Background
Coutrelis, Nicole was born on August 28, 1950 in Toulon, France.
Coutrelis, Nicole was born on August 28, 1950 in Toulon, France.
University of Paris (Licence d'Histoire, 1970). University of Paris II (Licence en Droit, 1973). Spoken languages: French, English, Italian, Spanish and German.
Worked at Coutrelis & Associes (Brussels) specializing in Arbitration, Lobbying, Counseling and Litigation (both before National Courts and before the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg) on Free Movement of Goods, Common Agricultural Policy, Antitrust, State Aids, Banking and Financial Law, Products Liability, Customs and Tariff Law, Food and Drug Regulation, Pharmaceutical Regulation, Consumer Law, Environmental Law, Patents, Trademarks, Designs, Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Distribution and Franchise Agreements. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Paris as Avocat (Not admitted in Belgium). Office National Interprofessional des Céréales, 1972-1978.
Représentation Permanente de la France auprčs de la CEE, 1978-1982. Legal Service, Commission of the European Communities, 1982-1985. Lecturer, Seminars on EC Law, ENGREF (Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et Foręts, Paris).
Member: International Bar Association. Association des Juristes de Banque. Association des Juristes Européens.
Association Française du Droit de l'Alimentation (AFDA). Secretary General of Association Internationale des Juristes pour le Droit de la Vigne et du Vin (AIDV) and of European Food Law Association (EFLA). (Also Of Counsel, Anwaltsbüro Gorny, Frankfurt/Main, Germany).
The firm is well known for its expertise in European Community Law. Regarding litigation, only part of its activities, the firm has been entrusted up to now with no less than 48 cases before the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg.
Member: International Bar Association. Association des Juristes de Banque. Association des Juristes Européens.
Association Française du Droit de l'Alimentation (AFDA). Secretary General of Association Internationale des Juristes pour le Droit de la Vigne et du Vin (AIDV) and of European Food Law Association (EFLA). (Also Member, Coutrelis & Associes, Paris, France and Brussels, Belgium).