People
Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1999
Admitted to practice in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
- Master (DESS), Business Law (Université Paris V)
- Languages: French, English
Focus
- Mergers-Acquisitions / Business law
- Capital investment
- Equity capital operations
- Assets structuring
- Tax law / patrimonial taxation
Samuel began his career at the Société Générale Business Law Department before joining, as a lawyer, Holman Fenwick & Willan (HFW)’s Corporate Law Department. In 2006, Samuel founded ROOM Avocats, and, in 2010, the Lausanne office.
Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1999, Samuel is admitted to practice in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, since 2010 and became a member of the Vaud Bar Association (Ordre des Avocats Vaudois - OAV) since 2011. For the past 20 years Samuel’s core specialisations have been business and tax law, mergers and acquisitions, capital investment, transfer of family-owned businesses, assets structuring and private equity operations. His practice covers a vast area of issues among which French-Swiss acquisitions, acquisitions with leverage effect, joint ventures and corporate restructuring. Samuel divides his time between our Lausanne and Paris offices.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2001
- Master (DEA), Civil and Commercial Law. (Université Paris V)
Focus
- Civil and commercial disputes
- Labour Law.
- Business litigations, shareholders disputes, estates settlement and insolvency.
After dealing mostly with civil and commercial litigations, and practicing Labour Law at the beginning of his career, Marc joined ROOM Avocats in 2006.
Marc has a team of three associates who each work in a specific field in order to combine the specificity of each subject with a global vision of the problems faced by the clients.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1995
- Master (D.E.S.S), European Business Law (Université Paris XI)
Focus
- Property Legislation: Commercial leases, Business capital, franchise, co-ownership.
- Business law and commercial litigation: tax exemption and sales litigations, business transfers and leasehold rights.
- Contract Law and Tort Law.
- Distribution Law.
Adeline worked for two years in Versailles with the President of the Versailles Bar (Flichy-Maigne firm) before being involved in the Commercial Leases and Contracts Department of SCP Kohn & Associés. From 2002, Adeline became a founding partner of Tison Sauvain Yon before joining ROOM Avocats in 2012.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1998
- Master (D.E.A), Business Law (Université Paris XIII)
- Master (D.U.E.S.S), Labour Law and Human Resources Management (Université Paris XIII)
Focus
- Business Law (post-acquisition litigations, shareholders litigations and business contracts),
- Civil and criminal litigations,
- Insolvency and restructurings.
Frédéric started practicing at Paul Lombard, and then at August & Debouzy from 2000 until 2012 when he became a partner at ROOM Avocats.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1996
- Master (D.E.A), Business Law (Université Paris X)
Focus
- Real estate Law, Construction Law, Property Development Law, Tort Law and Insurance Law.
- Co-ownership Law.
- Neighbourhood relations.
Céline worked for twelve years at Caston Cabouche Gabrielli Marquet, a firm specialised in Real estate law. After spending four years at Tison Sauvain Yon, Céline joined ROOM Avocats in 2012.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1983
- Graduate from the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Public Service Section); Doctor of Law
(Université Paris II); Law Professor ;
- Former Law Professor at the universities of Besançon, Brest, Lille II and Paris XIII.
Focus
- Civil and business litigations,
- Procedures aiming to prevent and solve business problems,
- Real estate Law
- Business Criminal Law.
Pierre-Charles joined ROOM Avocats in 2017, after spending most of his career with Paul Lombard, then as a partner at August & Debouzy.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2001
Registered to the Clermont-Ferrand Bar
- Master (DJCE – DESS), Business Law (Lyon III)
Focus
- Private Equity,
- Corporate law and creation of funds (FPCI, FPS, FIP, SCR.) raised from institutional investors.
- Commercial Law and assistance to companies in difficulties (through credit or leasing companies).
Ambroise worked for DELOITTE & TOUCHE (2000 – 2002) and BRUNSWICK & Associés (2002 – 2005), each time in the Corporate Law Department. After creating his own practice in
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2001
Master (Université Panthéon-Assas Paris 2).
Focus
- Business Criminal Law.
- Competence on the regulatory authorizations covering the urban public domain: authorization issues, royalties, site compensations and public works.
- Medical Liability Law.
