François-Henri BRIARD

Partner, Supreme Court Attorney

Education:

• Post graduate degree (DEA) in Private Law, University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)
• Graduate of the Paris Institut d’Études Politiques, Public Service section
• Graduate of the European Communities University
• Successfully completed the certification examination for admission to practice before the Council of State and the Court of Cassation (CAPAC)
• Second Secretary of the pleading competition for counsel admitted to practice before the Council of State and the Court of Cassation (1985)
• Auditor, National Defense Higher Education Institute (IHEDN), 2005-2006 national session, CASTEX class

Practice areas:

All matters within the jurisdiction of the Council of State and the Court of Cassation, in particular:

• Public business law
• Economic regulation
• Competition law
• Broadcasting law
• Real estate and urban planning law
• Tax law
• Social economy law
• European Union law
• U.S. law

François-Henri Briard is a Knight of the Legion of Honor, an Officer of the National Order of Merit and a Knight of the Palmes Académiques.

He was a member of the Governing Board of the Bar of the French Supreme Courts (2003-2005).

François-Henri Briard was a trustee of Sarah Lawrence College in New York for eight years. He is President of the Institut Vergennes, a member of the U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society and an honorary member of the Society of the Cincinnati and of the Sons of the American Revolution. He is also an expert with the Federalist Society, a U.S. think tank that focuses on constitutional and judicial issues (https://www.fed-soc.org/experts/detail/franois-henri-briard).

He is a member of the Institute of Consulting Tax Attorneys (IACF) and an associate member of the Academy of Moral Sciences, Letters and Arts of Versailles and Ile de France.
He is a member of the French Navy civilian reserve with the rank of frigate captain and has been awarded a medal by the voluntary military services. On behalf of the Firm, he received the Military Reserve Prize (2011).

Marie-Sixtine BLANCHY

Member of the Paris Bar (2014)

Education:

• Specialized Master’s degree in Law and International Management, HEC Paris (2012)
• Master’s II degree in Economic Analysis of Law, University of Paris X (Nanterre) (2011)
• Master’s I degree in General Business Law, University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) (2010)

Practice areas:

• General civil law
• Commercial law
• Banking and financial law
• Security interests law
• Competition law
• Real estate law
• Employment law
• Intellectual property law

Stéphane BONICHOT

Member of the Paris Bar (2010)

Education:

• Double Master’s degree in French and German law, University of Cologne and University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)
• Master’s of law and economic globalization, Paris Institut d’Études Politiques and University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)
• LL.M., London School of Economics and Political Sciences
• Training and Research Institute for members of the Bar of the Supreme Courts (IFRAC) (ongoing)

Practice areas:

• General civil law
• Commercial, banking and financial law
• Security interests law
• Competition law
• Intellectual property law
• General and special criminal law
• Law of Monaco
• International economic law
• General administrative disputes
• Franco-German law

Guillaume CANSELIER

PhD in Law

Education:

• Post-graduate degree (DEA) in Private Law, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) (top student in the class)
• PhD in Law, University of Paris I (Panthéon Sorbonne) (dissertation on the analysis of medical liability, published in 2010)
• Associate member of the Paris comparative law research center and of the “Yan Thomas” legal standards study center of the Social Sciences
• Higher Education School (EHESS)

Practice areas:

• Law of obligations (contracts, civil liability, quasi-contracts, obligations regime)
• Property law
• Family law
• Criminal procedure
• Credit law

Catherine CHAUVELIER

Member of the Paris Bar (1990)

Education:

• Graduate of the Paris Institut d’Études Politiques, Public Service section
• Post-graduate degree (DEA) in Public Law, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)
• Post-graduate degree (DESS) in Taxation and Business Law, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)
• Post-graduate degree (DEA) in European Law, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Practice areas:

• Domestic, international and European Union tax law
• Mutual insurance and social economy law
• Insurance law (supplemental health insurance, personal protection insurance, life insurance)
• General administrative litigation
• Proceedings before the financial courts and before the Constitutional Council
• European litigation (ECHR, CJEU)

Philippe CHIFFAUT-MOLIARD

Member of the Paris Bar (1991)

Education:

• Post-graduate degree (DEA) in Private International Law, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)
• Post-graduate degree (DEA) in General Private Law, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)
• Teaching Assistant, University of Maine (France) Law School

Practice areas:

• Transportation law
• Insurance law
• Maritime law
• Property law and rural law
• Procedural law

Juliette DESVAUX

Member of the Paris Bar (1997)

Education:

• Post graduate degree in Private law, University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)
• Master’s II degree in Multimedia and IT Law, University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)
• University degree in mediation, IFOMENE

 Practice areas:

• Civil procedure
• Business law
• Family law, property law
• Labor law
• IP Law

Benjamin de DREUZY

Member of the Paris Bar (2016)
CAPAC

Education:

• CAPAC
• IFRAC
• Master’s II degree in In-depth Public Law, University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)
• Master’s II degree in Public Law Litigation, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Practice areas:

• General administrative law
• Public economic law, competition, sectoral regulation
• Broadcasting law
• Town-planning law, environment, energy
• Litigation before the European Court of Human Rights

Pierre MASQUART

Member of the Paris Bar (1994)

Education:

• Post-graduate degree (DESS) in Business Law and Taxation, University of Nancy II
• Master’s degree in European and International Management, Reims Business School
• Second Secretary of the pleading competition for counsel admitted to practice before the Council of State and the Court of Cassation (2003)

Practice areas:

• Tax litigation
• Tax procedures
• French, European and international tax law
• Real estate law

Pierre Masquart is a former assistant editor of the “Tax Law” review and is currently a member of the FNAIM real estate law think tank.

Dominique MOLINARI

Member of the Paris Bar (1991)

Education:

• Post graduate degree (DEA) in Business Law, University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)

Practice areas:

• Private law
• Law of contracts
• Liability law
• Negotiations: strategy and support

François NEGREL-FILIPPI

Member of the Paris Bar (2013)

Education:

• Master’s II degree in Criminal Law and Criminal Policy in Europe, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)
• Certificate in Criminal and Procedural Sciences, Criminology Institute, University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)
• PhD in Law, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)
• Lecturer in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Legal History at University of Paris Est-Créteil

Practice areas:

• Criminal law and criminal business law
• Criminal procedure
• Family law
• Labor law

François VIDEAU

Member of the Paris Bar (1992)

Education:

• Graduate of the Paris Institut d’Études Politiques, Public Service section
• Master’s degree in Public Law, University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)
• Master’s degree in Private Law (specialization in business law) University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)

Practice areas:

• General administrative law and constitutional law (preliminary constitutionality issues)
• Law of public contracts
• Urban planning and development law
• Environmental law (environmentally sensitive facilities, foreseeable natural risk prevention plans, etc.)
• Public property and expropriation
• Public health law and pharmaceutical law
• Social security law
• Administrative liability

Elie WEISS

Member of the Paris Bar (2017)

Education:

• Successfully completed the certification examination for admission to the French Bar (2016)
• Master’s II degree in Constitutional Law and Fundamental Rights, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Practice areas:

• General administrative law
• Administrative property law
• Public business law
• Environmental and urban planning law
• Civil service law
• Litigation of human rights and fundamental rights issues (constitutional law, European Court of Human Rights)