Louis des Cars > ADVANT Altana > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

ADVANT Altana
45 RUE DE TOCQUEVILLE
75 017 PARIS
France

Work Department

Planning Law

Construction Law

Environmental Law

Public Economic Law

Position

Partner

Career

Louis des Cars specializes in the resolution of large-scale disputes and litigation in the Public Economic law and Construction law domains. He holds particular expertise in public procurement contracts (drafting and discharging of contracts), mainly involving hospitals, transport infrastructures and telecommunications installations, and in private construction transactions (disputes between project owners and builders, subcontracting). He also actively represents clients in litigation relating to town planning approvals.

Admitted to the Paris bar in 1999, Louis des Cars practiced at Rambaud Martel (1999) and Proskauer Rose (2005) before joining ADVANT Altana as a partner upon its creation in 2009.

Languages

French, English

Education

Bar admission : 1999

University of Paris II – Panthéon-Assas: Master’s Degree in Public Economic Law
Post-graduate specialization certificates in (i) New Technologies and (ii) Employment Law

Lawyer Rankings

France > Construction

(Leading individuals)

Louis des CarsADVANT Altana

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.