ABOUT FRÉDÉRIQUE CHAILLOU Frédérique Chaillou is a partner at LPA-CGR avocats and has worked in the field of environment law for nearly twenty years. Individually ranked and recognized in international Legal Guide among the best Lawyers in Environmental law since many years (Band 1 in Chambers Europe and Legal 500 EMEA), she advises major French and foreign industrial groups, real estate operators and professional bodies. She assists them in environmental law, both in terms of regulatory aspects and in litigation before administrative, civil and criminal courts. She intervenes regularly on environmental issues in mergers and acquisitions and real estate transactions. Frédérique has also developed a specific expertise in technological risks. In this context, she regularly participates in seminars and working groups on this subject, often in relation with France Chimie. As the leader of the Environment practice, she is regularly involved in the law making process, contributing to advisory bodies to the public authorities: since 2016, she is a member of the Polluted Sites Experts Working Group (GTSSP), an advisory body to the Ministry of Ecology. Moreover, always willing to participate and influence the development of international law reform and shape the future of the legal profession throughout the world, she has recently been appointed regional representative for Europe of the International Bar Association’s Environment, Health and Safety Law Committee in January 2019 for a term of 2 years. Committed, determined with strong leadership skills, Frédérique heads the Environment/Renewable Energy Department of the Firm. She pays particular attention to her team of 16 lawyers and law professionals to allow everybody to share their experiences and expertise in Environment but also in Renewable Energies, two main complementary practices. She has thus succeeded to establish a relationship of trust with them, creating a group spirit based on common values. Areas of Expertise • Environment What Clients Said About Her Frédérique chaillou “has finesse in her analysis and she is intelligent on the strategy,” [...] She is a fine negotiator and is very subtle in her approach, which makes her a real asset to have with you in a negotiation.” (Chambers Europe 2020) “She provides us with the best legal alternatives from an environmental standpoint”. She “adapts solutions to each file’ and ‘has a good understanding of her clients’ needs while continuously striving to improve quality service and customer satisfaction’”. Her clients recognize that the team provides “Good knowledge of environmental law and of their clients, great speed and quality of work” (Legal 500 EMEA 2020-2021) FIRM PROFILE LPA-CGR avocats is a leading full-service French law firm with an international reach born in 2016 from the merger of Lefèvre Pelletier & associés and CGR Legal. Our team of over 230 lawyers and professionals in 13 offices (Paris, Algiers, Casablanca, Douala/Yaounde, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Munich, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo) is located in key business centers to advise locally and abroad on strategic projects. Recognized on the Environment, Real-Estate, and Energy markets, the firm develops also its offer in order to resolve complex problematics in the main sectors of economy. To anticipate changes in the legal environment, LPA-CGR avocats has created the Smart Law concept. Each industry has specific issues that require cross-expertise, anticipation and communication in order to build today the legal practices of tomorrow. LPA-CGR avocats is also particularly committed to promoting gender and diversity which has always been at the roots of the firm. It is one of the only business Law Firms in France to have reached full gender parity (50% women equity partners). In fact, in January 2019, for the second time a woman has been elected as chairwoman, Sidonie Fraiche-Dupeyrat,; Martine Blanck Dap had this position for 2 years and belonged to the Direction committee for more than 7 years. To illustrate parity in the firm, here are relevant figures: • 50% of partners are women • 50% of the committee executive are women, including one chairwoman • 50% of support department managers are women Even in our foreign offices, we have a few women partners which is an honor for us as in some countries the women rights is not as well recognized as in France. Several measures are taken to keep the value as: equal-wages policy, meeting time organization, mobility access, disconnecting right, maternity leave replacement etc. Finally our firm joined different projects to maintain this value: we have a partnership with the Women Foundation and we have participated several times to “La Nuit des Relais” whom the goal is to fight against violence to women. The firm’s objective is to preserve this DNA so that all the women in the firm can reveal their talents, just like men. Maintaining this parity within the firm and enabling women to take on responsibilities by ensuring that the balance between professional and private life is respected is a daily challenge successfully met. - 19 - ENVIRONMENT LAW FRANCE Women in Law Awards 2021
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