A Business Law Firm
With a know-how acquired in leading French and international law firms, Baro Alto associates legal expertise with a close knowledge of the business world.
Specialized in litigation
To promote a thorough approach to dispute resolution, from prevention to resolution, before any jurisdiction.
We offer our highly skilled experience of prevention and management of disputes before French or international jurisdictions.
A human-sized firm
To provide a unique full service offer to our clients in times of extreme tension.
We are highly reactive in managing the various phases of a dispute; our practical approach ensures that your goals are fulfilled and we defend your best interests.
With a network of correspondents
To respond to our clients’ issues, whether international or going beyond the legal scope.
Our network enables us to monitor our clients’ litigation before any jurisdiction and to ensure a constant level of quality in our services.
Our Team
Awards and Recognition
Industrial risks & liability litigation – Claims and insurance litigation – Ranking 2021 – Law firm – France : « Highly recommended »
Industrial risks & liability litigation – Insurance & Reinsurance – Ranking 2021 – Law firm – France : « Highly recommended »
France – Best Law Firms for Compliance – 2021 : « Highly recommended »
France – Best Law Firms for International & Internal Investigations – 2021
France – Best Law Firms for Commercial Litigation – 2021 : « Highly recommended »
France – Best Law Firms for Financial & Post-Acquisition Litigation – 2021 : « Highly recommended »
Industrial risks & liability litigation – Civil liability and financial risk – Ranking 2021 – Law firm – France : « excellent »
Industrial risks & liability litigation – Product liability – Ranking 2021 – Law firm – France : « Highly recommended »
Dispute resolution – Litigation with regulators and for listed operations – Ranking 2021 – Law firm – France : « excellent »
Dispute resolution – White collar crime – Ranking 2021 – Law firm – France : « excellent »
Promotion & construction – Construction litigation (including insurance) – Ranking 2021 – Law firm – France : « Highly recommended »
Dispute Resolution: Commercial Litigation – Ranked: Tier 4
Baro Alto provides ‘in-depth analysis’, ‘knows how to examine and understand complex situations’ and has ‘a thorough understanding of court proceedings’. The firm, which consists of around ten lawyers, represents several large French and foreign corporate groups, as well as various mutual insurance companies. The firm recently acted as advisor in a number of disputes regarding sudden termination of established business relationships. The firm also handles industrial litigation and financial disputes. Caroline Joly is appreciated for her ‘availability and ability to handle highly complex and multi-party cases and knows how to build a strong defence strategy’. Géraldine Brasier Porterie is also recommended and Pierrick Jupile-Boisverd, who has become a partner, is a ‘very good lawyer’ and a specialist in insolvency proceedings.
Studies
The “BARO ALTO ACADEMY” is an innovative experiment of a practical and educational nature conducted by Baro Alto’s lawyers and students of the Master 2 DFE of the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.
The “BARO ALTO ACADEMY” focuses on the reconciliation of privacy and evidence of the offence.
Participating in this program:
- Caroline JOLY, co-founding partner of Baro Alto
- Smbat HAKOBYAN (student interviewed)
- Mehdi NOBLET
- Clément DAMBLANT
- Bradley ALET
The ” BARO ALTO ACADEMY ” is an innovative experiment of a practical and educational nature conducted by Baro Alto’s lawyers and students of the Master 2 DFE of the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.
The ” BARO ALTO ACADEMY ” focuses here on the impact of Covid on the criminal liability of managers.
Participating in this program:
- Caroline JOLY, co-founding partner of Baro Alto
- Mehdi NOBLET (student interviewed)
- Clément DAMBLANT
- Bradley ALET
- Smbat HAKOBYAN
The “BARO ALTO ACADEMY” is an innovative experiment of a practical and educational nature conducted by the lawyers of Baro Alto and the students of the Master 2 DFE of the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.
The “BARO ALTO ACADEMY” focuses here on the European public prosecutor’s office.
Participating in this program:
- Caroline JOLY, co-founding partner of Baro Alto
- Bradley ALET (student interviewed)
- Clément DAMBLANT
- Mehdi NOBLET
- Smbat HAKOBYAN
The “BARO ALTO ACADEMY” is an innovative experiment of a practical and pedagogical nature conducted by the lawyers of Baro Alto and the students of the Master 2 DFE of the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.
