Delphine Eskenazi
High Net Worth Guide 2024
Band 1 : Family/Matrimonial: High Net Worth
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About
Provided by Delphine Eskenazi
Practice Areas
Has extensive experience in all aspects of family and matrimonial law. Main areas of practice are international family law, inheritance and estate law as well as art law, including mediation and litigation in those areas. In that capacity she represents high profile individuals and families.
Areas : Adoption, Appeals, Arbitration, Child Care/Public Law, Child Custody/Residence/Visitation/Contact, Child Support, Cohabitation, Collaborative Law, 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, Surrogacy
Career
Studied law at the Sorbonne and graduated from Cornell Law School (J.D., Summa Cum Laude). Admitted to the New York Bar (2003) and the Paris Bar (2004).
Professional Memberships
New York State Bar Association, Internation and Family Law Section
IBA ("International Bar Association"), Private Client Section,
French-American Bar Association
French Committee of International Private Law (“Comité Français de Droit International Privé”)
Association « Art & the Law »
IAFL ("International Academy of Family Lawyers")
International Law Association
Publications
Le nouveau Règlement européen n°1259-2010 sur la loi applicable au divorce
2012 AJ Famille : Compétence internationale en matière de responsabilité parentale :
qui ne dit mot ne consent pas...
2012 L'incompétence internationale, une exception hybride
2012 Privilège de juridiction de l'article 14 du Code civil et fraude à la compétence
2012 Exequatur d'un jugement étranger et ordre public français
2012 Régime matrimonial en droit international et Convention de la Haye de 1978
2013 Responsabilité des entreprises privées et droit international des droits de
l'homme
2015 AJ Famille : Appréciation de la fraude par la Cour de Cassation (mars 2015)
2015 Les revues Jurisclasseur Droit de la famille : Les Prenuptial agreement et les
contrats de mariage : perspective franco-anglaise, Revue Droit de la Famille
2015 Conférence FABA, Protection du patrimoine des époux et actifs d'une entreprise
en cas de divorce : Perspectives franco-américaines, 9 octobre 2015
2013 AJ Famille : « Qui dit contractuel, dit juste"? Entre la validation d'une clause
d'élection de for et de loi applicable et le contrôle d'une renonciation des époux
à une compensation financière
2015 Effective Planning for French / UK Clients - IBC Conference – London
2015 Campus Avocat 2015, Intervenante dans un atelier "Prenuptial agreements et
contrats de mariage : perspectives franco-anglaises"
2015 AJ Famille, Divorce dans le Monde, Première partie
2015 La Revue du Notariat Defrénois : Contrat de mariage et prenuptial agreement:
une protection efficace?
2015 AJ Famille : Divorce dans le Monde, Deuxième partie
2016 AJ Famille : Précisions par la CJUE du champ d'application matériel du
réglement "Bruxelles II bis" en matière de responsabilité parentale (janvier 2016)
2016 AJ Famille : L'enlèvement d'enfants aux Etats-Unis
2016 Revue Droit & Patrimoine : Se dire "oui" ou se dire "yes", comment se marier à
l'international...
2016 Article Journal des Sociétés : Enlèvement d’enfants et déplacement illicite :
pratiques comparées France – Etats Unis
2016 Making the right choices, Blog LexisNexis UK (co-writing with the lawfirm
Withers)
2017 Family Law Journal : Three aspects of family law in three jurisdictions
2017 Revue Droit & Patrimoine : Les pièges d'un divorce international
2017 Family Law Week : The New Divorce by Mutual Consent in France
2017 AJ Famille : Nouveau divorce par consentement mutuel:risques dans les pays de
Common law
2017 Family Law Review, NYSBA : The New Divorce by Mutual Consent in France
2017 AJ Famille : Régimes matrimoniaux dans le monde, partie I
2018 AJ Famille : Régimes matrimoniaux dans le monde, partie II
2018 Le Parisien : Héritage de Johnny : loi californienne contre loi française
2018 AJ Famille : La, parole de l’enfant déplacé
2018 The Times : Wives are the losers as Brexit derails the Eurostar divorce dash
2020 AJ Famille : L’impossible existence du concept de régime matrimonial dans les pays de common law ou comment faire entrer un cercle dans un carré ?
