Basile Ader
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PositionPartner
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Emailbader@august-debouzy.com
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Phone Number+33145615920
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LanguagesEnglish, French
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LocationParis
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BarreauBarreau de Paris
Practice Areas
- Digital and Technology Regulation
- Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property, Media, and Press Litigation
- White-Collar Crime and Investigations
Biography
Basile Ader joined August Debouzy in 2018. He is a former Vice President of the Paris Bar (2018/2019), former member of the Paris Bar Council (2010-2012), former member of the Paris Bar Debating Society (Secrétaire de la Conférence) (1993), former President of the OIAD (Observatoire international des avocats en danger - International observatory for endangered lawyers), former President of Barreau de Paris Solidarité (Paris Bar association of volunteer lawyers) and Managing Editor of Légipresse (magazine on communication law published by Dalloz). Basile Ader also teaches at EFB (Paris Bar School).
Basile Ader is involved in all types of criminal, civil or business disputes pertaining to white-collar crime, media law, art market law, and intellectual property.
He has a specific expertise in press criminal law, as managing editor of the French monthly magazine Légipresse since its creation in 1987.
He has created the ‘Lawyer representing artists and authors’ status (‘avocat mandataire d’artistes et d’auteurs’).
Basile is well known for press law issues. - Chambers and Partners
Basile Ader is a reference in matters of press law, endowed with rare experience but also with real instinct. He demonstrates great flexibility, and his risk analysis is often very business-oriented, which greatly simplifies decision-making. - Legal 500
Background
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1986Paris 1 - Université Panthéon Sorbonne | Master's degree (DESS) in Law and Communication Management
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1984Paris 2 - Université Panthéon Assas | General Private Law Degree (Maîtrise de droit privé général)
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1984IFP - Institut Français de Presse | Information and Communication Degree (Licence d’information et de communication)
Rankings and Recognition
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(01)Chambers and Partners
2026
TMT: Media
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(02)Chambers and Partners
2025 - Global
TMT: Media
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(03)Legal 500
2025 - Global
Intellectual property : copyright