The Firm
The Firm
The Firm
The Firm
The Firm
The Firm
The Firm
The Firm
The Firm

WAN AVOCATS is an independent practice business law firm located in Paris and Geneva.
Founded in 2000 by Isabelle WEKSTEIN-STEG and Raphaël NACCACH, the firm brings together six partners and some thirty attorneys and paralegals.
As a qualified firm in corporate and litigation, the firm advises a very diverse international clientele made of international corporations and SMEs. It also offers its services to entrepreneurs and individuals.
The firm is active in a wide range of sectors from arts to emerging technologies and in the sectors of banking, finance, aviation and maritime.
The firm is the French representative of World IT Lawyers (WITL), an international network of law firms specialized in IT and communication law.
Areas of Practice
Areas of Practice
Areas of Practice
Areas of Practice
Areas of Practice
Areas of Practice
Areas of Practice
Areas of Practice
Areas of Practice
We put forward our cross-disciplinary skills to assist and advise our clients in the development of their businesses at every stage of their professional life. Our team’s multidisciplinary skills allow us to address our clients’ needs on all aspects of their businesses and at any stage of their development or reorganization. Our network of partners and experts ensures that our clients have the certainty of being assisted whether facing specific industry issues or having to be represented before European courts or regulatory agencies.
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Corporate Law
- Start-up and capital raising
- Establishment and new business set up
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Capital transactions and Private Equity
- Shareholders’ agreements and covenants
- Corporate governance and advisory services
- Corporate social responsibility
- Shareholders disputes
- Insolvency proceedings
- Company secretary and non executive director services
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Tax
- Corporate tax
- Structuring and restructuring operations – Private Equity
- Holding companies taxation
- International taxation of individuals
- Tax audits on corporations and individuals
- Tax planning for individuals
- Patrimonial taxation of directors and employees
- Property taxation
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Intellectual property and IT
- Literary and artistic property advice
- Litigation and pre-litigation in literary and artistic property,
in all topics related to copyright and IP - Negotiation and drafting of contracts dealing with intellectual property
(licenses, sales etc. …) or with IT - Protection and management of industrial property rights
- Personal data law
- Domain name protection and litigation
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Employment
- Advice and litigation
- Implementation and monitoring of employee representative bodies
- Internal regulations and disciplinary law
- Collective bargaining
- Expatriation and international mobility
- Redundancies and collective layoffs
- Delegation of authority and criminal liability of directors
- Criminal employment law
- Social Security litigation
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Information and Media law; Sports law
- Criminal and civil proceedings in all topics related to media law
- Advice on image rights (websites, audiovisual companies, publishing houses,
artists, music companies, athletes etc.) - Notification of unlawful contents; right of reply and correction
- Protection of the intellectual property rights of sports companies and
athletes, image rights - Audiovisual rights management
- Drafting of contracts for professional clubs, athletes (sponsorship,
advertisements), sports agents, etc… - Pre-litigation and litigation proceedings relating to the performance,
interpretation or termination of these contracts
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Real Estate
- Asset Management
- Residential and commercial leases
- Real estate sales
- Joint ownership
- Construction
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Banking and Finance
- Civil and criminal proceedings before judicial courts in all banking and finance-related matters
- Proceedings before administrative authorities (AMF, ACPR, etc.)
- Advice to financial institutions and management companies in the banking and
financial sector - Activity in the field of crypto-currencies and smart contracts
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Criminal law
- General criminal law
- Business criminal law (abus de biens sociaux, fraud, cybercrime, etc.)
- Press law (defamation, slander, etc.)
- Criminal employment litigation (harassment, discrimination, etc.)
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European Union Law / Anti-trust & Competition Law
- Proceedings before the European Court of Justice and the Court of First
Instance of the European Union - Complaints before the European Commission
- Preliminary questions referred to by national courts
- Proceedings before the European Court of Justice and the Court of First
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Aviation and Maritime
- Aircrafts and vessels sale and acquisition
- Special purpose vehicules and operating entities
- Innovative companies
- Drone regulation
- Claims before regulatory authorities

