2 – Information on the firm’s practising notary lawyers
Lasaygues & Associés, SELARL
Paris 8
Stéphanie BOUTEMY
François GAUTHIER
Stéphanie GROGNOU
Anne-Laure LAVOINE
Lélia PENVEN
Hubert de VAULGRENANT
Alexandre BAIKALOV
Camille CHANSAREL
Emma FRANCHITTI
Mélanie HOSTINGUE
Marine LE JEANNIC
Céline PAYEN
Marion REY
Guillaume ROBIN
Other entities of the Lasaygues Group
LBH – Paris 16
Linda BOZETTI
Elodie FERET
Caroline PICHOWICZ
IVS – LILLE
Isabelle VIDAL-SUBIAS
Tassadit SI HOCINE
AIX MISTRAL NOTAIRES – AIX-EN-PROVENCE
Sophie CASCALES
The title of notary lawyer was conferred on each of the above by a decree of the French Minster of Justice (13 Place Vendôme, Paris), which can be consulted in the Official Gazette of the French Republic (JORF, see www.legifrance.gouv.fr).
Each of them is registered on the roll of notary lawyers at the Paris branch of the French Interdepartmental Chamber of Notary Lawyers (12 Avenue Victoria, 75001 Paris).
2.1 – Insurance and financial guarantee
The professional activity of each of the firm’s notary lawyers is covered by a professional liability insurance policy taken out with Mutuelle du Mans Assurances (Independent Professions Department, 14 Boulevard Marie and Alexandre Oyon, 72030 Le Mans Cedex 9 ) for a sum of €100 million per claim with no geographical limitation, and in excess of this sum by Caisse Régionale de Garantie des Notaires – Paris 1 of 12 Avenue Victoria, 75001 Paris.
Information regarding the MMA insurance policy may be obtained from the broker: La Sécurité Nouvelle, 81 Rue Taitbout, 75009 Paris . Tel.: +33 (0)1 53 20 50 50.
2.2 – Complaints against a notary lawyer
Complaints against one of the firm’s notary lawyers where no solution can be found, or claims for compensation, should be made in writing to the claims department of the Paris branch of the French Interdepartmental Chamber of Notary Lawyers (12 Avenue Victoria, 75001 Paris), including a detailed memorandum and a copy of any documents relevant to the understanding of the matter (Article 4 Section 4 of French Order No. 45-2590 of 2 November 1945).
2.3 – Applicable professional rules
The activity of notary lawyers is primarily governed by Order No. 45-2590 of 2 November 1945, Decree No. 45-0117 of 19 December 1945, Decree No. 71-941 of 26 November 1971, Decree No. 71-942 of 26 November 1971, Decree No. 73-1202 of 28 December 1973, Decree No. 78-262 of 8 April 1978, the French national regulations on notary lawyers, the French inter-court regulations on notary lawyers and the Compagnie de Paris regulations on notary lawyers.
These texts may be consulted in French on the website of the Paris Chamber of Notary Lawyers, under the section entitled “textes sur le notariat” (www.paris.notaires.fr).
2.4 – Network
Lasaygues has established links with professionals from a wide range of fields who are available to work on matters within the firm’s field of expertise.
The independence and impartiality of notary lawyers within the scope of these professional relationships are guaranteed by a strict adherence to the professional rules and the rates applicable to notary lawyers (cf. section 5).
Each professional working within the scope of these relationships is required to follow their own code of ethics.
3 – Website publisher
Lasaygues & Associés SELARL
Chief editor: François Gauthier
Assistant editor: Stéphanie Boutemy
Webmaster: Muriel Michaelis
Hosting: OVH, a simplified form of limited company incorporated as a French société par actions simplifiée with share capital of €10,069,020, the registered office of which is at 2 Rue Kellerman, 59100 Roubaix
As part of the publishing of information linked to the activities carried out by Lasaygues, the website provides access to other resources published on the Internet via hypertext links. Lasaygues is in no way responsible for any of the information that is accessible in this way.
4 – Protection of personal data
The processing of external communications is referenced in the register that is maintained by the Data Protection Officer designated by Lasaygues & Associés SELARL, notary lawyers.
4.1 – Use of cookies
When opening and browsing our website, a tracking tool generates and places one or more cookies on your device. A cookie is a text file which collects data, most notably the identifier of your device.
This website uses cookies to enable us to track site visits and collect data purely to ensure that the website and our services function smoothly. They are temporary cookies – the site does not use any persistent cookies.
However, the cookies may remain on your device up to a few hours after closing the browser.
The cookies used are as follows:
Cookies which memorise information relating to a form which you have filled in on our website,
Audience-measuring cookies to know how many people are using the website and how they are using it (i.e., the most frequently-visited pages or error messages).
4.2 – Access rights
Your data may be transmitted to third parties in cases provided for by law.
In accordance with French Data Protection Act No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, you have the right to access, rectify and delete personal data concerning you. To exercise this right, simply write to the firm’s Data Protection Officer, at cil @ notaires.fr.
For more information, in particular relating to our cookie policy, please see the page dedicated to GDPR.
4.3 – Mailing list
E-mail addresses that are collected via the mailing list are used to send occasional messages and only if you have given prior consent.
5 – Acknowledgements
Concept and graphic design: Studio Anney
210 Rue du Général de Gaulle, 78740 Vaux-sur-Seine – http://www.studioanney.com
Concept and technical development: Kappuccino SARL
1 Avenue de Cambouras, 31750 Escalquens – https://kappuccino.org
6 – Copyright
The illustrations, images, graphics and some of the photos which appear on this website are the property of Lasaygues and may not be copied or reproduced for any purpose.
This website contains hypertext links to other sites which have not been created by Lasaygues. Resources provided but not written by Lasaygues are for information purposes only, with no liability to the firm. It is up to the visitor to use this information cautiously and with a critical mind.
7 –Mediator of the Notarial Profession
On 16 April, the notarial profession launched a notary lawyer mediator website (in French) under the name mediateur-notariat.notaires.fr to enable clients who are experiencing difficulties with their notary lawyer to refer the matter to the Mediator of the Notarial Profession. This is an alternative to referring it to the relevant Chamber for the notary lawyer in question.
The remit of the Mediator of the Notarial Profession covers the full scope of a notary lawyer’s work, regulated or otherwise, whether the notary lawyer is subject to rate regulation or otherwise, and whether the matter arises from contractual liability or negligence. Excluded from this are complaints “of a purely ethical nature”, without claims for compensation or which are likely to bring about disciplinary proceedings.
Mediation is free of charge, both for the client and the notary lawyer in question.
The mediation process is confidential. Anything revealed there may not be used thereafter, in particular in the event of court proceedings regarding professional liability should the mediation break down or fail to achieve a solution.
The mediator is fully independent of the profession, and as such is appointed irrevocably for a period of at least three years from the time that his or her appointment is approved.
The legal basis for this new position is Order No. 2015-1033 of 20 August 2015 (stemming from a European Directive dated 21 May 2013), which creates the right for the consumer to have access free of charge to a mediator to resolve a dispute with a member of a profession. The aim of these regulations is to enable both the client and their notary lawyer to attempt to come to an agreement, with the help of a mediator and at the sole behest of the client, without having to resort to lodging a complaint with that profession’s governing bodies.
Christian Lefebvre took on the role of Consumer Mediator for the Notarial Profession on 16 February 2018 for a period of three years.
