Stéphanie Berland, Partner in charge of Steering Legal IP-IT, Data & Media department, felt privileged and honored to give a lecture at the LL.M. | MBA “European Film Business and Law” class of Erich Pommer Institut GmbH, in cooperation with Filmuniversität Babelsberg, Konrad Wolf and Universitat Potsdam, on “Key Market: France”, on November 18, 2022.It was a pleasure for her to share with these high-level professionals from the film and TV sector and media law, information and advice on the particularities of the French legal regime applicable to film production and the renowned French film financing system, including a focus on the[...]

The European digital space reform project is coming to an end: the #Digital Markets Act (#DMA) is set to enter into force on May 2, 2023. It is an ambitious legislation that aims to ensure more fairness in the competition of the digital sector, by setting up ex ante rules against the major "gatekeepers" of the online platform market. All the details in the article below. 20221104_Digital Markets Act_Steering Legal en-US

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On May 5, 2022, the French Data protection authority CNIL issued a formal notice to 22 municipalities for not having designated a Data Protection Officer (DPO). However, this obligation provided for by Article 37 of the GDPR applies to any public body implementing personal data processing. Stéphanie Berland, partner in charge of the IP / IT / Data practice, reviewed the issues related to the implementation of this specific provision for Options Droit & Affaires.

The employment law team of STEERING LEGAL had the pleasure to attend the EELA (European Employment Lawyers Association) annual congress held in Athens, Greece, between June 23rd and June 25th. It was a great opportunity to meet European colleagues specialized in labour law and to exchange around an extremely instructive and enlightening agenda.

Steering Academy had the pleasure of hosting a breakfast this morning on "Changing the legal structure of the employer: What are the consequences from a labour law standpoint?" Gwenaëlle Artur, Partner and César Solis, Counsel, thank the participants for their questions and their involvement.  

Steering Legal is delighted to announce the promotion of César Solis as Counsel in the Employment  Department headed by Gwenaëlle Artur. César Solis started his career almost 10 years ago. He handles all labor law issues with a multi-cultural approach and expertise that contributes to the success of the team.

The social team of Steering Legal had the pleasure to attend on May 4th and 5th,  the 2022 Colombia Investment Roadshow, organized by ProColombia and held in Madrid the 4th and 5th of May, 2022. It was a valuable opportunity to learn more about the technological and digital development process in Colombia.          

Butler Industries has taken control of the Pierre Hermé Paris group, via the acquisition of 100% of the shares held by LOG Investment (a L'Occitane Group company) in the capital of PHP Invest, the holding company of the Pierre Hermé Group, which specializes in the field of delicatessen, chocolate and haute-pâtisserie. ...

Unisys, a global IT solutions company, has acquired a 100% stake in Mobinergy Group, which specializes in Unified Endpoint Management. Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) centralizes the security and control of desktops, laptops, cell phones and tablets on a single console in a consistent and connected manner. Mobinergy, with operations in France, the United Kingdom and Germany, expands and enhances Unisys' existing UEM expertise. Unisys is financing the transaction with its cash and Mobinergy's business will be developed globally to expand the EMU business. Steering Legal assisted Unisys with Nuno de Ayala Boaventura and Agathe Martin in corporate, Gwenaëlle Arthur and[...]

To preserve the interests of all the parties involved throughout a redundancy plan procedure on economic grounds, Steering Legal has worked out a particular approach and an organisation to achieve the best outcome for everyone. Overview of redundancy procedures on economic grounds

In a latest court’s ruling dated March 16, the Paris Court of Appeal rejected the application of the scale of compensation for dismissal without real and serious cause. It is a case when it does not ensure an “adequate and appropriate reparation” of the damage suffered by the employee. Following previous Court of Appeal rulings, what is the scope of this new decision? Our team specialized in Labour Law answers this question.

Professor Mathias Audit, a Steering Partner in Paris, was auditioned by the Commission of Inquiry into State Decisions on Industrial Policy, notably in the cases of Alstom, Alcatel and STX. Find the video here Source: National Assembly Videos - February 14, 2018

The National Protocol to ensure the health and safety of company employees in the face of the Covid-19 epidemic in France has been updated on January 6, 2021. The main updates to this guide of good practices relate to : The generalization of telework for eligible areas of activities with the possibility of working face-to-face once a week. For this, employees should express their request and the employer shall agree; Telephone or video-conferencing should be favored for the meetings' organization and in-person meetings should remain for exceptional circumstances ; Use of the TousAntiCovid application to facilitate the follow-up of contact cases[...]

