The lawyer is a legal professional who is traditionally responsible for assisting and representing you, in the event of a dispute, in particular, before the various courts. It is this role of defender that is best known.

However, we must not neglect that the lawyer is not only there in the event of a dispute…. Quite the contrary.

So, when should you hire a lawyer and why?

The lawyer is a legal technician who, due to his experience before institutions and courts, knows not only the law, but also the decisions handed down by the courts…

The Lawyer is therefore not only a professional, he is a practitioner.

Thus, the Lawyer informs you and advises you both on the current state of law (what the law says) and on the risks of a potential dispute thanks to his practice of institutions (fiscal, administrative, judicial, etc.) .

Its expertise then allows us to go beyond the simple question of legality… to question the appropriateness, adaptation and of course, the effectiveness of a decision to be taken, to advise you.

It is therefore at the end of a precise and complete analysis that your lawyer will be able to answer your questions (consultations), draft acts (contracts, most often) and/or compromise in order to limit the risks of the hazard. judicial.

It is for these reasons that it is desirable to consult a lawyer before any decision is made because once the dispute has arisen and a court is seized, the situation is often frozen and the room for maneuver is reduced. considerably.

Also note that if the Lawyer assists you, represents you and advises you, he also has the capacity to certify your acts under private signature thanks to the Lawyer’s Deed.

Premises

Our premises are located on the 3rd floor of the DISTRIPORT Tower in Le Boulou.

Le Boulou is the first motorway exit in France for our neighbors in southern Catalonia and beyond and is therefore the ideal place for an activity linked to cross-border integration on both sides of the Pyrenees.

You can park your vehicle at the foot of the building.

Parking is free.

Fluent in four languages (French, Spanish, Catalan and English), Mrs Rose-Marie QUINTANA graduated in both law and foreign languages, which is a considerable asset when drawing up international contracts or assisting you in the relevant language.

Mrs QUINTANA’s appraisal of the French-Spanish border (and above all of the French-Catalan border) is highly requested, and she intervenes not much locally (both in the South of France and Catalonia) as before the institutions of the European Union.

She has also written fact sheets (financed by the European Union) for professionals (CULTURPRO project).

Legal and linguistic competence

Professional Lawyer’s Certificate

Master’s degree in private law (Top of the class – with highest honors)

Master’s degree in Politics, Identities and Territories in Europe (Top of the class – with honors)

Postgraduate diploma in law of the national, international and European procedures.

Graduated in law and in Catalan at the University of Gerona (Spain) (with highest honors in both subjects)

Degree in foreign languages – Spanish, English, Catalan

University degree in legal English

SUMMER UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, COLLEGE OF LAW : Business Enterprise Regulation and Finance (by the Pr. Stuart Cohn) ; International Financial Crime and Money Laundering, including Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity (by the Pr. Fletcher Baldwin, Jr.) – (Université de Montpellier – 34) 

International and cross-border appraisals

Presentations, teaching, research and appraisals since 2005 :

PRESENTATIONS :

For the attention of the French professionals (in France), in particular :

– Congress about the impact of the French high-speed train (TGV) on the cross-border mobilities

 (2006 –   the Palace of the Kings of Majorca in Perpignan) ;

– Congress of European Law 2006 – Perpignan, Conference about the settlement of the pensions when   working in several European countries ;

– Congress about the workers’ mobility in 2008 – Convention Center – Perpignan, Speech “Mobility and Tax   System in Europe”

For the attention of the Catalan and Spanish professionals (in the South of Catalonia)

– Presentation about the setting up of Spanish companies in France – Set of issues and solutions

– Training of staff at the Catalan employment agency (“SOC”) (Figueres) : French Law approach.

At the request of the cross-border and Community organizations Strasbourg-Kehl Euro-Institute

Oct. 2010 – Strasbourg : round table on “How attractive can cross-border territories be ?”

The Council of Europe Colloquium “Build bridges across borders”» oct. 2010 in Strasbourg.

Presentation on cross-border cooperation and workers’ mobility.

Cross-border Catalan Euro-Institute : different presentations both in France and in Spain on the legal and tax aspects of borders and professional integration

TEACHING :

Franco-Catalan cross-border Institute (Perpignan) (Master’s degree I & II in cross-border relationships)

Institute of Technology of Perpignan : lecture on Comparative Law France-Catalonia ; France-Spain : legal and tax aspects. (bachelor’s degree)

Institute of Company and Management Sciences – Montpellier 1 University (Comparative Business Law France/Spain – D.U. A.M.A.)

RESEARCH & APPRAISAL :

Applied research at the ICRESS in co-supervision (University of Perpignan – University of Gerona) : research theme: “From the legal and tax frame to the achievement of commercial activity within the cross-border Catalan area”

Cross-border European program Interreg IV-A POCTEFA (Operational program of territorial cooperation Spain-France-Andorra) – initiated by the European Commission : CULTURPRO writer and adviser (training project conceived to reinforce the cross-border integration of the businessmen)

Author of a series of fact sheets for professionals (Tax systems, Business Law, Corporate Law, Administrative Organizations, Employment and Social Protection Law)

Main activities : Legal activities and tax activities, with a specificity for issues related to the French-Catalan border.

Corporate law (setting up, disposal, merger, acquisition, conversion, dissolution, winding up)

Business transfer (business sale, craft businesses, customers, etc.)

Insolvency (Backup, recovery, liquidation)

Commercial law (advice, drafting of legal documents, transactions and litigations)

Recovery of civil and commercial debts (transactional and judicial aspect).

Private and professional assets (acquisition, sale, inheritance, donation, management)

Tax law

– For individuals: wealth declaration, acquisition and transfer of assets.

– For professionals: advice, registrations, assistance with tax audits and litigation before the tax   administration and the judicial and administrative jurisdictions

– For artists and sportspeople: specificities related to their status

– For freelance professionals: advice, declaration, returns (TVA, BNC N°2035)

– For management, declaration, acquisition and transfer of the real estate and/or furniture, subject or not   to VAT

– For matters of EU and international taxation (notably France/Spain/Catalonia/Andorra)

Commercial contract and business contract law (general and special conditions of sales, distribution contract, franchise agreements, etc.)

Lease law (professional, commercial and rental leases

International contracts – especially cross-border relationships France/Spain/Catalonia/Andorra

Banking and financial law

Economic law

Community law

Civil contract law (loan contract, sale of securities, ‘PACS’, etc…)

Rights of associations and other non-profit organizations