Contact

Legal notice

Information regarding the publisher, the host and the terms of use of this site, in accordance with French Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy (LCEN).

Publisher

This website is published by ALTA VOCE Avocats, a French société d'exercice libéral à responsabilité limitée (SELARL) of lawyers, with a share capital of 1,000 euros.

  • SIREN: 808 755 409

  • Paris Trade and Companies Register: 808 755 409

  • Intra-EU VAT number: FR01808755409

  • APE code: 69.10Z — Legal activities

Registered office:
17 boulevard Raspail
75007 Paris — France

Telephone: +33 (0)1 44 69 89 40
Email: To be completed

The firm is composed of lawyers admitted to the Paris Bar.

Publication director

The director of publication of this website is Caroline Joly, founding partner of ALTA VOCE Avocats.

Host

The website is hosted by:

OVH SAS
2 rue Kellermann
59100 Roubaix — France
Telephone: +33 (0)9 72 10 10 07
Website: www.ovh.com

Intellectual property

All elements of this website — including the name and trademark "ALTA VOCE Avocats", texts, photographs, illustrations, logos, graphic elements, design, layout, source code and downloadable content — are protected by intellectual property law and are the exclusive property of ALTA VOCE Avocats or its assignors.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication, transmission or distortion, in whole or in part, of the site or its content, by any means and on any medium, is strictly prohibited without the prior written authorisation of the firm. Any unauthorised use may constitute an act of infringement engaging the civil and criminal liability of its author, in accordance with articles L.335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code.

Liability

ALTA VOCE Avocats endeavours to ensure that the information published on this site is accurate and up to date. Such information is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute legal advice or a substitute for personalised consultation.

The site may contain hyperlinks to third-party sites. The firm exercises no control over these sites and cannot be held responsible for their content, availability or use.

The firm cannot be held liable for any direct or indirect damage arising from access to, use of or inability to access the site, in particular in case of temporary unavailability, technical failure, error, omission, interruption or presence of viruses.

Protection of personal data

In accordance with EU Regulation 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of personal data (GDPR) and French Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 as amended (the "Data Protection Act"), ALTA VOCE Avocats, as data controller, processes personal data collected via this site.

Data collected. When the user contacts the firm via the contact form, the following data may be collected: title, surname, first name, email address, telephone number (optional), company (optional) and message content.

Purpose. This data is processed solely for the purpose of responding to the user's request and, where applicable, of establishing a professional relationship.

Legal basis. Processing is based on the user's consent (art. 6.1.a GDPR) and, where applicable, on pre-contractual measures taken at their request (art. 6.1.b GDPR).

Retention period. The data is kept for the time necessary to process the request, plus three (3) years from the last contact, for prospecting purposes. Data necessary for the performance of a lawyer's mandate is kept in accordance with the legal and professional obligations applicable to the legal profession.

Recipients. The data is intended solely for the firm's authorised lawyers and staff, as well as its technical subcontractors (host, email service provider) within the strict limits of their tasks. No data is transferred to third parties for commercial purposes.

Users' rights. Pursuant to articles 15 to 22 of the GDPR, the user has the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and portability of their data, as well as the right to define directives regarding the fate of their data after their death. These rights may be exercised by writing to To be completed or by post to the firm's registered office, providing proof of identity.

Complaint. The user has the right to lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority (CNIL) — 3 place de Fontenoy, TSA 80715, 75334 Paris Cedex 07 — www.cnil.fr.

Cookies

The site uses cookies to ensure its proper operation and, where applicable, to measure its audience.

Technical cookies. Strictly necessary for navigation and the proper functioning of the site, these cookies do not require prior consent.

Audience measurement cookies. These cookies allow the firm to compile attendance statistics. They are only placed after express user consent.

Consent management. The user may accept, refuse or configure the deposit of cookies via the consent banner displayed on first visit, and modify their preferences at any time via the dedicated footer link or browser settings.

Fees

The firm's fees are set in accordance with the rules of the legal profession, in particular article 10 of the French law of 31 December 1971 as amended. They take into account the complexity of the matter, the time spent, the reputation and experience of the lawyer, and the work performed. Except in cases of urgency, force majeure or legal exception, fees are subject to a written fee agreement signed prior to any intervention.

Professional rules

The lawyers of ALTA VOCE Avocats practise in strict compliance with:

  • the National Internal Rules (RIN) of the legal profession;

  • the Internal Rules of the Paris Bar (RIBP);

  • professional privilege — general, absolute and unlimited in time;

  • the essential principles of the profession: independence, dignity, conscience, probity, humanity, honour, loyalty, disinterestedness, fraternity, delicacy, moderation and courtesy.

Mediation and complaints

Any complaint relating to the firm's services may be addressed directly to ALTA VOCE Avocats, by post to the registered office or by email. In case of persisting difficulty, the user is informed of the possibility to refer the matter, in accordance with articles L.612-1 et seq. of the French Consumer Code, to the Consumer Mediator of the legal profession: Mr Carl Enckell — mediateur-consommation-avocat.fr — 180 boulevard Haussmann, 75008 Paris. The dispute resolution procedures applicable to the legal profession (notably referral to the Bâtonnier of the Paris Bar) also remain available.

Last updated: August 2026