Lachaussée Avocat - L AVOCAT - AVOCATL
Lachaussée Avocat - L AVOCAT - AVOCATL

Presentation

L Avocat lawfirm is born from the willingness to provide an organised working method for media customers, as efficient as larger scale lawfirms but with a specific focus expertise, an important reactivity, and a better knowledge of the customer. At the same time our approach is inspired by small family firms’s methods on some perspectives as promoting dialogue and affirming human values.

The field of expertise of the lawfirm covers all essential domains of activity within the media sector. The law firm is as called a « full service » firm, acknowledging the specificities and challenges of the here after detailled sectors.

EXPERTISE

Cinema & Audiovisual

L Avocat intervenes on all types of cases in relation with the activities of the film and audiovisual industry. The lawfirm advises notably producers, distributers, broadcasters, authors, directors, technicians, artists or individuals and companies whishing to invest in audiovisual projects.

Advertising & Fashion

L Avocat offers a specific expertise for the advertising, fashion and luxury sector. The lawfirm takes care for agencies and producers of questions in connection with tv advertising, printed media or online advertising, but also related to fashion magazines, photographs, and modeling.

Arts, Theater & Publishing

L Avocat proposes specific advice to the sector of arts, paintings, sculpture, photographs, design, plays and opera, books. The lawfirm offers its services to authors as well as cultural institutions, producers, publishers, investors.

Music & Musical Composition

L Avocat has got specific knowledge of the music industry. The lawfirm advises artists, composers, technicians, managers, publishers, producers and distributers. L Avocat intervenes as advisor or litigation respresentative at any stage of composition, recording, promotion or distribution.

Video Games & Animation

L Avocat offers a special expertise for the video game and animation sector. The lawfirm advises producers, publishers, graficdesigners, authors within the animation sector. L Avocat secures the exploitation of video games or animated films by advising a optimised right management structure.

Internet & New Technologies

L Avocat proposes specific expertise for the new technology sector, and particularly to editors of informatic services. The law firm provides for investors, publishers, hosting companie, webdesigners, service providers or ingénieurs, all services to secure their activity.

NEWS

Employee creation: who is entitled with the copyright?

Employee creation: who is entitled with the copyright?

Creation by employee is a constant issue in terms of copyright, as well as in labour law. As employees necessarily take part in the development of their employer's projects, it is essential to determine who...
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STREET ART AND AUDIOVISUAL WORKS – THE DELICATE ISSUE OF CLEARANCE

STREET ART AND AUDIOVISUAL WORKS – THE DELICATE ISSUE OF CLEARANCE

 Cities are covered with numerous graffiti, collages and works of street art that are an integral part of the urban landscape and are difficult or impossible to exclude when shooting films and audiovisual works.In the...
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Original soundtrack and moral right under French law

Original soundtrack and moral right under French law

In February 2024, the French Court of Cassation had the opportunity to recall that the synchronization of a song in the form of excerpts in a film does not constitute per se an infringement of...
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A new coproduction treaty to support the French-Irish coproduction

A new coproduction treaty to support the French-Irish coproduction

A film co-production agreement between France and Ireland entered into force in 2023 to strengthen collaboration between the two countries and provide better conditions for the development and production of Franco-Irish films. We propose hereunder...
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Which agreement for models in France ?

Which agreement for models in France ?

Whether it's during fashion shows, commercials, TV shows or in various events, the use of models is frequent or even systematic. To benefit from such service without making any mistakes, it is necessary to delve...
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TEAM

Sébastien LAchaussée

FOUNDER

Attorney at law at the Paris bar, specialised in intellectual property law, new technology law and corporate law. Sébastien Lachaussée has studied at university Panthéon-Assas french and german corporate law, and passed a diploma in intellectual property, multimedia and IT law at La Sorbonne – Paris XI University.

Before founding Lachaussée Avocat, Sébastien Lachaussée worked in the media and new technology teams of big international french and english lawfirms, and in a boutique firm specialised in film law.

The activity of Sebastien Lachaussée is more oriented to the advising in matters related to film, music and new technology law. Sébastien Lachaussée provides a full service advice, and is also dealing with coporate, tax, and labour issues. His working languages are english, german and french.

 

sl@avocatl.com
Lachaussée Avocat - L AVOCAT - AVOCATL

élisa Martin Winkel

PARTNER

Attorney at law specialized in intellectual property, new technology and corporate law. Elisa Martin Winkel studied at university Jean Moulin – Lyon III, a specialised cursus in entertainment law.

Before joining L Avocat in 2015, Elisa Martin Winkel benefited from expériences within legal services of big firms of the film and advertising industry. Its working languages are french and english.

The activity of Elisa Martin Winkel focuses on advice within the film and audiovisual sector.

 
 
emw@avocatl.com

Frédéric Goldsmith

OF COUNSEL

Frédéric Goldsmith is a specialist of the creative and communications sectors. Holder of a Master 2 degree in commercial and fiscal law of Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne University, he started as a lawyer in an international law firm.

He pursued his career in the legal department of a collecting society for the rights of performers, ADAMI, and as the director for legal and social affairs of the Syndicat national de l’édition phonographique (SNEP). He became the CEO of the Association des producteurs de cinéma (APC) which, after mergers with other unions, gave birth to the Union des producteurs de cinéma (UPC) which he also managed.

His expertise involves global advices in the various fields of law and business practices of the creative and cultural industries. His working languages are french and english.

 

FG@avocatl.com
Frédéric Goldsmith -AVOCATL

CONTACT

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E-mail

sl@avocatl.com

PHONE

+33.1.83.92.11.67

Address

56, avenue Kléber
75116 Paris

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