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BCTG Avocats classé dans le Legal 500 EMEA 2024

BCTG Avocats

Publié le 04 avril 2024 à 11h35

Lecture 7 minutes

BCTG Avocats est distingué dans 10 pratiques au sein du classement :

  • ENVIRONMENT : TIER 3
  • ENERGY TIER : 2
  • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: TRADE MARKS AND DESIGNS : TIER 2
  • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: COPYRIGHT : TIER 3
  • HEALTHCARE AND LIFE SCIENCES : TIER 3
  • ADMINISTRATIVE AND PUBLIC LAW : TIER 4
  • EMPLOYMENT : TIER 4
  • DISPUTE RESOLUTION: WHITE-COLLAR CRIME : Tiers 3 NOUVEAU !
  • DISPUTE RESOLUTION / COMMERCIAL LITIGATION : FIRM TO WATCH : NOUVEAU !
  • IT AND INTERNET : TIER 4 NOUVEAU !

Nos équipes IT/ Data et Droit pénal dirigé par Caroline Goupil, Silvia Lepel et Antoine Beauquier, associés, rentre dans le classement !

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Détails:

FRANCE > INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: TRADE MARKS AND DESIGNS TIER 2

Under the leadership of Gaëlle Bloret-Pucci, BCTG Avocats boasts a robust intellectual property practice with a focus on trade marks, serving both French and international clients. The firm has established a reliable network of trusted foreign partners to enhance its global reach. Specialising in both contentious and non-contentious matters, the team brings extensive experience in infringement, unfair competition, parasitism, disparagement, invalidity, and revocation proceedings. In addition to its litigation prowess, the firm provides strategic counseling services spanning diverse sectors, including retail, luxury, sports, pharmaceuticals, media, and advertising. Noteworthy practitioners including Pauline De Drée and Jessica Sandowski contribute significant expertise in court proceedings, industrial property offices, as well as contract negotiations, consulting, and litigation in trade mark matters.

Leading individuals Gaëlle Bloret-Pucci

Other key lawyers: Pauline De Drée; Jessica Sandowski

Testimonials

  • ‘Very professional, responsive and an expert team. The team offers solutions adapted to the specific challenges of its clients.’
  • ‘Gaëlle Bloret-Pucci has very strong expertise in the field, which is very valuable on high-stakes cases. She brings her expertise, while ensuring that the members of her team working on each file are adapted to the particularities of it in order to always combine expertise and an appropriate budget.’

FRANCE > DISPUTE RESOLUTION: WHITE-COLLAR CRIME TIER 3

BCTG Avocats launched its white-collar criminal law practice in early 2023 following the arrival of Antoine Beauquier and Silvia Lepel, who joined from boutique firm Boken. They assist leading banks, companies and individuals facing challenging accusations including corruption, complicity in crimes against humanity and tax fraud, or as victims of fraud. The team is also regularly retained to handle matters linked to major industrial accidents on industrial sites.

Practice head(s): Antoine Beauquier

Work highlights

  • Representing Airbus in connection with the criminal investigations related to the crash of the Airbus AF447 during a flight from Rio to Paris.
  • Representing Bouygues Immobilier before the Criminal Courts in connection with claims by a French ‘promoter’ following accidents on construction sites.
  • Advising a bank as victim of a massive fraud.

FRANCE > ENVIRONMENT TIER 3

The environment team at BCTG Avocats shines above all on renewable energy projects, both on and offshore. The group’s support spans the full life cycle of projects, including permits, environmental assessments, installations monitoring, and waste management. Practice head Paul Elfassi focuses on environmental assessments, which cover protected species, biodiversity, and water quality, as well as regulatory matters and administrative litigation. Nelsie Bergès is another key contact in the group.

Practice head(s): Paul Elfassi

Other key lawyers: Nelsie Bergès

Testimonials

  • ‘A dynamic, agile and available team.’
  • ‘Paul Elfassi and Nelsie Bergès are available, attentive to their clients and have in-depth knowledge.’
  • ‘Nelsie Bergès solution-oriented and analytical.’

Work highlights

  • Handled five claims brought before the administrative Courts by the Belgian State, the Flemish region, the cities of De Panne and Nieuport, and Ostende Port.
  • Advised Newmont on all administrative procedures for obtaining mining titles and the renewal of these titles.

