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Marie Santori
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Marie Santori

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Marie joined the Litigation team of CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2019 after her internship in the Litigation team and several previous internships in international law firms as Allen & Overy Luxembourg and Willkie Farr & Gallagher Paris.  

She assists clients in all types of proceedings before French courts, and in in-court or out-of-court settlement negotiations in several areas of business law, in particular:

  • Civil and commercial matters: all kinds of contractual litigations (contractual liability, enforcement, termination…) in commercial law, banking, real estate, insurance, and all kinds of tort litigations (unfair competition, brutal breach of commercial relations or negotiations, professional liability…)
  • Corporate and M&A matters: shareholder disputes, directors' liability, dismissal of directors, asset and liability warranties, ...
  • Insurance matters: coverage analysis, enforcement of insurance policies (PI, D&O, E&O, W&I…), analysis of the validity and application of exclusion clauses, ...
  • Corporate crime matters: Fraud, identity theft of company's directors, misappropriation of corporate assets, tax fraud, money laundering, ...

Publications

  • Coverage of criminal risk under liability guarantees confronted with the principle of the individual nature of penalties - Option Finance, 24 April 2024
  • Webinar on Unlock insights on development in climate change law - Insurance Sector Webinar Programme, 5 July 2023
  • Les tribunaux judiciaires n'ont pas échappé à la crise sanitaire (Impact of the Covid-19 sanitary crisis on judicial court procedure) - Option Finance, 16 April 2020

Memberships & Roles

  • Bar Admission (Hauts-de-Seine, France)

Education

  • Bar exam, Specialisation in Business law (2019)
  • Specialised Master in International Business Law and Management, ESSEC Business School (2017)
  • Master's degree in Business and Tax Law/DJCE, Université de Montpellier (2016)
  • Magistère Business lawyer (Juriste Conseil d’Entreprise) /DJCE, Université de Montpellier (2016)
  • Specialisation certificate in Corporate Law, Université de Montpellier (2016)
  • Specialisation certificate in Economic Law, Université de Montpellier (2015)
  • University certificate in advanced Contract law, Université de Montpellier (2014)
  • University certificate in Asset management, Université de Montpellier (2013)

Insights by Marie

Dispute resolution

29 Mar 2023 5 min read

Impacts of the health crisis on deadlines in civil and commercial matters

17 Apr 2020 7 min read

Defending and assisting you in the resolution of your disputes

20 Jan 2017 2 min read
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