Lefèvre Pelletier & associés

Lefèvre Pelletier & Associés, with its team of 150 lawyers, assists clients in all areas of business law, both as consultants and in litigation. Our specialists in all areas of law, covering most business sectors, enable our clients to benefit from the high level of expertise and skills required to anticipate and resolve complex situations.

Since its creation in 1983, Lefèvre Pelletier & Associés has accompanied our clients in their growth and development. Lefèvre Pelletier & Associés has from the outset specialised in real estate, and has expanded into general business law, particularly in the fields of property, mergers and acquisitions, and banking and finance.

LPA's ability to serve international clients, whether US or UK based, is well recognized on the market. Several partners and associates have joined from prime US and UK law firms. Certain Partners are admitted in New York or England and Wales. Our multi-cultural approach and language skills have permitted to gain new clients from various origin, including Japan, China, India and Algeria in addition to various members states of the European Unions. LPA has developed over the years close but non-exclusive working relationships with major law firms throughout the world. Today, it is capable to offer a network of highly specialised legal teams to assist clients in their multi-jurisdiction development with a one-stop approach structure. The firm is also member of the ILN and WSG professional networking.

Lefèvre Pelletier & Associés has the international support of:

- operational teams located in Hong Kong since 1998, Guangzhou in 2005, Algiers in 2007, and Casablanca and will soon open in Shanghai;

- privileged relationships with local independent firms that are well-known in their own market-places and chosen according to strict quality criteria;

- two international networks, the ILN (International Lawyers Network) and WSG (World Services Group), allowing us to offer our clients services in countries where we have no permanent activity.

China - 2008 and the implementation of the long-awaited reforms
July 15, 2008
A rapid glance at the body of laws and regulations adopted in recent months might tempt the reader to change the above title to "China -- 2008 and the implementation of the long-awaited reforms . . . but not for foreign corporations". Yet this is not the case. Although foreign companies...