Steering Legal > Paris, France > Firm Profile
Steering Legal Offices
20 RUE FORTUNY
75017 PARIS
France
Steering Legal > The Legal 500 Rankings
France > Media and entertainment: Cinema Tier 2
Well-established in the entertainment sector, Steering Legal has over 20 years’ of experience in cinema law. Representing a diverse array of clients, the firm's recent workload includes assisting production companies Terra Mater Studios and Pan-Européenne with a range of financing issues, as well as advising a leading Chadian lawyer and human rights activist on the adaptation rights of her life. Practice chair Stéphanie Berland’s main area of focus is assisting foreign clients in the film industry. She is supported by Leslie Herail, who advises on intellectual property issues in the sector.Practice head(s):
Stéphanie Berland
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Stéphanie Berland is extremely committed, fast-working and flexible (as is her team) and her performance has always been excellent. I appreciate working with her and so do my clients.’
‘Stéphanie Berland is extremely diligent, bright, and professional and helped us get the results we needed.’
‘Stéphanie Berland is an outstanding attorney – well organised, efficient and both intelligent and strategic.’
Key clients
Fire Engine Ltd
Terra Mater Factual Studios GMBH
Vidhi Films
Jacqueline Moudeina
Pan Europeenne
Minimum Fax Media
Work highlights
- Assisted Terra Mater Studios in relation to the liquidation proceedings of major French distributor Marco Polo Productions, which distributed the client’s feature film “Brothers of the Wind”.
- Advising Pan-Européenne on acquisition of a majority stake in Maybe Movies.
- Advising Chadian lawyer and human rights activist Jacqueline Moudeina on the negotiation of the adaptation rights of her life for a film to be produced by Archer Gray.
France > Mergers and acquisitions Tier 6
Practice head(s):
Nunode Ayala Boaventura; Olivier Guinard
Testimonials
‘Super experienced professional and effective team.’
‘A compact team that is extremely competent and sharp in approaching solutions in a creative and efficient way. Their responsiveness is a particular aspect, always available and ready to answer questions in an objective and solid manner. Matters are dealt with high quality.’
‘Nunode Ayala Boaventura: vast knowledge, a wise approach to better defend the interests of the client, always available and responsive, brilliant poise.’
‘They have proved very good at responding to clients’ needs, quick at dealing with issues and above all are very personable and adaptable.’
‘Nunode Ayala Boaventura is very good commercially and very good with clients. Deadlines are met and client’s business interests are paramount. Very easy to deal with.’
‘Availability, quality work and above all a very business partner approach.’
‘Nuno de Ayala Boaventura is a great lawyer.’
‘Innovative team.’
Key clients
Groupe Cerba Healthcare
Groupe L’Occitane International
everfield UK
Pan Europeenne
PMS Medicalisation
SmartSD
Huesker
Infodis
Work highlights
- Advising L’Occitane International in the framework of the sale of the stake in Capsum.
- Advising Everfield UK on several acquisitions.
- Advising SmartSD for the acquisition of Camshop.
Steering Legal > Firm Profile
Steering Legal is a leading French law firm, offering a full range of business legal services in Africa, Middle East and South America and with correspondents in Asia (China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan).
Set up in 2015 in Paris, Steering Legal employs over 80 lawyers worldwide with a cutting-edge knowledge and experience of local cultures and procedures.
At Steering Legal we believe that law is at the company’s disposal and its activities, hence our motto “Integrating law into business”.
As we are entrepreneurs, we know the business environment inside and out, and we are aware of the challenges our clients may face and we are ready to support them at any stage of their business development.
We advise our clients in all their projects (creation, partnerships, build-up, etc.) offering them our recognised expertise to secure their investments and allow them to develop serenely.
Thanks to our experienced teams, we also assist our clients in their legal and arbitration proceedings by establishing litigation and/or pre-litigation strategies adapted to their individual objectives.
Our firm’s greatest asset is the trust and the loyalty of our clients, and our lawyers constantly push back their standards for them: “Steering Legal, committed to results”.
To best address our client’s global needs, Steering Legal expands its borders year after year. Today, the firm’s highly qualified and multidisciplinary team assists and supports its clients within high-growth markets in its offices in Europe, African continent, Arabic Emirates and Brazil.