The “BARO ALTO ACADEMY” focuses here on the Judicial Convention of Public Interest (CJIP).
Participating in this program:
- Caroline JOLY, co-founding partner of Baro Alto
- Clément DAMBLANT (student interviewed)
- Bradley ALET
- Mehdi NOBLET
- Smbat HAKOBYAN
BARO ALTO ACADEMY is an innovative, hands-on educational initiative led by Baro Alto’s team of lawyers and the students in the Master 2 DFE course (corporate law and taxation) at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. This year, their work was focused on criminal sanctions against company managers and took the form of five interviews.
In this interview, BARO ALTO ACADEMY briefly presents the legislative amendments made in response to the ineffectiveness of criminal sanctions, using the example of environmental criminal law.
Caroline Joly would like to thank Antoine AUBIN (student interviewed), Benjamin SERVIGNE, Gil Gaspar RODRIGUES and Valentin TARTARY for their commitment to this project, as well as the magazine Le Monde Du Droit (LMDD).
BARO ALTO ACADEMY is an innovative, hands-on educational initiative led by Baro Alto’s team of lawyers and the students in the Master 2 DFE course (corporate law and taxation) at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. This year, their work was focused on criminal sanctions against company managers and took the form of five interviews.
In this interview, BARO ALTO ACADEMY reviews the European directive of 23 October 2019, to be transposed into French law before 17 December 2021, and presents the new whistleblower regulations.
Caroline Joly would like to thank Gil Gaspar RODRIGUES (student interviewed), Mathilde GONÇALVES, Salome MARTY and Victoria CONSTAS for their commitment to this project, as well as the magazine Le Monde Du Droit (LMDD).
BARO ALTO ACADEMY is an innovative, hands-on educational initiative led by Baro Alto’s team of lawyers and the students in the Master 2 DFE course (corporate law and taxation) at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. This year, their work was focused on criminal sanctions against company managers and took the form of five interviews.
In this interview, BARO ALTO ACADEMY looks at the role of sanctions in criminal proceedings and the increasing importance of the media and social networks.
Caroline Joly would like to thank Margot BOSC (student interviewed), Adam MALEK, Jade MATHE and Lucie DORIER for their commitment to this project, as well as the magazine Le Monde Du Droit (LMDD).
BARO ALTO ACADEMY is an innovative, hands-on educational initiative led by Baro Alto’s team of lawyers and the students in the Master 2 DFE course (corporate law and taxation) at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. This year, their work was focused on criminal sanctions against company managers and took the form of five interviews.
In this interview, BARO ALTO ACADEMY presents the latest developments regarding the risk of exposure to a double criminal penalty for company managers.
Caroline Joly would like to thank Benjamin SERVIGNE (student interviewed), Camille BERRENS, Charlène COURDERC, Eva GERSTENLAUER and Julie KLEISCH for their commitment to this project, as well as the magazine Le Monde Du Droit (LMDD).
BARO ALTO ACADEMY is an innovative, hands-on educational initiative led by Baro Alto’s team of lawyers and the students in the Master 2 DFE course (corporate law and taxation) at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. This year, their work was focused on criminal sanctions against company managers and took the form of five interviews.
In this interview, BARO ALTO ACADEMY reviews the French reform of criminal procedure of 23 March 2019 and how it improves the effectiveness of criminal sanctions against company managers.
Caroline Joly would like to thank to Adam MALEK (student interviewed), Elia ZANZOURI, Laurène COHEN-SABBAN, Lisa VIZZACCARO and Margot COHEN SALMON for their commitment to this project, as well as the magazine Le Monde Du Droit (LMDD).
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Partnerships
Baro Alto has a regular activity of university training or professionals. The firm has entereds into various partnerships.
Baro Alto has concluded a partnership with the Clinique Juridique de la Sorbonne
Caroline Joly teaches in Master II DFE (Corporate and TaxLaw) in the University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne
Baro Alto has concluded a partnership with the association of Master II business law and litigations of the University of Paris West Nanterre La Défense
Caroline Joly is a partner of La Revue Fiduciaire
Caroline Joly is a lecturer at Lexis Nexis conferences