Gaëtan ESCUDEY practices Family Law, with a recognized expertise in Private International Family Law.
He assists you regarding all your family problems, whether you are French, foreign or expatriate, to help you get through the crisis as smoothly as possible.
He is Trained in mediation, interest-based negotiation, and non-violent communication, so he can help you find constructive solutions to overcome your conflict.
He will define an international strategy tailored to your situation, with the aim of achieving an amicable and peaceful resolution to your family dispute.
Gaëtan ESCUDEY practices family law, with a recognized expertise in private international family law.
He advises you, whether you are French, foreign or expatriate, with your family problems. He helps you get through the crisis as smoothly as possible.
He will define an international strategy tailored to your situation, with the aim of achieving an amicable and peaceful resolution to your family dispute.
Does your dispute have an international dimension? Do you have a foreign nationality? were you married abroad? Do or did you live abroad?
Family relationships are increasingly international. In the event of a dispute, this can become a source of great legal complexity.
Your family’s needs are specific, and marital crises are experienced with even greater anxiety when they occur in an international context.
Gaëtan ESCUDEY has developed an expertise in international private family law and can help you put in place a genuine international legal and judicial strategy.
He regularly deals with international marriage contracts or prenuptial agreements, international divorces and separations, international child abductions and international successions.
His knowledge of these matters enables him to advise you as to which judges might have jurisdiction to resolve your dispute and which laws might be applicable.
It is not certain that a French court has jurisdiction to rule on a case with an international element. And when it has jurisdiction, the court may not apply French Lax but a foreign law to all or part of the case.
Depending on the situation, it may be in your interest to assert the jurisdiction of the French court and the application of French law or, on the contrary, to contest the jurisdiction of the French court or to request the application of a foreign law.
His expertise enables him to identify the legal issues at stake in your situation, to negotiate enforceable agreements both in France and abroad, and to initiate the procedures necessary to protect your rights.
He can also help you to have a foreign decision recognized and enforced in France (exequatur) and inform you about the procedures for enforcing a French decision or agreement abroad.
He practices in English and French and works with specialized lawyers from other countries to ensure that he has a competent and responsive network.
He regularly works on cases with Singapore, London, Geneva, New York, Hong Kong, Montreal, Dubaï and a lot of European countries.
Gaëtan ESCUDEY promotes dialogue and consensual solutions and adopts a constructive approach centered on negotiated solutions that avoid the risk of litigation.
He uses various methods of amicable dispute resolution: interest-based negotiation, mediation, and collaborative law.
He helps you find effective and lasting solutions rather than lengthy and costly legal proceedings. He will only go to Court if there is no better alternative or if it is necessary to protect your interests.
He will work with you to identify your interests, needs and concerns so that you can consider the possible options for reaching an agreement that will satisfy them.
He will help you draw up parenting agreements or family protocols, divorce agreements by mutual consent, settlement agreements, liquidation of assets agreements, etc.
Gaëtan ESCUDEY is trained in negotiation, mediation, and collaborative law.
He is also a Certified Negotiator and Mediator accredited by the Lawyer’s Mediation National Center. He is a member of the JurisMediation, an international network of mediators.
He frequently gives conferences and training in amicable conflict resolution and negotiation techniques in various schools.