OUR TEAM

Earvin & Lew is now composed of a dozen professionals, including 3 partners, working in various and transversal legal fields: sports law, employment law, company law, contract law, association law, individual rights and patrimony, criminal law. Both in consulting and litigation. Discover our team of lawyers.

Associate lawyers

didier domat avocats spécialisés en droit du sport

DIDIER DOMAT

From the creation of the firm, Didier has been a specialist in sports law for over 20 years. He works on all legal issues related to sports. He is an arbitrator with the Chambre Arbitral du Sport and has the status of sports attorney and real estate transaction attorney.

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HIS BACKGROUND:

  • Master’s degree in business law in 1993 (University of Paris XI)
  • DESS in sports law in 1994 (Centre de Droit et d’Économie du Sport de Limoges)
  • Legal Director of the French Basketball Federation for 5 years
  • Founder and head of the Sports Department at Taylor Wessing from 2004 to 2016 (Partner as of 2009)
  • Co-founder of Earvin & Lew in 2016

THE ADVANTAGE: a global and transversal mastery of the issues, and in-depth knowledge of the sports world. He represents and assists, in particular, numerous internationally renowned athletes, sports federations, professional sports groups, and sports agents.

FAVORITE SPORT: basketball

neal lachmany spécialiste droit du sport

NEAL LACHMANY

Co-founder of the firm, Neal’s practice focuses on corporate law issues for the benefit of the sports, media, communication, and entertainment industries. He also has the status of sports attorney and real estate transaction attorney.

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HIS BACKGROUND:

  • Master’s degree in business law in 1998 (University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines)
  • DESS (post-graduate diploma) in high-tech company law in 1999 (University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines)
  • Lawyer at IMG McCormack in Paris and Sydney from 1999 to 2001
  • Lawyer at Landwell / PriceWaterhouseCoopers in the media, leisure, communication, and sports department, from 2001 to 2003
  • Lawyer at Taylor Wessing from 2003 to 2016 in the Corporate and Sports departments (Partner as of 2011)
  • Co-founder of Earvin & Lew in 2016

THE ADVANTAGE: a perfect mastery of the economic and social stakes of the sports world. He represents and assists many leading sportsmen and event organizers.

FAVORITE SPORTS: tennis and football

Claire Viscontini avocat associé

Claire Viscontini

Graduated from the Paris XI University and the Institute of Criminology at the Sorbonne (Paris I), she was admitted to the Versailles Bar in 1994 and joined Earvin & Lew in January 2023.

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TOGETHER WITH HER COLLABORATORS, SHE OFFERS HER KNOWLEDGE THROUGHOUT METROPOLITAN FRANCE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

  • divorce, separation of cohabitants or civil union partners,
  • organisation of children’s living arrangements (visiting and accommodation rights, usual residence, alternating custody), exercise of parental authority, filiation, adoption, guardianship, change of name, educational assistance,
  • property law (liquidation of matrimonial regimes and sharing of joint ownership, inheritance, etc.),
  • general criminal law and family criminal law (conjugal violence, family abandonment, non representation of children, bludgeoned children).

THE+: a mastery of amicable or contentious settlements of family disputes.

She also works with notaries, allowing to quickly provide individuals who are divorcing or separating with a global vision of the consequences of their separation, both in terms of family and property.

collaborating lawyers

marie jamet

MARIE JAMET

A lawyer since 2019, Marie joined the team in 2020 with specialties in sports law and social and solidarity economy law.
Marie joined the team in 2020, after two years with a law firm specializing in sports law in Marseille. She is mainly involved in sports law, litigation, association law, and endowment funds.

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HER BACKGROUND:

  • DU (Law of Obligations) (University of Montpellier)
  • Master II in sports law in 2014 (Aix-Marseille University)
  • Lawyer at the French Swimming Federation from 2014 to 2018
  • Lawyer then attorney at Alcyaconseil Avocats from 2018 to 2020
  • Attorney at Earvin & Lew since 2020

THE ADVANTAGE: her experience within the French Swimming Federation.

FAVORITE SPORT: swimming

ADRIEN VERHAEGHE

ADRIEN VERHAEGHE

Primarily involved in corporate and business law, Adrien joined the team in 2019 as a student attorney, before being sworn in in 2020.

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HIS BACKGROUND:

  • Master in Business Law Practice in 2016 (Catholic University of Lille)
  • Master of Sports Law in 2017 (University of Aix-Marseille)
  • Lawyer in the legal department of the football club LOSC Lille
  • Swearing-in in January 2020
  • Attorney at Earvin & Lew since 2020

THE ADVANTAGE: his knowledge of professional football clubs.

FAVORITE SPORT: football

LEO ZIMERO

LEO ZIMERO

Léo joined the team in 2020 as a student lawyer, before being sworn in in January 2021.

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HIS BACKGROUND:

  • Master II International Business Law (University of Paris XI)
  • Lawyer in the Legal Department of Louis Vuitton in 2019
  • Lawyer at Earvin & Lew since 2021

THE ADVANTAGE: good knowledge of the world of golf and its players.

FAVORITE SPORT: golf

Marine HERVE-DEMOGUE

Marine HERVE-DEMOGUE

Working mainly in the areas of family, personal and criminal law, Marine joined the team in 2023.

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HER BACKGROUND:

  • Master II in judicial careers in 2014 (Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University) ;
  • Assistant for the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Appeal Court of Versailles from 2015 to 2016 ;
  • Master II in Business Law with a specialisation in Business Law Structures and Techniques in 2017 (UVSQ) ;
  • Certificate of aptitude for the legal profession in October 2018;
  • University degree in Criminology in 2021 (Paris VIII) ;
  • Lecturer in personal and family law at Versailles SQY Law Faculty since January 2022.

FAVORITE SPORT: krav maga and ski