A law firm dedicated to administrative law and public business law, based in Nouméa. ATA Law Firm advises and represents public and private sector clients in an ever-evolving legal environment.
Award and performance of public contracts: works and services, concessions, public service delegations, partnerships. For businesses, local authorities and mixed-economy companies alike.
Management and development of the public domain and public real estate assets: occupation, authorisations, agreements, leases and real estate transactions. The firm advises and supports public and private sector clients in securing their projects and protecting their interests..
Local institutions and their satellites: division of powers, the legality of resolutions and regulatory acts, joint authorities and intercommunal cooperation, incorporation and governance of mixed-economy and local public companies.
Advice and defence for public employers and their staff alike: disciplinary proceedings, harassment, injuries at work.
Breaches of probity: favouritism, unlawful taking of interest, corruption. We act on the criminal liability of public decision-makers and elected officials, upstream and before the court.
Bringing or resisting claims against the administration: damage from public works, defective maintenance of public infrastructure, wrongful failure to act, unlawful seizure. Policing powers, organisation and continuity of public services.
The firm advises and supports public and private sector clients in the organisation and management of public services, from selecting the appropriate management model through to contract performance and termination, including delegation, concession and employee transfer matters.
Public law, the law of projects
Behind every administrative decision, every public contract, every development scheme lie human, economic and institutional stakes.
Public law today accompanies projects, activities and changes that often span several areas of law.
A single project can raise questions of public procurement, contracts, planning, local government law, human resources, governance or liability.
Our practice is cross-disciplinary. We work across several areas of public law, in both advisory and litigation matters, for public bodies and private companies and operators alike.
Maître Ambre Theuil
After several years of practice as an associate at a leading law firm at the Montpellier Bar, she founded ATA Law Firm in Nouméa, her hometown, with the ambition of putting her expertise at the service of projects and clients.
Every territory has its own realities, challenges and ambitions. My approach to public law is grounded in understanding these specificities, so that I can closely support the decisions and projects shaping the future of each territory, in New Caledonia and across the Pacific.
ATA Law Firm advises and supports public and private sector clients in their projects and decision-making, helping to ensure legal certainty and protect their interests, both in advisory matters and litigation.
ATA Avocat, NouméaThe first exchange, by phone or in person, helps us understand the client's situation, needs and expectations, and identify the initial legal issues in the matter. The engagement and its terms are then set out in a fee agreement tailored to the case.
The engagement is defined according to the situation and the objectives pursued. In advisory work, this means identifying the legal questions, risks and available options. In litigation, we determine the appropriate action to bring or, in defence, the strategy to adopt. The scope of the engagement and the terms of support are set out from the outset.
Once the engagement begins, we provide ongoing follow-up. In both advisory and litigation matters, we remain available and adapt our approach as the situation evolves. In litigation, we also take the time to communicate and review the decision with the client, to understand its consequences and consider next steps.
Practising public law in New Caledonia takes place within a distinctive legal and institutional environment. It requires taking account of local context and realities on the ground and, where relevant, the regional Pacific dimension of a matter.
A first conversation to take the measure of your situation.