After practising seven years in criminal law and medical liability at cabinet FLORAND, Philippe started in 2008 a specific activity oriented towards the facilities located in the urban public domain for his clients comprising restaurants and shops. Philippe joined the ROOM Avocats network in September 2019 together with his team.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2006
Admitted to practice in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
– Master (DESS), Tax Law, International Finance (Université Paris XII)
After more than eight years of practice in the corporate tax/mergers-acquisitions Department of Taj (Deloitte network) and STC Partners, Clotilde has enlarged her expertise to property and personal taxation issues. Her dual competence (corporate and property taxations) gives her a comprehensive understanding of the issues facing company managers.
Since her resettling in Switzerland which took place in 2013, Clotilde has been focusing on restructuring operations, mergers and acquisitions, property investment as well as patrimonial and transmission issues.
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Admitted to the Versailles bar in 1995
- Holder of a D.E.A. in general private law (University of Paris II Assas)
Focus
- Construction and urban planning law
- Real estate law: co-ownership, commercial leases, business assets.
- Civil and commercial law and litigation: sales litigation, transfers of businesses and leasehold rights.
- Contract law and civil liability.
Michelle practiced for five years with the law firm LMC Partenaires of the Versailles bar. Michelle created her structure in 2000 and joined the ROOM Avocats network in 2022.
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Admitted to Marseille Bar in 2006
Holder of a DESS in European Business Law (Paris II Assas),
a Master’s degree in Law, Economics and Management (University of Rennes 1 and ENS Cachan),
a master’s degree in international negotiation (Rennes School of Business)
Focus (consulting & litigation)
- Competition (anti-competitive practices, restrictive practices, concentration, investigations)
- Distribution (franchising, distribution networks, intermediaries, negotiation with suppliers and distributors)
- Consumer affairs (advertising, unfair commercial practices)
- Commercial contracts of the company
After starting her career in a law firm in Monaco and with Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, Gwendoline Cattier joined Frédéric Fuchs in 2006 in the competition and distribution department and then in 2010 Pierre Deprez, Vincent Fauchoux and Jean-Christophe André in the economic law department of DDG.
Gwendoline then became Legal Manager and then Legal Director of Ladurée where she contributed to the development of the international franchise network from 2014 to 2018.
With this experience in a French family group, Gwendoline joined Fidal at the end of 2018 where she was in charge of the competition and consumer contracts service line for the Marseille, Avignon, Toulon and Nice offices.
In May 2022, Gwendoline becomes a member of the ROOM AVOCATS network with the creation of a branch in Marseille dedicated to the practice of competition, distribution, consumer and commercial contracts.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2009
- Master, Legal Management (ESC Rouen)
Focus
- Business law and more particularly companies in difficulty. Barbara assists creditors (chiefly credit institutions) in their pre-litigation and litigation actions as well as companies undergoing restructuration.
- General litigation and banking law are other facets of her skills.
After taking part in LAMAZE LLCM development from 2006 to 2017, Barbara joined ROOM Avocats at the beginning of 2018.
2006, Ambroise joined ROOM Avocats in early 2018 together with his team.
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Paralegal eat the Clermont-Ferrand office
- Master, Business Law, Banking and Financial Law (Université Clermont Auvergne).
Focus
- Private Equity
- Business Law
- Banking Law, Financial regulation
Paralegal at ROOM Avocats since early 2019, Eva joined the Private Equity Department and works from the Clermont-Ferrand office.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2009
- Master, Tax Law (Université Paris 12)
Focus
- Tax Law. Cyrille assists individuals and businesses in their relationship with the tax authorities: tax audits, tax litigations before the administrative or judicial courts, tax compliance procedures, etc.
Cyrille joined ROOM Avocats in 2013 after having practised for almost 4 years in the Tax Department of PDGB.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2010
- Master, Bilingual European Law (Université Paris X Nanterre) and LL.M. in Business Law (University of Bristol, UK)
- Languages: French, English
Focus
- Corporate law, mergers, acquisitions and commercial contracts.
Before joining ROOM Avocats in 2015, Olivia practiced corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and insolvency for 5 years, first at Cheysson Marchadier & Associés, and then at Cornet Vincent Ségurel.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2012
- Master, Globalization Economic Law (IEP Paris / Université Paris I)
Focus
- Commercial and business litigations with focus on unfair competition, termination of commercial relations, debts collection, shareholders disputes and insolvency.
