Created in 2015 on the initiative of students from the Law School of the Sorbonne of the University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, the Clinique Juridique de la Sorbonne (formerly the “Clinique Juridique de Paris”) offers its services to anyone faced with a question of law.
MANAGEMENT OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN BUSINESS LAW
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.
SPECIALISED 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
We assure you a great reactivity to anticipate risks by a global approach.
XGERALDINE BRASIER PORTERIE
Partner co-founder
Career
Member of the Paris Bar since 1996, Geraldine Brasier Porterie, partner and co-founder of Baro Alto law firm, began her career in the litigation and insurance departments of PwC law firm before joining Stehlin & Associés law firm in 2003. She became a partner in 2007 and created and headed the litigation and arbitration department. She created Baro Alto Law Firm with Caroline Joly in 2015. She graduated from the University of Paris II Pantheon Assas (Master I in Litigation), the University of Paris Pantheon Sorbonne (Master II in Insurance Law) and the Queen Mary and Westfield College London.
Géraldine is a member of the AMRAE (Association pour le Management des Risques et des Assurances de l’Entreprise).
Foreign languages: English and GermanPractice areas
She advises in significant and complex French and international business litigation, particularly in commercial law, economical law, banking and financial law, insurance liability, industrial risks and banking and insurance regulations before any jurisdiction: civil, commercial or criminal courts, regulatory authorities (AMF, ACPR) and European courts (ECJ – European Court of Justice). She also practices as a counsel regarding insurance and life and non-life insurance contracts and regulations.
+33 (0)1 44 69 89 42
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CAROLINE JOLY
Partner co-founder
CAREER
Member of the Paris Bar since 1996, Caroline Joly, partner and co-founder of Baro Alto law firm, started her career in the litigation and risk management department of PwC law firm before joining Lexcom law firm in 2011 where she became Partner in charge of the litigation department. She created Baro Alto Law Firm with Géraldine Brasier Porterie in 2015. She holds dual qualifications in business and law and graduated from the Institut Supérieur de Gestion (ISG). She lectures in business criminal law in several universities and is also a registered Mediator with the CMAP (Centre de Médiation et d’Arbitrage de Paris – Paris mediation and arbitration center). Additionally, she is a Mediator with the Court of Appeal of Paris as of January 1st, 2019.
Foreign languages: English, NorwegianPRACTICE AREAS
She particularly practices litigation involving managers’ liability, commercial litigation, business law and business criminal law. Her practice includes alternative dispute resolution management, as a mediator or as a lawyer.
+33 (0)1 44 69 89 41
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PIERRICK JUPILE-BOISVERD
Partner
Career
Member of the Paris Bar since January 2008, he spent 7 years in the litigation and arbitration department of Stehlin & Associés law firm before joining Baro Alto law firm. He became partner in 2018.
He graduated from the University of Paris II Pantheon Assas (Master in Private Law and Master in Business Law), the University of Poitiers (DJCE – Master in Corporate Law) and the University of Montpellier (specialization in corporate law). He also lectures in insolvency proceedings in a business school (Master II).
Pierrick is a member of the AMRAE (Association pour le Management des Risques et des Assurances de l’Entreprise).
Foreign languages: English and GermanPractice areas
He particularly intervenes in litigation and surveys in the fields of engineering, industrial building, insurance and financial law, and insolvency proceedings.
+33 (0)1 44 69 89 45
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GAËL BOUVET
Associate
Career
Gaël Bouvet joined Baro Alto in 2016.
He holds a Master II in Public International Law, with a specialization in International Relations Law and European Union Law.
Foreign languages: English and GermanPractice areas
He particularly practices commercial litigation, business law and business criminal law.
+33 (0)1 44 69 89 47
XJULIE ALARIC
Associate
Career
Julie Alaric joined Baro Alto in 2017.
She holds a Master II in International Law and European Union Law with a specialization in International Law.
Foreign languages: English and GermanPractice areas
She particularly practices commercial litigation, insurance law, business law and business criminal law.
+33 (0)1 44 69 50 71
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BERTRAND CLERMONT
Associate
Career
Bertrand Clermont joined Baro Alto in 2018.
He holds a Master II/ MBA business law and business management from
the University of Paris II Pantheon-Assas
Foreign languages: English and SpanishPractice areas
He particularly practices banking and financial law, commercial litigation,
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CHARLOTTE TENENHAUS
Associate
CAREER
Charlotte Tenenhaus joined Baro Alto in 2019.
