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Sophie Marquet

Partner

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Sophie Marquet

Partner

Contact
CMS
Villa des Cigognes
17 rue Louis Aureglia
BP 450
98012 Monaco Cedex
Monaco
Languages French, English

Sophie Marquet is one of the founding partners of CMS Monaco and head of the Real Estate & Construction team, as well as head of the Employment team with about 17 years of experience.

On the real estate front, Sophie leads a strong practice focused on all matters having an underlying real estate asset, both in litigation and counselling contexts. She provides advice to Monegasque and international clients, including investors (purchase or sale of real estate), landlords and tenants for both commercial and residential real estate, as well as owners for their renovation and construction projects, including getting necessary condominium authorizations. She also assists property developers in real estate audits aiming to analyse and litigate the existence of easements, as well as banks in real estate audits where necessary. The team led by Sophie is also present in urbanistic matters in particular for Monaco based clients owning real estate in France.

Regarding her employment expertise, Sophie offers employers litigation and strategic advice on all matters relating to handling labour relations, such as assessing termination options and settlements, drafting tailored employment contracts, setting complex remuneration packages and incentives, addressing non-compete and non-solicit matters, securing confidentiality agreements, with a strong knowledge of the banking and financial sectors. She also assists employers with collective relations with staff representatives and unions in particular in employment-related matters arising from mergers, acquisitions, sales and restructuring operations, such as employment transfers or mass (or individual) redundancies with(out) voluntary departure plans.

Sophie is repeatedly recognised as leading individual by prestigious international directories, such as Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.

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Commentators describe Sophie Marquet as "efficient and responsive." She frequently represents employers in employment law disputes. Marquet also acts on contentious and non-contentious real estate matters.

Chambers & Partners 2021 : General Business Law (Monaco)

Sophie Marquet has advised us in many Monaco real estate transactions, her diligence has helped us avoid important pitfalls and saved us from unjustified claims. Her standing with important industry players opens the door for direct talks and rapid solutions.

Legal 500 EMEA 2021 : Commercial, Corporate and M&A (Monaco)

Sophie Marquet has a strong employment law practice, advising clients on the employment aspects of corporate matters, as well as representing clients in employment litigation. According to clients, she is "very calm, very organised and thorough in her approach." She also assists with real estate projects and leasing contracts. Interviewees appreciate that Marquet "will do her utmost to give clear answers or guidelines."

Chambers & Partners 2020 : General Business Law (Monaco)

Sophie Marquet acts on transactional mandates and is also noted for her work in employment matters. One source notes: "She is very dedicated and gives good advice. When I have a question I can ask her and she answers very quickly."

Chambers & Partners 2019 : Corporate / Commercial (Monaco)

Commentators describe Sophie Marquet as "efficient and responsive." She frequently represents employers in employment law disputes. Marquet also acts on contentious and non-contentious real estate matters.

Chambers & Partners 2021 : General Business Law (Monaco)

Sophie Marquet has advised us in many Monaco real estate transactions, her diligence has helped us avoid important pitfalls and saved us from unjustified claims. Her standing with important industry players opens the door for direct talks and rapid solutions.

Legal 500 EMEA 2021 : Commercial, Corporate and M&A (Monaco)

Sophie Marquet has a strong employment law practice, advising clients on the employment aspects of corporate matters, as well as representing clients in employment litigation. According to clients, she is "very calm, very organised and thorough in her approach." She also assists with real estate projects and leasing contracts. Interviewees appreciate that Marquet "will do her utmost to give clear answers or guidelines."

Chambers & Partners 2020 : General Business Law (Monaco)

Sophie Marquet acts on transactional mandates and is also noted for her work in employment matters. One source notes: "She is very dedicated and gives good advice. When I have a question I can ask her and she answers very quickly."

Chambers & Partners 2019 : Corporate / Commercial (Monaco)

Memberships & Roles

  • STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practioners)
  • American Bar Association
  • IBA (International Bar Association)
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Publications

  • The Law Reviews: The Real Estate Investment Structure Taxation Review – Monaco Chapter (2021)
  • Getting The Deal Through: Labour and Employment - Monaco Chapter (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
  • Getting The Deal Through: Real Estate - Monaco Chapter (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
  • Chambers and Partners: The Employment Relationship - Monaco Chapter  (2017)
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Lectures list

  • Guest lecturer at the University of Montpellier
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Education

  • Monaco Bar (2015)
  • Trusts & Estates Practitioner, International Trusts Management Diploma, STEP (2013)
  • New-York Bar (2005)
  • LL.M.,Duke University School of Law (2004)
  • DESS-DJCE International Business Law , University of Aix Marseille III (2003)
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Expertise

