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    Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy
    ADVANT Altana - Paris
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    Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy

    ADVANT Altana - Paris
    Partner

    LANGUAGES

    English / French

    Spotlight

    Cybersecurity

    Practice Areas

    Commercial - Insurance - Management and Dispute Resolution

    Sectors

    Energy - Insurance - Life Sciences and Healthcare

    Contacts

    T : +33 (0) 1 79 97 93 00

    valerie.lafarge-sarkozy@advant-altana.com

    Expertise

    Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy specialises in business litigation and pre-litigation. She advises French and international clients including industrial groups, insurance companies and banks. Her particular areas of expertise are complex or collective litigation, class actions, emerging risks (cyber risks), shareholder disputes, breach of contract and crisis management, often linked to liability law, whether in connection with industrial claims, product liability, directors‘ and officers’ liability or banking claims.

    Ms. Lafarge-Sarkozy is an Expert Member of the Club des Juristes and General Secretary of the Club’s Commission on Cyber Security. “Insuring Cyber Risk”, the first volume of the Commission’s report, was published in January 2018. The second volume “Criminal law to the test of cyber-attacks” has been published in April 2021. She also teaches within the Master 2 – International Business Law program at the Université Paris Sud and frequently intervenes in the “Cercle des Administrateurs” (association of administrators).  
     

    Education

    • Master’s Degree in Public Law from Paris University II Panthéon-Assas (1984).

    Awards

    Chambers Global 2023
    [Translate to English:] Litigation – France
    Chambers Europe 2023
    [Translate to English:] Litigation – France

    Publications

    «La loi LOPMI et l’indemnisation des pertes et dommages liés à une attaque cyber»
    Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy co-authored with Laetitia Daage
    in: AMRAE, Atout Risk Manager, n.36, Printemps 2023

    « Le « cyberpunk » sera-t-il souverain ? »
    Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy 
    in: La Tribune, April 2023

    « Avec le risque climatique, le risque cyber est le plus important des années à venir en termes financiers »
    Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy 
    in: Journal Spécial des Sociétés, December 2022

    « Aujourd’hui, seulement 3 % des entreprises sont assurées contre le risque cyber»
    Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy 
    in: Actu-juridique.fr, November 2022

    « L’indemnisation des rançons: un paradoxe insolvable »
    Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy 
    in: Le Club des Juristes / LexisNexis, October 2022

    « Dirigeants : des responsabilités toujours plus nombreuses »
    Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy co-authored with Benjamin Dors
    in: Les Echos, June 2022

    « Et si la prochaine pandémie était numérique? »
    Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy
    in: la Revue du GRASCO, n°34 – July 2021

    « Le juge français et les « mesures provisoires ou conservatoires »
    Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy
    in: Option Droit & Affaires, May 2021

    « Cybercrime: cause nationale pour 2022? »
    Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy
    in: Le Point, May 2021

    «Protéger nos entreprises des risques cyber, par tous les moyens, est un devoir »
    Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy
    in: L’Agefi, May 2021

    « Cybercriminalité: la peur doit changer de camp »
    Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy
    in: L’Opinion, May 2021

    « Le droit pénal à l’épreuve des cyberattaques »
    Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy
    in: Le club des juristes, April 2021

    « Comment lutter contre les cyberattaques, qui coûteront 6.000 milliards de dollars en 2021? »
    Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy
    in: Europe 1, April 2021

    « Cyberattaques : la France doit muscler son arsenal juridique, selon le Club des juristes »
    Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy
    in: Les Echos, April 2021

    Articles

    Best Lawyers 2022: Altana's lawyers once again recognized by their peers amongst the best in the business
    Nineteen (19) Altana lawyers have been recognized by their peers as among the best business law practitioners in the 2022 "Best Lawyers" ranking. Of note: François Muller is named "Lawyer of the Year - Con…
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    The legal world: female lawyers' perspective
    Valérie Lafarge Sarkozy and Stephanie Smatt give their point of view on the ultrafeminisation of the legal world in today's Les Echos dedicated to Women in Business. Consult the article,  "Monde du droi…
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    Company officers face compliance challenges
    Compliance,  cybersecurity and company officers' liability are in full evolution. Find the analysis of Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy, Partner, and Benjamin Dors, Senior Associate, in Les Echos. Consult the…
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    Altana recognized in Best Lawyers 2019
    We are pleased to annouce that 12 of Altana's lawyers have been recognized by their peers for inclusion in the 2019 edition of Best Lawyers.  The firm was also named "Law Firm of the Year - France" in Cons…
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    Why take interest in cyber security issues?
    "Why should lawyers be more interested in the issues of cyber security? " Response by  Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy, Partner at Altana and General Secretary of the Cyber Risk Commission of the Club des juristes…
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    Insuring Cyber Risk
    Insuring Cyber Risk - what is at stake? The Cyber Risk Commission of the Club des Juristes, co-led by Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy, Partner at Altana and General Secretary of the Cyber Risk Commission, and B…
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    Cyber attacks : business leaders face their responsabilities
    In Les Echos today, Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy, partner at Altana and Expert with the Club des juristes and Célia Hamouda, associate at Altana, decrypt the challenge that data protection now represents for bu…
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