Lawfully Creative

Crefovi

🎙️ Lawfully Creative is where creativity, culture, and law collide—with plenty of sparks. Hosted by Annabelle Gauberti, founding and managing partner of London- and Paris-based law firm Crefovi, each episode dives into the real stories of artists, policy makers, and creative professionals. What fuels their imagination? Which bold decisions changed everything? And which relationships lit the path forward? You’ll hear it all—up close, personal, and always candid. But that’s just the beginning. Lawfully Creative also brings you Crefovi’s daily updates—our sharp takes on the latest news shaking up the creative industries—and Crefovi’s live webinars, where thought leadership meets the real-world legal and business challenges today’s creatives face. 🎧 Find all episodes of Lawfully Creative on your favorite podcast platform, every week. Produced with passion by Crefovi, the law firm dedicated to the creative industries in London and Paris. 💡 Like what you hear? Leave us a review and rating to help other listeners discover our curated content. 📲 Stay connected with Crefovi on Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates and insights.

  1. 1d ago ·  Video

    Crefovi files competition law complaints against the Paris bar

    Crefovi’s next live webinar will begin on Wednesday 1 April 2026 at 15:00 (UK time) and will provide our law firm’s press release in full, relating to competition law complaints filed against the Paris bar before the European Commission and the French Competition authority. Have you secured your free place for our upcoming webinar on competition law and regulation of the legal profession? Join Annabelle Gauberti on Wednesday 1 April 2026, at 15:00 (UK time) as she analyses the key competition-law issues arising from the conduct of the Paris bar and associated actors, including allegations of market foreclosure, abuse of dominance and exclusionary practices. In this webinar, our expert speaker will discuss: 1. The complaints filed before the European Commission and the French Competition Authority Scope, legal basis and procedural posture 2. The Paris bar as an association of undertakings Market-participant structure and competition-law qualification 3. Anticompetitive practices Disciplinary, regulatory, administrative and accounting powers as tools of market control 4. Exclusionary abuse of dominant position Structural power over access, practice conditions and professional reputation 5. Market foreclosure and discriminatory criteria Lack of objectivity, transparency, proportionality and non-discrimination 6. Raising rivals’ costs and interference with practice Impact on independent and atypical practitioners 7. Cross-border implications (EU and UK legal services) Effects on international practice and innovation in legal services 8. Supporting precedent: Decision 22-D-01 (Paris huissiers de justice) Lessons from prior enforcement by the French Competition authority 9. Strategic and regulatory implications What this means for lawyers, law firms and professional bodies 10. Statement from Annabelle Gauberti Framing the issue as a broader competition-law question, beyond disciplinary disputes Don’t miss this opportunity to get up to speed on regulatory law for law firms in 2026. Register now to secure your place! Check the written version of our thought leadership content on https://crefovi.com/articles/crefovi-files-competition-law-complaints-against-the-paris-bar/ and https://crefovi.fr/articles/crefovi-depose-des-plaintes-en-droit-de-la-concurrence-contre-le-barreau-de-paris/.

  2. 1d ago ·  Video

    Crefovi dépose des plaintes en droit de la concurrence contre le barreau de Paris

    Le prochain webinaire en direct de Crefovi débutera le mercredi 1er avril 2026 à 16h00 (heure de Paris) et présentera l’intégralité du communiqué de presse de notre cabinet relatif aux plaintes en droit de la concurrence déposées contre le barreau de Paris auprès de la Commission européenne et de l’Autorité de la concurrence française. Avez-vous réservé votre place gratuite pour notre prochain webinaire consacré au droit de la concurrence et à la régulation de la profession d’avocat? Rejoignez Annabelle Gauberti le mercredi 1er avril 2026 à 16h00 (heure de Paris) pour une analyse des principales questions de droit de la concurrence soulevées par les agissements du barreau de Paris et d’acteurs associés, notamment des allégations de fermeture du marché, d’abus de position dominante et de pratiques d’exclusion. Au cours de ce webinaire, notre intervenante abordera: 1. Les plaintes déposées auprès de la Commission européenne et de l’Autorité de la concurrence Champ, fondement juridique et cadre procédural 2. Le barreau de Paris en tant qu’association d’entreprises Structure composée d’acteurs du marché et qualification en droit de la concurrence 3. Les pratiques anticoncurrentielles Usage des pouvoirs disciplinaires, réglementaires, administratifs et comptables comme instruments de contrôle du marché 4. L’abus d’une position dominante à des fins d’exclusion Pouvoir structurel sur l’accès, les conditions d’exercice et la réputation 5. La fermeture du marché et les critères discriminatoires Absence d’objectivité, de transparence, de proportionnalité et de non-discrimination 6. L’augmentation des coûts des concurrents et les entraves à l’exercice Impact sur les praticiens indépendants et atypiques 7. Les implications transfrontalières (services juridiques UE et Royaume-Uni) Effets sur la pratique internationale et l’innovation dans les services juridiques 8. Le précédent: décision 22-D-01 (huissiers de justice à Paris) Enseignements tirés de la pratique décisionnelle de l’Autorité de la concurrence 9. Les implications stratégiques et réglementaires Ce que cela signifie pour les avocats, les cabinets et les ordres professionnels 10. Déclaration d’Annabelle Gauberti Une problématique de droit de la concurrence au-delà d’un simple différend disciplinaire Ne manquez pas cette opportunité de vous mettre à jour sur le droit de la régulation des cabinets d’avocats en 2026. Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant pour réserver votre place! Consultez la version écrite de notre contenu de leadership intellectuel sur https://crefovi.fr/articles/crefovi-depose-des-plaintes-en-droit-de-la-concurrence-contre-le-barreau-de-paris/ et https://crefovi.com/articles/crefovi-files-competition-law-complaints-against-the-paris-bar/.

