With over 30 years of experience in the Côte d’Azur, Donald Manasse Law Offices has significant experience in advising its clients on their often complex and sensitive business and personal affairs in Monaco, France and across Europe, including Europe’s key offshore wealth-management centers.
Client-focused and pragmatic in approach, the firm regularly advises on local and cross-border mandates, both contentious and non-contentious, in the areas of Banking and Financial Regulation, Corporate (Commercial and M&A), Real Estate, Intellectual Property and Private Client Wealth Management and Taxation. The firm has a multi-jurisdictional Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice and is renowned for its expertise in the area of International Bankruptcy, Corruption, Fraud & Asset Recovery.
Founded in 1989
50 people in their team
A recognized leader in the field of litigation and dispute resolution, the firm has an established reputation in cross-border matters. The firm regularly leads, as well as acts as local counsel, on multi-jurisdictional commercial and civil litigation in Monaco, France, Italy and other European jurisdictions, including wealth-management centers. The firm’s litigation and dispute resolution expertise is diverse and covers Matrimonial Law , Intellectual Property (including trademark and copyright infringements), Real Estate (including construction), Employment law and Taxation.
The firm’s litigation and dispute resolution practice is ranked Band 1 by Chambers & Partners 2020.
Donald Manasse Law Offices advises Monegasque and French companies and multinationals on a range of corporate matters, including incorporations and establishing a presence in Monaco, mergers and acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, business & asset transfers, company liquidations, voluntary winding-ups, and taxation. The firm regularly advises on a wide range of commercial issues, including in relation to marketing, sponsorship, outsourcing, and agency and distribution arrangements.
The firm has major corporate clients in a number of different industry sectors, including, hospitality and leisure, technology, communications, retail and consumer, entertainment and media, financial services, transportation and logistics, and the automotive sector. Manasse Law also regularly advises sports clubs and federations.
The firm is Ranked Band 1 in the areas of Corporate/Commercial by Chambers & Partners 2020 and a Top Tier (Band 1) firm by The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2020 for Commercial, Corporate and M&A.
The firm advises on all aspects of residential and commercial real estate transactions in Monaco and France, including advising on pre-acquisition structuring and planning. For leveraged transactions, the firm regularly assumes the primary role in negotiating mortgage and other loan documents on the client’s behalf. The firm offers a “life of asset” service in relation to its client’s real estate assets, from negotiating the purchase, dealing with permits and completion formalities, and negotiating contracts with builders, contractors and other professionals (whether for specific works, such as refurbishment, or on an on-going basis, for example, maintenance & repair and staffing arrangements), to leasing and sales.
With more than 25 years’ experience in this area, Donald Manasse Law Offices regularly advises clients on managing and protecting their intellectual property in Monaco and internationally.
The firm acts for clients on Intellectual Property matters in a number of industry sectors including entertainment and media, technology, communications, hospitality and leisure, retail and consumer.
