Our Mission

This experience enables Alinea, Avocats Associés to offer actors from a range of professional sectors — grouped within interbranch organisations, nonprofit organisations, producer organisations, associations of producer organisations, professional trade unions, national professional councils and professional orders — a full range of key competencies, and to support them with confidence in the establishment and day-to-day operation of their collective organisation; their adaptation to legislative change at both national and EU level; their positioning as preferred interlocutors of public authorities; and the defence of their interests in judicial proceedings.

Alinea, Avocats Associés advises and represents its clients in all their dealings with the law. From its conception — through public affairs assignments with national and EU institutions — to its implementation in legal instruments and contracts, and finally to its application by administrative and judicial authorities, including through representing and assisting its clients before the French administration, the European Commission, and national and European courts.

• Public affairs: promoting and defending the interests of professional organisations before French and European public authorities. Since its establishment, the firm has developed expertise in public affairs at both French and EU levels. This approach has been prioritised in order to provide clients with a comprehensive service, from the drafting of legislation through to its application.
• Advice and support: advising European, national and regional professional organisations in the agricultural and agri-food sectors, as well as in liberal and regulated professions, from their creation and throughout their existence, in relation to the full body of national and EU legislative and regulatory provisions.
• Representation and defence: defending clients’ interests before all types of judicial and administrative courts, as well as before the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence), the Court of Auditors (Cour des comptes), professional orders, and the General Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union.

A European Partner Firm

Through their education and professional experience, Alinea, Avocats Associés’ lawyers apply both a national and a European approach to their practice: monitoring EU legislation, understanding European policy challenges, and engaging with EU institutions — key strengths enabling us to provide clients with comprehensive legal advice aligned with EU developments, the impact of which can no longer be overlooked.

An Operational Network

With a view to optimising costs and meeting all client needs while maintaining a flexible structure, Alinea, Avocats Associés has chosen to rely on an operational network.