Our firm watch on national actions against Covid-19 consequences Each department of the firm ensures a regular watch on the national measures taken to fight against Covid-19 consequences in order to better inform you, answer your questions and deal with your files. Numerous measures thus concern the free movement of persons, the transport of goods and merchandise, economy, labour law, tax law, corporate law, public business law and environment, intellectual property and technology law, litigation. We inform you directly on the firm's website and regularly update the information published. Go to our Covid-19 monitoring page  

On April 21, Sébastien Fleury, a Steering Legal partner, answers questions asked by landlords and tenants in the midst of a period of confinement in L'Usine nouvelle. Read the 10 questions and answers published in L'Usine nouvelle  

On December 3, 2019, Mathias Audit - partner of Steering Legal and professor at the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne - is organizing a training session: at the Centre International de Formation des Avocats en Afrique (CIFAF) in N'Djamena (Chad) dedicated to energy law: both its transactional and litigation aspects. Go to the CIFAF website

On November 27, 2019, at the GAR Live Paris 2019 (Global Arbitration Review), Professor Mathias Audit - partner at Steering Legal Paris and professor at the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne - will speak on the topic: Corruption, illegality and compliance in arbitration. Presentation of the presentation: Corruption, illegality and compliance in arbitration: are we talking about the same animal and where do we stand? With the latest episode in the Tapie case making news and the Alstom Paris Court of Appeals decision being rendered in recent months, it seems timely to touch base on issues of fraud, white[...]

Our Tax department is rewarded for our 2019 activity. Décideurs magazine ranks it in Quality Practice in : Tax Law and Wealth Taxation The firm's Tax practice is headed by Jean-François Bette. See the ranking  

For 2019, we are ranked in the category of Best Practice by Décideurs magazine for our casework activity: in the field of Technologies, Internet & Telecommunications - Personal data law See the ranking We are also distinguished this year in Reputed Practice in Technology, Internet & Telecommunications - Internet Law.  

The firm has just been classified by Décideurs magazine for 2019, in the category Reputable Practice: in Technology, Internet & Telecommunications - Internet Law. The IP / IT / Data practice is headed by Stéphanie Berland. See the ranking

The firm has been ranked by Décideurs magazine in the category  Strong reputation in the field: Media & Entertainment - Radio Law. The division is headed by Stéphanie Berland. See the ranking (Ranking 2019 - Law firm - France).  

Mathias Audit, Partner Steering Legal and Professor at the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, is participating in the 3rd Regional Intersessional Meeting on Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform (ISDR), which takes place on 25 and 26 September 2019 in Guinea, Conakry, (Primus Hotel Kaloum). The meeting is part of the project on investor-State dispute settlement reform, currently under consideration by UNCITRAL Working Group III, and aims to discuss RIDR from a regional perspective. It will be preceded by a training day organized on the initiative of the Government of Guinea and the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF). Read the[...]

Nicolas Hallais, partner Steering Legal Tours, who works in Tax and Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions, provided tax advice to the sellers/managers in the Sequoiasoft / MBO partners LBO. Read the article published on July 8 in Capital Finance Les Echos : " Sequoiasoft-se-turn-to-MBO-partners ".  

Mrs Valérie GOMEZ-BASSAC, Member of Parliament for the Var, presented to Mr Jean-Yves le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, on Monday 8 July 2019, at the Quai d'Orsay, a Report on the drafting of a European Business Code, on which our partner Mathias Audit was consulted. Consult the report  

Mathias Audit, partner of the firm, was heard on the report "Restoring the sovereignty of France and Europe and protecting our companies from extraterritorial laws and measures", which was submitted to the Prime Minister on July 3, 2019. Read the Gauvain report

Steering legal is quoted in the survey carried out by the village of justice on the national networks of law firms and the establishments in the provinces, which is the subject of a file published on June 6. The firm is quoted: page 4, as an example of an integrated structure, with offices in Paris, Angers, Clermont-Ferrand, Marseille and Tours. page 6, in the list of multi-bar firms page 15, with a fact sheet on the firm, which stands out by 1/ the choice of both a local and a global presence and 2 / an accompaniment in 5 regions[...]

