Herald Avocats

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Olivia BERNARDEAU-PAUPE

Olivia Bernardeau-Paupe advises an international clientele, including American clients, in both advisory and contentious matters across all areas of intellectual property: trademarks, copyright, designs, domain names, and unfair competition. She is particularly involved in complex issues relating to domestic and cross-border disputes, as well as in negotiating intellectual property agreements, in both standalone and transactional contexts. Her experience spans a wide range of sectors, including consumer goods, life sciences (pharmaceuticals and medical devices), luxury (fashion and cosmetics), electronics (hardware and software), publishing, e-commerce, automotive, and finance.

Jean Castelain

He specialises in litigation and arbitration proceedings. He offers his services to both french and international firms. His expertise is provided to clients from various economic and financial sectors (distributors, insurance companies, television, etc.), notably in arbitration and litigation. He is regularly appointed as chairman or a member of arbitration tribunals, and has also been appointed as a mediator. He is a leading adviser in the sectors of intellectual property, copyright and media, and frequently counsels major clients in the publishing and media industries.

Juliette Félix

Juliette Félix is a partner in the media and intellectual property law practice. She advises, mediates and litigates in the fields of intellectual property, media law, music and entertainment law, cultural law, innovation law, press law and art law.

Corinne Hovnanian

Corinne Hovnanian is a partner of the firm since 2021. She advises French and foreign companies on the contractualisation of distribution networks. She has also developed a particular expertise in Supplier/Distributor relations and regularly leads training sessions and conferences for companies. Corinne also advises on the negotiation of contracts and the securing of commercial and advertising documents intended for consumers. As a mediator in inter-company disputes, trained by the CMAP, Corinne Hovnanian intervenes at the request of companies within the framework of mediation in order to reach an amicable settlement of their conflicts.

Christophe Jacomin

Lawyer since 1994, Christophe Jacomin is the partner in charge of the banking and finance departement of the firm. He is involved in both advisory and litigation matters related to financing, financial engineering, banking law and financial and insurance regulations. He advises credit institutions, financial institutions, insurance companies, debt funds, and lending investment funds, as well as large French or international corporate borrowers. He is involved in structuring, drafting, and negotiating documentation related to structured financing, project financing, renewable energy, infrastructure, acquisitions, commodities, real estate, and assets. He is involved in debt refinancing and restructuring, advising on derivatives (particularly in the fields of energy and commodities), bond issuances, documentary credits, international guarantees, portfolio debt sales, financial product marketing, and regulatory advice in banking and finance. Finally, he supports regulated institutions in their dealings with regulatory authorities, during on-site control missions by regulators, the implementation of remediation plans, and if necessary, during disciplinary procedures.

Reginald Legenre

Réginald Legenre, partner, is a tax lawyer. He works closely with the Corporate department. He has acquired extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, restructuring of corporate groups, international taxation and assistance with tax audits. He regularly advises French and foreign groups on their complex and strategic tax issues.

Arnaud Levasseur

Arnaud Levasseur, who specializes in business law, has been a partner at the firm since January 2024. He primarily advises on private equity transactions (LBOs and growth capital) and mergers and acquisitions. He assists financial investors, industrial players, as well as entrepreneurs and managers with their strategic transactions, both in France and internationally.

Stéphane Micheli

Stéphane Micheli has been a partner of the firm since 1997. He specialises in family law and inheritance law. In this capacity, he advises, assists and represents a clientele composed of individuals in all types of procedures related to a property project or a dispute settlement. He also assists individuals and institutions in criminal business law, particularly in the context of Tracfin. In real estate law, he advises his clients in the context of acquisitions, real estate purchase operations, leases or dispute settlements.

Richard Milchior

Richard Milchior is Of counsel. He advises on intellectual property, European Union law, domestic competition law and health law. He advises French and foreign clients on issues related to counterfeiting as well as economic and sectoral regulations (health, food).

Nathalie Moullé-Berteaux

Nathalie Moullé-Berteaux advises and litigates in the field of intellectual property law, in particular with regard to anti-counterfeiting strategies in France and abroad.

Bertrand Pébrier

Bertrand Pébrier is a partner in the corporate department. He advises companies on a day-to-day basis in the course of their development, ranging from the acquisition of target companies to the restructuring of activities. He actively cooperates with the firm’s tax and social law as well as public law teams. He is highly experienced in contentious matters, whether in court or subject to arbitration. He supports his clients as early in the process as possible, including the preparation of pre-litigation strategies, and represents them during proceedings.

Louis-Romain Riché

Louis-Romain Riché, a recognized expert in civil, commercial and criminal business litigation, assists French and international companies (based in Switzerland, the United States, Luxembourg and Belgium) with all th eir issues relating to unfair competition, breach of contract and fraud. With over ten years' experience, Louis-Romain has also developed leading expertise in the management of estate litigation and international trusts on behalf of major French fortunes. He also provides strategic advice to investment funds during M&A and private equity negotiations.

Guillaume Roland

He works in all areas of labor law and more specifically in collective labor relations (professional elections, strike, appointment of union representatives, collective agreements).

Pierre-Yves Rossignol

Pierre-Yves Rossignol is a partner in the property and the insurance department. He works with building owners, industrialists and construction professionals and advises them in carrying out their property development and investment projects. He provides support in contentious matters including warrantee claims against insurers including those brought through collective procedures. He advises clients in preparing complex assemblies of their real estate operations, and assists foreign clients in structuring their investments in France, from pre-acquisition due diligence (the analysis of legal risks) to the conclusion of negotiations.

Marion SALUS

Marion Salus has been Counsel with the firm since January 2024. Marion works in the Corporate-M&A department. She mainly advises on private equity transactions (LBOs and expansion capital) and mergers and acquisitions.

Vincent Siguier

Vincent Siguier has been a partner at Herald since 2015. He advises on corporate mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate law and restructuring. He advises groups of listed and unlisted companies, in particular in the IT and telecommunications, distribution, industry and health sectors.

Martin TISSIER

With over twenty years of experience, Martin Tissier specializes primarily in public procurement law and economic regulation, particularly in the network industries (electronic communications, energy, public transportation), as well as in the aerospace and defense sectors, providing both advisory and litigation services before administrative courts, judicial courts, and independent administrative authorities. He also advises clients on state aid, mixed-economy entities, the law governing local authorities and their public institutions, as well as urban planning and environmental law and the law of the social and solidarity economy.

Caroline TRUONG

Caroline Truong, Counsel, is a lawyer specialized in insurance law.