Practice area : "Business, Media and Finance"

"Lysias Partners is a daily advisor to top French newpapers (online and  print media). Jean-Pierre Mignard et Emmanuel Tordjman are experts in Media Law et are highly talented litigation lawyers"

The Legal 500 France - Ranking of best law firms (2011-2012) - Category "Media and entertainment - Full-service firms"

"Lysias Partners  manages  major media-related  business criminal law cases . [..]. Jean-Pierre Mignard is a main character inside the French bar who intervenes in the Media sector and assists States in border conflict cases. Emmanuel Tordjman is also recommended.  The firm [...] has intervened in the well-known Clearstream, Erika et Eurotunnel cases.

The Legal 500 France - Ranking of best law firms (2011-2012) - Catégoriy Dispute resolution - White-collar crime

Lysias Partners ranked among the best law firms in France in Media Law

Magazine Décideurs (Leaders League), Medias Marketing and Sport 2009 

Lysias Partners ranked "Excellent" in Publishing Law

Magazine Décideurs (Leaders League), Medias Marketing and Sport 2009 

In charge of the practice area : Me Jean-Pierre MIGNARD, Partner, Ph.D 

Globalization, digitization, reorganisation, diversification : companies of all sizes now operate in a more and more  complex environment, where the awareness to legal risk is of growing importance. Providing relevant and intelligible legal advice implies to have a global understanding of economic, social, and ethical challenges that companies and their management are facing. In this context Lysias Partners has gathered a team of lawyers with diverse backgrounds and experiences which can intervene both as advisor or as litigator : 

• Jean Pierre MIGNARD and Emmanuel TORDJMAN intervene specificly on White-Collar Crime  
• Nadia BAKOUR has developped an expertise on Tax Law and on Business Law issues, 
• Ivan TEREL and  Benoit HUET who are both ESSEC Business School Graduate, counsels mainly on questions of Business Law, Commercial Disputes, and Criminal Business Law.
• Emmanuel TORDJMAN and Nadia BAKOUR also intervene on Labour Law issues
• Our consultants Raphaël ROMI and Pascale IDOUX are specialists of Public Business Law
• Xavier MAGNON, Full Professor at the University of Toulouse, intervenes as a consultant in European Union Antitrust and Competition Law;
• Franck MARMOZ, Professor at the University of Lyon intervenes as a consultant in Banking Law and Corporate Law

FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

• Coprorate Law ;
• Commercial Law ;
• Criminal Business Law ;
• Corporate Social Responsability ;
• Environmental Law and Sustainable Development ;
• Tax Law ;
• Competition and Antitrust Law ;
• Business Public Law ;
• Financial Markets Law ;
• Bankrupty Law ;
• Labour law ;
• New Technologies Law

OUR SERVICES

• Creation of companies, including meeting the necessary statutory requirements ;
• Assistance in negociation and bargaining processes ;
• Business consulting services ;
• Pre-litigation and litigation intervention, Set-up of defense strategies, Representation in all national and international Courts and in front of Arbitrators;
• Intervention in front of Regulatory Authorities ;
• Legal monitoring ;
• Training .

OUR CLIENTS

LYSIAS PARTNERS provides advices on a daily basis to several private companies, including some of the largest market capitalisations on the Paris Stock Exchange.

LYSIAS PARTNERS regularly deals with top-managers of both listed companies and small and mid-size businesses. 

LYSIAS PARTNERS' clients include several media and communication companies, major press groups, television channels, and digital web sites.