Bersay & Associés

Jacques Asscher

Jacques Asscher is specialized in the field of environment law.  He handles all environmental issues in the industrial sector, renewable energy sources, REACH, RoHS and WEEE.

He is more particularly reputed for his expertise in the area of environmental due diligence and audits within the scope of Mergers & Acquisitions and stock exchange quotations and for regulatory audits.

He is a graduate of the University Jean Moulin, Lyons III (Master of law degree in International law and Political sciences, post graduate studies in European law).

He is member of the Paris Bar since 1994.

Jacques Asscher is since a number of years recommended by Who’s Who Legal and the Expert Guides of the Legal Media Group.

He has previously worked for an English law firm (Theodore Goddard), a Dutch law firm (Nauta Dutilh) and for the last ten years until December 2008 at Huglo Lepage & Associés.

Jacques Asscher is also active in the training of his fellow lawyers. Until 2007 he lectured at the EFB (Bar school) and, since 2006, organises professional training sessions for colleagues.

Since 2009, he lectures at the University of Aix-en-Provence within the scope of the newly set up Master II in International and European environment law.

He regularly speaks at conferences and seminars, be it at national or international level.

Main Articles:

• Chapters on French Labour and Environment law for Doing Business in France, Kluwer Uitgeverij (1996).
• Energy and Environment in a European Perspective (congress publication of the International Federation for European Law - F.I.D.E., 1996).
• Intervention by environmental organisations in the environmental process (congress publication of the CEDRE, Editions Bruylant, 1998).
• The emerging human rights in Europe (congress publication BRUYLANT, 1998).
• Access to justice within the scope of the White Paper on environmental Liability (congress publication of the Academy of European Law in Trier, 2001).
• Written contributions to the new French commented environmental code (Litec editions 2001, 2003, 2006).
• Chapter on French environmental law “Environment Law” of the GLG Group (from 2004 to 2007).
• Article on environmental audits for the National financial Newspaper “Les Echos” (2004).
• Interview on environmental audits published in “Décideurs Juridique” (2004).
• Article L 514-20 of the Environment Code (Information to be provided to buyers, when selling an industrial site; Gazette du Palais, special edition, april 2008).
• WEEE: « du déchet dans la transposition de la directive en droit interne » (BDEI July - August 2009).

Languages : french, english, dutch

jasscher@bersay-associes.com