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Faustine Viala is a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Practice Group. Faustine has experience in European and French competition law. Her main areas of practice encompass merger control, anticompetitive practices (anticompetitive agreements and abuse of dominant position) and distribution law. Faustine advises French and international companies mainly active in the fields of media, sports, […]

Adélaïde Jacquin specializes in white collar crimes and criminal law. With 6 years of experience in on of the top white collar crime law firms in Paris, Adélaïde Jacquin has routinely handled complex and technical cases in criminal law. Adélaïde Jacquin has an expertise in financial and corporate criminal law, as in criminal labor law, […]

Morgan Hunault-Berret joined Villechenon in 1999 as an associate before becoming a partner in 2004. Eager to share her knowledge and experiences with aspiring entrepreneurs, Morgan regularly lectures graduate students in the Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program at ESCP-Europe. Morgan is a member of the CRA and Entrepreneurship Network (Réseau Entreprendre). In addition, Morgan […]

Virginie specializes in advising French and international companies and their managers in relation to the tax implications of their international transactions. Her practice covers all the tax aspects of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint-ventures, complex reorganizations and optimization of employee’s remuneration (BSPCE, free shares, stock options….). Virginie also advises private clients with respect […]

Ms Marie-Aimée de Dampierre Marie-Aimée de Dampierre is the Chair of Hogan Lovells. She is passionate about client service, collaboration and diversity and inclusion. Before taking up the role of Chair, Marie-Aimée held a number of management roles including head of the Paris office IPMT practice, office managing partner for Paris, Board member (‘At Large’ […]

Anne Toupenay-Schueller Anne Toupenay-Schueller is specialised in Corporate and Mergers & acquisitions. She has two qualifications (law and finance from Sciences Po Paris) and assists mainly French and foreign mid-cap clients on a wide range of domestic and cross-border acquisitions transactions and joint ventures. Her practice is also focused on corporate restructuring transactions. Anne contributes […]

Anne-Marie Pecoraro With 25 years of experience serving clients of all sizes and types (corporate groups, multinationals, start-ups, associations, trade unions, foundations, artists, fashion designers, production companies, etc.). Anne-Marie Pecoraro has been advising and litigating on all legal aspects of intellectual property, trademarks, new technologies and the exploitation of personal data, in a wide range […]

Myriam graduated from Paris II – Panthéon Assas University, where she gained a postgraduate degree in Business Law, and a Master in Litigation, Arbitration and ADR. She also owes a LL.M. in International Business Law from King’s College London. Myriam is a member of the Paris Bar. After taking the oath in 2009, she joined […]

Caroline BASDEVANT-SOULIÉ, who heads the Corporate/M&A department, specializes in corporate law, with a strong focus on private equity. The Corporate/M&A department advises executives, French and international groups and investment funds. Caroline specializes in private equity transactions (minority and majority stakes), joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and corporate ventures. She advises managers, French and foreign […]

Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2006, Laura Castex is a partner of Gide’s economic law and regulatory team in Paris. Laura specializes in European and French competition law as well as distribution law (distribution networks, commercial agreements, etc.) and consumer law, both in an advisory capacity and as a litigator. As regards merger control, […]