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De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés > The Legal 500 Rankings

France > Intellectual property: Copyright Tier 1

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés provides an extensive range of copyright services, adeptly representing clients in contentious matters before French and EU courts and IP offices. The team seamlessly navigates the entire spectrum of soft IP issues, addressing concerns such as copyright clearance and infringement. Collaborating closely with the firm’s tax, competition, and employment practices, the team ensures clients receive optimal advice for their specific situations. Headed by a diverse team of partners, including Louis de Gaulle, a certified bar specialist in IP law, along with litigation experts Georgie Courtois and Julien Horn, Francine Le Péchon-Joubert specialising in optimising and defending trade mark portfolios on an international scale, and Serge Lederman, who provides counsel and litigation expertise across sectors like fashion, design, media, and the food industry.

France > Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs Tier 1

The trade marks and designs team at De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés offers a comprehensive range of services covering soft IP matters. This includes expertise in trade mark clearance, licensing issues, and the integration of intellectual property aspects into M&A deals. The team excels in assisting clients with various litigation scenarios related to trade mark rights, representing them before both French and EU courts, as well as the French IP Office and European IP Office. Additionally, they specialise in managing IP portfolios, leveraging the firm’s proficiency in areas such as tax, competition, and labor to provide clients with a holistic service for both contentious and non-contentious IP issues. Renowned experts, including Louis de Gaulle and Georgie Courtois, who are frequent contenders in civil and criminal courts, Julien Horn, adept at handling transactional IP matters and pleading cases, Francine Le Péchon-Joubert, specialising in contractual IP matters and disputes, and Serge Lederman, recognised for his strategic litigation skills across diverse sectors like fashion, design, media, all co-lead the team.

France > Media and entertainment: Cinema Tier 1

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés‘ multi-disciplinary practice ranges from advice on broadcasting regulations and the financing of international productions to assistance with the negotiation of operating and distribution agreements and the protection of intellectual property rights. Charles-Edouard Renault is well known for his skill in film finance and film production disputes, acting for French film companies as well as financial institutions. He leads the team with Louis de Gaulle, an IP specialist, Julien Horn, who is experienced in IP litigation, and media and film production law expert Philippe Moncorps.

France > Media and entertainment: Sports Tier 1

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés is distinguished for its full-service sports offering, whilst working closely with experts in the firm's tax, corporate and IP departments to deliver specialised advice to leading players in the industry. The team, which acts for national and international authorities, federations and high-net-worth individuals, is led by a trio of specialists; Louis de Gaulle’s area of focus encompasses commercial, intellectual and public law, advising major clients in the football sector, such as FIFA and UEFA. Meanwhile, Georgie Courtois plays a notable role in negotiating agreements in the context of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games in Paris and Serge Lederman specialises in industrial property law.

France > Media and entertainment: Television/radio Tier 1

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés offers a wide range of expertise across the media and entertainment arena. Areas of focus include broadcasting rights and regulations, project financing, sector-specific tax incentives, studio restructurings and litigation. Catering to globally-recognised clients such as HBO and DreamWorks Animation, the firm has a balanced advisory and litigation practice, with notable cross-border capabilities. Louis de Gaulle and IP specialist Julien Horn lead the team alongside Charles-Edouard Renault, who is one of the few French arbiters for the International Film & Television Association and is highly-regarded for his work in entertainment litigation, and Philippe Moncorps, who specialises in audiovisual transformations.

France > Data privacy and data protection Tier 2

Praised for its in-depth knowledge of ‘the particularities of medical data protection in the life sciences sector’, De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés is additionally well placed to advise on HR digitalisation processes, data privacy issues connected to blockchain, and cyber security. Georgie Courtois, who is well versed in software anti-piracy issues, heads up the team alongside e-commerce specialist Matthieu Dary and Cécile Théard-Jallu, an expert in the data implications of technology transfers. Julie Bader and Adèle Binnié further bolster the team's data protection expertise.

France > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences Tier 2

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés houses a broad team which handles the full range of issues concerning competition law, IT, and data protection within life sciences. The team regularly appears before the French administrative courts and the French Competition Authority in disputes concerning marketing authorisations and allegations of abuse of dominant position. Jean-Marie Job, Cécile Théard-Jallu, and Francine Le Péchon-Joubert co-lead the practice. Job is particularly well-versed in mandates involving IT contracts, and both personal and commercial data management. Théard-Jallu is noted for her broad expertise in clinical research projects and technology transfers, while Le Péchon-Joubert regularly advises on trademark portfolio management and joint ventures.

France > Industry focus: IT and internet  Tier 2

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés provides a full-service IT and internet offering, and regularly advises clients on artificial intelligence, IoT, blockchain, metaverse, and smart city issues. The key senior contacts are Georgie Courtois, who focuses on computer law and data protection issues; litigation experts Louis de Gaulle and Julien Horn; and Cécile Théard-Jallu, who is noted for her in-depth knowledge of innovative technologies and cybersecurity issues.

France > Compliance Tier 3

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés has been kept busy with anti-corruption mandates, in addition to advising on the surge of international economic sanctions and export control regulations due to the EU, US and UK sanctions adopted in response to the Russo-Ukrainian War. Pierrick Le Goff advises corporations on the deployment and enhancement of compliance programmes, while Matthieu Dary assists clients with matters concerning anti-corruption under the Sapin II law and compliance with export control regulations. Le Goff and Dary lead the team alongside Thierry Titone and François Zocchetto.

France > Construction Tier 3

The expertise of the construction group at De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés encompasses contentious, advisory and transactional matters. The team routinely assists clients with construction, renovation and redevelopment, as well as related disputes. The practice is jointly led by construction and real estate specialists Catherine Castro, Muriel Guillin-Modaine and Danielle Smolders.

France > Industry focus: Energy Tier 3

France > Intellectual property: Patents Tier 3

At De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés, the patents team has an excellent reputation for its expertise in patent litigation and transactional matters, and often acts in tandem with the tax and M&A groups in order to provide comprehensive support on mandates. Key areas of instruction for the team include patent licensing, joint ventures and research agreements, and the department has a solid track record in advising life sciences companies on patent portfolio protection issues within French and EU jurisdictions. The practice is led by the quartet of Louis de Gaulle, Julien Horn, Francine Le Péchon-Joubert, and Cécile Théard-Jallu.

France > Administrative and public law Tier 4

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés has a solid practice that serves a number of French governmental ministries, regions and public financial bodies, as well as private operators. The firm has proven public procurement expertise that includes contracts negotiation and related performance issues and handles key work in that area in the construction, telecoms and transport infrastructure sector. The team is highly involved alongside French overseas territories entities (Guadeloupe, Mayotte, Guyane), which it assists with various public infrastructure projects, and also handles a mix of financial and public contract work in relation to the 2024 Paris Olympics. The team also provides regulatory guidance, notably in relation to the granting of public subsidies. Agnès Macaire and Frédéric Destal  are the practice co-heads.

France > Banking and finance: transactional work Tier 4

France > Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation Tier 4

France > Dispute resolution: International arbitration Tier 4

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés has a solid commercial arbitration practice with the team representing French and international companies, including several leading companies, in handling a wide variety of cases. The practice regularly advises on construction, mining and aviation-related cases and is currently involved in a number of significant cases relating to Africa and notably Algeria. Additionally, the team has recently been entrusted with matters raising complex Russian sanctions issues, while exequatur cases are also dealt with. The practice is co-headed by Samantha Nataf  and Pierrick Le Goff  and includes counsel Capucine du Pac de Marsoulies.

France > EU, competition and distribution Tier 5

Thierry Titone and Matthieu Dary are the key contacts at De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés, bringing particular expertise in distribution law (including setting up distribution networks) and competition compliance to the practice. In addition, the firm advises on merger control and investigations by the FCA and DGCCRF.

France > Mergers and acquisitions Tier 5

France > Real estate Tier 5

France > Tax Tier 5

France > Banking and finance: Bank regulatory

France > Dispute resolution: White-collar crime