Australian Embassy
France
Embassy address: 4, rue Jean Rey 75724 Paris Cedex 15 - Telephone : 01 40 59 33 00 - Fax : 01 40 59 33 10

ENGLISH SPEAKING LAWYERS IN FRANCE

French lawyers, or "avocats", may render legal advice on all matters, draft contracts, handle commercial dealings and may plead in civil, criminal and administrative litigation before the French Courts to which they are admitted. All the lawyers listed below have jurisdiction throughout France and may practice in any court in France.


♦ PARIS

CABINET BARREYRE-CASTEL
French & Australian Law: French and Australian Commercial Law, Corporate and Individual, Company, Property, Tax, Estates, Litigation, General Practice
Robin CASTEL
15, avenue de Ségur
75007 Paris
Tel : 01 53 59 33 33
Fax : 0153 59 33 34
Robin.castel@barreyre-castel.fr


Véronique CHAUVEAU
Child Abduction and All matters relating to the Hague Convention on Child Abduction, Custody Matters, Family Law
31 rue Poissy
75005 PARIS
Tel: 01 55 42 55 25
Fax: 01 55 42 55 29


Alain CORNEC
Child Abduction and All matters relating to the Hague Convention on Child Abduction, Custody Matters, Family Law
8 rue Bellini
75116 PARIS
Tel: 01 44 05 04 00
Fax: 01 44 05 94 16


UGGC et Associés
Specialist in Cross-Frontier Legal Matters
47 rue de Monceau
75008 PARIS
Tel: 01 56 69 70 00
Fax : 01 56 69 70 71
g.wright@uggcavocats.com


CABINET DESSAIX
French Law Only: Commercial, Criminal & Family Law
Jean-Michel DESSAIX
34, rue de la Victoire
75009 PARIS
Tel: 01 53 20 00 38
Fax: 01 53 20 00 51
jmdessaix@internext.fr


BAKER & MCKENZIE
French Law Only: General Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions
Laurent BARBARA
32, avenue Kléber
75116 PARIS
Tel: 01 44 17 53 00
Fax: 01 44 17 45 75
laurent.barabara@bakernet.com


CABINET VAN HAGEN
French & UK Law: Corporate, Property, Tax, Competition, Estates, Litigation
6, avenue George V
75008 PARIS
Tel: 01 47 20 00 64
Fax: 01 47 20 25 09
van.hagen@wanadoo.fr
www.cabinetvanhagen.com


McNICHOLAS & LEFEVRE
French & UK Law: Company, employment, broadcasting, Commercial and Civil Litigation
27 rue de la Boetie
75008 PARIS
Tel : 01 42 66 93 35
Fax : 01 42 66 93 32
mnlavocats@aol.com


Marie-Laure PANNIER
French Law Only: General practice, Copyright & Entertainment, Family Law
3, rue Saint Roch
75001 PARIS
Tel: 01 55 04 84 10
Fax: 01 55 04 84 19
MLPannier@caramail.com


NOTAIRES IN PARIS

A French Notaire is a public official appointed by the Ministry of Justice, and not the equivalent of a notary public in Australia. Their functions include the preparation and recording of notarial acts (wills, deeds, titles, marriage contracts etc.), administration and settlement of Estates and holding wills.


AIRAULT, DOUSSET, LEJEUNE
Property Law (Conveyancing & Commercial Property) Family Law (Tax & Estate planning)
Dominique AIRAULT
9, rue des Pyramides
75001 PARIS
Tel: 01 42 86 68 00
Fax: 01 42 86 94 03
dairault@adl.paris.notaires.fr


LE BRETON & ASSOCIES
Property Law (Conveyancing & Commercial Property), Family Law (Tax & Estate planning)
Jérôme LE BRETON
23, rue de Bourgogne
75007 PARIS
Tel: 01 44 11 12 13
Fax: 01 47 05 78 65
jerome.lebreton@paris.notaires.fr


ENGLISH SPEAKING LAWYERS OUTSIDE PARIS

♦ MARSEILLE

Paule ACQUAVIVA
French & UK Law: Commercial, Family, Criminal, Tort, Labour & Transport Law
37, rue Montgrand
13006 MARSEILLE
Tel: 04 91 33 56 51
Fax: 04 91 33 54 31
acquaviva.avocate@wanadoo.fr


Sophie BOTTAI
French Law Only: Criminal, Civil & Family Law and Litigation
2, rue Edouard Dalanglade
13006 MARSEILLE
Tel: 04 91 53 99 18
Fax: 04 91 53 99 71
S.BOTTAI@wanadoo.fr 

 ♦ LYON

Thomas HALPERN
French & EU Law: Criminal, Civil and Customs
17, place Bellecour
69002 LYON
Tel: 04 78 42 61 18
Fax: 04 78 92 94 34

Jean-Luc SOULIER
General and Corporate Practice, Member of World Law Group (incl. Minter Ellison)
51, ave Foch, BP 6067
69412 LYON Cedex
Tel: 04 72 82 20 80
Fax: 04 72 82 20 91
jl.soulier@souliergranturco.com


♦ LIMOGES

Frederic OLIVE
French Law Only
: Criminal, Civil, Family and General
31, rue Peliniaud-Beaupeyrat
97000 LIMOGES
Tel: 05 55 32 25 25
Mobile : 06 07 99 84 96
Fax: 05 55 33 45 27


♦ ALBERTVILLE

CABINET SCP
French Law Only: Criminal, Civil, Family and General (Also Offices in Moutiers, Annecy, Bourg St-Maurice and Chambery).
Avery Glize-Kane
95 Place de l’Europe, BP 56
73202 ALBERTVILLE CEDEX
Tel : 04 79 32 89 53
Fax : 04 79 10 49 70
scpsalvisberg@wanadoo.fr


♦ CANNES

Robert H Floyd
General and international Law
22-24 Bd Alexandre III
06400 CANNES
Tel. 04 93 43 32 56


♦ NICE

Fabien Cordiez
Real estate, Civil litigation, Criminal litigation, Yacht damage claims
1 Place du Palais
06300 NICE
Tel. 04 93 80 02 01
Rivieralawyers@fr.st



This list is provided for the information of Australian travellers and those needing legal assistance in France. Every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy but it does not purport to be an exhaustive list. While every care has been taken in preparing this list, the Australian embassy in Paris cannot accept any responsibility for the ability or probity of the practitioners included, nor for the fees they might charge.