Laurence Schardt > Casalonga > Montpellier, France > Lawyer Profile

The team at Casalonga retains its position as a market leader with regards to patents and trade marks, given its outstanding breadth of work that expands across litigation before the French courts, the French IPO, EUIPO and UPC, as well as the European General Court. The firm’s work extends to multiple jurisdictions including Spain, Germany, East Asia, Northern Europe and North America. The firm is led by a plethora of seasoned litigators including Caroline Casalonga, Olivier Delprat, Karina Dimidjian-Lecomte, Jean-Baptiste Lecoeur, Virginie Martin-Charbonneau, Laurence Schardt, Ghislain de Trémiolles and Francis Zapalowicz. The firm advises large multinational companies across a variety of sectors including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, retail and manufacturing.

Casalonga fields a sizeable team in this area and is sought out by clients including retailers, food and wine manufacturers, and software and entertainment companies. The group handles litigation before the EUIPO, French courts, the French Intellectual Property Office, and European General Court proceedings. Managing partner Caroline Casalonga has a broad IP practice and Arnaud Casalonga‘s expertise crosses over to competition law as it relates to IP. Marianne Gabriel and Floriane Codevelle advise on the full gamut of issues from national and international IP litigation strategies, IP protection and defence to M&A, due diligence and contract negotiation. Karina Dimidjian-Lecomte, Laurence Schardt and Pascaline Vincent are other names to note, as is Cristina Bercial-Chaumier, who is admitted to the Paris bar and member of the Alicante bar and is a key name for any matters with a Spanish nexus.