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Gaëlle Bloret-Pucci has been a partner at BCTG Avocats since 2004 and is in charge of the Intellectual Property department. For nearly 20 years, Gaëlle has been assisting her French and international clients, both as counsel and in litigation, in all areas of intellectual property. Her areas of expertise are: trademarks, patents, designs, copyright and internet. She also assists her clients in communication law, more specifically in advertising and media, sponsorship and influence c...
Vanessa holds a specialty certificate in Intellectual Property (trademark law, design law, literary and artistic property, computer and telecommunications law). She trained at the University of Pantheon-Assas. She holds a D.E.A. in Corporate Law from the University of Paris Dauphine and a D.E.S.S. in International Trade Law. She also studied Intellectual Property in London at the University of Queen Mary and Westfield College. Vanessa worked as an Associate Lawyer for the law firm Hirsch for ...
Julien Brunet joined SPRING LEGAL in October 2017. He is practicing with Karine Riahi within the Entertainment law and IT Department. Julien passed the California bar exam in 2021 and is Partner since January 2022. Before his graduation in 2016 of a Master of Laws (LL.M), Entertainment, Media & Intellectual Property Law Specialization at UCLA school of Law, Julien has been working in France for three years as a lawyer specializing in Entertainment Law. This experience allowed him to gain ...
Georgie Courtois focuses on all aspects of NTIC (computer law, internet-related matters, data protection, cryptology…), intellectual property (copyright, trademark and domain name infringement) and commercial law. He represents clients in complex litigation before civil, commercial and criminal courts and before supervisory authorities. He also assists clients with consultation, contractual drafting and negotiation. Georgie is passionate about technology. This special understanding of ...
Louis de Gaulle is involved in matters requiring diverse and extensive legal experience both in litigation and transactions. He regularly appears before civil, administrative and arbitration courts. Louis de Gaulle’s legal strategy acumen and innovative capacity in the management of cases is praised by his clients. He specialises in intellectual property, new technologies, commercial law and public law.He is a certified specialist in Intellectual Property and Commercial Law at the Paris...
A graduate of Sciences Po Paris and holder of a 3rd Cycle in Intellectual Property from the University of Paris II, Julien Grosslerner began his career at TF1 where he held the position of Legal Manager of the Entertainment division until 2007. Subsequently, he will hold the position of Deputy Director of Lansing at SACEM, then Deputy General Counsel of Banijay, Stéphane Courbit’s audiovisual production group. He then joined the American group NBCUniversal to take over the Legal ...
Julien Horn focuses on information technology and intellectual property litigation. He also handles transactional and contractual work on IP and IT assets. Julien Horn’s litigation practice is prominent in the field of software litigation, patent litigation, and trademark litigation. He has also acquired significant expertise in the planning and monitoring of innovative mass litigation campaigns for IT and software companies. He regularly publishes articles on IP and IT issues in the le...
Daniel Korabelnikov, specialised in Business and Intellectual Property and Technology Law and has been a member of the Paris Court of Appeal since 2014. Daniel has valuable experience in pre-litigation, complex litigation, and IT consulting. He focuses on intellectual property, technology law, and personal data law. Daniel works with various clients, including software editors and IT service providers, to set comprehensive contracts related to information technology. He also provides guidance...
Eric Lauvaux is one of the founding partners of Nomos. Eric Lauvaux is experienced in the music and audiovisual sectors where he advises international groups and professional organisations. He is very active in the implementation of the new directives where he advises professional associations and international groups. Working for the media industry for years, Eric Lauvaux has developed an expertise allowing to assist clients in the development of their new models. Eric Lauvaux also represent...
Serge Lederman intervenes as counsel as well as in litigation in industrial property law in sectors as diverse as fashion, design and media and the food industry, and literary and artistic property law in the areas of art, media and communication. Recognised by his clients for his analysis of litigious matters and the stakes at hand, as well as his sharp grasp of litigious strategies, Serge Lederman advises companies and institutions on an international level and on domestic operations. He is...
Stéphane Lemarchand assists global corporations and IT players with their strategic projects both on transactional and contentious matters. Stéphane has over 20 years’ experience advising both multi-national and domestic clients on a wide range of IT-related legal issues. He is recognised across the industry as a dealmaker for major strategic IT and digital-related transactions, including outsourcing, and he has a wealth of experience in IT disputes. His client base is com...
French qualified lawyer specialised in Information Technology, Data Privacy and Intellectual Property. Fluent in English. Her career as a specialist intellectual property and information technology lawyer began in Paris in 2001, in a major international law firm. From there, she was subsequently posted to Shanghai, in the People's Republic of China, for 4 years.After this enriching international experience, she spent several years as a Partner in a French law firm specializing in IT, media an...
Xavier Nyssen is the immediate past Co-Chair of Dechert’s international dispute resolution practice. Since 1988, he has concentrated his practice in international arbitration and complex litigations, especially in the telecom, energy and pharmaceutical sectors. He has acted as counsel in numerous arbitrations whether ad hoc or under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court for International Arbitration (LCIA) or the European Development Fund (FED). He i...
Charles-Edouard Renault specializes in media, audiovisual and entertainment law, as both advisor and litigator and is thus continually at the forefront of new developments linked to content and technology in the production sector (website content, film restoration and digitalization, VOD and SVOD etc.), film finance and M&A operation in the entertainment sector as well as in communication crisis (corporate or professional e-reputation protection, follow-up of online audio and video playba...
Frédéric Sardain leads the IP, Tech & Data practice. His team’s activity covers transactional IP/IT, complex digital projects, strategic litigation as well as data compliance and cybersecurity. He is the author, with Pr. Philippe Gaudrat, of the “Traité de droit civil du numérique” published in 2015 by Larcier (2 volumes), a subject he taught for ten years at the Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II). He regularly acts as a paneli...
Frank Valentin leads the Intellectual Property practice in France. He also has significant experience in anti-counterfeiting campaigns for IT and software companies, along with experience in IT and life sciences patent litigation. Specialized in complex litigation (trademark, patent, copyright), the search for innovative legal strategies has become the key focus of his team. He advises mainly in the TMT sector (technology, media and telecommunications), in particular with US industry leaders,...
Hermien van der Vynckt is mainly involved in matters relating to intellectual property (trademarks, patents, designs and copyrights) and information and communication technologies (computer law, internet-related matters, data protection, etc.), both in advice and litigation. He joined De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés in 2016 and has developed a special knowledge of issues regarding anti-counterfeiting programs (software, on-line sale) as well as the audiovisual and media sector.
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