The firm

Solutions, Strategy & Efficiency

A personal welcome:
Listening & Understanding

Walking into a solicitor’s office can sometimes feel intimidating and difficult. You want to share all your legal difficulties in the hope of finding an ear that is as attentive as it is competent and understanding.

With a background in human relations and expertise in amicable dispute resolution, I welcome you personally to my firm in Saint-Pierre, near the Courthouse. At the first meeting, you tell me about your difficulties and questions. I take the time to listen to you and understand you, to identify the issues and to present the possibilities available.

I support you personally at every stage, advising you, reassuring you and clarifying your doubts so that you can move beyond the dispute with peace of mind.

Book an Appointment

Advising, Defending & Finding Solutions

A solicitor’s role is to advise and defend, guided by the fundamental principles of their oath of office.

In my capacity as a solicitor, I ensure I provide the most appropriate answers to all your questions and set out all the options available to you, guiding you towards the most effective solution.

As a lawyer and mediator, I help individuals and businesses to work together to find win-win solutions to their disputes.

I defend and plead specific cases whose legal aspects do not allow for an amicable resolution and which require the preparation of highly technical legal arguments.

I preserve trust and work collaboratively with my client to find a satisfactory and reassuring outcome to any conflict.

View the areas of expertise

“We work together to develop effective and lasting solutions for your situation.”

My Approach

LISTENING, UNDERSTANDING, DIALOGUE

Listening to and understanding the needs and interests of all parties to the dispute, as well as their obstacles and difficulties, is an essential step in resolving the conflict. I identify the key issues of the case by taking the time to listen carefully to and understand the parties involved, so as to help them re-establish dialogue.

Resolving the dispute in a calm, constructive and reassuring way requires the help of a professional who can re-establish dialogue between the parties and guide them towards a win-win agreement with suitable and sometimes even innovative solutions.

SEEKING REASSURING SOLUTIONS AND A PEACE AGREEMENT

Reasoned negotiation, non-violent communication, active listening, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and the Karpman drama triangle: these are all tools available to lawyers and mediators that I use on a daily basis to enable a calm and advantageous way out of the crisis.

The law in the service of amicable conflict resolution, with the clear, precise and reassuring drafting of an agreement ending the dispute by a professional in law and alternative dispute resolution, who thus masters the techniques of legal drafting and conflict prevention.

I support my clients until the mediation agreement or settlement protocol has the force of a judgment, i.e. until the enforceable formula is obtained, making the agreement final and legally secure.

MEDIATION

Mediation is an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) method that enables the amicable resolution of a dispute.

The process was introduced as one of the mandatory preliminary methods for the amicable resolution of disputes by Law No. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 on the 2018–2022 programme and justice reform.

Mediation helps to defuse conflicts, which can sometimes be deeply rooted, by promoting an understanding of the dispute and its origins, by encouraging the parties to listen to and understand each other’s needs, and by restoring constructive dialogue based on finding a way out of the crisis, rather than on accepting the other party’s point of view.

The mediator acts as a guide who eases tensions, encourages the expression of even the most divergent opinions and viewpoints, and steers the parties towards a resolution through solutions that they will develop together in accordance with their interests.

I present the mediation process, its objectives and principles during individual interviews before organising plenary meetings with all parties to the dispute present.

At the end of the meetings that led to the conclusion of an amicable mediation agreement, I ensure, together with all the parties and their lawyers, that the agreement is understood and approved by everyone and that it can obtain the value of an enforceable title.

Qualifications and professional experience

Qualifications:
   ‣ Certificate of Aptitude for the Legal Profession (CAPA)
   ‣ LLM (Master of Laws) – Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa –
University of Pretoria, South Africa
   ‣ Master II in Public International Law and International Relations – University of La Réunion

CMAR-CMAP-accredited mediator

International experience in Brazil, South Africa, Mozambique and Benin:
   ‣ in law firms,
   ‣ in associations and NGOs,
  ‣ in a United Nations agency

Working languages: French, English and Portuguese