FrançaisGuillaume Valdelièvre
Guillaume qualified as a barrister in Paris in 2003, before being appointed a Lawyer for the Council of State and Court of Cassation in 2016.
He first worked in commercial litigation for the law firm Lyonnet, Bigot et Associés, before joining a firm of Council Lawyers where he remained for 11 years.
Practising in multiple fields, Guillaume has a particular interest in litigation appeals in major business law cases.
Guillaume teaches criminal law at the Institute for Training and Research run by the French National Association of Lawyers at the Council of State and the Court of Cassation (IFRAC).
For the past five years (2016–2021), he has lectured in civil procedure for law undergraduates at Paris Dauphine University.
He is a member of the scientific committee for Titre VII, the Constitutional Council’s quarterly review.
Guillaume has a Postgraduate Research Diploma (DEA) in Private Contract and Property Law from Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University, which he obtained after his one-year postgraduate degree (Maîtrise) in Business Law and Taxation from Paris II Panthéon-Assas University.
He sits on the board of directors for the association Droit & Commerce and is a member of the association Droit & Procedure, the Association of Procedure and Enforcement Lawyers (AAPPE) and National Association of Banking Lawyers (ANJB).
Publications
« Les règles de prorogation des délais en période d’épidémie : un délicat assortiment », in Le droits des affaires, instrument de gestion et de sortie de crise – Les entreprises à l’épreuve de la pandémie, Lextenso, p. 355 et s.
« La sécurité juridique – Le point de vue de l’avocat », Titre VII, no. 5 – October 2020
« Les saisies pénales spéciales – une jurisprudence en mouvement » (Special orders of attachment – Case law is changing), Cahiers de droit de l’entreprise, LexisNexis, no. 2, March 2020, Dossier no. 10, p. 32 et seq.
« Contrôle limité de la constitutionnalité d’une jurisprudence constante » (Limited control over the constitutionality of consistent case law), revue Constitutions, 2018 no.1, 19 July 2018, p. 67, co-author.
« La notification des décisions en matière prud’homale »(Notification of employment tribunal decisions), Rec. Dalloz 2017, p. 2158.
« Le recours contre les décisions des juridictions du fond refusant de transmettre une QPC » (Appeals against first instance courts who to submit a Priority Question of Constitutionality), revue Constitutions, Jan-Mar 2017, p. 71, co-author.
« Le renvoi d’une question prioritaire de constitutionnalité par le juge des référés du Conseil d’État » (Applications by a Council of State interim court for a priority ruling on an issue of constitutionality), revue Constitutions, Oct-Dec 2016, p. 621.
« Prescription des actions en paiement de prêts immobiliers » (Statute of limitations for property loan repayment claims), AJDI (Dalloz), 2016, p. 445.
Contributor to the ‘Clause of the Month’ column in the Lamy Civil Law Review:
– « La clause de force majeure à l’épreuve de l’épidémie de Covid-19 » (The Force Majeure clause and the Covid 19 pandemic), 1 December 2020, no. 187.
– « La clause limitative de responsabilité » (The limitation of liability clause), December 2018, p. 25.
– « La clause de dédit » (The forfeit clause), March 2018, p. 27.
– « La clause de reconduction » (The renewal clause), February 2018, p. 40.
– « La clause de prescription » (The time limitation clause), November 2017.
– « La clause attributive de juridiction » (The election of forum clause), July-August 2017.
– « La clause compromissoire » (The arbitration clause), March 2017, p. 41.
– « La clause de confidentialité » (The confidentiality clause), July-August 2016, p. 41.
– « La clause de sauvegarde ou hardship » (The hardship clause), April 2016, p. 61.
« Portée et limites de l’attraction de compétence exercée par le tribunal de la procédure collective à l’égard du juge administratif de l’impôt » (Scope and limits of the jurisdictional pull of the insolvency court over the administrative tax court), Justice & Cassation, Dalloz, 2016, co-author.