The team
The team
The team
The team
The team
The team
The team
The team
The team

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Founders
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Partners
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Nathalie Attias
Attorney at law - Paris Bar
n.attias@wan-avocats.com -
Véronique Bomsel Di Meglio
Attorney at law - Paris Bar
veronique.bomsel@wan-avocats.com -
Ludovic Doutreleau
Attorney at law – Paris & Geneva Bar
ludovic.doutreleau@wan-avocats.com -
Hervé Oliel
Attorney at law - Paris Bar
h.oliel@wan-avocats.com
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Partenaires
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Of Counsels
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Associates
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Alice Arnaize
Attorney at law - Paris Bar
a.arnaize@wan-avocats.com -
Anthony Demri
Attorney at law – Paris Bar
a.demri@wan-avocats.com -
Maxime Dufour
Attorney at law - Paris Bar
m.dufour@wan-avocats.com -
Manon Feydel
Attorney at law - Paris Bar
m.feydel@wan-avocats.com -
Etienne Gaulier
Attorney at law - Paris Bar
e.gaulier@wan-avocats.com -
Chlomo Harros
Attorney at law - Paris Bar
c.harros@wan-avocats.com -
Olivier Ladregarde
Attorney at law - Paris Bar
o.ladregarde@wan-avocats.com -
Marion Lebreton
Attorney at law – Paris Bar
m.lebreton@wan-avocats.com -
Camille Ménard
Attorney-at-law
c.menard@wan-avocats.com -
Matthieu Paya
Attorney-at-law - Paris Bar
m.paya@wan-avocats.com -
Julien Riant
Attorney at law - Paris Bar
j.riant@wan-avocats.com -
Nicolas Rzeznik
Attorney at law – Paris Bar
n.rzeznik@wan-avocats.com -
Clara Steg
Attorney at law - Paris Bar
c.steg@wan-avocats.com -
Manon Tizzotti Aaron
Attorney at law - Paris Bar
m.tizzotti@wan-avocats.com -
Frédérique Van Ginneken
Attorney at law - Paris Bar
f.vanginneken@wan-avocats.com
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Support
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Contributors & Collaborators
Press
Publications
News
Press
Publications
News
Press
Publications
News
WAN offers its clients continuous information on legal developments
and events in which it participates.
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18/06
Par ordonnance de référé en date du 18 mai 2020, le Conseil d’Etat a enjoint à l’Etat de cesser de procéder aux mesures de surveillance par drone, du respect, à Paris, des règles de sécurité sanitaire applicables à la période de déconfinement. Le 18 mars 2020, le préfet de police de Paris avait institué un...
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18/06
Dans un arrêt du 11 décembre 2019, publié au bulletin, la première Chambre civile de la Cour de cassation a considéré qu’une société qui diffuse de la musique dans ses magasins sous licence « Creatives Commons » est soumise au paiement de la rémunération équitable dès lors que les conditions prévues à l’article L.214-1 du Code de...
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14/05
When is the time to think about funding and restructuring? Funding is not a brick, it is the cement that holds the bricks together. Frequently, when called to assist and advise a party to a funding transaction, whether on the side of shareholders or directors of a company or on the side of investors, there...
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14/05
Le bénéficiaire d’allocations d’aide au retour à l’emploi (droit aux allocations de chômage) qui est créateur d’entreprise peut solliciter deux formes d’aide à la création d’entreprise au plan national, dont l’une se substitue au versement de ses allocations de chômage. Le créateur d’entreprise qui en remplit les conditions peut ainsi obtenir, d’une part, une exonération...
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16 / 04
The whole team at WAN is pleased to announce that the firm retains its leading position among French law firms in The Legal 500 EMEA (Europe and Middle East) 2020 Edition.
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26 / 03
Les mesures relatives au paiement des charges des entreprises.
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25/03
La création d'un fonds de solidarité.
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25/03
Le fonctionnement interne des sociétés commerciales.
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25 / 03
Les mesures relatives au financement des entreprises
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25 / 03
Afin de juguler les effets de la crise liée à l'épidémie de COVID-19, la Banque Centrale Européenne (BCE) et la Banque de France ont annoncé la mise en œuvre de mesures de régulation du secteur bancaire, destinées à assurer la liquidité du marché interbancaire et à garantir le maintien des financements aux entreprises.

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La succession de Johnny Hallyday: des enjeux juridiques complexes au-delà de la passion médiatique—
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Laura et David peuvent réclamer un droit moral sur les enregistrements de Johnny Hallyday—Presse — 15 février 2018
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Le cabinet WAN Avocats conseil de Thomas ANARGYROS dans le cadre de l’acquisition de l’activité télévision de la société EuropaCorp Télévision—Presse — 19 janvier 2018
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SONY/ATV acquiert le fonds de commerce d’EuropaCorp relatif à l’activité d’édition musicale du groupe—Presse — 24 juin 2017
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Le producteur de Coluche condamné en appel à verser 400.000 euros aux fils de l’humoriste—Presse — 14 février 2017
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Comment Netflix va forcer le cinéma français à se remettre en question après la polémique au Festival de Cannes—Publication — 24 mai 2017
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Séquestration : prison ferme pour les ex-Goodyear—Presse — 13 janvier 2016
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WAN Avocats advises PIAS in the acquisition of HARMONIA MUNDI’s music business—
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Rupture du contrat liant l’employeur/producteur au salarié/interprète. Rappel à l’ordre… public—
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“Droit à l’oubli”: la CNIL signe et persiste face à Google—Publication — 28 septembre 2015
Paris
Geneva
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Geneva
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Geneva
22, rue du Général Dufour
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