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DS Avocats Offices
6 RUE DURET
75116 PARIS
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DS Avocats > The Legal 500 Rankings
France > Environment Tier 1
France > Construction Tier 2
France > Industry focus: Energy Tier 3
Practice head(s):
Véronique Fröding; Stéphane Gasne; Grégory Gutierrez
Testimonials
‘A very available and responsive team with good knowledge of public procurement and FIDIC contracts.’
‘They have a good combination of national and international experience, and are able to call on specialist legal advisors for particular expertise.’
‘The team is available, international and pragmatic. Stéphane Gasne gives clients confidence in his advice.’
‘A motivated and available team. They are business oriented, have excellent knowledge of the market and have good connections with the key players in the sector.’
Key clients
Eqiom
RTE
RWE
McPhy
Baywa
Eiffage Metal
China Three Gorges (Europe)
Sun’R
Steag New Energies
Fnac Darty
Menissez
DZBank
Hy2Gen
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
Orange
Corsica Sole
Messer
ULogistique
Hydro Operation International
Piicto
Teréga
Work highlights
- Advised Hydro Operation International on its joint venture with Axian Energy for the hydroelectric concession of the Imboulou dam in the Republic of Congo.
- Advised Eqiom on the development of an industrial-scale carbon capture and storage project.
- Advised RTE on the drafting and negotiation of EPCI and O&M contracts for the connection of AO4 and AO8 wind farms.
France > Industry focus: IT and internet Tier 3
DS Avocats offers full-service capabilities in the IT and internet practice area. Particular strengths include integration issues, outsourcing contracts and cloud computing matters. The team is led by Antoine Gravereaux, who focuses his practice on IT contract law, personal data protection and cyber-risk management. Other names of note include Sylvain Staub, Thomas Beaugrand and Olivier Pignatari.Practice head(s):
Antoine Gravereaux
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Antoine Gravereaux’s team draws on its solid expertise to provide solutions and support adapted to the needs of our company. Due to a lack of internal resources, we had to rely on DS Avocats to offer legal support to our business in the contractualisation of IT solutions. DS Avocats has “digested” our contract models and contractual standards to negotiate these contracts in complete autonomy.’
‘Antoine Gravereaux has excellent listening skills and a strong desire to bring added value to his client. He is frank about what he can provide and obtain and will not push for over-consumption of his expertise which would be unnecessarily costly for his client. And of course his expertise is impeccable.’
France > Insurance Tier 3
France > Administrative and public law Tier 4
DS Avocats houses strong urban planning and development expertise which developers and public entities alike turn to for major industrial projects. The firm also advises on energy infrastructure projects in France and in Africa, and on a range of various public law issues. Jean-Marc Poisson and Laura Ceccarelli-Le Guen jointly head the practice, which also includes Nathalie Sultan and Julien Anfruns.Practice head(s):
Jean-Marc Poisson; Laura Ceccarelli-Le Guen
Other key lawyers:
Nathalie Sultan; Julien Anfruns
Key clients
Aéroport Lille SAS
Altarea-Cogedim
Altitude Infrastructure
Azienda Transporti Milanesi (ATM)
Banque Des Territoires (Groupe CDC)
Citallios
Communaute D’agglomeration Du Libournais
Communaute Intercommunale Du Nord De La Reunion
Credit Agricole Immobilier
Edf
Eiffage Immobilier
Engie
Etablissement Public D’amenagement De Marne La Vallee
Etablissement Public D‘Amenagement Paris Saclay
Etablissement Public D’amenagement Orly-Rungis-Seine-Amont
Etablissement Public Foncier D’ile-De-France
Etablissement Public Foncier Provence-Alpes-Cote-D’azur
Exterimmo
Grand Paris Amenagement
Groupe Alsei
Groupe Idec
Groupe Interconstruction
Groupe La Poste
Groupe Sncf
Hauts-De-Seine Department
Ikea France
Ile-De-France Mobilites
Linkcity
Mondial Protection
Orange France
Saone Et Loire Department
Seine-Saint-Denis Department
Sem Plaine Commune Developpement
Sequano Amenagement
Societe Du Grand Paris (Sgp)
Spl Pariseine
Syndicat Mixte Pour L’amenagement De La Plaine De Pierrelaye-
Bessancourt