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11/11/2021
Over­time work & in­come tax­a­tion
Since 1 Janu­ary 2019, the amounts re­ceived by French em­ploy­ees for work­ing over­time can be ex­empt from in­come tax, up to an an­nu­al ceil­ing of €5,000 net.Due to the COV­ID-19 crisis, this amount was raised...
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15/10/2021
Re­form of the or­gan­iz­a­tion of work­ing time
The con­cer­ted or­gan­iz­a­tion of work­ing time, man­age­ment and so­cial dia­logue tools. New law on the or­gan­iz­a­tion of work­ing hours in Monaco: Re­volu­tion or Evol­u­tion?Ad­apt­ing the leg­al and norm­at­ive frame­work...
Publication
28/09/2021
An­ti­cip­at­ing and man­aging the change of a con­struc­tion com­pany / ar­chi­tect...
Chan­ging con­tract­ors or ar­chi­tects once the con­struc­tion has already star­ted raises prac­tic­al and leg­al is­sues which can be an­ti­cip­ated in the con­tract doc­u­ment­a­tion. As a mat­ter of prin­ciple, the cli­ent...
Publication
22/03/2021
The new world of work in Monaco
The COV­ID-19 pan­dem­ic and the meas­ures put in place in re­sponse in coun­tries around the world – in­clud­ing Monaco – have com­pelled both em­ploy­ers and em­ploy­ees to ad­opt a new vis­ion for work. Count­less com­pan­ies and gov­ern­ment agen­cies have sus­tained them­selves dur­ing the crisis by hav­ing em­ploy­ees con­duct their work from home.Now, months after the be­gin­ning of the pan­dem­ic, many of these meas­ures, such as home-of­fice re­mote work, have proven so ef­fect­ive they are be­ing con­sidered for the post-COV­ID-19 fu­ture. But re­mote work raises a host of leg­al and ad­min­is­trat­ive chal­lenges. This page – based on the 24 Novem­ber 2020 we­bin­ar The Fu­ture is Now: The New World of Work in Monaco and hos­ted by em­ploy­ment law­yers Soph­ie Mar­quet, Sylvain Ner­on and Florence de Guz­man with CMS Monaco – presents how tele­work and home-of­fice work have im­pacted the Mone­g­asque work­place, and ex­plores the chal­lenges that these forms of em­ploy­ment pose for work­ers and com­pan­ies, both now and in the years to come. Read the art­icle, listen to the pod­cast and watch we­bin­ar re­cord­ing on this top­ic be­low.
Publication
26/01/2021
CMS On your radar
The em­ploy­ment team is pleased to share with you its latest edi­tion of On your radar, our news­let­ter on em­ploy­ment law hot top­ics in Europe.2020 was not all about COV­ID-19, and neither will 2021 !For...
Newsletter
14/01/2021
The Fu­ture is Now: The new world of work in Monaco
At the dawn of a pos­sible re-con­fine­ment and at a time when the con­di­tions for main­tain­ing the ap­plic­a­tion of Mone­g­asque law to em­ploy­ees tele­work­ing on French soil - at least one third of the work­ing...
Publication
12/01/2021
The Fu­ture is Now: The new world of work in Monaco
The COV­ID-19 pan­dem­ic and the meas­ures put in place in re­sponse in coun­tries around the world – in­clud­ing Monaco – have com­pelled both em­ploy­ers and em­ploy­ees to ad­opt a new vis­ion for work. Count­less...
Law-Now Coronavirus (COVID-19)
17/06/2020
Law and reg­u­la­tion of rent­al agree­ments in Monaco dur­ing Cov­id-19
Up­dated on 31.03.2020 1. Is a less­ee eli­gible for rent re­duc­tion due to a sig­ni­fic­ant de­cline in foot­fall and con­sequently its turnover as a res­ult of COV­ID-19? Not in prin­ciple. Un­der cur­rent Monaco...
Expert Guide Real Estate
16/06/2020
Monaco busi­ness com­munity turns to cor­por­ate in­tern­al in­vest­ig­a­tions
Whis­tleblower series: Monaco For an in­tern­al in­vest­ig­a­tion in Monaco, the spe­cif­ic type of al­leg­a­tion will – in many cases – de­term­ine how an in­quiry should be con­duc­ted. For ex­ample, if an em­ploy­ee...
Law-Now Whistleblower Protection
10/06/2020
Cov­id-19 busi­ness crim­in­al law and oth­er is­sues in Monaco
1. Could your busi­ness face crim­in­al (or ad­min­is­trat­ive) li­ab­il­ity for ex­pos­ure or risk of ex­pos­ure to COV­ID-19 to (1) staff or (2) busi­ness part­ners and the pub­lic, un­der ex­ist­ing laws or new meas­ures...
Expert Guide Dispute Resolution
20/05/2020
COV­ID-19 & Crim­in­al li­ab­il­ity faced by busi­nesses
A fuller ver­sion of this art­icle in Eng­lish lan­guage is avail­able here. 
Publication
19/05/2020
In­tern­al in­vest­ig­a­tions in HR cases – best prac­tices in Monaco
It’s Sunday af­ter­noon and you have just looked at your com­pany email. An an­onym­ous per­son has sent you in­form­a­tion that your star sales man­ager is steal­ing money from the com­pany, has har­assed oth­er...
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