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All technological projects have strong legal ramifications. FERAL-SCHUHL / SAINTE-MARIE are the experts in dealing with them. Innovative law practice to serve the technology sector.

Recent Rankings

1 - CHAMBERS GLOBAL GUIDE & CHAMBERS EUROPE GUIDE 2008

FERAL-SCHUHL / SAINTE-MARIE is ranked in the TMT Category as « Leading Firm » by the Chambers Global Guide and the Chambers Europe Guide 2007. Christiane Féral-Schuhl and Bruno Grégoire Sainte Marie are also ranked as « leading individuals » in « Information Technology »:

The Firm: Growth at this enthusiastic and talented TMT boutique set has placed Féral-Schuhl/Sainte Marie as an increasingly serious contender to its older and more famous competitors. After only a year’s establishment, the team of 15 fee earners is already firmly placed as widely admired counsel in matters of outsourcing, cyber crime and integration. Assisting in a number of global projects, the firm has clients across Europe as well as in China and India. Sources speak positively of the firm’s effective network of correspondents, which gives it the capacity to compete in high-level multi-jurisdictional mandates.

The Lawyers: “Remarkable and creative,” former Salans lawyer Christiane Féral-Schuhl is a key force behind this practice. Bruno Grégoire Sainte Marie is a “client-sensitive and skilled” attorney whose work in media has earned serious attention and praise from contemporaries. His practice also takes in related IP issues.

2 - EUROPEAN LEGAL 500 – 2008

FERAL-SCHUHL / SAINTE-MARIE is ranked as « Leading Firm » by the Legal 500 – 2008 in:

IT, TELECOMS AND THE INTERNET:

“FERAL-SCHUHL / SAINTE-MARIE generates enthusiasm from clients who praise the firm for its ‘professionalism and expertise and understanding’. The firm’s client portfolio is diverse and includes big names such as Axa, Bull, DCNS, Etablissement Français du Sang, Johnson & Johnson, Safran and WIPO. Christiane Féral-Schuhl is a reference in the market and ‘her work is always delivered on time to irreproachable quality standards’. Bruno Grégoire Sainte Marie enjoys similar recognition and is said to be ‘an excellent professional who has a pragmatic approach to complex legal issues’.”

MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT: CINEMA :

“FERAL-SCHUHL / SAINTE-MARIE has a clientele in the industry and is recommended for ‘its acute knowledge of the sector’. Bruno Grégoire Sainte Marie has particular expertise in litigation raising copyright issues on digital pictures.”

3 - EUROPEAN LEGAL EXPERTS 2008

Christiane Féral-Schuhl and Bruno Grégoire Sainte Marie are recommended in their particular areas of practice in the European Legal Experts 2008, in IT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, and MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT.

4 - PRACTICAL LAW COMPANY – WHICH LAWYER? 2008

FERAL-SCHUHL / SAINTE-MARIE is ranked in the TELECOMMUNICATIONS: IT AND E-COMMERCE category as « Leading Firm ».

Regarding Christiane Féral-Schuhl:

“Leading lawyer with a long-standing reputation for IT related work, particularly focused on transactional matters IT, hi-tech and multi-media companies, as well as companies doing business over the internet, on e-commerce issues, multi-media and software development, and distribution matters. Also renowned as an IT litigator and arbitrator on domain names disputes.”

Regarding Bruno Grégoire Sainte Marie:

“Recommended lawyer. IT, copyright and internet specialist. Handles IT-related litigious issues and domain names arbitration cases, as well as contracts in connection with internet market places. Also represents media professionals in disputes arising out of copyrights of digital pictures.”

5 – TROPHEES DU DROIT & DU CONTENTIEUX 2007

FERAL-SCHUHL / SAINTE-MARIE was rewarded with the Gold Award 2007 in “New Technologies” during the official ceremony of the “Trophées du Droit et du Contentieux” held in Paris on March 29th, 2007.