De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés offers clients support drafting and negotiating commercial agreements including for competition organisation and broadcasting rights. Combining strength in commercial, intellectual property, and sport law. Co-heading the practice, Smaïn Guennad 's client base includes governing bodies and organisers of sports events., and fellow co-head Serge Lederman is a key contact for instructions related to intellectual property issues. Also leading the practice alongside them are Louis de Gaulle and Agnès Macaire. Georgie Courtois recently left the firm.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Expertise and responsiveness.’
- ‘The capacity to provide a Paris based English service serving multiple markets.’
- ‘Louis de Gaulle is top-class and a skilled operator while Smaïn Guennad provided a rigorous and well researched service on technical and legal amtters’
- ‘Smaïn Guennad is incredibly user-friendly, responsive and a pleasure to deal with. His bilingualism and understanding of our business has been a huge asset for us in our French business operations. ’
Key clients
- ABATABLE
- BPCE
- CHALLENGE FAMILY
- CNOSF
- DEPARTEMENT DES HAUTS DE SEINE
- ES GLOBAL
- FEDERATION FRANCAISE DE BASKETBALL (FFBB)
- FEDERATION FRANCAISE DE TENNIS (FFT)
- FOREST HILL
- FRANCE VÉLO EVENEMENT
- HOPSCOTCH
- ILE DE FRANCE MOBILITE (IDFM)
Work highlights
Advised BPCE on the negotiation, activation, and performance of its sponsorship agreement with the Organising Committee for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Advised the FFT on several complex proceedings aimed at stopping the unauthorised resale of tickets for the Roland-Garros and Rolex Paris Masters tournaments.
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Practice head
Serge Lederman; Agnès Macaire; Louis de Gaulle; Smaïn Guennad
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