Member Profiles

Liliana Bakayoko is an Attorney at Law at the Paris Bar, a Doctor of Law and a former Professor of Law. She has 20 years of experience as a lawyer and ten years of experience teaching law. Liliana Bakayoko has been honored with several international awards. She received the prestigious title of Top International Business Lawyer of the Year for 2024 from the International Association of Top Professionals, based in New York. She has won the International Elite 100 Global Award for Business Lawyer of the Year - Global. She was also named International Business Lawyer of the Year in France - 2024 at the Global Law Experts Annual Awards. She was designated Leading International Business Lawyer of the Year - Paris at the 2023 Leading Adviser Awards by Acquisition International. She has been selected by Leaders in Law and Advisory Excellence as the exclusively recommended expert in international business law for France on a global level. World’s Leaders Magazine featured her in its annual listing of ‘World’s Most Influential Women Leaders in Law, 2024', highlighting “exceptional women law experts possessing unique traits and ideologies that helped them to attain a successful stature in their legal sector”.    She has valuable know-how in cross-border transactions and business-government relations. She is a Consultant in International Investment, Government Relations, and Business Development for a major U.S. company that provides corporate and government clients with expert-led, technology-driven risk management solutions. She has also built solid experience in information technology law (cyberlaw). She has significantly increased her knowledge in this field while advising one of the world’s leading information technology companies. Liliana Bakayoko’s law firm provides legal services mainly in business law, IT law, intellectual property law, corporate law and international private law. As entrepreneurship is a multifaceted activity, the law firm addresses your concerns related to the following areas:          *  the conclusion and execution of contracts relating to your business; the protection of your digital activities; the protection of your intellectual property rights (trademark and patent registrations, literary and artistic property); the internationalization of your business; the choice and reorganization of your professional entities (sole trader or companies); amicable dispute resolution; representation before courts and arbitral tribunals. The law firm provides services that are well-suited to the needs of its clients by offering optimal and efficient legal solutions.

Managing partner of the Paris Office, Nicolas is a litigation expert, specialised in general commercial and insurance litigation, arbitration, and private international law. Nicolas's competence covers the various fields of civil and commercial law, including construction,project, aviation and corporate disputes, product liability and contracts for large French and international companies.

Séverin qualified as a lawyer in 1999 and became a partner at BCTG Avocats in 2002. He heads the M&A team of BCTG Avocats, which is composed of more than 10 partners and associates. His core clients include foreign and French groups as well as investments funds, which he accompanies in their corporate transactions in France and abroad, in particular in the FMCG, infrastructure, chemical/pharma and food sectors.

Camille has been post graduated in 1995 from La Rochelle Business School, one of the most prestigious French Business Schools. Camille has finalized her studies in the UK at Plymouth University, an intensive experience certainly at the origin of her attraction for Anglo-Saxon countries. Her thesis aiming at validating her post-graduated Diploma was focusing on Direct Foreign Corporate Investments in Ireland. Straight after post-graduation, Camille left France and found her first employment with Kerry Group, a well known international group in the Food Industry , and worked in the “customer service” department liaising on a daily basis with sales, production, buying department, transport & laboratory. Having the personal project for many years to establish a company in an international environment, Camille established SEDI in 1996, first in Ireland, then in the UK and finally in France, straight after one year of professional experience with Kerry Group, thanks to the support of one of her former senior lecturer, well known as Tax agent. Hard worker, respecting deadlines, not being reluctant at taking decisions or at spending hours looking for information, being keen to communicate about complicated issues with simple words, Camille’s aim is to help her clients expanding gradually in a foreign surrounding. Active member of the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce in Paris and of other business networks, Camille is regularly invited to be speaker during conferences & professional seminars. SEDI is also organizing regularly conferences to share its expertise. With an educational & working knowledge of both the French and English system, her company SEDI is able to offer expert advice and guidance on company formations, payroll, financial and administrative back up services. SEDI’s portfolio of clients is 100% international and has helped to built up a vast experience throughout very different legal, tax and social cases in Ireland, UK and France along these 29 past years. Outside interests : Travelling abroad, hiking, bio attitude, DIY Foreign languages : French mother tongue - English fluent , can understand & read Portuguese & German (no regular oral practice ) Practice area : Company agent / Accounting & VAT / Corporate Tax