very warm in its relations with clients. Their success rate in press law is exceptional. For me, they are the best on the market. They are also very valuable to us in terms of upstream advice.'
Key clients
- Mediapart
- Calanques National Park
Work highlights
- Represented Edwy Plenel, Mediapart's then-publication director, and two Mediapart journalists in a defamation case brought by Lionel Lavergne, former head of the security group of the presidency of the French Republic, responsible for the personal protection of the President of the Republic. The Court acquitted Mediapart and the two journalists.