She holds a Master II in Business Law from the University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne
Foreign languages: English and SpanishPRACTICE AREAS
She particularly practices banking and financial law, insurance litigation, business criminal law and commercial litigation.
+33 (0)1 44 69 50 72
XOPHÉLIE IAFRATE
Associate
CAREER
Admitted to the Paris Bar in November 2015, Ophélie Iafrate first practiced for 3 years in the litigation departments of CBR law firm, prior to joining Baro Alto in 2018. She holds degrees from the University of Rennes (Magister degree in French and English Business Law) as well as from the University of Descartes – Paris V (Master degree in International Business Law) and from the University of Exeter – United Kingdom (LLM in International Business Law).
Foreign languages: English and GermanPRACTICE AREAS
She particularly practices litigation in commercial, contract and distribution law, insurance law, compliance and criminal business law.
+33 (0)1 44 69 89 44
XAURÉLIEN THOMAS
Associate
CAREER
Member of the Paris Bar since 2014, Aurélien Thomas practices in business litigation and joined Baro Alto in 2019.
He graduated in business law in Bordeaux, Paris and Nottingham, and studied in a management class taught by American professors.
He lectures in private law at Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne business school.
Foreign Languages: English and SpanishPRACTICE AREAS
He particularly practices commercial law, contract law and criminal business law.
+33 (0)1 44 69 89 43
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FRÉDÉRIC GARCIA
Office Manager
CAREER
Frédéric Garcia is Office manager and joined Baro Alto in December 2019.
After gaining experience in Quality and project management and marketing-communications, he has been working with UK- and French-based law firms for some 15 years, specializing in billing and credit control.He deals with financial and accounting aspects of both the matters, and the practice and procurement.
Foreign Languages : English and Spanish
+33 (0)1 44 69 89 49
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ANAÏS ALLARD
Legal Assistant
Career
Anaïs Allard is a legal assistant.
She holds an Executive Assistant Degree and joined Baro Alto in 2016.
Foreign Languages: English and Spanish+33 (0)1 44 69 89 40
XNOURA AMRI
Paralegal
Career
Noura Amri is a paralegal. She joined Baro Alto in January 2019.
She holds a Bachelor in law and has been working with law firms for 15 years.
She monitors the administrative and legal aspects of cases, and acted as an interface between the firm, the clients, the jurisdictions, the lawyers and the bailiffs.
She specialized in enforcement measures.
Foreign language : English+33 (0)1 44 69 89 46
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
PRACTICES
FINANCIAL LAW
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Advice and defense before any jurisdiction
- – Civil Courts
- – Commercial Courts
- – Criminal Courts
- – European and international Courts / ECJ / (European Court of Justice)
- – ACPR
- – AMF
Areas of expertise
- – Insurance (life and non-life insurance and regulatory)
- – Regulated activities
- – Banking, Investment banks
- – Intermediation (brokers, general agents, Management companies, mutual funds, CIF, …)
CORPORATE LAW, ASSOCIATION LAW
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Advice and defense before any jurisdiction
- – Civil Courts
- – Criminal Courts
- – Commercial Courts
- – Summary expertise proceedings
- – Summary proceedings for investigation, suspension…
Areas of expertise
- – Management of ad hoc mandates or temporary administration
- – Conflicts between partners and/or managers
- – Directors’ and officers’ liability insurance
- – Litigation concerning the validity of corporate decisions
COMMERCIAL LAW
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Advice and defense before any jurisdiction
- – Civil Courts
- – Commercial Courts
- – Criminal Courts
- – Conservatory measures / Execution Proceedings
- – Preventive summary proceedings / Summary proceedings under Section 145 of the Civil Procedure Code / Probationary summary proceedings
Areas of expertise
- – Contract and distribution law
- – Marketing law
- – Consumer protection
- – Advertising law
- – Unfair competition
- – Breach of contract
- – Communications law
CRIMINAL BUSINESS LAW
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Advice and defense before any criminal jurisdiction
- – Inquiry proceedings
- – Investigation proceedings
- – Judgement proceedings
- – Penal seizure proceedings
Areas of expertise
- – Management offences
- – Financial offences
- – Labor law offences
- – Offences relating to misrepresentation of products and/or services, real estate or environmental management.
