Member Profiles

R. Passemard is a founding partner of Selarl Ormen Passemard – ORPA Legal, a highly regarded law firm in the areas of commercial litigation, liability, insurance and reinsurance. He has nearly three decades of experience and advises insurers, reinsurers, financial institutions and major corporations. Rémi acts in a broad range of insurance matters involving general liability, professional indemnity, E&O, product liability and industrial risks, serving as monitoring, coverage or defence counsel before French courts. He has a strong expertise in financial lines (D&O, EPL, IPO, and crime/fraud), and also practices life insurance, regulatory, policy wordings and cyber risks. In commercial and banking, Rémi acts in litigation, debt recovery, enforcement of securities, financial investments and unit-linked life insurance contracts. Rémi advises French and foreign clients, insurers, banks or major corporations in disputes arising before French or foreign jurisdictions.

Maryse Naudin began her career in the tax department of one of the major accounting firms, where she was in charge of the real estate practice and the South East Asia clientele, prior to co-founding Tirard, Naudin. She now has more than 30 years' experience in advising and defending a varied clientele, from multinational corporations to high net worth individuals, in relation to cross-border tax issues. She has a particular expertise in advising foreign investors acquiring French real estate property as well as advising French clients with foreign interests. Maryse Naudin also has a wealth of expertise in matters relating to trust aspects in a civil law environment, European taxation, and in particular to tax litigation with respect to community freedoms. Ms. Naudin is the co-founder and former secretary of the French branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), and a former chairman of the "International Estate Planning" commission of the Union Internationale des Avocats. She is a frequent speaker at seminars dealing with international tax planning in the context of various matters, such as European Holdings or structuring investments in French real estate.

His expertise 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. In the insurance sector, Nicolas advises on matters relating to professional or product liability in the areas of aviation, pharmaceuticals, energy, chemicals and construction. Nicolas' arbitration experience involves acting as counsel during ad hoc or institutional arbitrations. In addition, he has experience as an arbitrator in domestic commercial disputes. Nicolas is also well known for his broad expertise in Africa related matters which includes representing several African governments in project disputes and contractual negotiations. Nicolas currently heads the Paris Africa group. Nicolas speaks French and English and is a member of the Paris and New York bars.

Loïc Lemercier, Partner, heads the Intellectual Property and Technologies (IP&T) group of Dentons’ Paris office. Over the last 10 years, Loïc has handled both contentious and non-contentious patent, trademark, copyright, design, unfair competition and trade secret cases. Focusing on industrial property, Loïc has built a solid patent litigation track record assisting many large corporations with a particular emphasis on the pharmaceutical and telecoms sectors. Loïc's practice includes initiating and defending preliminary injunction proceedings, seizures for gathering evidence, and actions on the merits dealing with validity and/or infringement of the intellectual property rights. Loïc regularly advises clients in the technology sector, particularly in relation to FRAND obligations and the impact of those obligations on obtaining relief in France. In addition to his litigation work, Loïc advises his clients on contract negotiation and drafting (e.g. R&D, trademark or patent licensing, pledge agreement) in the context of M&A transactions. Experience Leading Chinese ICT company operating globally: Advising on FRAND and patent issues in a case where a patent holder refused to engage licensing negotiations and where a claim was therefore filed to evidence that a breach of its obligation to license its SEPs on FRAND terms has been made, and also that the patents were invalid. French high-tech group operating globally: Advising on drafting internal policies for protecting inventions carried out by trainees or third parties. Leading modem manufacturer: Advising on partnership agreements to facilitate market adoption of new technologies. Medical device manufacturer: Representing in an alternative dispute resolution further to a patent infringement action brought before French courts. US veterinary company: Representing before French courts in connection with the launch of a generic drug on the French market. Global healthcare player: Representing before French courts in connection with infringement seizure proceedings followed by a main action and IP proceedings on a biosimilar formulation patent. UK pharmaceutical company focusing on urological disorders: Representing before the Court of Appeal against a decision of the French PTO rejecting an SPC application. Swiss multinational biopharmaceutical company: Assisting with the strategy to avoid infringement actions in Europe. One of the global leaders in generic and biopharmaceutical treatments: Representing before French courts and advising in connection with several patent litigations (invalidity and infringement). French worldwide leader in cosmetics: Advising on trademark issues regarding the acquisition of a competitor business. Japanese automotive manufacturer: Advising on trademark, design and copyright issues. Company operating internationally in the clinical healthcare software sector: Advising on the submission of a firm offer and launch of an exclusive agreement to acquire part of the healthcare software business. European multinational aerospace group: Advising on R&D agreements. International hotel group: Advising on IP license agreements. Recognition WIPR Leaders 2021: Loïc is recognized as “Patent Leader - France”. MIP IP Stars 2020/2021: Loïc is recognized as a "Rising Star". Legal 500 EMEA: Loïc is recognized as a "Standout practitioner", Tier 1, in the "Intellectual Property" category (2019). One market observer comments that Loïc “plays an important role in the team" (2018). Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) 2019: Loïc is recognized as a "Rising Star" in the "Intellectual Property" category. Insights Co-author, "Private Acquisitions: Intellectual Property Issues (France)", Practical Law, June 1, 2021 “French Court of Appeal SPC decision raises validity concerns,” IAM Media, October 2020 “Protection of a slogan as a trademark, beware of headache,” Passle, September 2020 Co-author, “Compulsory licensing and new provisions affecting IP holders during the coronavirus crisis in France and globally,” Passle, April 2020 Co-author, “Evolution of IP Protection for Artificial Intelligence in France,” Lexology, January 2020 Activities and Affiliations Presentations Lecturer, Intellectual Property Law, Ecole de Formation professionnelle des Barreaux de la cour d'appel de Paris (EFB), since 2017 Memberships Member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) Prior and Present Employment Joined Dentons in 2021 Counsel, Clifford Chance, 2019-2021

A graduate of the ICN, Jean-Marc Petit quickly moved into private practice after his initial experience as an auditor with Deloitte. In 1981, he founded GMP with two partners. The firm developed a French and international client base, offering a full range of traditional integrated services: accounting, payroll and company secretarial support. In 1999, the firm joined the In Extenso network of accountancy firms, part of the Deloitte group. During this period, the firm consolidated its expertise in dealing with international clients and extended its range of services to include the outsourcing of the accounting function of larger groups and assistance in the implementation of IT solutions and management reporting and information systems. In May 2008, Jean-Marc took his firm out of the Deloitte network and founded Fi.Solutions. He is in charge of business development and personally supervises a number of consulting and audit engagements for the firm’s French and international clients. In January 2023, ECOVIS Fi.Solutions joins the Compagnie Fiduciaire, a group of companies with a wide range of expertise and around 1000 employees and partners.