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Client Testimonials

CLIENT: Lamine LO, Director
COMPANY/FIRM: Ministry of Economy, Planning and Cooperation of Senegal
TESTIMONIAL: “The Finance and PPP Department of the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Cooperation of Senegal highly appreciated DS Avocats’ knowledge of the Senegalese business environment and legal framework, as well as the quality of the work provided throughout the assignment. The responsiveness and flexibility of the team were also particularly appreciated in view of the deadlines, which were sometimes quite tight. The assistance of DS Avocats was decisive in achieving this new and innovative PPP framework.”

CLIENT: Guy PELAMOURGUE, Manager
COMPANY/FIRM: Wipelec
TESTIMONIAL: “The expertise and pragmatic support of DS Avocats enabled us to successfully assert our determination to meet our environmental and social obligations before the authorities and the courts.”

Client Testimonials

CLIENT: Lamine LO, Director
ENTREPRISE/CABINET : Ministère de l’économie, du plan et de la coopération du Sénégal
APPRECIATIONS : “La Direction des Finances et des PPP du Ministère de l’Économie, du Plan et de la Coopération du Sénégal a fortement apprécié la maîtrise par DS Avocats de l’environnement des affaires et du cadre juridique sénégalais, ainsi que la qualité du travail fourni tout au long de la mission. La réactivité et la flexibilité de l’équipe ont également été particulièrement appréciées au regard des délais, parfois très courts. L’assistance de DS Avocats a été déterminante dans la réalisation de ce cadre de PPP nouveau et innovant.”

CLIENT: Guy PELAMOURGUE, Manager
ENTREPRISE/CABINET : Wipelec
APPRECIATIONS : “L’expertise et l’accompagnement pragmatique de DS Avocats nous ont permis de faire valoir avec succès notre volonté de respecter nos obligations environnementales et sociales auprès des autorités et des tribunaux.”

Diversity

Pro Bono

Every year since 2013, DS Avocats has been welcoming 12 students from two secondary schools in the Paris region classified as priority education zones: Edouard Vaillant (Gennevilliers 92) and Camille Claudel (Paris 13).

We support these students throughout the school year, which is marked by two important steps :

• step 1: an internship to observe the professional world at the firm in the fall
• step 2: an eloquence contest at the end of May.

Process :

• The Pro Bono Mission selects the topics proposed by the members of the firm.
• Motivation letters from the student candidates: 6 students from each college are admitted to the internship.
• At the firm, each student is supervised by a referent (associate) and mentored by an associate.
• Choice and preparation of the subjects for the competition, supervised by the teachers, the referents, and the mentors.
• Rehearsals are conducted at the firm.
• The Ordre des Avocats Library hosts the eloquence contest: each student has 10 minutes to convince.
• A jury composed of personalities from the legal world and, since two sessions, from the civil world (Marie Tabarly, Bruno Raffaëli…) selects the winners of the contest. Unless he is unavailable, Bertrand Perrier gives the counter-speech.
• All participating students are rewarded and a cocktail party closes the event.

International Capabilities

Offices

DS Avocats has 24 offices across 4 continents (Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa) and close to 400 legal professionals supporting clients in 14 different countries:

• France
• Argentina
• Belgium
• Canada
• Chile
• China
• Germany
• Italy
• Morocco
• Peru
• Senegal
• Singapore
• Spain
• Vietnam

This international scope renders makes DS Avocats one of the leading French international law firms.

Our multicultural and multilingual staff is able to provide our clients with advice based on an in-depth knowledge of their on-the-ground know-how in each country where DS Avocats has an office.

Desks

DS Avocats has also 13 operational Desks across four continents:

• Africa
• Germany
• Latin America
• Canada
• China
• Spain
• Greece
• India
• Indonesia
• Italy
• Japan
• United Kingdom
• USA

The DS Desks are composed of members of various Bars and of various nationalities and have been structured to assist our clients with entering markets and developing their business everywhere in the world.

DS Desks act as genuine commercial platforms for international exchanges between different jurisdictions across the world.