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Founded in 2005, CPC & Associés is a boutique law firm specialising in Business Law.

LAW FIRM

Founded by former partners, counsels and senior employees of large French, US and UK law firms, CPC & Associés has never ceased to develop and to reinforce its expertise. The lawyers of CPC & Associés assist, advise and represent entrepreneurs, listed and unlisted companies, investment funds, financial, private and public industrial groups, central governments and public entities with a service rooted in innovation, availability and responsiveness. CPC & Associés is committed to helping its clients to define their strategy, anticipate risks and achieve efficiency in their operations.
In parallel to such advisory services, CPC & Associés has also developed recognised expertise in litigation, covering both commercial law and business criminal law.
The lawyers of CPC & Associés are graduates from the best French and foreign universities. They are equally skilled working in French or English. Certain of our lawyers also work in Italian and Spanish.

Our team

In order to be able to offer its clients an integrated service, CPC & Associés enjoys cross-functional expertisecovering the full spectrum of business law and is therefore able to bring together a team with recognised competencies fully aligned with the needs and instructions of its clients.

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Thanks to its clients, CPC & Associés has developed leading expertise in the following sectors:
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Founded in 2005, CPC & Associés is a boutique law firm specialising in Business Law.

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Arnaud Péricard avocat fondateur CPC & Associés

Arnaud Péricard

Founder, Lawyer Partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar and New-York Bar, admitted in 1999
and 2001 respectively

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • Spanish

Expertise and practice areas

  • Mergers, acquisitions and joint-ventures
  • Media and new technology law
  • Sports and media law
  • Public economic law
Jeean-Yves Connesson avocat fondateur CPC & Associés

Jean-Yves Connesson

Founder & Partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted in 1997

Languages

  • French
  • English

Expertise and practice areas

  • Mergers, acquisitions, Corporate
  • Investment capital, Venture Capital & Private Equity
  • Restructuring and takeover of companies in difficulty
  • Stock market and financial law, refinancing
  • Media and new technology law
  • Teal estate law and project financing
Benjamin Potier, avocat CPC & Associés

BENJAMIN POTIER

Lawyer partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar since 2006

Languages

  • French
  • English

Skills and areas of expertise

  • Civil, commercial, and criminal litigation
  • Liability
  • Insurance law
  • Aviation law
  • Industrial Risk – Environment
  • Renewable energies
  • Compensation for damages and losses
  • Product liability – Defective products – Warranty of hidden defects
  • Regulatory: insurance, transportation, and health
  • Criminal law
  • Contract law
Asim Singh avocat CPC & Associés

Asim Singh

Lawyer partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted in 1998
specialising in intellectual property law

Languages

  • French
  • English (langue maternelle)

Expertise and practice areas

  • Literary and artistic property
  • Industrial property, unfair competition and trademark infringement
  • Media law
  • Sports law
  • Over 20 years’ international experience (France and Canada)
Patricia Coletti, avocat CPC Associés

Patricia Coletti

Lawyer partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • Italian

Expertise and practice areas

  • Commercial litigation and pre-litigation
  • Anti-competitive practices
  • Industrial risks
  • Post-acquisition litigation
  • Franco-Italian relations
Jeremie Delattre, avocat CPC & Associés

Jérémie Delattre

Lawyer partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar

Languages

  • French
  • English

Expertise and practice areas

  • Sports and media law
  • Employment law
  • Commercial law
David Vatel

David Vatel

Lawyer partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted in 1992

Languages

  • French
  • English

Expertise and practice areas

  • Business and corporate law
  • Mergers, disposals and acquisitions
  • Capital raising and equity transactions
Jérémy Bernard, avocat CPC & Associés

Jérémy Bernard

Partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar, admitted in 2003

LANGUAGES

  • French
  • English

SKILLS AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • French and European Union competition law (cartels, abuse of dominant position, abuse of economic dependence, procedures before competition authorities, concentrations, state aid, etc.)
  • Control of foreign investments in France
  • Distribution law
  • Consumer law
  • Regulation of liberalized sectors (energy, telecommunications, railways, etc.)
  • Complex business litigation and arbitration
  • Condominium law
Adrien Khaznadji, avocat CPC Associés

Adrien Khaznadji

Lawyer partner

Tax lawyer admitted in 2009

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • Japanese (conversational)

Expertise and practice areas

  • Corporate tax
  • Transaction tax assistance and fund tax structuring (Private Equity, Venture Capital)
  • Tax incentives for start ups
  • Management package and compensation
  • Tax audits & controversy
Jean Melcion, avocat associé CPC &Associés

Jean Melcion

Lawyer Partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar, admitted in 2003

Languages

  • French
  • english

SKILLS AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Civil and commercial contracts

  • Corporate law, governance, and management packages

  • Reorganization of French and foreign groups
         (pre- or post-deal)

  • Civil and commercial litigation

  • Regulatory and Compliance (personal data, corruption,
         and money laundering)

Anne Doguet, avocat CPC & Associés

Anne Doguet

Avocat associée

Avocat au Barreau de Paris depuis 2009

Langues

  • Français
  • Anglais

EXPERTISE IN LABOR LAW AND AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • Assisting companies in managing individual employment
    relationships (dra  ing employment contracts, hiring and termination
    of senior executives, disciplinary law, litigation).

