Mrs Victoria Aquino > ADVANT Altana > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

ADVANT Altana
45 RUE DE TOCQUEVILLE
75 017 PARIS
France

Work Department

Construction law; Arbitration

Position

Counsel

Career

Victoria Aquino specialises in litigation and dispute resolution processes including arbitration, mediation, and dispute board, which involves financial and technical claims relating to major infrastructure and civil engineering projects.

She also assists clients in negotiating and preparing all major construction and consultancy contracts, as well as bespoke contracts. Victoria has knowledge of FIDIC and NEC engineering and construction contracts.

She is member of the French Chapter of the Association Française pour le Droit de la Construction et de l’Immobilier (the AFDCI which includes the French SCL committee). Admitted to the Paris bar in 2014, she joined ADVANT Altana the same year.

Languages

French, English, Spanish, Portuguese

Education

  • Master 2 in Real Estate and Construction Law (University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas).
  • MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution (King’s College London).

Lawyer Rankings

France > Construction

The ‘high-calibre’ team at ADVANT Altana specialises in litigation, arbitration and dispute board proceedings for high-profile construction disputes. Additional areas of expertise are the drafting of bespoke contracts and project development. The practice is jointly led by construction disputes specialists Louis des Cars and François MullerChristophe Lapp‘s litigation and arbitration experience is primarily in the construction and telecoms segments. Victoria Aquino is noted for her knowledge of litigation and dispute resolution processes, as well as FIDIC and NEC engineering and construction contracts, while Caroline Frison-Roche has focused her practice on disputes, contracts and competition law.