Avi Bitton

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Lawyer at the Paris Bar

Elected Representative of the Bar Council

Elected Representative to the National Council of the Bars

Avi Bitton

Expertise:

- Business law
- Intellectual property
- Employment law
- Criminal law

Education:

- Master of Law (LLM) in banking and finance, London School of Economics.
- Postgraduate degree in French and European business law, Magistère in private and public business law, University of Sorbonne.

Experience:

- Former associate of Clifford Chance LLP, banking and finance team.
- Former Lecturer in Law (Employment Law, Criminal Law), University of Sorbonne.

Professional organisations:

- Elected Representative of the Bar Council – regulatory and disciplinary authority of the Paris Bar (mandate 2010-2012)

- Elected Representative of the National Council of the Bars – official authority of the French bars (mandate 2012-2014)

- Member of the European Criminal Bar Association

- International League Against Racism and Antisemitism (LICRA), Legal Commission (2009-2011)

- Member of the Editorial Board of the Legal Newsletter of the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce

Langages: English

Press review:

- « Un grand cabinet d’affaires devant la justice », NouvelObs, 30 June 2010
- « Herbies faces court action from former associate in Paris », The Lawyer, 8 December 2009
- « Plainte pénale d’un collaborateur contre un cabinet d’avocat pour travail dissimulé », Actuel Avocat, 4 December 2009
- « Avocats et accusés », L’Express, 3 December 2009
- « Le cabinet Taj condamné pour délit social de travail dissimulé », Actuel Avocat, 8 July 2009
- « Un ancien du Vrai Journal fait saisir le compte de la société de Karl Zéro », Europe 1, 6 March 2009
- « Bras de fer entre Karl Zéro et un ex-salarié », Le Figaro, 6 March 2009

Publications:

- « Non-compete clause in employment law », Legal Newsletter of the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce, November 2010
- « Psychological harassment », Legal Newsletter of the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce, June 2010
- « Fighting unfair competition », Legal Newsletter of the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce, March 2010.
- « Adverse publicity and denigration on Internet search engines », Legal Newsletter of the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce, November 2009.
- « Reform of the legal regime of stock lending agreements » , Securities and Derivatives Newsletter of Clifford Chance, March-April 2004.
- « Advance notice: escape it ot not » , Economie Matin, 30th November 2007.
- « The 29th October 2007 Act on the compensation of damages due to the infringement of intellectual property rights », Legal Newsletter of the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce, January 2009.