About us

Located in Paris, France, in the business center of the 8th arrondissement near the “Arc de Triomphe” and place de l’Etoile, the Firm Nénert et Associés [NNA] comprises fifteen Notaires and employs around fifty people.

We strongly believe in the Notarial traditional values, which guide the partners of the Firm when dealing with all general legal matters and transactions, in accordance with the profession’s ethical regulations.
In addition, our Firm also specializes in several areas of expertise such as Construction Law / Town Planning matters, International Law, Estate Planning and Corporate Law, in order to assist clients throughout their private and professional projects.

Nénert et Associés assists its clients in particular in English, Russian, Spanish, Italian, German and Portuguese.

FIRM HISTORY

Nénert et Associés is a Notaire Firm established since 1622 in Paris, originally located in the historical business centre of the City near Palais Brongniart, la Bourse.

In 1982, three years after becoming Maître Robert Gaullier’s partner and in view of increasing the Firm’s activity, Jean-Louis Nénert moved the Office to the new business centre near the “Arc de Triomphe” (8th arrondissement).

In 1991, two new partners, Jean-Christophe Nénert and Patrick Montagne, joined the Firm, which then became NENERT ET ASSOCIES NOTAIRES A PARIS (aka NNA).

The Firm kept growing over the years when Antoine Kroell (1996), Stéphanie Sirot (2001) and Marie-Jean Roque (2007) became partners.

In 2012, Christine Bernard, Anne Gouranton, Sophie Guérin-Tournier, Aurore Nénert and Delphine Zerbib were appointed Notaires, before Jean-Philippe Brunet and Lionel Mauclair in 2015, Tiphaine Simon in 2016 and Théodore Lalieu in 2017.

To this day, the Firm employs around fifty people who assist six partners:

– Jean-Louis Nénert,

– Jean-Christophe Nénert,

– Patrick Montagne,

– Antoine Kroell,

– Stéphanie Sirot,

– Marie-Jean Roque.

Our values

NENERT ET ASSOCIES NOTAIRES A PARIS is an experienced and qualified Firm of French Notaires who strongly believe in the traditional values upholding the profession.

NNA assists and advises its clients in the most efficient and secure manner, in every key moment of their personal and professional life, under professional secrecy.

Although they are each specialized in their own area of practice, the Notaires at NNA remain first and foremost general legal practitioners, and favour team and interdepartmental work depending on the legal matter to be dealt with, thus allowing them to be their client’s main contact.

Role of the Notaire

The Notaire is a state appointed legal officer

“The Notaire is the public official responsible for establishing all the contracts to which the parties wish to confer a seal of authenticity, to ensure their signature date, to hold them in trust and to deliver authentic copies of them”, in accordance with the Decree dated 2nd November 1945, Article 1, which sets forth the guidelines of the Notaire’s status.

The strength of the Notaire’s authentic contract

The features of the authentic contract drafted by the Notaire are the following:

– DEFINITE LEGAL DATE: unlike contracts signed under private agreement which need to be registered, its date is evidence on its own.

– PROBATIVE FORCE: the facts therein become unquestionable; therefore it is the strongest mean of evidence listed by the French Civil Code.

– ENFORCEABLE: it is automatically enforceable, just like a court ruling.

Storing the authentic contract

The Notaire has an obligation to keep the authentic contract for one hundred years. Notaires also use digital contracts and online notarial tools.

Tariffs

The cost of the Notaire’s services is State regulated by the decree dated 8th March 1978. The cost includes:

– proportional and fixed fees applicable to most deeds and due diligence (property sales, donations, inheritance…)

– other fees set freely in accordance with the client’s consent.