FRANCE > INDUSTRY FOCUS: HEALTHCARE AND LIFE SCIENCES TIER 3

BCTG Avocats houses a broad team which exhibits deep bench strength across a variety of areas, including distribution strategy, patent infringement actions concerning generics, and partnership contracts. The practice is jointly led by Hugues Villey-Desmeserets, François Dauba, and Gaëlle Bloret-Pucci. Villey-Desmeserets has a great deal of knowledge spanning the drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts and competition related issues, regularly appearing before the FCC and the General Directorate for Fair Trading, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF). Bloret-Pucci is an experienced litigator, maintaining an IP and IT focused practice, while Dauba assists clients with sales policy structures and distribution digital transformations.

Practice head(s): Hugues Villey-Desmeserets; François Dauba; Gaëlle Bloret-Pucci; Séverin Kullmann

Testimonials

  • ‘The team has developed an incredible appetite for business issues, which allows them to perfectly understand the problems of their clients and advise them.’
  • ‘François Dauba benefits from real expertise in the field of pharmaceutical distribution, which he puts to use for the benefit of his clients, providing undeniable added value.’

Work highlights

  • Acted for Teva Santé in proceedings initiated by the DGCCRF before the Correctional Court following an alleged violation of the legal ceiling of discount on invoices, and on the so-called anti-gift law. The firm obtained an acquittal decision on all the grievances
  • Advised Servier on the framework of its international distribution strategy in Eastern Europe, Africa, South America and in the French overseas territories.
  • Advised Iktos, a French company specializing in the development of artificial intelligence solutions applied to the discovery of new treatments, on its series A financing of 15.5m euros with new investors M Ventures and Debiopharm Innovation Fund with the participation of Omnes Capital.

FRANCE > INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: COPYRIGHT TIER 3

The copyright team at BCTG Avocats works for major international clients, regularly intervening in international and pan-European matters, a strength bolstered by their ad hoc network of trusted foreign law firms. Headed by Gaëlle Bloret-Pucci, the practice represents clients from a diverse range of sectors including luxury goods, sports, retail and music, as well as notable names in regard to advertising campaigns, acting in a range of contentious and non-contentious matters pertaining to image right issues. Other notable contacts in the practice include Pauline De Drée, with experience in unfair competition, parasitism and infringement cases.

Practice head(s): Gaëlle Bloret-Pucci

Other key lawyers: Pauline De Drée

Testimonials

  • ‘This team is keen to answer the questions asked as quickly as possible.’
  • ‘Gaëlle Bloret-Pucci is charismatic, attentive and creative.’
  • ‘Pauline De Drée is passionate, attentive and honest.’

FRANCE > ADMINISTRATIVE AND PUBLIC LAW TIER 4

BCTG Avocats has a strong team expert in obtaining and defending administrative and environmental permits and decisions linked to many of France’s landmark offshore wind projects. Its range of expertise also extends to other fields including public procurement matters. The team is headed by Paul Elfassi and includes counsel Nelsie Bergès.

Practice head(s):Paul Elfassi

Other key lawyers :Nelsie Bergès

Testimonials

  • ‘The team is rigorous and precise on environmental subjects concerning renewable energy projects; capable of intervening during all phases of projects; available and organized’.
  • ‘Paul Elfassi has high expertise on biodiversity subjects, in particular on protected species exemptions for which he is able to provide technical advice.’
  • ‘Great responsiveness, relevance and pragmatic solutions’.
  • ‘Nelsie Bergès and Paul Elfassi are very available, attentive and offer solutions to achieve objectives.’
  • ‘Dynamic and responsive team. Innovative.’
  • ‘Responsiveness, rigor and quality of advice.’
  • ‘Nelsie Bergès and Paul Elfassi: their recommendations are always of quality; they are aware of operational issues and have the ability to link theoretical and operational aspects in order to provide a global and clear response.’

Work highlights

Advising Newmont (a gold mining company) on all administrative procedures for obtaining mining titles and renewal of mining titles.

FRANCE > EMPLOYMENT TIER 4

Practice head(s):Sabine de Paillerets; Meï Zhang

FRANCE > INDUSTRY FOCUS: IT AND INTERNET TIER 4

Practice head(s):Caroline Goupil

FRANCE > DISPUTE RESOLUTION: COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

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