You should understand your own case.
We explain your options in plain words, put every fee in writing before we start, and tell you honestly when a fight is not worth having.
What happens when you write to us
We reply within one working day
A real answer from a lawyer, not an acknowledgement email.
A first consultation at a fixed price
You leave knowing your options, their cost and their odds.
You decide, without pressure
Our written advice is yours to keep, whichever way you go.
Areas of practice
Six areas we actually practise, with honest fee guidance for each, because “it depends” is not an answer you can budget with.
Family law
Divorce, custody, support and protection orders, steady guidance through decisions that touch your children and your home.
Fee guidance:flat fees from €1,200Urgent matters
Employment law
Dismissal, contract disputes and workplace conflict, for employees and small employers who want their position assessed straight.
Fee guidance:case assessment €250
Real estate & construction
Purchases, leases, co-ownership and building defects, the law of the place you live or the site you build.
Fee guidance:from €180/hour
Business & commercial law
Contracts, partner disputes and debt recovery, legal groundwork that lets a small company grow without gambling.
Fee guidance:retainer from €390/month
Criminal defence
Police custody, investigations and trial, a defence that starts the moment the phone rings, not the week after.
Fee guidance:custody assistance from €600Urgent matters
Inheritance & estates
Wills, estates and family disputes over what is left, settled with method, before they consume the inheritance itself.
Fee guidance:from €160/hour
Who will handle your case
Three lawyers, no gatekeeping: the person who answers your email is the person who argues your case.
Élise Marchand
At the bar since2004Founding partner, family law & estates
Divorce, custody, matrimonial assets, estates
Élise founded the firm in 2009 after nine years in a leading regional family-law practice. She has pleaded more than four hundred family cases, and still believes most of them should never reach a courtroom.
Admitted to the bar in 2004, she is a trained family mediator and teaches matrimonial asset law to bar-school students. Clients know her for the same directness she brings to court: what your case is worth, what it will cost, and what she would do in your place.
- Bar admission: 2004
- Certified family mediator
- Lecturer, regional bar school
e.marchand@yourfirm.com
Thomas Béranger
At the bar since2011Partner, employment & business law
Dismissal, contracts, commercial disputes, recovery
Thomas joined the firm in 2013 and became a partner in 2019. Before the bar he spent three years in-house at an industrial SME, an experience that shaped how he practises: he writes advice the way managers read it, one page, options ranked.
Admitted in 2011, he defends employees and small employers alike, which gives him something rare in negotiations: he knows exactly what the other side’s file looks like.
- Bar admission: 2011
- Postgraduate degree in labour law
- Former in-house counsel, industrial SME
t.beranger@yourfirm.com
Nadia Belkacem
At the bar since2018Associate, criminal defence
Custody assistance, criminal trials, traffic offences
Nadia handles the firm’s criminal work, from police custody assistance to trial. She joined in 2020 after training with a criminal-defence chambers known for taking the cases nobody else wanted, a habit she kept.
Admitted to the bar in 2018, she is on the duty rotation for urgent custody assistance and has pleaded before the criminal courts every month since. She answers the emergency line herself: in her field, the first hour is the case.
- Bar admission: 2018
- Duty lawyer, urgent custody rotation
- Trained in cross-examination advocacy
n.belkacem@yourfirm.com
How fees work
The part law firms keep vague, written down.
A first consultation at a stated price
You know the cost of the first meeting before you book it. You leave with an honest view of your case, including when it is not worth fighting.
A written fee agreement
Before any work starts you sign a fee agreement: scope, method of billing (hourly, flat or results-based) and what happens if the case changes course.
Itemised invoices, no meter running
Each invoice lists who did what and when. If new work appears, we ask before we bill, never after.
The questions people ask before they call
Is what I tell you confidential?
Yes. Professional secrecy covers everything you share with us, even if you never become a client, breaking it would be a criminal offence for us.
Who checks how you work?
Every lawyer here is registered with the bar, which oversees ethics, insurance and discipline. Each admission year is public, ours are on this page.
Will I know the cost before it starts?
Yes. Nothing is billed before you sign a written fee agreement stating the scope and the method, hourly, flat or results-based.
What if you already act for the other side?
We run a conflict-of-interest check before accepting any file. If a conflict exists, we decline and tell you at once.
Request an appointment
Tell us briefly what your matter concerns. We reply within one working day, and this exchange is already covered by professional secrecy.
Confidential from the first word