Mr Thierry Dal Farra > UGGC Avocats > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

UGGC Avocats
47, RUE DE MONCEAU
75008 PARIS
France

Work Department

Position

After working as a senior official (at the Legal Affairs Department at the Ministry for the Economy and Finance, then at the Council of State, the Administrative Supreme Court of France [Conseil d’Etat]) and as an academic (teaching at the Université de Paris II Panthéon-Assas), Thierry Dal Farra joined the Paris Bar in 1993 and created the Public Business Law department of UGGC Avocats the same year.

He now oversees UGGC’s practice and department for Public Business Law and Public Criminal and Disciplinary Law.

His approach to legal practice focuses on three main categories:

First, for public procurement law (including procurement procedures, partnerships, concessions, and complex contractual arrangements): determining the legal framework to implement in support of a public project, assisting civil engineering firms and public utility operators with their commercial policies, conducting or monitoring procurement procedures, and, increasingly often, handling difficulties related to the performance of contracts (litigation support and using conciliation, mediation, and arbitration mechanisms).

Second, for regulatory matters related to economic activities: analysing the legality of these activities, their consequences on economic operators, and establishing public authority liability.

And third: compliance and the disciplinary and criminal law aspects of economic activities: public finances (litigation before the Court of Budgetary and Financial Discipline and the Court of Auditors [Cour des Comptes]), the criminal law aspects of public procurement (risks to companies and public purchasers), criminal law for senior officials (functional protection), and prevention of criminal and disciplinary risk for companies that have relations with public administrations (ethics; compliance).

Languages

French
English

Memberships

Thierry Dal Farra is a member of the editorial committee of the Bulletin Juridique des Contrats Publics and a senior lecturer for second-year and doctoral students in the Master in Public economic law at Université de Paris Panthéon Assas – Paris II.

Lawyer Rankings

France > Compliance

Praised for its ‘perseverance and excellent knowledge’, UGGC Avocats advises on compliance issues associated with public procurement contracts, in addition to matters concerning anti-corruption and ethical obligations. Thierry Dal Farra, who spearheads the firm’s public business law department, jointly leads the team alongside ‘elder statesmanMichel Ponsard and Corinne Khayat, who has ‘perfect knowledge’ of data protection issues.

France > Administrative and public law

(Leading individuals)

Thierry Dal FarraUGGC Avocats

UGGC Avocats‘ team is entrusted by a prominent client base, notably leading transport, energy, engineering and IT companies. The team, which also handles some work for public sector entities, is consulted on a wide range of subjects including the awarding of public procurement contracts and related performance and execution issues. It also regularly provides strategic guidance on new regulations, such as in the rail and gaming sectors, while construction, permits and urban planning law are also among its range of intervention. Practice head Thierry Dal Farra is a strong name on the market. Philippe HansenFranck LepronBenjamin de Sevin and Edouard Caupert are also excellent advisers.