Alerion is ranked in the Legal 500 EMEA 2021 in 4 practice areas:
– Construction (tier 1)
– Insurance (tier 3)
– Dispute resolution: white-collar crime (tier 4)
– Tax (tier 5)
Category: Firm’s news
Gilles Podeur ranked in the Chambers Europe 2021
The 2021 edition of the Chambers Europe recognized Gilles Podeur as a ranked lawyer in the Restructuring/Insolvency practice as band 5.
Jacques Bouyssou has been appointed Vice-Chair of the IBA’s Litigation Committee
Jacques Bouyssou has been appointed Vice-Chair of the Litigation Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) for a two-year term.
The Litigation Committee aims at gathering practionners from different jurisdictions involved in larger scale or inetrnational litigation. They can share their experience on handling and solving issues. The committee encourages the dialogue of practionners on the differences between common law and civil law systems.
Alerion welcomes Marie-Hélène Bartoli as a Counsel
Alerion welcomes Marie-Hélène Bartoli as a Counsel effective September 7, 2020. She joins the firm’s Litigation, Arbitration and White-collar crime team, which now includes 2 Partners, 1 Counsel and 5 Associates.
Her arrival strengthens Alerion’s offer in international litigation.
Marie-Hélène advises and represents clients before domestic courts and arbitral tribunals in relation with commercial disputes, as well as white-collar crime. She has developed a specific expertise in complex international disputes and international commercial arbitration.
Marie-Hélène worked for nine years as an associate in the Dispute Resolution team at Gide Loyrette Nouel.
A member of the Paris Bar, she holds a Master’s degree in Litigation, arbitration and ADR from Paris II Panthéon-Assas University and a Master’s degree in Business law from Paris Dauphine University.
With this new arrival, Alerion now counts 6 Counsels.
Alerion promotes William Mathiotte as a Counsel
Alerion promotes William Mathiotte as a Counsel, effective August 1, 2020, within the firm’s Tax law department, which now includes 3 Partners, 2 Counsels and 5 Associates.
William assists individuals in all the stages of the accumulation, preservation and transmission of wealth, in France and abroad. He mainly deals with the transmission and wealth restructuring operations for individuals or family businesses. He regularly works on issues regarding property assets structuring, gratuitous intergenerational transmissions, tax avoidance on managers’ wage, international mobility, tax and legal management of declarative obligations and also in tax audit and litigation.
William Mathiotte started his career in 2006 at PwC Avocats. He then worked for French renowned law firm and joined Alerion in 2015.
Member of the Paris Bar, he holds a DEA diploma in public finance and tax law from the Paris II Panthéon-Assas University.
With this promotion, Alerion now has 5 counsels.
Alerion welcomes Gilles Podeur to set up the new Restructuring and Insolvency practice
Gilles Podeur is joining Alerion as a partner in order to develop the new Restructuring and Insolvency practice. This new practice will complete the firm’s full service offer.
He assists clients in connection with debt restructurings, insolvency proceedings, acquisitions of underperforming companies, acquisitions of going concerns in insolvency proceedings (“plans de cession”), enforcement of security interests, or liability claims. The matters he handles are often international.
Gilles Podeur’s arrival allows our firm to povide full support to our clients affected by the financial repercussions of the recent Covid-19 pandemic.
Find out more about the Restructuring and Insolvency practice
Alerion is recognized by Best Lawyers France 2021
Best Lawyers France 2021 ranked 10 of our lawyers among 8 categories:
– Jacques Bouyssou in Criminal Defense and in Litigation
– Stanislas Curien in Banking and Finance Law for the second consecutive year
– Nathalie Dupuy-Loup in Construction Law
– Nicola Kömpf in Labor and Employment Law
– Gérald Lagier in Construction Law
– Philippe Mathurin in Insurance Law
– Friedrich Niggemann in Litigation
– Jacques Perotto in Labor and Employment Law for the second consecutive year
– Vincent Poirier in Corporate Law
– Catherine Robin in Intellectual Property Law
Virtual Justice in France UK and US Challenges of Remote Hearings and Trials
Jacques Bouyssou will take part in an international panel of attorneys and jugdes from France, the UK and the US for a webinar organized by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) on june the 29th, 2020.
A commercial litigator’s guide to force majeure in the age of Covid-19
Because of the unprecedented business disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, companies throughout the globe are seeking to modify or evade their commercial obligations. Force majeure is one legal tool that many businesses are asserting in an effort to accomplish these objectives. So are frustration of purpose, impossibility of performance, material adverse change or effect, and factum principis. In addition, some governments have enacted legislation to help businesses evade or modify their commercial obligations.
Jacques Bouyssou will represent France during an interactive webinar organized by the IBA’s Litigation committee alongside a panel of legal experts from multiple jurisdictions. They will discuss whether and to what extent these tools can be effectively employed in the international commercial litigation arena.
Alerion ranked in the Legal 500 EMEA 2020
Alerion is ranked in the Legal 500 EMEA 2020 in 5 practice areas:
– Construction (tier 1)
– Insurance (tier 3)
– Dispute resolution: white-collar crime (tier 4)
– Employment (tier 4)
– Tax (tier 5)