  • Supporting collective labor relations (interactions with the Social
    and Economic Commi  ee, corporate restructuring, work time
    optimization).

  • Termination of contracts for protected employees (advice and
    litigation, labor and administrative courts).

Edouard Bouffannais Avocat CPC & Associés

Edouard Bouffannais

Lawyer associate

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted in 2021

Languages

  • French
  • English

Expertise and practice areas

  • Contract law
  • Sports and media law
  • Commercial litigation
  • Business law
Miguel Almeida, avocat CPC Associés

MIGUEL DE ALMEIDA RODRIGUES

Lawyer associate

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted in 2023

Langues

  • French
  • English

Expertise and practice areas

  • Mergers, Acquisitions
  • CPrivate Equity and Venture Capital
  • Business and corporate law
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Clémence Asquin

Lawyer associate

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted on 16 january 2019

Languages

  • French
  • English

Expertise and practice areas

  • General criminal law
  • Criminal business law
  • Sentence enforcement law
  • Media and communications law
Paul Nafilyan Avocat CPC & Associés

Paul Nafilyan

Lawyer associate

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted in 2014

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • Spanish

Expertise and practice areas

  • M&A
  • Stock market and financial law
  • Civil and commercial litigation
Sami Sihvola avocat CPC & Associés

Sami Sihvola

Lawyer senior associate

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted in 2003

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • Finnish

Expertise and practice areas

  • Commercial litigation and arbitration
  • Industrial risks and liability
  • New technologies
  • Unfair competition
  • Post-acquisition litigation
  • Relations with Nordic countries
Fanny Cailleau Avocate CPC & Associés

Fanny Cailleau

Lawyer associate

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted in 2015

Languages

  • French
  • English

Expertise and practice areas

  • Employment law
  • Insolvency proceedings
  • Commercial law
Jean-Baptiste Bertrand, avocat CPC & Associés

Jean-Baptiste Bertrand

Lawyer associate

Lawyer at the Paris Bar

Languages

  • French
  • English

Expertise and practice areas

  • Sports and media law
  • Civil and commercial litigation
  • Contract law
  • Amicable dispute resolution
Simon Sematiski Lemeriel avocat CPC & Associés

Simon Sematiski Lemeriel

Lawyer associate

Lawyer at the Paris Bar since 2025

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese

EXPERTISE IN LABOR LAW AND AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • Civil and commercial litigation

  • Tort law

  • Contract law

  • Aviation law

  • Industrial risks

  • Insurance law

  • Product liability

  • Personal injury

Arnaud Péricard avocat fondateur CPC & Associés

Arnaud Péricard

Founder, Lawyer Partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar and New-York Bar, admitted in 1999
and 2001 respectively

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • Spanish

Expertise and practice areas

  • Mergers, acquisitions and joint-ventures
  • Media and new technology law
  • Sports and media law
  • Public economic law
Jeean-Yves Connesson avocat fondateur CPC & Associés

Jean-Yves Connesson

Founder & Partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted in 1997

Languages

  • French
  • English

Expertise and practice areas

  • Mergers, acquisitions, Corporate
  • Investment capital, Venture Capital & Private Equity
  • Restructuring and takeover of companies in difficulty
  • Stock market and financial law, refinancing
  • Media and new technology law
  • Teal estate law and project financing
Benjamin Potier, avocat CPC & Associés

BENJAMIN POTIER

Lawyer partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar since 2006

Languages

  • French
  • English

Skills and areas of expertise

  • Civil, commercial, and criminal litigation
  • Liability
  • Insurance law
  • Aviation law
  • Industrial Risk – Environment
  • Renewable energies
  • Compensation for damages and losses
  • Product liability – Defective products – Warranty of hidden defects
  • Regulatory: insurance, transportation, and health
  • Criminal law
  • Contract law
Asim Singh avocat CPC & Associés

Asim Singh

Lawyer partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted in 1998
specialising in intellectual property law

Languages

  • French
  • English (langue maternelle)

Expertise and practice areas

  • Literary and artistic property
  • Industrial property, unfair competition and trademark infringement
  • Media law
  • Sports law
  • Over 20 years’ international experience (France and Canada)
Patricia Coletti, avocat CPC Associés

