Altana writes a new page in its history, announcing the arrival of a team of 4 partners and their teams.

Gilles Gaillard (Corporate and Insurance), Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy (Litigation), Frédéric Manin (Competition), Frank Valentin (Intellectual and Digital Property) and their respective teams join Altana, which now has 80 lawyers, including 22 partners.

Altana, which has tripled in size since its creation in 2009, confirms its success and position. The firm reinforces its capacity to treat emblematic and complex matters for a clientele of institutions and international and family groups. It strengthens its already well-recognized expertise and multiplies the strong synergies between its practice areas.

“We have known Altana and its partners for many years. A strong affiliation exists between our teams, personally as much as professionally. Our merger seemed natural to us given our common values and the strong synergies between our practices and our clients”, emphasized Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy and Frank Valentin.

“Beyond the pleasure that we have in welcoming our new partners and their teams, reasoning as a business, this merger will allow us to expand our capacity to invest in large-scale projects”, add Christophe Lapp and Philippe Goossens, two of Altana’s founding partners.

Valerie Lafarge -Sarkozy	Frank Valentin	Frédéric Manin	Gilles Gaillard

About the new teams

● Corporate & Insurance ●

Gilles Gaillard, Partner and member of the Paris bar since 1993, has developed over more than twenty years of solid expertise in corporate finance and business law and insurance law, particularly in public and private mergers and acquisitions, capital investment and corporate restructuring for French and international clients, with particularly extensive experience in the finance, insurance, pension funds and life science sectors.

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Julie Rolet, Counsel, specializes in business law, mergers and acquisitions and stock market law. Member of the Paris bar since 2007, Julie holds a Postgraduate degree (DESS) in Business Law and Taxation (Paris-II University) and a Master’s degree in Business Law (Paris-II University).

● Litigation ●

Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy, Partner, specializes in business litigation and pre-litigation. Member of the Paris bar since 1985, Valérie advises a French and international clientele made up of insurance companies, banks, industrial groups, accounting firms and auditing firms. More specifically, her areas of expertise are: complex or group litigation, class actions, emerging risks (cyber risks) and the management of the often-related crises, be it shareholder disputes, product liability, or executive and bank liability.

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Gautier Barat, Associate, specializes in business litigation. Member of the Paris bar since 2011, Gautier holds a Master’s degree in International Business Law and Management (ESSEC Business School), a Diploma in Legal Studies (University of Oxford (United Kingdom)), a Master’s II DJCE in Business Law (Paris-II University) and a Master’s I in Business Law (Paris-II University).

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Célia Hamouda, Associate, specializes in commercial and stock market litigation and in arbitration. Member of the Paris bar since 2014, Célia holds a Master’s II in Business Law (Paris Dauphine University) and a Master’s I in Business Law (Paris-II University).

● Competition ●

Frédéric Manin, Partner and member of the Paris bar since 1996, specializes in Competition/Anti-trust law, under European and French law, for large French companies and foreign operators active in the aerospace, insurance, air transport, service (computer, financial), energy, health, defense and construction sectors. He has been designated an Expert within the ICN (International Competition Network).

● Intellectual and Digital Property ●

Frank Valentin, Partner and member of the Paris bar since 1998, has developed almost 20 years of experience in Trademark and Copyright crisis litigation, particularly in the internet and motion picture sectors. He also manages patent litigation for important players in the fields of information technology and life sciences. Besides his skills in complex litigation, he has acquired significant expertise in the strategizing of anti-counterfeiting campaigns for IT and software companies. Frank and his team have developed a global Trademark offer, from portfolio management to anti-counterfeiting programs, and he also assists IT companies in the implementation of their data privacy and digital programs.

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Charlotte Hébert-Salomon, Associate, specializes in IT and New Technologies law, Intellectual Property and Commercial law. Member of the Paris bar since 2009, Charlotte holds a postgraduate degree in Innovation, Communication and Culture Law – Specialization in Copyright on Digital Works (Paris-XI University) and a Master’s degree in Business Law (Paris-II University).

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Marina Gau, Associate, specializes in Intellectual Property and New Technologies law. Member of the Paris bar since 2013, Marina holds a postgraduate degree in Innovation, Culture and Communication – Specialization in Technological Innovation Law (Paris-XI University), a diploma (ESSEC) and a Master’s degree in Business Law (Paris-I University).

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Alix Moreau, Jurist, specializes in intellectual property. She is in charge of the management of trademarks portfolios, their protection and their defense.