Charlotte Butruille-Cardew is a founding partner at law firm CBBC.
Lawyer at the Paris Bar since 2001, accredited specialist of Family Law with the CNB.
Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Law Society England and Wales since 2004.
Elected Member of the Paris Bar Council 2021-2023.
Board member of the Paris Bar School.
Collaborative law practitioner.
She practices law in French and English.
EXPERTISE
With her specific expertise in financially complex international family law cases and formidable experience of dealing with challenging matters, she advises on international asset planning and represents her clients in multi-jurisdictional litigation.
She has been recognized by her clients and her peers for her talent in achieving successful settlement.
DISTINCTIONS
Charlotte Butruille-Cardew is a Knight of the Academic Palms.
She is also an accredited specialist in family law.
INTERNATIONAL
Charlotte Butruille-Cardew is a Fellow and Governor of the International Academy of Family Lawyers.
She was consulted on family law reform projects by the European Commission and by the law societies of England and New Zealand, and on EU Family projects by the Max Planck Institute.
She is the author of numerous books including Family Law, A global Guide (Thomson Reuters), Amicable Dispute Resolution Guide (Dalloz), International prenuptial agreements and postnuptial agreements (Jordan Limited) and The law of divorce: global perspectives (Icfai University Press). She regularly publishes articles in French and English, and is a regular guest speaker in France and abroad on international family law issues and complex international negotiations.
She is the French correspondent of the International Family Law Journal.
TEACHING
Charlotte is an accredited practitioner of and trainer on the collaborative law process, an alternative resolution technique based on integrative negotiation, which she introduced in France in 2007. She holds Harvard certificates in interest-based negotiation and teaches negotiation techniques and collaborative law process at the Paris Bar, and intercultural negotiation techniques at the International School of alternative dispute resolution (EIMA). She co-chairs the Paris Bar's open commission on amicable resolution international family law disputes.
Charlotte Butruille-Cardew is a doctor of Law. After working as an associate lecturer, she now works closely with universities in France and England, including for 15 years as a conference organizer at King’s College University (London) on French and English perspectives on family law. She contributed to the design of academic programs of the Universities of Assas, Nanterre, and IFOMENE and is a member of numerous scientific committees or life member of honour, as past president or founding member of AFPDC, IDFP, EIMA, Etats Généraux du droit de la famille.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Law: French and English divorce law, Paris XII - 2000 - London School of Economics -2001
LLM: Kings College London -1995
Master’s degree : Private law, Paris II Université Paris-Pantheon Assas -1994-
BEFORE CBBC
Prior to founding CBBC in 2009, Charlotte Butruille-Cardew worked as a corporate lawyer in London and Paris and also worked during her Phd with avocats aux Conseils (French Supreme courts).