Gilles AUGUST - The Internationalization of the Lawyer Profession

Pouvoirs n°140 - janvier 2012 - p.49-57

Over the last twenty years, under the influence of the European construction and the increase of international exchanges, the lawyer profession has been increasingly internationalized. Goaded by the demands of French clients wishing to invest abroad or vice versa, lawyers have internationalized their training and their practices. Following the setting up of foreign legal firms in France, the loosening of regulations has allowed the setting up of French legal firms abroad. However, the reality of this trend should not mask the limits of the internationalization process: the high specialization of national legal systems and the personalization of the relationship with the local economic fabric will still ensure the quasi-monopoly of national lawyers over the profession for some time to come. Résumé

Référence électonique : Gilles AUGUST, "The Internationalization of the Lawyer Profession", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°140, 2012, p.49-57. Consulté le 02-06-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/The-Internationalization-of-the.html