- – Delegation of authority/powers and insurance
REAL ESTATE LAW
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Advice and defense before any jurisdiction
- – Civil Courts
- – Commercial Courts
- – Evictions
- – Amicable and judicial surveys
- – Summary proceedings
- – Attachment and seizure measures
Areas of expertise
- – Commercial leases
- – Private leases
- – Co-ownerships
PREVENTION OF RISKS – GOVERNANCE AND INSURANCE
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Advice on available management tools
- – Review and/or setting up of delegations of authority/powers
- – Insurance cover audits and assistance for setting up suitable insurance cover
- – Assistance in drafting liability and insurance clauses
- – In-house training
- – Pre-litigation dispute management
- – Risk management
- – Risk mapping
Areas of expertise
- – Civil and criminal liability of directors and officers
- – Civil and criminal liability of delegatees
- – Civil and criminal liability of organizations
- – Insurance law
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL PROCEEDINGS
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Advice and defense before any jurisdiction
- – Civil Courts
- – Criminal Courts
- – ECJ (European Court of Justice)
Areas of expertise
- – Privacy protection
- – Defamation
- – Fundamental rights
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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Advice and defense in the scope of alternative dispute resolution
- – Mediation
- – Arbitration
- – Negotiation of settlements
Areas of expertise
- – Inter-firm litigation
- – Litigation between partners
- – Litigation in business law
CIVIL LIABILITY AND INSURANCE
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Advice and defense before any jurisdiction
- – Civil Courts
- – Commercial Courts
- – Amicable and legal surveys
- – Preventive summary proceedings, prevention of damages
Areas of expertise
- – Life and non-life insurance
- – Distribution of insurance
- – Affinity insurance
- – Product liability / Defective goods
- – Directors’ and officers’ liability
- – Critical business insurance events
- – Assistance in drafting liability and insurance clauses
- – Corporate liability including personal injury claims, corporate manslaughter charges and health and safety investigations
INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
BARO ALTO can monitor its clients’ disputes in several jurisdictions by ensuring consitent quality.
News
Baro Alto is proud to announce its new partnership with the Clinique Juridique de la Sorbonne.
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BARO ALTO – Business continuity
In this troubled and unprecedented time, and in order to comply with requirements to limit the propagation of the Coronavirus disease, judicial activity has been reduced to a minimum: only emergency criminal and civil court services are provided.
Mediator Trial
Apm News – Hearing report of the Mediator Trial, quotes of Géraldine Brasier Porterie
How much did the Mediator cost to the social security and the health insurance ?
Le Point – Interview of Géraldine Brasier Porterie
Member of FG2A
Baro Alto is proud to announce its new partnership with the Fédération des Garanties et des Assurances Affinitaires (FG2A). To learn more, click here :
Risks: Criminal liability of Corporate directors increases
Les Echos – Caroline Joly, Partner and Co-founder of Baro Alto – 19th of February 2019
Corporate directors and criminal liability: in which country are you less at risk?
Le Monde Du Droit – Caroline Joly, avocat associée de Baro Alto – 8 AVRIL 2019
Décideurs – Trophées du Droit – 2019
Baro Alto is cheerful to be part of the « rising teams 2019 » in white-collar crime !
Baro Alto Rising Star 2019
As an exclusive member for Criminal Law, Banking & Finance and Insurance Law in France, Baro Alto is proud to share their Rising Star with the IR Global group for 2019. IR Global & Baro Alto are pleased to highlight Pierrick Jupile-Boisverd and look forward to working with him over the coming years.
IR Global – Meet the Members – France
To learn more about Géraldine Brasier Porterie, partner of Baro Alto, and on Insurance Intermediation (Innovations and New Outlooks) check on pages 12-13 of the publication
AMRAE
Géraldine Brasier Porterie and Pierrick Jupile-Boisverd are members of the AMRAE (Association pour le Management des Risques et des Assurances de l’Entreprise).
Newsletter September 2018 : DSP2 ratification Law
To know more please download our PDF document :
Newsletter September 2018 Chambre de Commerce Franco-Norvégienne/Fransk-Norsk Handelskammer
How to support Norwegian businesses with respect to new requirements under French Law.
Quiz DDA
DDA, are you ready? Do the test with Baro Alto! In l’argus et le Monde du Droit To do the quiz, click here :
IR Global Lunch in Paris
Baro Alto was happy to host an informal lunch on Wednesday 18th of July 2018 gathering IR Global members in Paris !
