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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 over 20 years of experience. Sophie is an Avocat Défenseur at the Monaco Bar.
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 advises Monegasque and international clients, including investors (purchase or sale of real estate), landlords and tenants for both commercial and residential properties, as well as owners on their renovation and construction projects (also in France), including getting necessary condominium authorisations. She also assists property developers in audits aiming to analyse and litigate on the existence of easements, financial institutions in audits to finance property acquisitions, as well as other real estate players such as property managers and real estate agents in their specific areas of expertise. Sophie's team also assists real estate professionals in the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing and corruption.
Regarding her employment expertise, Sophie provides employers with litigation and strategic advice on all matters relating to handling labor relations, such as assessing termination options and settlements, drafting tailored employment contracts, setting up 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 their 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 a leading practitioner by the prestigious international directories, such as Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.