- Drafting of company contracts
Alexandra is a lawyer since 2012. She completed her first internships at ROOM Avocats in 2008.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2013
- Master, Private Law Litigations (Université UVSQ).
Focus
- Business Law litigation (post-acquisition litigation, shareholder litigation and commercial contracts)
- Property legislation
- Civil and commercial disputes
- Contract law and civil liability.
Typhanie practiced 2 years in the law firm of Me NATAF in Versailles, mainly in real estate law, before buying the aforementioned law firm in 2015 and then joining and associating with Me Dervieux in the law firm MBD - ROOM Versailles in 2022.
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Admitted to the Bordeaux Bar in 2000
- Graduated from Faculté Autonome et Cogérée (FACO).
Focus
- Administrative Litigation
- Civil litigation
- Art market litigation (civil and criminal)
Hugues joined Room Avocats in 2022
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2006
- Graduated from IEP de Paris, section Economique et Financière
- Master business and tax law (Université Paris II).
Focus
- Corporate law: corporate law, labor law, contracts and taxation
- Corporate litigation: partners, employees and commercial disputes.
After an eclectic career in traditional finance (Société de bourse Ferri - 1993/1998), then online (Self Trade - 1999/2001) and consulting (CRCI-2002/2005), both in France and abroad, Eric passed the CAPA in 2005 in order to put his various experiences at the service of companies by proposing a generalist and pragmatic approach to their legal issues.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2014
- Master, Business Law (Université Panthéon Assas Paris 2) and Certificate of Criminal Sciences Institut de Criminologie et de droit pénal de Paris).
- Languages: French, English
Focus
- Business Law litigation (post-acquisition litigation, shareholder litigation and commercial contracts), Criminal Business Law.
Before joining ROOM Avocats, Félix completed internships in the Economic Department of the Paris Court of Appeal and at GINESTIE MAGELLAN PALEY-VINCENT.
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Admitted to the Clermont-Ferrand Bar in 2015
- Master, Business Law
- Contracts in French and European Law (Université de Poitiers)
Focus
- Development of the Private Equity department
- Corporate finance transactions, company stake investments and more generally corporate law.
Justine worked as a lawyer for LAMAZE LLCM practice from 2012 to 2017. She joined ROOM Avocats in early 2018 and since then shares her time between the Paris and Clermont-Ferrand offices.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2018
- Master, Business Law, mergers, acquisitions and financing (Université Paris-Saclay).
Focus
- Corporate Law, mergers and acquisitions.
Yaasiin joined ROOM Avocat in 2018.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2019
- Master, General Private Law (Université Panthéon-Assas Paris 2)
Key areas of intervention
- Real Estate Law, Condominium.
- Commercial leases.
- Contracts Law.
- Execution.
Florine joined ROOM Avocats in 2019.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2019
- Master, Private Law (Université de Paris XI)
Focus
- Family Law
- Property Law and mainly property aspects (inheritance law and sharing)
Anaïs joined ROOM Avocats in January 2019.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2015
- Master, Criminal Law and judicial careers (Université de Bordeaux IV)
Focus
- Business Criminal Law
- Competence on the facilities located in the urban public domain: authorization issues, royalties, site compensations and public works
- Medical liability law
Jean-François DUBOIS worked for MEILHAC practice since 2015 then joined ROOM Avocats in 2019 at the Paris office.
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Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2018
- Master (DESS), Tax Law, (Institute of Business Administration of Dijon )
- Languages: French, English
Focus
- Corporate tax
-property and personal taxation issues
- restructuring operations, mergers and acquisitions, property investment
- patrimonial and transmission issues.
Before working for Clotilde CATTIER, Marie-Myrtille worked in the taxes departments of CREDIT MUTUEL insurances, and Delaby Dorison Law firm.
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Admitted to the Paris bar in 2022
Master's degree in international law and management (HEC Paris)
Master's degree in business law - business litigation (University of Paris X Nanterre)
Languages: French, English
Focus
- Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions
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Admitted to the Paris bar in 2019
Master's degree in European business law
Focus
- labor law
- social security law
- criminal labor law
Emma joined Room Avocats in 2023
