Magali Fraigne, associate, concentrates on commercial law, criminal litigation, real estate law (construction and co-ownership), insurance law and banking law.
Jennifer Nettelbeck Yoteau, associate, concentrates on company law, commercial law and contract law.
Also an Australian lawyer, she has been a member of the Victorian bar, in Australia, since 1991.
After having practised in Australian law firms, she moved to New Caledonia in 2003 where she initially practised as a legal advisor to companies and individuals. She brings critical support to the firm in the context of files with an international scope.
Carine Pichard Lencauchez, associate, concentrates on taxation law, and specifically on the taxation of companies and individuals, international taxation, real estate taxation and customs, both in the area of advice and litigation.
Corinne Van Michel, associate, concentrates on company law, contract law, anti-trust and competition law and employment law.
Before joining Descombes & Salans, which became D&S LEGAL in 2014, she practised for over fifteen years in senior in-house legal positions (legal director of several groups of companies) and in law firms.
Her career in many countries has enabled her to acquire a global vision and an ability to adapt which is extremely valuable in the management of complex legal situations.
Frédéric Descombes, Managing Partner, concentrates on corporate law, anti-trust and competition law, tax law and public law.
He was a lawyer at the Paris Bar from 1995 to 2000, and was admitted to the Noumea Bar in 2001. In 2003 he founded the firm Descombes & Associés, then, through his relationship with Salans, he formed the firm DESCOMBES & SALANS, which became D&S LEGAL in 2014, of which he is Managing Partner.
In parallel, he performed the functions of Official Receiver, appointed by the Noumea Mixed Commercial Court for more than 13 years, and in that capacity was in charge of the restructuring and reorganisation of significant local companies.
Through its well-structured network in Australia, particularly in the States of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, Frédéric Descombes, with his associates, regularly assists and advises French investors in Australia and Australian investors in the French Pacific Islands.
He regularly presents at conferences overseas, on investing in New Caledonia and French Polynesia (Australian New Caledonia Business Forum, Brisbane, Australia; New Caledonia Nickel Conference, Noumea, New Caledonia).
He is also a regular speaker at conferences on New Caledonian competition law and merger law.
Since 2012, Frederic Descombes, Managing Partner, has been ranked in the Chambers Asia Pacific list of lawyers who have both sound expertise and a good reputation in the Pacific Islands Area.