2020 Family Law Review, NYSBA : The impossible existence of the concept of ‘matrimonial regime’ in common law countries or how to fit a square peg into a round hole
2020 Jurisclasseur Voies d’exécution : Exécution en France des mesures con
servatoires, injonctions et jugements des pays de common-law
2020 Article journal The Global Legal Post : With the family courts closed, mediation may be the only option
2020 AJ Famille : Le nom de famille au moment du divorce Regards croisés entre la France et les pays de common law
2021 The Enforcement of foreign judgments in France
2021 To Say « YES » or to Say « OUI », how to get married as an international couple?
2022 AJ Famille : L’absence d’ubiquité de la notion de résidence habituelle pour l’époux
2022 AJ Famille : Le statut légal de la gestation pour autrui en Europe – Approche de droit comparé entre les droits britanniques, français, italiens et espagnols
2022 AJ Famille : La nouvelle procédure de changement de nom confrontée aux familles internationales…
2022 AJ Famille : Nom de famille de l’enfant : étude comparative Angleterre, Etats Unis et Italie
Personal
SPEAKERS IN SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL FAMILY LAW CONFERENCES IN THE LAST 3 YEARS
Step Conference, 14th Annual International Trusts and Estates Planning Institute, New York
Webinar organized by the Association des Juristes Franco-Britanniques, March 2021, « The Absence of Matrimonial Property Regime in the UK »
Etats Généraux de la Famille, January 2020 and 2021, « Recent cases and jurisprudence in International Family Law »
Webinar EACC European American Chamber of Commerce, December 2020, « Foreigners living or Investing in France, and French Expatriates : What are the pittfalls and how to avoid them ? »
Webinar, International Academy of Family Lawyers, December 2020, « Brexit and International Family Law »
Webinar, HNW Divorce, November 2020, « Brexit and Family Law : UK Departure but European Problems »
Every year since 2007 : Conférence : Etats Généraux du Droit de la Famille et du Patrimoine
Expert in these Jurisdictions
France and all common-law countries, in particular the United States and the United Kingdom
Industry Sector Expertise
Delphine Eskenazi has been a lawyer at the bars of New York and Paris since 2003 and 2004, respectively. She holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne and an American law degree from Cornell Law School (JD, Summa Cum Laude).
She practiced for over ten years in renowned French and international law firms (Bird & Bird, UGGC Avocats).
She regularly serves as an expert on issues of French law before foreign courts in the context of complex international litigation.
Delphine Eskenazi assists clients as regards issues of filiation in an international environment, and in particular as regards recognition of parental rights in the context of adoptions undertaken abroad, and conception of children by surrogacy.
Delphine Eskenazi is also trained as a mediator and her practice focuses on domestic and also international mediation.
Delphine Eskenazi also advises private clients on family law issues. She has developed special expertise in international family law, and particularly in complex litigation on financial aspects of divorce. She very often advises clients on issues related to marriage contracts or prenuptial agreements in an international context. A member of the Institut Art & Droit [Art & Law Institute], a co-author of the reference work on art market law, Droit du Marché de l’Art, and a lecturer for the Master’s of Art Market Law, she often advises clients on litigation regarding the authenticity of artworks.
Languages Spoken
French and English
Education
CORNELL LAW SCHOOL
Juris Doctor
1998 - 2001
SORBONNE LAW SCHOOL
Master
2001 - 2003
Chambers Review
High Net Worth
Delphine Eskenazi has a superb reputation in France as a leading lawyer for international family matters. Her expertise on matrimonial matters is renowned by market commentators.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"In France, when we need a family law specialist on the advisory side, she is equipped to advise."
"In France, when we need a family law specialist on the advisory side, she is equipped to advise."