Alexander J. Marcopoulos

Partner of BG2V since 2011 – Member of the Paris Bar since 2002​ ​ Experience : BG2V, De Pardieu Brocas Maffei (Paris), Niven Smith (San Francisco).​ ​ Education : Graduate of ESSEC Grande Ecole, Master’s degree in Business Law, Accounting and Taxation, University of Aix-en-Provence, DESS in International Business Law, University of Aix-en-Provence, DEUG in Law, University of Panthéon-Assas.​ ​ Practice areas : Stanislas assists clients in all their investment, development ...

Peter Sherwin is a partner in the Litigation Department, head of the International Arbitration Group, head of the Commercial Real Estate Litigation Group, and a member of the Latin America Practice. Peter counsels clients in complex cross-border commercial disputes, often involving a joint venture, a licensing or distribution relationship, or an acquisition, most of which are resolved in international arbitration and the rest in federal and state courts in the United States. He has significan...

Smaïn Guennad is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Intellectual Property Law and Sports Law. Smaïn practices law in Paris, France Best Lawyers has recognized Smaïn Guennad since 2023. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Smaïn Guennad is held by other lawyers.

Thierry Titone advises corporate clients on the organization of their activities, from procurement to the release for consumption of products and services. He specializes in relations between the industrial and distribution sectors and in the development of networks in France and abroad (e-commerce, franchise, selective network, etc.). He handles as well anticompetitive cases (advice, compliance and litigation), restrictive competition practices, and merger control in support of M&A teams...

Philippe Hansen has been a partner since 2011. He’s specialized in urban planning, development law and became one of the most reknown experts in public property law. He also works regularly in the railway sector regulation and in art law, working both for public institutions and museums and for private collectors. He’s the author of a textbook on public property law (Propriété des personnes publiques en 100 questions, Le Moniteur, 2012). He also participates in sever...

Sandra Strittmatter is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Intellectual Property Law. Sandra practices law in Paris, France Best Lawyers has recognized Sandra Strittmatter since 2020. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Sandra Strittmatter is held by other lawyers.

Michel Ponsard is one of the partners in charge of the UGGC Avocats Competition Law Departement, present since the law firm's inception after an experience in Brussels. His practice mainly focuses on competition law and distribution, but also on the law of commercial contracts and commercial practices, as well as to the right of promotion and publicity. More precisely he works for a French and international clientele in fields as diverse as the automotive sector, the pharmaceutical sector, pe...

Maud Manon is a Private Credit partner, member of the Global Finance practice and the firm's Private Capital industry group. With 25 years' experience, Maud's practice focuses on LBOs and leveraged acquisition finance, representing financial institutions (mainly debt funds) as well as sponsors and borrowers. Maud’s experience extends to the acquisition finance of listed companies, public offerings and block acquisitions. She also advises debtors, creditors and/or sponsors in the context...

Jean-Renaud Cazali is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Banking and Finance Law, Energy Law and Project Finance and Development Practice. Jean-Renaud practices law in Paris, France Best Lawyers has recognized Jean-Renaud Cazali since 2012. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Jean-Renaud Cazali is held by other lawyers.

The co-head of the Paris-based team specializing in non-profit sector organizations, Lionel DEVIC has developed recognized expertise in the following specific areas : reorganizing the activities and assets (particularly property) of non-profit organizations (merger, mutualization, division into subsidiaries) incorporating complex groups, whether or not they belong to the community-oriented economy, implying the coexistence of separate legal entities (associations, non-commercial and commercia...