Your main contacts

A partner of the firm and with ten years’ experience as inhouse lawyer, Karine HEUDRON assists the firm’s clients in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, real estate law and advises them on their wealth structuring.

Email : k.heudron@fca-avocats.com

Areas of expertise

• Corporate law – Mergers ans Acquisitions
• Wealth structuring
• Real estate law
• Tax law

Languages

• French
• English

Thierry Clerc is a lawyer, specialist in commercial and international law. His field of activity is focused on contracts and advice to companies, especially their international relations.

He was President of Eurojuris International and is currently responsible for the contract and litigation working group. He operates in about 30 countries.

Email : t.clerc@fca-avocats.com

Areas of expertise

• Contract drafting and dispute resolution both before the courts as well as the arbitration courts
• Organisation of large consumer events

Languages

• French
• English

Partner lawyer, member of the Rouen Bar since 2007, Jérôme DEREUX is active in the field of commercial, social, civil and criminal litigation.

Holder of a DESS in business law – DJCE from the University of Caen, he created and managed an individual firm up to his association with the firm FCA – Lawyers, with his team, to accompany the firm’s clients in their pre-litigation or contentious issues.

A former high-level sportsman, Jérôme also supports the interests of sports clubs (professional or amateur) as well as the defence of their members and players.

Email : j.dereux@fca-avocats.com

Areas of expertise

• Commercial litigation
• Social and labour law litigation
• Motoring law
• Criminal business law

Languages

• French
• English

Lawyer member of the Rouen Bar since 2010, Raphaël GODARD is active in the field of civil and commercial litigation.
He holds a DESS in International and European Business Law from the University of Le Havre and joined Jérôme Dereux’s team in January 2019.
With eight years of experience in a general practice, Raphaël has developed his skills in real estate law, banking and personal injury law.

Email : r.godard@fca-avocats.com

Areas of expertise

• Commercial litigation
• Real estate law
• Banking law
• Insurance law

Languages

• French
• English

Sarah Baudin is a lawyer with a Master’s degree in International Business Law from the University of Le Havre (Transportation and International Contract Law, International Trade, Anglo-American Law).

She also holds a “Business Management” Certificate from EDHEC’s LLM Law and Tax Management. After several internships in various law firms in Normandy and Paris, she joined FCA where she works in the contract and litigation department.

Email : s.baudin@fca-avocats.com

Areas of expertise

• Trade and international relations
• Commercial litigation
• Banking law
• Insurance

Languages

• French
• English

Jean-Marie SORET created the Law and Tax Consulting Firm in 1972 in EVREUX and was then registered with the EVREUX Bar in 1992. Since then, he has offered his clients specialised support in corporate law, legal follow-up as well as tax law.

Email : jm.soret@fca-avocats.com

Areas of expertise

• Corporate law
• Tax law : counsel and litigation

Language

• French

Anne Marie holds a DEA in private law and has taught at university in PARIS, she has been a partner of CJFS throughout her career, working in employment law as well as corporate law.

Email : am.raynaud@fca-avocats.com

Areas of expertise

• Social and labour law – counsel and litigation
• Corporate law

Languages

• French
• English

Founder of the firm, Patrick François practises in the fields of taxation and wealth structuring.

Email : p.françois@pfa-avocats.com

Areas of expertise

• Corporate law – Mergers and Acquisitions
• Taxation (Counsel and Litigation)
• Wealth structuring
• Private equity

Language

• French

Philippe Cleach, a partner of the firm, works in mergers and acquisitions, wealth and corporate structuring.

Holder of a DEA in business and European law from Paris II, he created then led the firm Cleach & Partners for 20 years before taking over as executive chairman of the fashion group Cerruti (2006 – 2009). He then practised at IDA Lawyers from 2010 to 2013 and joined François, Cleach & Partners (formerly Patrick François & Partners) in 2013, where he became managing partner at the end of 2017.

Philippe assists the firm’s clients in their wealth structuring transactions, development projects, mergers and acquisitions, fundraising and private equity.

Email : ph.cleach@fca-avocats.com

Areas of expertise

• Corporate law – Mergers and Acquisitions
• Development projects (licenses, franchises, joint ventures…)
• Wealth structuring
• Private equity
• Tax law

Languages

• French
• English

A partner of the firm, Yves Darcel assists the firm’s clients in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and advises them on their wealth structuring.

Email : y.darcel@pfa-avocats.com

Areas of expertise

• Corporate law – Mergers and Acquisitions
• Wealth structuring
• Commercial litigation

Language

• French

A partner of the firm and with ten years of experience in a large Anglo-Saxon firm, Jean-François Vila intervenes in employment law (advice and litigation) as well as in criminal and commercial litigation.

mail : jf.vila@pfa-avocats.com

Areas of expertise

• Employment law
• Criminal business law
• Commercial litigation

Languages

• French
• English

Frédéric Parrat works in tax matters (counsel and litigation) as well as in wealth structuring.

Email : f.parrat@pfa-avocats.com

Areas of expertise

• Tax law
• Wealth structuring

Languages

• French
• English

Grégoire Guetton assists the firm’s clients with French and/or international contract law, including transport and logistics, as well as in companies and wealth structuring.

Email : g.guetton@pfa-avocats.com

Areas of expertise

• Corporate law – Mergers and Acquisitions
• Wealth structuring

Languages

• French
• English