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Printer-friendly version Download vCard Pierre Cournot Direct tel: 646.218.7635 pcournot@hodgsonruss.com Partner Corporate & Securities Practice Group International/Cross-Border Practice Group Information Technology & Internet Law Practice Group New York Office

Areas of Practice: Corporate law, commercial law, international licensing, real estate, alternative dispute resolution

Professional Experience: Mr. Cournot is a French-born and U.S.-trained business lawyer. He advises foreign (mostly French) corporations and high-net-worth individuals at every stage of their presence in the United States. His services include agency and distribution agreements, licenses of intellectual property, formation and governance of legal entities, mergers and acquisitions, real estate matters, and alternative dispute resolution. He is general counsel (avocat conseil) to the French Consulate General in New York. He is consulted regularly by several French ministries and administrative agencies regarding legal problems in the United States.

Professional Associations: Foreign trade advisor to French Republic (Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur); member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association

Publications: Author, "The New International Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association and the Uncitral Model Law," International Law Practicum; author, "Les règles internationales de l'American Arbitration Association et Les Modes Alternatifs de Règlements des Differends," Les Cahiers Juridiques et Fiscaux de l'Exportation du CFCE

Presentations/Articles: Mr. Cournot regularly presents lectures to French business executives on the topic of doing business in the United States. For several years, he taught a yearly class at the law school of Rennes Université 1 in France.

Honors/Awards: Knight, French National Order of Merit

Languages: French

Community Activities: Board member and former president, Union des Français de l'Etranger; member, Electoral Commission of the French Consulate General in New York. Mr. Cournot has represented numerous French individuals on a pro-bono or reduced-fee basis as well as several associations within the French community.

Bar Associations: New York State (member, International Law Section), Bar Association of Erie County

Admitted to Practice: New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Education:
B.A., Trinity College
J.D., Syracuse University