Partner – Paris Office
Born December 30, 1965
Member of the Paris Bar since November 1991
Languages: fluently spoken: French, English, Farsi
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Higher education:
Graduate degree in Private Law (Nice Faculty of Law)
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Main areas of expertise:
Labor Law
Consulting activity : Due diligence , labor contracts , individual and collective layoffs with implementation of ‘PSE’ (redundancy plans), corporate bargaining agreements , assistance to multinational corporations’ works councils, negotiation of terminations of employment for both employees and employers.
Litigation: Court-ordered termination of employment contract against the employer, contesting variable compensation clauses, restrictive practices against works councils, layoff disputes, assistance to employers with respect to terminations.
Business Law and Litigation
Business Criminal Law
Banking Law
Corporate Law
International Contract Law (mainly French Iranian business relations)
Negotiating and drafting of international contracts
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Experience:
Attorney with the Law PracticeWGZ Nice, Paris 1992-2010
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Founder of the international law firm ZGS Avocats, Paris, Nice, Lyon, New York since 2011
Partner office in Teheran/Iran
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Membership:
President, SAFIR (Franco- Iranian Lawyers’ Association)
President, Consulegis

Partner – Paris Office
Born February 6, 1952 in Hamburg (Germany)
International Legal adviser since 1980, then Attorney since January 1992
Languages fluently spoken: German, French, English
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Higher education:
Commercial and Tax Law (Nice Faculty of Law)
International Law (University of Tübingen – Germany)
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Main areas of expertise:
Private International Law and International Taxation
French and German Business Law
Company law
Negotiating and drafting international contracts
International Litigation
International (Franco-German, -Swiss and -Austrian) Inheritance Law
Real Estate Law
Criminal Business Law.
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Experience:
In Charge of the German department of a Franco Canadian law firm 1980-1991
Founder of the international law office WGZ 1992-2010
Founder of the international law firm ZGS Avocats, Paris, Nice, Lyon, New York since 2011
Teaching German Company Law for the Paris Bar’s Training School.
Member of the jury for the Wirtschaftsdeutsch (Business German) diploma issued by the French-German Chamber of Commerce.
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Memberships:
Member, “AJFA “ – Association of French and German lawyers .
Extraordinary member of “Deutscher Anwaltverein” (German Lawyers’ Association).
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Publications:
Treaty of international inheritance law (published in German)
Treaty of Swiss inheritance law (published in German)

Partner – Nice Office
Born December 16, 1948
Attorney since April 1978
Languages ​​fluently spoken: German, French, English
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Higher education:
Studied Law at the University of Münster (Germany), University of Cleveland, Ohio (USA) and the Nice Faculty of Law.
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Main areas of expertise:
French, German and Monaco Business Law
Private International Law
Criminal Commercial Law
Customs Law
International Taxation
International Estates
Maritime law.
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Experience:
Founder of the international law office WGZ 1992-2010
Founder of the international law firm ZGS Avocats, Paris, Nice, Lyon, New York since 2011
Lawyer with various Practices in Paris, Lyon, New York, Miami and Hong Kong.
Former teaching assistant with the European Institute of International Studies, University of Nice.
Former teacher at the Nice Faculty of Law.
Founder of the European Economic Interest Group CONSULEGIS, regrouping 91 international law firms and 1,600 international lawyers across 40 countries (1990).
Co -founder and President of the French -German Economic Forum (F.E.F.A).
Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany for South-East France. Officer of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Memberships:
Member of Monaco’s International German Club
Member of the Monaco Yacht Club