Thierry Clerc

Ravet & Associés is an independent boutique law firm focused on delivering the highest quality legal advice to its clients. We are used to working on complex legal issues and proposing high value technical solutions to our clients.Our 20 lawyers practice covers corporate transactions (bankruptcy, corporate, M&A, commercial litigation), tax, international arbitration and banking law.Our private and corporate clients expect availability and responsiveness, to assist them resolving their problems. We work together as a team to provide a complete solution to our clients.Our attorneys work fluently in French and English but also Portuguese and Chinese not only because they know the language but also because, as native speakers, they know the culture of their clients.Ravet & Associés has a Chinese and Brazilian desk, working in close connection with a network of Chinese and Brazilian law firms.We maintain longstanding relationships with our clients who run international businesses (medium size to fortune 500 companies), are entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals seeking tailored expert legal and tax advice. Ravet & Associés works in connection with a strong network of associate law firms and experts.

Thierry CLERC is a partner at CLERC Avocats, registered at the Paris and Rouen (Normandy) Bar Associations. He has acted as legal adviser on a wide range of commercial matters such as acquisitions, shareholders’ agreements, foreign subsidiaries, distribution & agency contracts. He has also worked as a litigator before the State courts in proceedings relating to banking andcross-border disputes, insolvency, exequatur, shareholder disputes,competition, arrests, and criminal business law. He also has worked on arbitration cases such as assets & liability disputes, distribution contracts, maritime construction.He is also specializing in the Sports & Events field where he hasbeen acting as legal adviser for organizers of events (notably maritime festivals in Rouen and Brest) for 25 years. His top clients’ industrial profiles range from Banking, Defense industry, Design, Electrical equipment, Event organization, Film protection, to Industrial glass sector, IT services, Oil drilling equipment, and Real-estate, located all across the Globe including EU Member States (Benelux, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway,Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK, in particular), USA,Canada, South America (Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru),Asia (China, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea, India), Australia, Africa (South Africa, Morocco, Algeria).Thierry CLERC also has extensive experience in a wide range of real estate matters. From the 1990’s to 2010, many foreigners purchase departements, properties or mansions in France, as part of which they had to seek legal assistance. In response to these specific needs, a focus group of professionals from various trades was setup: real-estate agents, lawyers, heritage buildings architects, banks,structural engineers, notaries public, tax law specialists, insurance companies, landscape architects, interior designers / antique dealersin order to be able to service all aspects of a real estate transaction to highest standards.