Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira - Practice Areas 

French Desk

Française

A team of experts with ample experience in the French legal system and business culture, offering services from Barcelona, Lisbon, Madrid, and Paris

The French Desk comprises a multidisciplinary team of French, Spanish, and Portuguese lawyers from various practice areas and offices. The lawyers in this team, who have excellent knowledge of French, help clients to understand the differences between the three legal systems, business environments, and cultures.

To support the French Desk, Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira opened an office in Paris in 2004. The lawyers in our Paris office are registered and authorized to practice law in France, Spain, and Portugal, and have in-depth knowledge of the business worlds of all three countries. They have ample experience in all areas of business law, as well as in litigation and arbitration proceedings. 

The distinguishing feature of the French Desk is that the lawyers advise on French law from the Paris office and on Spanish and Portuguese law from the offices in Spain and Portugal, meaning that they can advise Iberian companies on matters in France, as well as French companies investing or engaging in activities on the Iberian Peninsula. The French Desk offers a value-added service in that its lawyers offer advice that is adapted to French business and culture, in addition to communicating in the clients’ native language.