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Pamina Avocats Offices
6, Place Saint-Sulpice
Paris 75006
France
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Pamina Avocats > The Legal 500 Rankings
France > Media and entertainment: Art Tier 2
Headquartered in Paris but with a strong international presence, Pamina Avocats represents prestigious clients such as world-renowned auction house Sotheby’s. With considerable expertise in multi-jurisdictional transactions and disputes, the group is able to draw on a cross-section of legal knowledge, from public and private law to issues of inheritance. Leading the team is Rémi Sermier, a former legal counsel to the French Prime Minister’s office, who is well regarded for his depth of experience in the practice area. Recent highlights for the firm include representing a non-profit foundation in litigation relating to the Modigliani archives.Practice head(s):
Rémi Sermier
Testimonials
‘Excellent service, great communication, knowledgeable and efficient.’
‘The team have a great passion for their craft, great knowledge and a helpful and friendly manner. Highly professional.’
‘Rémi Sermier is absolutely brilliant! Rémi is responsive, smart, strategic and a nice guy. He gets to the point quickly and his advice is always commercial.’
‘Rémi Sermier is very responsive and efficient, and provides very pragmatic, clear and cost-effective advice.’
‘Rémi Sermier is very good at solving problems and seems to understand the art market very well, and therefore can really tailor his advice to the client’s needs, without racking up fees on advice that is unnecessary.’
Key clients
Sotheby’s
Wildenstein Plattner Institute
Palais de Tokyo
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Work highlights
- Assisting the state-owned entity which manages the Palais de Tokyo, an art centre dedicated to modern and contemporary art, on contractual matters.
- Representing Sotheby’s, as the claimant, in criminal proceedings relating to the sale of forged 18th century furniture by Bill Pallot, notably to the Château de Versailles.
- Defending Wildenstein Plattner Institute against an action brought by art historian Marc Restellini before a US court relating to the Modigliani archives.
France > Administrative and public law Tier 5
Practice head(s):
Remi Sermier; David Epaud
Testimonials
‘The team is available and very competent. The quality of their analyses, their pragmatism and their extensive experience on projects in Africa distinguish them from other teams.’
‘Remi Sermier and David Epaud are excellent lawyers; knowledgeable and with very appreciable experience in energy and infrastructure projects in Africa.’
‘Their approach and analysis are very accurate. They are able to select what is essential.’
‘The team offers cutting-edge expertise in public business law. The responsiveness and technical expertise of its lawyers make it an important partner for high-stakes administrative law cases.’
‘David Epaud is a trusted partner on cases with high added value in public real estate law, public procurement law and public economic law. Quality of listening, personalized approach, availability and technical expertise are, among others, the main qualities of David Epaud.’
‘The firm stands out for its excellence in public law, due to the technical skills of its partners, but also their good knowledge of the public environment and its stakeholders.’
‘The team is very available, very responsive and very competent.’
‘David Epaud is a particularly brilliant lawyer in his field, he is available for his clients, involved in his cases and very responsive.’
Key clients
DP World
IN Groupe (Imprimerie Nationale)
Air France
France Galop
International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA)
Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring
Sotheby’s
Thomson Reuters
Syndicat des compagnies aériennes autonomes (SCARA)
ASL Airlines
Claus Habfast, former chairman of Alpexpo SPL
Polygon Global Partners LLP
OPAC Saône-et-Loire
Secure Identity Alliance
AMECS
Ilex Ascenseurs
BAT Environnement
Association Sportive du Golf de Saint-Germain
Commission du réseau de la diffusion de la presse (CRDP)
Cinémas Arpajon – GECI (Groupe des Exploitants et des Cinémas Indépendants)
JEK Ingénierie & Environnement
Acwa Power
Ilek
FIF-PL (Fonds interprofessionnel de formation des professions libérales)
Work highlights
- Advising Acwa Power, a utility, regarding the structuring of a water desalinisation plant in Senegal.
- Advising DP World, a port operator, on implementing its deep-sea port project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
- Advising SCARA, an association of airlines, on adapting to the regulatory environment to combat global warming.
Pamina Avocats > Firm Profile
Pamina Avocats mainly assists corporate and institutional clients, French or international. The firm is active in France and in the countries of French legal tradition (Maghreb, French-speaking Africa). It has a recognized expertise regarding the regulation of economic activities, the relations with the administrative authorities, public competition law and state aids, concessions and public contracts, public real estate law and urban planning authorizations. The firm also has a strong activity in art market law.
Founded by Rémi Sermier and David Epaud, after fifteen years in various international and French law firms, Pamina Avocats assists its clients on all legal issues arising in the relations between economic operators and public authorities. The firm assists in advisory work as well as in litigation. It offers its clients constant availability and the personal involvement of seasoned partners, working in either French or English, throughout the matters.
Regarding the regulation of economic activities, the firm notably has a strong expertise in the field of pricing policies. It regularly assists clients before the European Commission and the EU courts in the context of State aid issues.
The firm is active in the structuring of complex contractual transactions, in the supervision of tender procedures and in all aspects of contractual implementation: penalties, expert processes, early terminations, insolvencies, relations with the subcontractors, arbitration proceedings and negotiated settlements. In particular, it has extensive experience in telecommunications, transport infrastructure (including ports and airports) as well as in the construction and maintenance of buildings under public-private partnerships.
Regarding real estate public law and urban planning, the firm assists its clients with respect to the awarding and implementation of occupancy agreements, and to litigation regarding the issuance of building permits.
The firm also has a recognized practice in art market law. It assists professionals and individuals in organizing transactions and resolving disputes.
Pamina Avocats works in co-operation with law firm Ader Jolibois, and is thus able to integrate assistance relating, in particular, to tax law, company law and labour law.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| David Epaud | david.epaud@pamina-avocats.com | +33 1 45 44 51 47 |
Lawyer Profiles
| Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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David Epaud | Partner | View Profile |
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Rémi Sermier | View Profile |
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