International families

Globalisation has had a profound impact on family law, particularly in cases of expatriation, mixed marriages, anticipating inheritance when assets are split up in several countries or filiation when the link is created abroad. And yet, families are still subject to the greatest cultural, religious and legislative differences.

International law is a technically complex matter, constantly evolving, and requires in particular responsiveness, experience and common sense. Responsiveness in order to make the right and quick diagnosis and to seize the right jurisdiction. Experience, to identify the right issues and understand how our client would be addressed elsewhere. Common sense to determine the right strategy, with a pragmatic and realistic approach to complex international situations.

With 20 years of experience in jurisdictional conflicts and the ability to work in English (but also in other languages) and as a team, highly involved in the most recognised associations of international family law, we know how to urgently call upon our network of colleagues abroad to accompany our clients with pedagogy and to resolve situations that are often very complex.

We do so with pragmatism, discretion, and with the aim of resolving conflicts whenever possible while minimising collateral damage and respecting multicultural differences.

Our economic culture allows us to understand and adapt to legal structures that are foreign to French law (trusts…) while our responsibilities in different international organisations help us to understand the evolution of international regulations and international legal systems.

Our areas of intervention are the following:

INTERNATIONAL DIVORCE PROCEDURES:

• Determining which jurisdiction is best for our client
• Identifying the applicable law
• Sharing of assets located in France and abroad
• Complex financial requests in France and abroad
• Restructuring children’s lives in an international context

INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE CONTRACTS :

• Prenuptial agreement
• Postnuptial agreement
• Marriage contracts transfers

INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CONFLICTS :

• Parental responsibility
• Relocation/Moving
• Illegal removal/kidnapping
• International Parental Convention

INTERNATIONAL SUCCESSIONS :

• Disputes between heirs in France and abroad
• International wills
• Anticipation of international successions

NEW INTERNATIONAL FAMILIES :

• International adoptions
• Recognition of filiation established abroad

RECOGNITION/EXEQUATUR OR APPEALS OF FOREIGN DECISIONS

• Circulation of judgments, authentic instruments, private agreements in the European area
• Exequatur or unenforceability: impact of international Public Order
• Mirror orders/decisions

FAMILY CONFLICTS WITH A MULTICULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS DIMENSION

• Recognition / nullity marriage and divorce
• Parental responsibility
• Financial compensation
• International mediation or co-mediation

INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY: ANTICIPATING IN ORDER TO ENSURE STRONGER LEGAL SECURITY

• Matrimonial regimes
• Parental responsibility

MEDIATION/ INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION

• Mediation/co-mediation
• Collaborative law
• Participatory procedure