After meeting successively with the legal and economic directorates of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs to present ICC's recommendations to reduce the negative impact of extraterritoriality of national legislation on trade and investment, François Georges and Mathias Audit, professor at the University of Paris 1 and partner Steering Legal Paris, gathered the views of Bernard Cazeneuve in his capacity as former Prime Minister. In the light of the Gauvain report, the latter considered this to be a subject of obvious relevance and wished to congratulate the French committee and ICC on[...]

Mathias Audit, Professor at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and partner Steering Legal Paris, will be speaking on 23 May 2019 on the issue of extraterritoriality at the annual conference of the French Society for International Law (SFDI): Publicist and privatist readings of extraterritoriality: dichotomy or convergence? Venue: Volney amphitheatre, Law, Economics and Management Department, 13 allée François Mitterrand, Angers Date: May 23, 2019, 9:45-11:00 a.m. See the program

Following the arrival at the firm of 8 new members in the first quarter of 2019, Arnaud Dumourier, editor-in-chief of Le Monde du droit, interviewed Sébastien Fleury, partner at Steering Legal Paris, on these recent recruitments and the firm's development prospects. In particular, he discussed: pursuing a three-pronged development between the provinces, Paris (which remains a key legal centre) but also internationally: it has long been obvious that lawyers cannot remain confined to their own territory and must extend their field of action throughout the world. At Steering Legal, this is part of our DNA. Read the interview  

Following the arrival of Stéphanie Berland as partner in charge of the creation of the IP/IT cluster and the recent creation of new offices in Brazil and Africa. STEERING LEGAL continues to strengthen its teams both in Paris and in the provinces: in the first quarter of 2019, the firm has integrated 7 new members and welcomed Marie-Hortense Vairinho as Secretary General. Article published in the Journal Spécial des Sociétés (JSS) of 27 April 2019, n°32, Vie des cabinets, page 11    

Under the chairmanship of Mathias Audit, Professor at the University of Paris 1 and Steering Legal partner, a conference will be held on May 13, 2019 on the theme "Investment arbitration, a colossus with feet of clay", organized by the Lex association, for the 40th anniversary of the Master 2 (ex-DEA) in Private International Law and International Trade at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. Date: Monday 13 May 2019, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm (event validated as part of the continuing legal education for lawyers for 2 hours) Location: decanal apartment - University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne -[...]

It was prepared by a working group led by Mathias Audit, Law Professor at the Sorbonne Law School and Partner at Steering Legal law firm. Read the ICC Policy Statement_The negative impact of Extraterritorial Appli...

Professor Mathias Audit, a Steering Partner in Paris, was auditioned by the Commission of Inquiry into State Decisions on Industrial Policy, notably in the cases of Alstom, Alcatel and STX. Find the video here Source: National Assembly Videos - February 14, 2018

Frédéric Raimbault, Partner of Steering Angers, wrote the article Nominative data: anticipate the measures to be taken to comply with the RGPD at May 28, 2018, published in Le Cercle des Echos, February 28, 2018. Find the article here Source: Les Echos – February 28, 2018

Frédéric Raimbault, Partner of Steering Angers, wrote the article Nominative data: anticipate the measures to be taken to comply with the RGPD at May 28, 2018, published in Le Cercle des Echos, February 28, 2018. Find the article here Source: Les Echos – February 28, 2018

Frédéric Raimbault, a Steering Partner in Angers, won his case in a case opposing his client to the URSSAF.     Source: Courrier de l'Ouest - February 3, 2018

Steering Legal (Nicolas Hallais, Olivier Guinard, Partners et Alice Bellilchi, Counsel) assisted the management and the managers of the SITOUR / Store Novation group as part of an LBO alongside Céréa Partenaire. SITOUR is France's leader in merchandising and point-of-sale communication systems and has sales of nearly € 40 million.

Professor Mathias Audit, Partner of Steering Paris, will participate in the Workshop – Presentation and public comments on the ICCA QMUL Task Force Draft Report on Third Party Funding, in Sorbonne Law School - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, on 6 November 2017. Find the program here

Steering Legal sponsors the 6H Juriskart, which will be held on 30 September 2017 at the Racing Kart in Cormeilles. Adrien Matillon and Pierre Wattenne will be the drivers of our team.  

