Skills > Family Law, new families, new parenthood, trans people Law

The firm assists its clients in the settlement of divorce by mutual consent and litigation and disputes relating to its consequences (revision of the amount of the contribution to the maintenance and education of children and fixation of the compensatory, parental authority, primary residence and visitation of children).

Cabinet Pierrat also assists clients in drafting contracts of Pacte civil de solidarité (PACS).

Sirma Guner taught for two years as a lecturer in family law in Paris V Descartes. She has acquired real expertise in dealing with complex divorce cases including issues of private international law (one of the parties to the divorce is a foreign national).

In addition, Emmanuel Pierrat participates actively in the discussion and implementation of relevant legal solutions adapted to the challenges of modern family law matters including marriage between persons of the same sex and its consequences in terms of co-parenting.

Moreover, Cabinet Pierrat has developed a real expertise in the field of the law of trans people, accompanying its clients throughout the procedures of modification of civil status on the registers of the French administration and change of first names.

Emmanuel Pierrat is the author of an essay entitled Le sexe et la loi (Sex and the Law), Editions Arléa, 1996, La Musardine 2001, 2008 and 2015 which was updated in 2019.

Finally, Cabinet Pierrat & Associés is a member of the Syndicat National des Entreprises Gaies & Co (SNEG) and Emmanuel Pierrat used to hold a legal column in the magazine Tetu.