Web-conference of June 21st, 2018
Caroline Joly animated a Web-conference on Thursday, June 21st, 2018
Breakfast/conference on June 7th, 2018
On June 7th, 2018 Baro Alto hosted a breakfast /conference
Le Monde du Droit
« 9 pièges à éviter dans la loi “Sapin 2” : un nouveau guide du cabinet Baro Alto »
Le Monde du Droit
Video Interview of Caroline Joly, about the penal reputation of the leaders
Le Monde du Droit
2017 Guide to statutes of limitation under criminal law: Six new practical recommendations for immediate action
Le Monde du Droit
The role of the legal profession is to effectively restrict responses to the AMF’s requests
Studies
If you wish to learn more about the European comparison to manage the corporate director criminal risk, have an overview per country and read about different lawyer reviews to quickly understand criminal liability issues click on the following link
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A face-to-face-survey: Companies & Law Firms
Mediation means to reconcile. For over 20 years, we have been assisting companies in solving their disputes so that they can peacefully continue their business relationships. We take every step to provide our clients with the guidance and environment that they need to reach an agreement.
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Selected studies and interviews 2015-2016
This white paper presents a selection of directed studies and interviews carried out with the participation of students from the 2016 Master 2 DFISP course (now entitled Master 2 Corporate & Tax Law) at La Sorbonne University.
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Evitez les pratiques condamnées des prestataires de service d’investissement
En tout, près de 4 000 000 EUR de sanctions et pénalités ont été prononcés par l’AMF en 2015 à l’égard des PSI et des sociétés de gestion.
Les dirigeants et gérants de ces établissements ne sont pas épargnés : ils ont été personnellement exposés à hauteur de 215 000 EUR sur cette même période.
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Prescriptions pénales 2017
Ne vous laissez pas abuser par la complexité apparente de la réforme de la prescription pénale : nous l’avons synthétisée en 6 points (risque doublé, maximum européen, le délai butoir, l'effet immédiat, davantage de pénal, des nouveaux réflexes à adopter) à retenir pour agir en dirigeant avisé.
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Sélections juridiques et médiatiques 2015-2016
Le Master 2 Droit et fiscalité de l’entreprise de l’Université Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris 1 a pour vocation de former des étudiants spécialisés en droit de l’entreprise par des enseignements de techniques fondamentales et de techniques appliquées dispensés par des universitaires et par professionnels (avocats d’affaires, juristes d'entreprise, juriste de banque, fiscalistes…).
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Comité d'étude Caroline Joly, avocate associée, Alain Mourot, Secrétaire général, Didier Seigneur, Directeur du Département Risques Financiers
L’Observatoire de la responsabilité pénale des dirigeants et de leur(s) entreprise(s) 2014 a été conçu pour apporter les indicateurs de l’année sur les enjeux du risque pénal ressenti par les entreprises implantées en France.
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Sophie Henry, Executive Director, CMAP Caroline Joly, Associate Attorney, Baro AltoTo reconcile is to be reconciled. For more than 20 years, we have helped thousands of businesses overcome their differences and continue their business relationships with confidence. We are vigilant in providing our clients with a framework and environment conducive to consensus building.
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Sophie Henry, Executive Director, CMAP Caroline Joly, Associate Attorney, Baro AltoTo reconcile is to be reconciled. For more than 20 years, we have helped thousands of businesses overcome their differences and continue their business relationships with confidence. We are vigilant in providing our clients with a framework and environment conducive to consensus building.
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Notre cabinet est engagé dans la défense de la réputation pénale des dirigeants et des entreprises : l’occasion de partager avec vous les premiers retours et bonnes pratiques sur les nouvelles obligations des entreprises issues de loi dite « Sapin 2 » et de la loi relative au devoir de vigilance des sociétés mères et des entreprises donneuses d’ordre autour de 7 points synthétiques.
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La consultation « Sapin 2 » de Baro Alto menée par questionnaire auprès de 157 professionnels du droit (juristes, avocats…) entre septembre et décembre 2017 révèle une connaissance parfois incomplète des textes par les entreprises.
En effet, la loi dite « Sapin 2 » et la loi relative au devoir de vigilance des sociétés mères et des entreprises donneuses d’ordre imposent de nouvelles règles de conformité dont la mise en oeuvre s’avère parfois problématique.
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Baro Alto is an active member of IR Global network.
Géraldine Brasier Porterie and Caroline Joly are happy to share the following publication called «Minimising Corporate Liability: Advice from Outside Counsel»
They both offer their unique jurisdictional perspective on Director Duties and Liabilities & Reporting to the Board (Page 22 to 23).
For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us: 01 44 69 89 40.
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Baro Alto has a regular activity of university training or professionals. The firm has entereds into various partnerships.
