Anne-Marie Pecoraro

Bignon Lebray & Associés, Paris, FRANCE

Anne-Marie PECORARO acts in the domains of competition, distribution and commercial contracts, as well as in the intellectual property, new technologies and entertainment law department. She specialises in advertising, literary and artistic property and trademarks law. She has also a sound legal knowledge regarding designs and models and disloyal competition (at national and international level). She has expertise in contract drafting and negotiation, and advises her clients and defends their rights in the case of litigation (notably, in the case of counterfeiting).

After having started her career as a jurist for production agencies and several companies in the cultural sector (notably in the domain of movie- and music production), Anne-Marie Pecoraro co-founded the law firm Pecoraro-Vercken, before joining Bignon Lebray & Associés as a partner. Some of the clients, whom she advises, belong to the industrial and institutional sectors, other come from a creative field (producers, editors, authors, artists agencies or museums employees).

Anne-Marie Pecoraro is a member of two work groups of the Meritas worldly network : she participates in the "Technology" work group, and leads the "Intellectual Property" work group.

She is a member of :

- the IAEL (the International Association of Entertainment lawyers
- the APRAM (trademarks law association)
- the AFIDA (author's right association)
- the ALAI (international literary and artistic association)
- the ACEECCA (consultants for audio-visual sector)
- the ACCC (Association des Conseillers Corportate en Célébrités)
- the Italian Chamber of Commerce in France

Every year, she has been actively involved in the main international trade shows, notably in the Midem, where for several consecutive years, she has co-chaired the 'legal digital workshop.

Born 21 May 1965

D.E.A. in Business and Economic Law (1987),
University of Nice - Diploma of the European Institute of Higher International Studies of Nice (1986) 
Specialisation in Intellectual Property (1999) 

Admitted : Paris Bar (1994) 

Practice areas : Intellectual Property, New Technologies and Entertainment law - Competition and distribution law - Commercial contracts