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FTPA combines expertise in public procurement and urban planning and development to advise on the drafting and negotiation of public contracts relating to digital and transportation services and housing developments, among other areas. The firm has a particularly strong presence in the rail sector, where it assists key players with public procurement procedures and administrative litigation. Raphaël Crespelle, who focuses on public contracts, and urban planning and public law experts Bernard Cazin and Julien Marceau lead the team.
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  • ‘Responsiveness and availability. Effective and agile collaboration. Strong proposals and analysis of files.’

  • ‘An available, positive team with good internal coordination.’

  • ‘Raphaël Crespelle stands out for his creative qualities, and Ludovic Alamargot for his rigour.’

  • ‘The team combines an excellent level of quality with perfect adaptation to the expectations of the client and their environment.’

  • ‘A detailed understanding of our needs that comes from a good knowledge of our activity, an appetite and a good capacity to deal with a file in an innovative way, and very good synergy between team members to deal with certain complex and/or urgent files.’

  • ‘Raphaël Crespelle stands out for the finesse of his analysis and recommendations in terms of litigation and pre-litigation strategy.’

Key clients

  • Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine
  • Société Nationale SNCF
  • SNCF Voyageurs
  • SNCF Gares & Connexions SA
  • SNCF Réseau
  • Etablissement public chargé de la conservation et de la restauration de la Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (EPRNDP)
  • Alstom
  • Agence France Museum
  • CNES
  • Vinci Construction
  • Dodin Campenon Bernard
  • Guadeloupe entretien maintenance

Work highlights

Advising a consortium composed of Caisse des Dépôts, SNCF Voyageurs, SNCF Réseau, SNCF SA, SICF and Toit Temporaire Urbain (TTU) SA on the setting up and monitoring of an innovation partnership contract in the context of the revitalisation of bare or partially built land by installing mobile, removable, reversible, sustainable, reusable structures.
Advising Etablissement public chargé de la conservation et de la restauration de la Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (EPRNDP) in the context of the contracts regarding the security and reconstruction of Notre Dame de Paris.
Advising SNCF Voyageurs in the renegotiation, drafting and execution of TER public service agreements with four French regions before they are opened to competition.

Practice head

Raphaël Crespelle; Bernard Cazin; Julien Marceau

Other key lawyers

Ludovic Alamargot; Tristan Boucheteil

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