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Chambers & Partners France 2026

TMT:IT (Individual ranking) - "Marc Schuler knows how to establish a relationship of trust, is flexible, and truly client-oriented." "He is always available and remarkably efficient. He offers a very high level of service and a rare commercial sense."

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Heading the French IP and IT practice, Marc has over 20 years of experience advising clients on both contentious and non-contentious aspects of intellectual property and information technology. Marc is very active in brand management and in securing IP rights in transactional work regarding acquisition of rights and operation of the same, as well as IP rich and cutting-edge transactions in the tech and digital environment. Marc is further strongly involved in litigation in these fields.

Marc is recognised by clients as approachable, commercial and thorough in his advice. With strong knowledge of industry constraints and risk management methods, his assistance is valuable in litigation. He further assists clients respond to specific IP and privacy challenges in the convergence of communication technologies and data management techniques.

Marc assists major brands, content producers, software publishers, IT service providers, software and systems customers, online broadcasters and platforms as well as insurers in respect of their dedicated tech/cyber risk coverage. Marc is listed among the leading lawyers in his field. 

 

 

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Chambers & Partners France 2026

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TMT:IT (Individual ranking) - "Marc Schuler knows how to establish a relationship of trust, is flexible, and truly client-oriented." "He is always available and remarkably efficient. He offers a very high level of service and a rare commercial sense."

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Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa, 2025

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TMT:IT France (Individual ranking) - "Marc Schuler combines impressive technical skills with listening to our needs and a perfect understanding commercial issues."

TMT:IT France (Individual ranking) - "Marc is really an expert and has a lot of experience litigating. I know he will be in a position to assist me well."

Recommended lawyer - Industry focus: IT, telcoms & the internet (France): Marc Schuler - who recently arrived from Bird & Bird - is currently representing one of Septeo's affiliates in litigation filed by a user pertaining to data loss following a ransomware attack.

Recommended lawyer - Intellectual property: copyright (France)

Recommended lawyer - France: Exceptionally good’ Marc Schuler, is ‘approachable, very commercial and very thorough in his advice.

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Corcentric acquires SaaS platform

Corcentric, a fast-growing provider of procurement and financial process automation solutions, on its USD32m acquisition of Determine, Inc, a global SaaS solutions provider in Source to Pay and Enterprise Contract Lifecycle Management.

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A leading luxury fashion brand on its IP issues

A luxury fashion brand on the filing, registration and management of the client's trade marks, including opposition proceedings against conflicting third party trade marks and enforcement action against infringers.

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Successful claim relating to counterfeit and grey goods for Cisco

Cisco on its UK and EU trade marks and on brand infringement, including a long running and high value claim against the directors of a broker (Gen X IT), trading in substantial quantities of counterfeit and grey Cisco branded products.

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The Digital Omnibus proposal: what does it mean for the a single data market in the EU?

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