Systra
Television De France (Tdf)
Unilever
Val De Seine Amenagement
Veolia
Vinci Immobilier
Virtuo Industrial Property
Yvelines Department
Japan Tobacco International France (Jti)
Antidox
Othoniel Studio
Grand Paris Amenagement – Fonds De Dotation
Université de Paris Cite
Ville D’Aix-Les-Bains
France > Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation Tier 4
Practice head(s):
Arnaud Constant
Other key lawyers:
Xavier Lacaze; Fabrice Van Cauwelaert
Key clients
STATE OF BENIN
Landsbanki
Agence Française de développement
AIR FRANCE
FRET SNCF
CAPTRAIN FRANCE
SNCF Voyageurs
EIFFAGE
ASL Airlines France
DZB BANK
ACTIS
APST
ARENA
AXA XL
BAZARCHIC SA
EDF
FNIM
PSA
MONTE PASCHI BANK
RESSOURCETHICA
SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
ORANGE
SAGEMCOM
STEARINERIE DUBOIS
VIATEMIS
WELDOM
ELIOR Group
GALIAN ASSURANCES et GALIAN COURTAGE
BRACHOT
ANCDGP
ORCA
MOLITOR ACCOR
France > Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs Tier 4
Practice head(s):
Catherine Verneret
Other key lawyers:
Charles-Antoine Joly
Key clients
MJ & CO
DECATHLON
OPTIMUM AUTOMOTIVES
ANGATEC
EDF
ENEDIS
CARREFOUR
EASYFACTORY
O’Tacos Group
Le Louvre Museum
AFNIC
Manufacture Joseph Duclos
SNCF
ARTE CASA CARRELAGE
VITEC
EXANE
LE HIBOU
ATELIERS LISON DE CAUNES
France > EU, competition and distribution Tier 5
DS Avocats > Firm Profile
Founded in Paris 50 years ago, DS Avocats is one of the leading independent law firms in France with a global presence on four Continents.
Since the 1980’s, DS Avocats operates on the Asian continent (China, Singapore, Vietnam) where it facilitates the expansion of European companies into the Asian market.
Since then, the firm has intensified its international development: currently, DS also has offices in Germany, Belgium, Spain and Italy; in Africa (Morocco, Senegal); and in the Americas (Canada, Argentina, Chile, Peru).
Today, around 400 lawyers provide their global clients with in-depth expertise in both public and private business laws. DS’s clients consider this dual expertise a major asset as it enables DS’s legal professionals to bring unique perspectives to best serve their clients’ interests worldwide.
The firm’s areas of practice are: public business law; urban development and planning strategies; real estate law; environmental law and sustainable development; contract and commercial litigation; commercial, competition, distribution and consumer law; intellectual property and innovation law; computer and digital law; data protection; corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and financing; restructuring; tax law; labour law; banking and finance; as well as energy law, health law, customs and international trade and insurance and industrial risks.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Business Development | Victor Cowey | bd@dsavocats.com | +33 01 53 67 61 35 |
Head of Business Development | Lionel Deschaux | bd@dsavocats.com | +33 1 53 67 68 05 |
Lawyer Profiles
Staff Figures
Number of partners : 50 Number of lawyers : 400Languages
Arabic English French German Italian Japanese Mandarin SpanishMemberships
Lexwork InternationalOther
Your contact : Lionel Deschaux (bd@dsavocats.com) Headquarter : Paris Other offices : Barcelona Other offices : Beijing Other offices : Bordeaux Other offices : Brussels Other offices : Buenos Aires Other offices : Dakar Other offices : Ho Chi Minh City Other offices : Lille Other offices : Lima Other offices : Lyon Other offices : Madrid Other offices : Milan Other offices : Montreal Other offices : Quebec Other offices : Santiago Other offices : Shanghai Other offices : Singapore Other offices : Stuttgart Other offices : Toronto Other offices : Vancouver Other offices : Casablanca Other offices : OttawaClient 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.
Comparative Guides
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France: International Trade
Published: December 2023
Authors: Jean-Marie SalvaSophie Dumon-KappeArnaud FendlerDimana Todorova
This country-specific Q&A provides an overview of International Trade laws and regulations applicable in France.
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Chile: Environment
Published: February 2024
Authors: Enrique OyarzúnJorge García Nielsen
This country-specific Q&A provides an overview of Environment laws and regulations applicable in Chile.