Our main fields of expertise:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity
- Corporate
- Tax
- Litigation and arbitration
- Employment
- IP / IT / data
- Property transactions and financing
- Compliance
- Healthcare-Biotech
- Energy and infrastructures
- Hotels, resorts, tourism
- Luxury
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate | Nuno de Ayala Boaventura | ndeayala@steeringlegal.com | |
Individual and collective labor relations, Individual and collective litigations, Negotiations with social partners, Social security | Gwenaëlle Artur | gartur@steeringlegal.com | |
Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions | Alice Bellilchi | abellilchi@steeringlegal.com | |
Intellectual Property, New Technology, Data protection, Media and entertainment , Cinema | Stéphanie Berland | sberland@steeringlegal.com | |
Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation and arbitration, Business law, Commercial litigation, Employment law, Securities Law | Eric Bernard | ebernard@steeringlegal.com | |
Corporate and Group Taxation International, Tax Law, Patrimonial Tax Law, Tax Litigation | Jean-François Bette | jfbette@steeringlegal.com | |
Business transfers and organization of family owned companies, Wealth and international taxation, Tax and property litigation, Inheritance and family law, Private international law , Philanthropy | Aude Chartier | achartier@steeringlegal.com | |
Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation and Arbitration, Employment law | Sabine Chen | schen@steeringlegal.com | |
Litigation and arbitration, Cross-border litigation, Commercial arbitration and investment arbitration, Assets freezing and embargos | Sébastien Fleury | sfleury@steeringlegal.com | |
Tax law, Compliance, Corporate /Mergers & Acquisitions, Energy and infrastructures | Florian Guais | fguais@steeringlegal.com | |
Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions, Real estate transaction and financings, Real estate law | Olivier Guinard | oguinard@steeringlegal.com | |
Commercial Law, Litigation & Arbitration, Employment Law, Energy and infrastructures | Guillaume de Rocquigny | gderocquigny@steeringlegal.com | |
Corporate /Mergers & Acquisitions, Tax law, Wealth planning law, Estate planning / personal taxation | Adrien Matillon | amatillon@steeringlegal.com | |
Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation and Arbitration | Caroline Pires | cpires@steeringlegal.com | |
Sports law, Litigation and Arbitration, Tax law | Alexis Rutman | arutman@steeringlegal.com | |
Individual and collective labor relations, Individual and collective litigations, Negotiations with social partners, Social security | Cesar Solis | csolis@steeringlegal.com |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Gwenaëlle Artur | Partner | View Profile | |
Mrs Stéphanie Berland | Partner | View Profile | |
Me Eric Bernard | Counsel since 2015 | View Profile | |
Mr Jean-François Bette | Partner | View Profile | |
Mrs Aude Chartier | Partner | View Profile | |
Me Sabine Chen | Counsel Since 2015 | View Profile | |
Me Mohamed Elhouseny | Partner since 2020 | View Profile | |
Maitre Sébastien Fleury | Partner | View Profile | |
Mr Florian Guais | Partner Lawyer at the Paris Bar and Dubai Legal Affairs registered | View Profile | |
Mr Olivier Guinard | Partner | View Profile | |
Me Adrien Matillon | Counsel since 2021 | View Profile | |
Me Alexis Rutman | Counsel since 2015 | View Profile | |
Nuno de Ayala Boaventura | Managing Partner | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Number of lawyers : 80 at this office : 32Languages
Arabic Chinese English French Portuguese Spanish TaiwaneseMemberships
International Bar Association EELA - European Employment Lawyers Association AFCDP - French Association of Personal Data Protection Officer APRAM - Association of Trademark and Design Law PractitionersInternational Capabilities
With the international experience of its teams, its presence abroad and its ability to work in several foreign languages, Steering Legal offers personalised, secured and direct assistance to operators acting on international markets, and in particular emerging markets, allowing it to demonstrate its recognised expertise in terms of international structuring and cross-border contracts.
In order to assist its clients in the different regions where their businesses are prospering, Steering Legal has organised its business around four major geographic centres:
THE MIDDLE EAST, with its office in Dubai
Steering Legal has worked in the Near and Middle East since the beginning of the 21st century, choosing to establish a presence in the United Arab Emirates in order to offer its clients services not only in the Middle East, but also in the entire African continent. It has opened two offices in the United Arab Emirates.
The United Arab Emirates, located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa, and benefiting from ultramodern infrastructures, offer businesses a real shop window and a favourable environment for international expansion.
With a vision of the entire business world via the complementary nature of its lawyers and their varied career paths, the firm advises and defends entrepreneurs, businesses, investors and public entities:
- in all the legal issues they may encounter in the Middle East
- in all business sectors (the mining and oil industries, energy, distribution, luxury, agri-food and sport, etc.)
- in advice, pre-litigation and litigation.
AFRICA, through its offices in Niamey and Abidjan
To assist its clients in their development in West Africa, Steering Legal also opened an office in Niamey, Niger in 2014, and in Abidjan in 2017 in partnership with Kadri. Those partnerships enable Steering Legal:
- to provide support and develop the presence of its clients, French and European businesses in Niger and West Africa, including physically when necessary.
- to assist them in their development, particularly in connection with the creation of local entities, the acquisition of equity and participations in calls for tender or privatisations.
- to be able to count on the permanent presence, experience and the know-how of Maître Oumarou Kadri and his teams
- to benefit from local experienced staff, who have intimate knowledge of the continent, and a network of local representatives in Africa who meet the same criteria
- to offer our clients access to multidisciplinary teams, who are very mobile and capable of working in French, English, Arab, Portuguese and Chinese.
SOUTH AMERICA, with its offices in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Porto Alegre
In 2018, Steering Legal continued its international expansion by opening a branch in Brazil, with offices in:
- Rio de Janeiro
- Porto Alegre
- São Paulo.
ASIA, through its local representatives
Steering Legal has extended its scope of intervention to Asia – more particularly China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan – since 2010.
Its collaboration with Maître Sabine Chen, Of Counsel, a Taiwanese native with more than 30 years of experience in prestigious law firms, allows Steering Legal to advise and represent regularly Asian operators. The firm works in:
- advice and litigation
- mainly in French, Mandarin and English
- for a clientele made up of businesses, investors and entrepreneurs as well as public entities (foreign governments, embassies, economic missions).
Steering Legal, can therefore:
- offer comprehensive service in business law
- provide support to its Chinese-speaking clients in perfect Mandarin
- address all of the legal issues its French clients encounter in this part of the world through their knowledge of the law, the culture and the Asian business world
- also provide support to Asian businesses and entrepreneurs who wish to gain access to European markets
- act in connection with African-Asian-Middle Eastern cross-border transactions through its offices in Africa and the Middle East.
- Media and entertainment: Cinema