Professor Mathias Audit, Partner of Steering Paris, will participate in the 5th International Arbitration Moot, in La Havana on 13rd et 14th July 2017.    

Steering will be present at the Salon de l'Expatriation (Expatriation Fair) on 30th and 31st May 2017 at the Cité de la Mode et du Design. Address 34 quai d'Austerlitz 75013 Paris Registration here  

Steering Legal (Olivier Guinard, partner, and Alice Bellilchi and Camille Baux-Valerdi, associates) assisted the Emeraude Cottage holding company in its acquisition of SCI Emeraude, owner of a plot of land almost 10,000 square metres in size in Saint Briac sur Mer. Steering Legal has been supporting Emeraude Cottage throughout the different stages of its expansion in the tourism sector since the company's creation in 2014.

Steering Legal assisted L’Occitane International in the sale of the Le Couvent des Minimes brand to the Filorga et SVR Associated laboratories associated with the HLD Fund. The Steering Legal team was led by Nuno de Ayala Boaventura et Adrien Matillon, respectively Partner and Associate of Steering Paris.  

Professor Mathias Audit, Partner of Steering Paris, will participate in the third conference organised by the CNUDCI on Euro-Mediterranean arbitration, in Milan on 18 January 2017. Find the program here

Frédéric Raimbault et Nicolas Jérusalémy, respectively Partner and Associate of Steering Angers, will be hosting a conference on The new rules of public order, on Friday 16 December 2016 from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm, at the Terra Bontanica Business Center. Access map here

Steering Legal (Nuno de Ayala Boaventura, Partner) assisted the Société Franco-Belge de Casinos (a joint subsidiary of the Société Française de Casinos et the Belgian Groupe Circus) during the acquisition of the Casino de Carnac from the Lucien Barrière Group.

Amélie Lièvre-Gravereaux, a Steering Partner in Paris, was interviewed for the article in Patrimoine, the magazine for Cardif partners: La circulaire Cazeneuve lutte contre la fraude fiscale. See the article here Source: Patrimoine No. 103 - June/August 2016

Steering will be present at the Salon de l'Expatriation (Expatriation Fair) on 31st May and 1st June 2016 at the Cité de la Mode et du Design. Address 34 quai d'Austerlitz 75013 Paris

Steering will be holding a conference on The fiscal consequences of an expatriation to Portugal on 23rd May 2016 at 6.30 pm at the Portuguese Consulate. Address 6 rue Georges Berger 75017 Paris

Steering will be present, with Florian Guais, a Steering Partner in Dubai, and Caroline Pires, a Steering Counsel in Paris, at the Portuguese Property and Tourism Fair in Paris, which will be held on 20-22 May 2016 at the Parc des Expositions - Porte de Versailles. Address 1 place de la Porte de Versailles 75017 Paris Hall 5.1

Steering will be available at the French Business Council in Dubaï, on Thursday 19th November 2015, from 8 am to 2 pm. We will answer all your questions, for free and individually, on the DIFC Wills and Probate Registry ("DIFC WPR") created in order to resolve certain succession and inheritance problems encountered by non-Muslims owning assets in Dubai. More information here

During the 7th Salon du livre juridique (Legal Book Fair), Professor Mathias Audit, a Steering Partner in Paris, received the 2015 Prix du Livre juridique for his work Droit du commerce international et des investisseurs étrangers, which he co-wrote with Sylvain Bollée and Pierre Callé. See the list of winners here

Amélie Lièvre-Gravereaux, a Steering Partner in Paris, was interviewed for the article in C'est à Vous ! : Au coeur de la stratégie des entreprises. See the article here Source: C'est à vous ! No. 36 - July 2015

Frédéric Raimbault, a Steering Partner in Angers, was involved in the film made by the SDIS49 on road safety. See the article on page 4, here Source: Lignes de Vie No. 33 - July 2015

Steering will be present at the Portuguese Property and Tourism Fair at the Porte de Versailles in Paris, from the 5th to the 7th of June 2015.

Steering will be present at the Expat Forum organised by the CCI LUSO-Française in Paris at Les Docks – Cité de la Mode et du Design on the 2nd and 3rd of June 2015.