Mr Thierry Dal Farra > UGGC Avocats > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile
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47, RUE DE MONCEAU
75008 PARIS
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Mr Thierry Dal Farra
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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 > Administrative and public law
(Leading individuals)UGGC Avocats has a large team comprising both highly experienced partners and a promising bench of more junior partners. The firm is able to cover a large range of matters, including public procurement and litigation, construction matters, regulatory and urban planning matters. It is sought after for strategic matters by an impressive client base made up of leading engineering companies and operators, notably in the transport and energy sectors, as well as public sector entities. The practice is currently advising on major procurement contracts, and in some cases in related litigation, in the fields of IT, defense, construction and transport. It is assisting a client with the awarding procedure of a major new French regional rail line concession and is also providing strategic guidance on key regulatory issues, including challenging current legislation before the French Constitutional Court. The practice is headed by the highly regarded Thierry Dal Farra who was recently retained to act as a mediator in a high-profile public procurement dispute. Franck Lepron, Philippe Hansen and the younger partners Benjamin de Sevin and Edouard Caupert are also warmly recommended.
Paris > Droit public et administratif
(Les grands avocats du marché)UGGC Avocats dispose d’une équipe importante, constituée par un panel d’associés chevronnés et de plus jeunes associés. Le cabinet est en mesure de couvrir un large éventail de dossiers ; commande publique, contentieux, construction, problématiques réglementaires et droit de l’urbanisme. L’équipe est sollicitée pour traiter des questions stratégiques par une clientèle comprenant de grands acteurs du BTP, des opérateurs de premier plan, notamment dans les secteurs du transport et de l’énergie, ainsi que des entités publiques. Le cabinet intervient sur la passation d’importants contrats publics et dans la gestion du contentieux afférent dans les domaines de l’informatique, de la défense, de la construction et des transports. Il assiste aussi un client sur le processus d’attribution d’une ligne ferroviaire régionale française. Il fournit également des conseils stratégiques dans la gestion de questions réglementaires pointues, y compris en portant des recours devant le Conseil Constitutionnel. La pratique est dirigée par le très réputé Thierry Dal Farra , qui a récemment été nommé médiateur dans un litige de premier plan concernant un grand projet. Franck Lepron, Philippe Hansen et les plus jeunes associés Benjamin de Sevin et Edouard Caupert sont également recommandés.