Chantal Meininger Bothorel

Chantal Meininger Bothorel was called to the Paris bar in 1969, and has been a partner with the firm since 1989

Her main practice areas are:

• Construction law: Complex civil engineering litigation
• Real Estate law : All aspects of litigation
• Public law : Litigation for institutions

Also esteemed for her skills as a speaker, Chantal works in the fields of:

• Employment law: Advice to companies, drafting Contracts
• Redundancy law: drafting agreements

Internationally

• She participated in drafting legal codes in Africa, in partnership with the World Bank.
• As a former member of the Bar Council:
• Speech in Gabon in February 2016 on “Ethics” as part of the Campus organised by the Bar Council (Essential principles, confidentiality, conflicts of interest).
• Speech in Buenos Aires in November 2016 for the French International Legal Studies Institute (Lawyers’ Campus).

Training

• Postgraduate degree in Public Law from the University of Panthéon Assas
• 1996-1997 Student at the INHESJ (National Institute of Higher Studies in Security and Justice)
• Member of the Association of Legal Agents in Real Estate Transactions

Her duties at the Paris Bar

Currently:

• Former member of the Bar Council
• The Chairman of the Bar’s representative on the CARPA escrow account fund
• Manager of the la SCI MODA (Maison des Avocats)
• Director and expert of the IFEJI (French Institute for International Legal Studies)
• Member of the Paris Bar Association’s International Committee
• Expert to the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)
• Drafter of model mandates published in the report of the Chairman of the Bar

From 2008-2010
Member of the Bar Council

In 2009
Chantal Meininger Bothorel, who is committed to defending the profession’s values, helped create the scheme for lawyers to work after retirement.