--- title: "48 Lawyers Recognized in the 2026 Edition of Best Lawyers in France" id: "2911" type: "post" slug: "48-lawyers-recognized-in-the-2026-edition-of-best-lawyers-in-france" published_at: "2025-06-16T14:59:15+00:00" modified_at: "2026-02-19T18:34:59+00:00" url: "https://www.august-debouzy.com/en/press-release/48-lawyers-recognized-in-the-2026-edition-of-best-lawyers-in-france/" markdown_url: "https://www.august-debouzy.com/en/press-release/48-lawyers-recognized-in-the-2026-edition-of-best-lawyers-in-france.md" taxonomy_category: - "Press release" taxonomy_language: - "English" taxonomy_post_translations: - "pll_6980e1f930a0c" --- Summarize with AI We are proud to announce that 48 of our lawyers have been named in the 2026 edition of *Best Lawyers in France*. This recognition from the legal community highlights both the excellence of our expertise and the breadth of our areas of practice. ***Lawyers of the Year* 2026** - **Gilles August**: Government Relations Practice - **François Pochart**: Intellectual Property Law ***Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in France*****(2026)** - **Inès Bouzayen**: Intellectual Property Law - **Anaïs Coviaux**: Litigation - **Alexandre Dumortier**: Labor and Employment Law - **Candice Dupin**: Intellectual Property Law - **Léa Margono**: Intellectual Property Law - **Pierre Pérot**: Intellectual Property Law ***The Best Lawyers in France*****(2026)** - **Basile Ader**: Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Criminal Defense, Defamation Law, Litigation, Media Law - **Pierre-Olivier Ally**: Intellectual Property Law - **Olivier Attias**: Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice - **Guillaume Aubatier**: Construction Law - **Julien Aucomte**: Corporate Law, Investment, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law - **Gilles August**: Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Corporate Law, Government Relations Practice, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions Law - **Emmanuelle Barbara**: Employee Benefits Law, Labor and Employment Law - **Nicolas Baverez**: Administrative Law, Insurance Law, Public Law, Regulatory Practice - **Marie-Hélène Bensadoun**: Employee Benefits Law, Labor and Employment Law - **Alexandra Berg-Moussa**: Information Technology Law - **Hélène Billery**: Public Law - **Jean-Damien Boulanger**: Capital Markets Law, Securities Law - **Vincent Brenot**: Administrative Law, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Public Finance Law, Public Law, Regulatory Practice - **Jérôme Brosset**: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law - **Bernard Cazeneuve**: Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice - **Florence Chafiol**: Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Outsourcing, Privacy and Data Security Law, Technology Law - **Renaud Christol**: Competition and Antitrust Law - **Laurent Cotret**: Insolvency and Reorganization Law - **Marie Danis**: Arbitration and Mediation, International Arbitration, Litigation - **Valéry Denoix de Saint Marc**: Corporate Law, International Arbitration, Mergers and Acquisitions Law - **Pierre Descheemaeker**: Banking and Finance Law, Energy Law - **Grégoire Desrousseaux**: Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation - **Virginie Devos**: Employee Benefits Law, Labor and Employment Law - **Philippe Durand**: Employee Benefits Law, Labor and Employment Law - **Benjamin van Gaver**: Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Criminal Defense, Defamation Law, Litigation - **Fabienne Haas**: Employee Benefits Law, Labor and Employment Law - **Jennifer Hinge**: Banking and Finance Law, Private Equity Law, Structured Finance Law - **Catherine Le Manchec**: Labor and Employment Law - **Philippe Lorentz**: Private Equity Law, Tax Law - **Eric Manca**: Employee Benefits Law, Labor and Employment Law, Litigation - **Lionel Martin**: Intellectual Property Law - **Etienne Mathey**: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law - **Emmanuelle Mignon**: Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Energy Law, Government Relations Practice, Public Finance Law, Public Law, Regulatory Practice - **Astrid Mignon Colombet**: Aviation Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Criminal Defense, Litigation - **Ghislain Minaire**: Regulatory Practice - **Sonia Moreau**: Labor and Employment Law - **Marc Mossé**: European Union Law, Information Technology Law - **Valérie Munoz-Pons**: Criminal Defense - **François Pochart**: Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation - **Anaïs Qureshi**: Employee Benefits Law, Labor and Employment Law - **Antonia Raccat**: Construction Law, Real Estate Law - **Mahasti Razavi**: Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Outsourcing, Technology Law, Telecommunications Law - **Diane Reboursier**: Labor and Employment Law - **Xavier Rohmer**: Private Equity Law, Tax Law - **Pierre Sellal**: Government Relations Practice - **Jérôme Therond**: Corporate Law - **Amélie Tripet**: Criminal Defense, Defamation Law, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation, Media Law - **Julien Wagmann**: Corporate Law Share - Linkedin - Copy Link Summarize with AI ## Discover more content that might interest you News [09/09/26 Deal 1 min August Debouzy is advising the SPHERE Group August Debouzy advised the SPHERE Group, backed by Hivest Capital Partners, on its acquisition of Polyex, a French specialist in polyethylene packaging. 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