Patricia Coletti

Lawyer partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • Italian

Expertise and practice areas

  • Commercial litigation and pre-litigation
  • Anti-competitive practices
  • Industrial risks
  • Post-acquisition litigation
  • Franco-Italian relations
Jeremie Delattre, avocat CPC & Associés

Jérémie Delattre

Lawyer partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar

Languages

  • French
  • English

Expertise and practice areas

  • Sports and media law
  • Employment law
  • Commercial law
David Vatel

David Vatel

Lawyer partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted in 1992

Languages

  • French
  • English

Expertise and practice areas

  • Business and corporate law
  • Mergers, disposals and acquisitions
  • Capital raising and equity transactions
Jérémy Bernard, avocat CPC & Associés

Jérémy Bernard

Partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar, admitted in 2003

LANGUAGES

  • French
  • English

SKILLS AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • French and European Union competition law (cartels, abuse of dominant position, abuse of economic dependence, procedures before competition authorities, concentrations, state aid, etc.)
  • Control of foreign investments in France
  • Distribution law
  • Consumer law
  • Regulation of liberalized sectors (energy, telecommunications, railways, etc.)
  • Complex business litigation and arbitration
  • Condominium law
Adrien Khaznadji, avocat CPC Associés

Adrien Khaznadji

Lawyer partner

Tax lawyer admitted in 2009

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • Japanese (conversational)

Expertise and practice areas

  • Corporate tax
  • Transaction tax assistance and fund tax structuring (Private Equity, Venture Capital)
  • Tax incentives for start ups
  • Management package and compensation
  • Tax audits & controversy
Jean Melcion, avocat associé CPC &Associés

Jean Melcion

Lawyer Partner

Lawyer at the Paris Bar, admitted in 2003

Languages

  • French
  • english

SKILLS AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Civil and commercial contracts

  • Corporate law, governance, and management packages

  • Reorganization of French and foreign groups
         (pre- or post-deal)

  • Civil and commercial litigation

  • Regulatory and Compliance (personal data, corruption,
         and money laundering)

Anne Doguet, avocat CPC & Associés

Anne Doguet

Avocat associée

Avocat au Barreau de Paris depuis 2009

Langues

  • Français
  • Anglais

EXPERTISE IN LABOR LAW AND AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • Assisting companies in managing individual employment
    relationships (dra  ing employment contracts, hiring and termination
    of senior executives, disciplinary law, litigation).

  • Supporting collective labor relations (interactions with the Social
    and Economic Commi  ee, corporate restructuring, work time
    optimization).

  • Termination of contracts for protected employees (advice and
    litigation, labor and administrative courts).

Edouard Bouffannais Avocat CPC & Associés

Edouard Bouffannais

Lawyer associate

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted in 2021

Languages

  • French
  • English

Expertise and practice areas

  • Contract law
  • Sports and media law
  • Commercial litigation
  • Business law
Miguel Almeida, avocat CPC Associés

MIGUEL DE ALMEIDA RODRIGUES

Lawyer associate

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted in 2023

Langues

  • French
  • English

Expertise and practice areas

  • Mergers, Acquisitions
  • CPrivate Equity and Venture Capital
  • Business and corporate law
asquin

Clémence Asquin

Lawyer associate

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted on 16 january 2019

Languages

  • French
  • English

Expertise and practice areas

  • General criminal law
  • Criminal business law
  • Sentence enforcement law
  • Media and communications law
Paul Nafilyan Avocat CPC & Associés

Paul Nafilyan

Lawyer associate

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted in 2014

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • Spanish

Expertise and practice areas

  • M&A
  • Stock market and financial law
  • Civil and commercial litigation
Sami Sihvola avocat CPC & Associés

Sami Sihvola

Lawyer senior associate

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted in 2003

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • Finnish

Expertise and practice areas

  • Commercial litigation and arbitration
  • Industrial risks and liability
  • New technologies
  • Unfair competition
  • Post-acquisition litigation
  • Relations with Nordic countries
Fanny Cailleau Avocate CPC & Associés

Fanny Cailleau

Lawyer associate

Lawyer at the Paris Bar admitted in 2015

Languages

  • French
  • English

Expertise and practice areas

  • Employment law
  • Insolvency proceedings
  • Commercial law
Jean-Baptiste Bertrand, avocat CPC & Associés

Jean-Baptiste Bertrand

Lawyer associate

Lawyer at the Paris Bar

Languages

  • French
  • English

Expertise and practice areas

  • Sports and media law
  • Civil and commercial litigation
  • Contract law
  • Amicable dispute resolution
Simon Sematiski Lemeriel avocat CPC & Associés

Simon Sematiski Lemeriel

Lawyer associate

Lawyer at the Paris Bar since 2025

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese

EXPERTISE IN LABOR LAW AND AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • Civil and commercial litigation

  • Tort law

  • Contract law

  • Aviation law

  • Industrial risks

  • Insurance law

  • Product liability

  • Personal injury