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Sabine Rigaud is Counsel in the IP/IT team of CMS Francis Lefebvre. She focuses on intellectual property law, particularly trademark and design law.

Her practice covers litigation (infringement actions before civil and criminal courts, actions before the IP Offices for cancellation and revocation, oppositions) as well as advice and drafting of contracts (coexistence agreements, assignment and licensing). She assists investment funds in their projects and conducts due diligences of IP rights.

She advises her clients on filing strategies and manages rights portfolios, in coordination with a network of correspondents.

She also advises luxury, ready-to-wear and cosmetics companies on ambassador and talent contracts, IP rights clearances, risk assessments and campaign validations.

Sabine has also developed a particular expertise in the art sector: she assists foundations, museums and individuals in their acquisitions and loans of artworks and in the contractual framework of their artistic events.

Sabine Rigaud has been a lawyer since 2010 and joined CMS Francis Lefebvre after having practiced in law firms (August Debouzy and Jones Day), luxury goods company (Christian Dior Couture) and an art gallery.

Awards & Recognitions
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  • Quote
    Intellectual Property : Trade Marks and Designs
    Legal 500 EMEA 2019
  • Quote
    Best Lawyer, Intellectual Property Law
    Since 2025

Relevant experience

  • Intellectual Property Director, Christian Dior Couture (2021).
  • Counsel, CMS Francis Lefebvre (2015-2021)
  • Senior Associate, Jones Day (2012-2015)
  • Junior Associate, August Debouzy (2010-2012)
  • Lecturer at ESSEC (business school)

Publications

•  Erreurs commises dans les audits d’acquisition d’actifs incorporels, des erreurs (im)matérielles ?, Option Finance, Lettre des fusions-acquisitions et du private equity, 24 juin 2019

•  Se faire un nom ou l’emprunter, est-il téméraire d’exercer une activité sous un nom patronymique ?, Dalloz IP/IT, octobre 2018

•  La représentation des animaux à titre de marques, Lettre Propriétés Intellectuelles, 2018

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Association des Praticiens du Droit des Marques et des Modèles (APRAM)
  • Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA)

Education

  • Certificat d’Aptitude à la Profession d’Avocat, EFB Paris, 2010           
  • Master 2 Droit de la propriété littéraire, artistique et industrielle, Paris II Panthéon-Assas, 2009
  • Cursus Grande Ecole, ESSEC, 2008
  • Admissible at ENS-Ulm

Insights by Sabine

CMS at INTA 2026

02 May 2026

On the Pulse webinar series 2025 - Autumn

19 Nov 2025

CMS at INTA 2025

17 May 2025

CMS Francis Lefebvre advises Conforama Holding

20 Mar 2024 1 min read
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