Awards
PBA Legal is regularly distinguished in the most renowned rankings.
Chambers ranks us among the top 10 French firms in Insurance.
Legal 500 and Décideurs juridiques distinguish us in particular in White-Collar Crime, Insurance,
Industrial risks, Professional Liability and Employment.


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Our expertise
We offer legal services for our corporate clients in all aspects of their potential liability.
Our people
Romain AUPOIX
Partner
Pascal BATHMANABANE
Partner
Nicolas BLANCHENAY
Partner
Emmanuel GOUESSE
Partner
Stéphane LATASTE
Partner
Catherine POPINEAU-DEHAULLON
Partner
Jean-Francois TRETON
Partner
Lydie-Anne BERTHÈZENE
Counsel
Amira AIDEL
Associate
Sarah BOUKERSI
Associate
Sandra CASTINEIRAS
Counsel
Catherine FABRE
Counsel
Marc-Kévin GOUDJO
Associate
Elsa GUILBAULT
Associate
Sarra HADJ AMER
Associate
Maya HAKIMI
Associate
Camille MOSSOT
Associate
Marie-Ophélie NENERT
Associate
Louis-Emmanuel PIERRARD
Associate
Jonathan SCHWARTZ
Associate
Elise RAGOBERT
Associate
Véronique ROUBINE
Associate
Our Firm
PBA Legal’s people stem from major international law firms and the business world, and are known for their excellent methods and their professionalism. Our clients know that they can count on the availability of our attorneys and on the strong involvement of our partners in the handling of cases. We are committed to organising work teams that are adapted to each case.
The men and women who compose PBA Legal are all driven by a strong team spirit and united by common values, including high standards and rigour, respect, openness and conviviality. These values are shared with our clients in order to satisfy their needs and achieve their objectives.
PBA Legal is known for its high standards and technicality. Our size, our culture, our transversal skills and our working methods aim to produce synergy effects in the interest of our clients.
PBA Legal's common thread is corporate liability in all its aspects. Our people are dedicated to the defence of large international groups as well as SMEs and are fully committed to our clients. In addition to advising and defending their interests, we conduct, for and with them, a common brainstorming on strategy and prevention of liability risks.
We are open and transparent on our fees policy. We discuss freely with our clients on their constraints and seek with them the best solutions so that our services are adapted to their needs in terms of availability, means and budget.
Network
International network E-iure
We belong to the international attorney network E-iure, which is composed of independent business law firms all around the world and offers skilled and trustworthy local branches in more than 20 countries for both litigation and counsel.
Each of the 20 members offers its own local network in order to meet their clients’ needs.
More information on E-iure : www.e-iure.com
E-iure is now present in : Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, Brazil, Chili, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, India.
Partner firms
Our network extends to partner law firms that intervene in a privileged manner in liaison with PBA LEGAL for complex cases requiring a particular expertise.
- Etienne PAPIN - Digital and creative law
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Etienne PAPIN works in the field of digital and creative law. He is a co-founding partner of NEXT avocats. He assists his clients in the legal framing and management of their digital projects (IT services, online commerce, social networks, personal data processing, marketplaces, cloud computing, dematerialization, blockchain, NFT, etc. ) and the protection of their intellectual property. He advises clients in both litigation and counseling. |
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He also has extensive experience in assisting entertainment and music companies. Etienne has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1999. He practiced at the international law firm Salans, and at Feral-Schuhl / Sainte-Marie as a partner since 2009 before founding NEXT in 2020. |
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- Mazyar MORTAZAVI - Tax
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Mazyar MORTAZAVI is a tax lawyer. With PBA LEGAL, Mazyar assists our clients for all their domestic or international tax matters. Mazyar advises investors, operating companies, their founders and managers for all their transactional and reorganization projects, including daily operating issues, international mobility issues and managements packages. Mazyar also advises high net worth individuals, whether French or foreign tax residents, for their French related investments or divestments, and their tax planning strategies. |
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He has reached a reckoned expertise for trust involving French tax residents or assets, and large not-for-profit institutions. Mazyar assists the clients in the framework of their tax audits, for their negotiations aspects and when necessary during the litigation process. Mazyar his fluent in English and speaks Spanish and Persian. He has a network of foreign tax colleagues in all major financial places. Mazyar Mortazavi is a member of the Paris Bar since 1999. He has a French LLM in corporate tax and US LLM in taxation. Prior to setting his own practice in 2009, he worked within the tax departments of large law firms. |
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- Daniel FAUQUET - Inheritance and estate disputes
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Daniel FAUQUET is particularly involved in inheritance law issues, both as an advisor and in litigation, for individuals in matters of inheritance and transfer of assets or companies, or for companies in the management of pre-litigation or litigation situations related to an inheritance. In liaison with PBA Legal, he is involved in international estates and disputes related to the transfer of businesses. Daniel has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1992. Prior to that, he was a lecturer at the Universities of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and Nanterre for four years and worked at the CRIDON in Paris where he advised notaries on inheritance and joint ownership matters. As a partner at Bureau Francis Lefebvre for 13 years, he managed a team of lawyers specialising in commercial and civil procedures. He has been practising independently since 2005. |






