  3. 11/11/2025 ·  Video

    Post-Brexit regulatory bias: Crefovi SELAS denounces the SRA and Law Society for unlawful retaliation and discrimination

    Crefovi’s next live webinar will begin on Tuesday 11 November 2025 at 13:00 (UK time) and will provide our law firm's press release in full, relating to post-Brexit regulatory bias: Crefovi SELAS denounces the SRA and Law Society for unlawful retaliation and discrimination. Have you secured your free place for our upcoming webinar on regulatory law for law firms? Join Annabelle Gauberti on Tuesday 11 November 2025, at 13:00 (UK time) as she analyses the key aspects of the bias and anti-competitive behaviours perpetrated by the SRA and Law Society post-Brexit against cross-border lawyers. In this webinar, our expert speaker will discuss: 1. SRA’s post-Brexit guidance and dual registration 2. The retaliatory conduct 3. The origin of the abuse: a baseless client complaint 4. Crefovi’s legal action 5. Procedural obstruction and medical incapacity 6. Abuse of dominance and competition-law implications 7. Regulatory escalation 8. Statement from Annabelle Gauberti Don’t miss this opportunity to get up to speed on regulatory law for law firms in 2025.  Check out our thought leadership content on https://crefovi.com/articles/post-brexit-regulatory-bias-crefovi-selas-denounces-the-sra-and-law-society-for-unlawful-retaliation-and-discrimination/ and https://crefovi.fr/articles/biais-reglementaire-post-brexit-crefovi-selas-denonce-les-represailles-et-la-discrimination-illegales-exercees-par-la-sra-et-la-law-society/.

  4. 07/08/2025

    Curbing anti-competitive conduct in UK labour markets: recent CMA enforcement in creative and service industries

    Crefovi's live webinar began on Friday 20 June 2025 at 17:00 London time (UK), and will explore how the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is cracking down on anti-competitive conduct in labour markets, particularly in the creative and services sectors. Have you secured your free place for our upcoming webinar on the CMA’s enforcement actions against wage-fixing, no-poach agreements, and informal collusion in the UK labour market? Join Annabelle Gauberti on Friday 20 June 2025, at 17:00 (UK time) as she presents the legal framework governing competition law in labour markets, reviews the CMA’s recent decisions and ongoing investigations, and shares actionable compliance strategies for UK employers—especially those in media, fashion, design, advertising, and tech. In this webinar, our expert speaker will discuss: 1. Key CMA decisions and investigations: what’s happened so far? 2. Labour market collusion in the creative industries: why it's under scrutiny 3. The legal risks of no-poach and wage-fixing agreements 4. How to build a compliant hiring and compensation strategy in your business Check the written version of our thought leadership content on https://crefovi.com/articles/curbing-anti-competitive-conduct-in-uk-labour-markets/ and https://crefovi.fr/articles/pratiques-anticoncurrentielles-sur-le-marche-du-travail-au-royaume-uni/

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🎙️ Lawfully Creative is where creativity, culture, and law collide—with plenty of sparks. Hosted by Annabelle Gauberti, founding and managing partner of London- and Paris-based law firm Crefovi, each episode dives into the real stories of artists, policy makers, and creative professionals. What fuels their imagination? Which bold decisions changed everything? And which relationships lit the path forward? You’ll hear it all—up close, personal, and always candid. But that’s just the beginning. Lawfully Creative also brings you Crefovi’s daily updates—our sharp takes on the latest news shaking up the creative industries—and Crefovi’s live webinars, where thought leadership meets the real-world legal and business challenges today’s creatives face. 🎧 Find all episodes of Lawfully Creative on your favorite podcast platform, every week. Produced with passion by Crefovi, the law firm dedicated to the creative industries in London and Paris. 💡 Like what you hear? Leave us a review and rating to help other listeners discover our curated content. 📲 Stay connected with Crefovi on Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates and insights.