A matter of convictions and passions
Located in the Principality of Monaco, our firm was founded by Thomas Giaccardi in 1999. It is in reference to that year that it bears the name "99 Avocats."
In January 2019, Thomas Brezzo joined our team as a partner. A multidisciplinary team whose know-how is based on the dual culture of advice and litigation.
Whether you are a company, an institutional actor, or a private individual, we assist you in negotiations and in drafting your contracts.
We have solid experience in business law, combined with daily practice in criminal, civil, commercial, social, and administrative proceedings. We act before the Monegasque and foreign courts and before arbitration tribunals.
Our usual working languages are French, English, and Italian.
Our values
99 Avocats is above all a firm that relies on a collaborative spirit and on the quality of client relations. Two key success factors that are inseparable from our legal skills. We back these up with strong and essential values shared by the entire team.
Commitment
We defend our clients' interests proactively and effectively. We see advice as a secure and inventive aid to the final decision, which belongs to our clients.
Excellence
The satisfaction of the expectations of our clients requires rigour and excellence. In order to be able to confront a constantly changing legal environment and to respond to all issues, our teams are continuously trained. Our legal and strategic expertise, recognised both in the Principality and abroad, is the result of solid experience and a constantly renewed capacity to adapt. We favour the strength of collective work and the relationship with our clients is at the heart of our concerns. The sharing of the multidisciplinary skills of our teams ensures a comprehensive response to the requirements of our clients.
Humanism
For us, the law is intimately linked to the human being. Whether in the life of a company or an individual, when integrity is called into question, we are committed to defending it by providing more than just answers: solutions and tailor-made care. For us, success is a matter of alliance. Bonds of trust forged with our clients, the union of skills and specialities, carried by our employees. A synergy of know-how thanks to our privileged relationships with local and international players. For us, the profession of lawyer is above all a matter of conviction and passion. By combining transparency and discretion, by measuring the stakes of each case, by getting involved as if the case were our own, we make the defence our mainspring, refusing any approximation.
Our method
Clarity
We provide clear answers on the strategy envisaged and further developments.
We are committed to informing our client precisely about the meaning of our analysis, as well as the risks in terms of losses and gains.
Adaptability
The quality of our relationship with our clientele is based on availability, listening and mutual trust.
Our experience gained in advice and in litigation enables us to adapt to the needs and expectations of our domestic and international clientele.
Collegiality
Each case, according to its peculiarities, is assigned a dedicated team, which is likely to evolve to adapt to the questions that will arise.
Multidisciplinary working groups are formed to answer the most complex problems.
Transmission
We are exchanging information and expertise through meetings with local and foreign economic actors and think tanks on the legal and regulatory frameworks.
We deliver professional training sessions, and dedicate a part of our time to support trainees.
We regularly invite our clients to our conferences and debates on current topics.
We provide a legal watch by periodically publishing information and articles on Monegasque, European and international law.
Our departments
Our references
The law firm 99 Avocats advises and acts for banks, Monegasque companies, international groups, insurance companies, and major institutional players. We also intervene for individuals to preserve and defend their private and professional interests.
Examples of interventions
We have won the confidence of both local and international economic players through our ability to handle complex transactions such as:
We are also partners on a daily basis, assisting our clients in the development of their business and guaranteeing the security of the operations they carry out, and more generally, to provide them with the essential legal information in constantly evolving areas.
We have experience in the management of criminal litigation in cases with high media impact.
We also advise private clients to monitor their family legal environment (structuring and transmission of assets, matrimonial regime, family disputes …).
the acquisition and creation of banks and portfolio management companies;
the sale of a pharmaceutical laboratory;
We are also partners on a daily basis, assisting our clients in the development of their business and guaranteeing the security of the operations they carry out, and more generally, to provide them with the essential legal information in constantly evolving areas.
We have experience in the management of criminal litigation in cases with high media impact.
We also advise private clients to monitor their family legal environment (structuring and transmission of assets, matrimonial regime, family disputes …).
the capital increase of a publicly traded company;
structuring and setting up bank financing operations for the construction of luxury high-rise residential buildings;
the project of extension and urbanization at sea.
Our partners
The law firm 99 Avocats has deep insights and knowledge of the Monegasque institutional, legal and regulatory environment, knows its key interlocutors, and has strong and reliable international networks.
We work closely with the Monegasque accountants, notaries and auditors.
We have established privileged relationships with law firms in many foreign countries, paying particular attention to the quality of services delivered from one country to another.
We can quickly mobilize external resources in line with the needs of our clientele, in Monaco and abroad, while maintaining our freedom of action.