Elsa Rodrigues devotes her expertise to the resolution of complex business-related disputes for French and foreign clients. She assists companies, as well as their directors and shareholders, with capital transactions (disputes between partners, post-acquisition litigation), directors’ and officers’ liability, commercial litigation (breach of commercial relations, unfair competition suits, etc.), as well as product liability and industrial risks.
Elsa has also developed specific expertise in digital and IT litigation. She handles all disputes relating to the performance and breach of IT contracts, as well as all issues related to the liability of online platforms (forced disclosure of identification data, removal of illicit content, site blocking, civil and criminal liability of online public communication service providers, regulatory compliance, relations with administrative authorities).
In all circumstances, Elsa adapts her strategy and resorts to various methods of dispute resolution, including negotiation, amicable settlement mechanisms such as mediation, legal proceedings or arbitration. She has extensive experience in international arbitration (institutional and ad hoc) and is particularly experienced in amicable resolution processes, being an accredited mediator with the Paris Mediation and Arbitration Centre (CMAP) and the Paris Court of Appeal.
Areas of expertise
Commercial litigation
Corporate litigation (shareholder disputes, post-acquisition litigation, directors' liability)
Defective products and industrial risks
International arbitration
Mediation
Qualifications
Mediator (CMAP and Paris Court of Appeal)
Graduate of New York University (NYU) - Winner of the White & Case, Gerald L. Wallace Fund and George Lurcy Charitable and Educational Trust scholarships
Graduate of Université de Panthéon-Assas / HEC
Graduate of Université Paris Sud
Languages
English
Portuguese
Spanish
Associations
Member of the Association of Professionals in Economic and Financial Litigation (APCEF)
Member of Comité Français de l'Arbitrage (CFA) and Association Française d'Arbitrage (AFA)
Member of the Mediation Academy
Member of the Franco-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFP)
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