The Best Lawyers in France 2026

The Best Lawyers™ in France has published its 2026 edition of the best lawyers in the region. We are delighted to announce that it has recognized 22 lawyers in 21 practice areas.

The lawyers and their practice areas are:

• Constantin Achillas (Regulatory Practice)
• Edouard Alcouffe (Real Estate Law)
• Rémi Beydon (Competition / Antitrust Law)
• David Blondel (Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law)
• Didier Bruère-Dawson (Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation)
• Julie Catala Marty (Competition / Antitrust, European Union Law, Litigation and Regulatory Practice)
• Christine Daric (Real Estate Law, Tax Law)
• Jean-Pierre Delvigne (Energy Law)
• Claire Fougea (Labor and Employment law, Litigation)
• Pierre-Emmanuel Frogé (Privacy and Data Security Law)
• Marie Gicquel (Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Frédéric Jungels (Real Estate Law)
• Damien Luqué (Banking and Finance Law, Investment Funds, Private Equity Law, Regulatory Practice)
• Jean-Louis Martin (Real Estate Law, Sports Law)
• Olivier Mesmin (Real Estate Law, Tax Law)
• Philippe Métais (Arbitration and Mediation, Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Insolvency and Reorganization, Litigation)
• Pierre Popesco (Construction Law and Real Estate Law)
• Henry Ranchon (Banking and Finance Law, Construction Law, Litigation, Real Estate law)
• Anne Richier (Land Use and Zoning Law, Public Law)
• Cyrille Rumen (Banking and Finance Law)

“Ones to Watch” Category:

• Claire Lavarde (Criminal Defense)
• Armelle Royer (Corporate Law)

Selection is based on a peer-review survey in which leading lawyers cast votes on the legal abilities of others in their specialties. Nearly 108,000 industry-leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and the publication has received more than 13 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world.

Best Lawyers’ peer-reviewed listings are now published in more than 70 countries, and their presence has grown substantially in the international legal community. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

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