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The labor law team of ALTANA organized a breakfast seminar during which Marianne Franjou and Mickaël d’Allende gave a lecture on the latest legal and case law changes.

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Caroline André-Hesse gave a lecture in front of the HR committee of the ILEC on recent Cherpion and Warsmann laws.

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International seminars

• Participation of Claire Bernier in the conference INTA and Itechlaw, Washington DC, may 2012
  
• Participation de Caroline André-Hesse in the conference of the Employment & Management Commitee IBA, New York, 29 and 30 march 2012
• Participation of Claire Bernier in the conference Itechlaw , Bangalore, 22 to 24 octobre 2011
• Participation of Claire Bernier in the conference Itechlaw, Olso, 19 to 21 October 2011

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The International Who’s Who Legal 2012 distinguished Philippe Goossens in Business Crime Defence.

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ALTANA have been distinguished among the leading law firm in the 2012 edition of LEGAL 500, CHAMBERS Europe and Global.

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Altana is pleased to announce the arrival of Marianne Franjou in reinforcement of the firm’s Labor and Employment Law practice.

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Christophe Lapp has been distinguished among the leading “strategists” in business litigation in the 2012 edition of “Décideurs Stratégie Finance Droit : Risk Management Assurance & Contentieux”.

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French Restructuring & Insolvency Law Firm of the Year

 

The French independent business law firm ALTANA was named "French Restructuring & Insolvency Law Firm of the Year" by Acquisition International Magazine.

 

 

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Breakfast - 01.24.2012

On January 24, 2012, Jean-Nicolas Soret, Caroline André-Hesse and Julien Balensi, along with Olivier Vergniolle from Arsene Taxand tax Law Firm, will be holding a breakfast seminar on the theme « Carve-out transactions and business unit transfers, Past experience and good practices ». Will also be speaking on this seminar: Stéphane Jegou, Group Development VP at Faurecia and Juliette Bourgeois, professor affiliated with University Paris Dauphine and tax VP at a leading international group. 

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Trophées du Droit

 

The French independent business law firm ALTANA received the “Silver Award 2011” in the category “Procédures collectives et restructuration d’entreprise” (Insolvency and business restructuring) during the ceremony “Les Trophées du Droit & de la Finance” - France’s main legal awards ceremony, organized by Leaders League (publisher of Décideurs Magazine) and also the “Silver Award 2011” for “Firme entrepreneuriale de moins de 5 ans” (Entrepreneurial firm of less than 5 years).

 

   

 

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Michel Jockey participated as a speaker in the "Management and Underperformance" conferences intended for corporates, investment funds and institutional investors during the Private Equity Exchange 2011.

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Altana is pleased to announce the arrival of Jean L'Homme to develop the Finance and Projects expertise of the firm.

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Quote from one of our clients mentioned in Best Lawyers International 2011 – 2012 :

“Christophe Lapp has an in-depth knowledge of the construction industry. He is an excellent strategist in claim litigation or arbitration, and is also skilled in international arbitration in construction law.”

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Guillaume Forbin, Philippe Goossens and Christophe Lapp have been distinguished among the leading lawyers of business law in the 2012 edition of "Best Lawyers".

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Quote from one of our clients, in relation to a cross-border acquisition, mentioned in : Option Finance - Option Droit & Affaires / Octobre 2011

“The Altana team, led by Jean-Nicolas Soret, showed an extraordinary degree of commitment and provided high quality advice in all aspects of the acquisition (due diligence, corporate law, negotiation strategy, financial aspects, completion, etc.). Maître Soret and his team took the lead to guide us through the whole M&A process and consistently delivered high quality results, even under high timing or negotiation pressure. The work provided more than met our expectations.”

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Altana is pleased to announce the arrival of Jean-Philippe Thibault and his team to develop a cutting-edge Economic and Competition Law practice as a valuable addition to the firm’s existing areas of expertise.

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On Saturday, October 1st, 2011, ALTANA took up the challenge of “Avokart” at the Racing Kart of Cormeilles.

Two teams took the steering wheel:

• Léopold Farque, Eric Métais et Fabien Pouchot, which won the 2^nd place of the podium ;
• Laetitia Daage, Lamia M’Zebla et Stéphanie Smatt which did not raise itself on the podium but has the merit to have been the only women’s team of the competition!

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Appointment

• After having entrusted her with the leadership of the working group on “criminal treatment of CNIL violations”, the French IT and Telecommunications Law Association (AFDIT) has appointed Claire Bernier member of its Board.
• The International Technology Law Association (Itechlaw) has appointed Claire Bernier Co-Chair of its Data Protection Law Committee.  Also appointed the Association’s local representative for France beside André Meillassoux, Claire Bernier will be a speaker on data protection issues during this year’s Itechlaw annual conference in Oslo.

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ALTANA have been distinguished among the leading law firm in the 2011 edition of LEGAL 500, CHAMBERS Europe and Global.

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