Muriel Cadiou

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Profile

Founding partner of CADIOU POIVEY-LECLERCQ, a Paris law firm (4 partners and 4 associates) dedicated exclusively to family law. Accredited specialist in family law in France, a national certification received by the CNB (National Bar Association). She graduated in France and in the United States (Master’s degree in comparative law from New York University). Experience in commercial and tax litigation in French and American law firms before focusing exclusively on family law. Strong focus on high class family cases involving complex financial and property issues for international citizens living in France or French nationals living abroad. Litigator at heart, she is also trained in collaborative law, transactional analysis and non-violent communication and a certified mediator to resolve conflict peacefully. Past president of "Droit & Procédure", the oldest association of the Paris Bar (500 members) focusing on civil procedure. Member of the Family Law Commission of the Paris Bar, the Family Law Commission of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), the Association Nationale des Spécialistes du Droit de la Famille et du Patrimoine, the French-American Bar Association. Author of publications and speaker in family law and civil procedure for the Paris Bar both in France and abroad.

Languages Spoken: French, English

Practice Areas: Adoption, Appeals, Arbitration, Child Care/Public Law, Child Custody/Residence/Visitation/Contact, Child Support, Cohabitation, Collaborative Law, Custody/Residence/Visitation/Contact, Divorce, Domestic Abuse/Violence/Protection Orders, Emergency Procedures/Injunctions, Enforcement: Child Custody, Enforcement: Child Support, Enforcement: Property Division, Enforcement: Spousal Support, Finance: Capital Provision, Finance: Insolvency, Finance: Pensions/Superannuation/Retirement and Employment Benefits, Finance: Property Issues, Finance: Taxation, Finance: Trusts, Hague Convention/Child Abduction, Mediation, Modification/Variation: Child Custody, Modification/Variation: Child Support, Modification/Variation: Property Division, Modification/Variation: Spousal Support, Parentage/Paternity, Pre-nuptial/Post-nuptial Agreements, Relocation/Removal from Jurisdiction, Same Sex Partnerships, Spousal Support/Maintenance/Alimony, Succession Law, Surrogacy

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