Lawyer at the Paris Bar

Perfectly quadrilingual in English, French, German and Italian, Caterina Giudiceandrea assists her clients in international litigation and international contracts.

Caterina Giudiceandrea has extensive experience in international cross-border legal matters. She particularly assists clients in matters involving one or more foreign elements and raising private international law issues due, for instance, to the nationality of the parties, the place of performance of a contract or the law applicable to a dispute.

International litigation

Advice and drafting international dispute resolution clauses

Representation and defence before French courts

Recognition and enforcement in France of foreign judgments and arbitral awards (exequatur)

International commercial contracts

Advice and drafting international commercial contracts (general conditions of sale and of purchase, distribution agreements, agent contracts, franchise agreements…).
Litigation before French Commercial Courts

International family law

Advice and drafting marriage contracts

International divorce proceedings

Cross-border child abduction procedures

Enforcement of foreign judgments in family matters (exequatur)

International succession law

Drafting wills

Assessing the legal regime and law applicable to an international succession

Litigation regarding  international successions

Enforcement of foreign judgments in succession matters (exequatur)

Criminal law

Defence of accused or victims of criminal offences
Investigations, hearings, court proceedings
Police courts and criminal courts in France

International enforcement

International debt recovery
Interim and final attachment measures
Proceedings before the French enforcement judge

About

Caterina Giudiceandrea began her career as a lawyer with the well renowned law firms in Pairs Shearman & Sterling and Archipel. She also worked in the litigation department of Total SA and at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Tanzania.

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Caterina Giudiceandrea holds a Master 2 in International Economic Law from the University Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne that she obtained in 2011 after five years of training.

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She grew up between England, France and a German-speaking region in northern Italy. She is perfectly quadrilingual in French, English, German and Italian.

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She is a member of the Paris Bar and is also registered as with the Trento Bar Association in Italy.

Philosophy

Free first appointment

The first appointment to get to know the case and the client is always free of charge.

Reasonable legal fees

The fee arrangement is based on the complexity of the legal issue and the value at steak. Billing is either based on a flat-fee or on an hourly rate. No surprises.

Availability and efficiency

Caterina Giudiceandrea is available for her clients and efficiently works on cases. Entrusted matters are closely followed with attention to detail.