About us
This ultra-specialization has made and continues to make Astrée the preferred partner of major players in this sector.
In a few words...
Astrée Avocats acts on behalf of insurance companies and mutual insurers, market-leading insurance brokers, general insurance agents, bank brokers and financial investment advisors to management companies. We also advise companies in the industrial and service sectors, as part of the deployment of their ancillary insurance distribution activities.
Astrée assists its customers with consultancy assignments, regulatory compliance audits and the design of distribution and management schemes for insurance contracts.
Founded by Isabelle Monin Lafin, Astrée Avocats is a law firm registered with the Hauts-de-Seine Bar, specializing in the legal and regulatory issues associated with the distribution of insurance, banking and financial products.
Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (French supervisory authority)
Autorité des Marchés Financiers
Direction Départementale de la Protection des Populations (Departmental Department for the Protection of Populations)
The French Data Protection Authority (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés)
Why Astrée?
In Greek mythology, Astra is the goddess of Justice.
The last to leave Earth when humanity strays from ethics, she embodies an ideal of rigor, clarity and balance.
This name is not an ornament: it says how we practice law. Demanding, but without dogmatism. Committed, but not unnecessarily showy. In our view, the law remains a tool for structuring, pacification and lucidity - even in our complex, regulated environments.
CSR
Astrée Avocats is not subject to the obligation to adopt an environmental charter, nor to the obligation to carry out a carbon assessment.
Nevertheless, it encourages its employees to adopt more sustainable and responsible ways of working, including :
- Limit the production of printed paper;
- Respect sorting rules;
- Whenever possible, limit travel by using videoconferencing software.
Excellence
Our team is constantly involved in professional training sessions, conferences and the writing of press articles and books.
These activities enable him to benefit from constantly updated knowledge of all the legal, social and economic issues facing our customers.
It is made up of lawyers and jurists with specific training and experience in insurance law.
Isabelle
Monin Lafin
In 1994, Isabelle Monin Lafin co-founded Montfort Monin Berthault, a Franco-British law firm with offices in London, Paris and Marseille, where she developed a business dedicated to the insurance industry. This experience reinforced her conviction that the law should be a driving force, not a hindrance.
In 2008, she set up Astrée to meet the specific needs of distribution professionals: agents, brokers, CIFs, mutual insurers, insurers, unions and manufacturers, whose constraints, urgencies and aspirations she understands.
When the ACPR was created, she designed the Classeur Astrée: an operational tool for managing compliance requirements. Now in its digital version, it remains a benchmark for brokers, insurers and distributors.
Isabelle Monin Lafin has been working in the insurance and distribution sector for over 30 years. After obtaining a post-graduate diploma (DEA) in general private law and a post-graduate diploma (DESS) in industrial property, she worked in a number of specialized law firms, including Dreyfus and Cammarata & Montfort.
It regularly runs training courses for senior executives, publishes reference works, takes part in conferences, and organizes an annual symposium on a topical issue. The 2024 edition, devoted to R.I.S., attracted over 200 participants, with speakers from the authorities, professional organizations and major companies in the sector.
Since 2004, she has also written the "Brokers" and "Intermediations" studies for the Dictionnaire permanent assurance.
In 2021, she will be appointed to the Comité Consultatif du Secteur Financier (CCSF), and in 2024 to the Observatoire des Produits d'Epargne Financière (OPEF).
Today, she heads up a tightly-knit team of lawyers and legal experts with whom she shares her vision: to get to the heart of the matter, to be responsive as well as rigorous, and to make the law a lever for project achievement.
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Management
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Diane Caraud holds a Master II in Insurance Law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas.
Drawing on her professional experience gained during various internships in law firms specializing in insurance law, Diane joined Astrée Avocats in February 2020 as a legal advisor.
Areas of expertise: regulatory compliance, distribution of insurance, banking and financial products.
Marc Lafin graduated from the Université Catholique de Lille with a Master II in Business Law and Corporate Risk Management, specializing in insurance.
He joined Astrée Avocats in September 2018, where he successively held the positions of administrative assistant, legal and accounting assistant, then in-house lawyer.
Marc was admitted to the École d'avocats in December 2024 and is now a student lawyer.
He is also continuing his training at the Haute École des Avocats Conseils (HEDAC).
His main areas of practice are insurance, banking and financial law, with specific expertise in financial crime: anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), anti-fraud (AFT) and anti-corruption (ACL).
Since 2021, he has run over 100 professional training courses (face-to-face, distance learning and e-learning) for players in the financial sector
In this capacity, he is in charge of teaching at Astrée Faculté, the firm's training center.
Astrid Metzger holds a Master 2 in Business Law, a Master 2 in International Finance and a Master 2 in Insurance Law, as well as AMF certification. She was sworn in on November 8, 2018 and joins Astrée in October 2023.
Before joining Astrée, Astrid worked in banking and finance law, advising players in the banking, finance, asset management and insurance sectors, as well as fintechs. She advised them on the legal and regulatory aspects of their activities in France and abroad, and assisted them in settling their disputes before all jurisdictions.
Areas of expertise: regulatory compliance, insurance distribution, property-casualty insurance
Lise Peltier holds a DJCE and a DU specialized in distribution law.
After gaining wide-ranging experience in French and international law firms, with the Commercial Chamber of the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation), and working with an insolvency administrator, Lise Peltier recently joined a law firm specializing in business law.
Areas of expertise: distribution of insurance products, insurance litigation, regulatory compliance
Lucie Rekkouche holds a Master's degree in international private law and international trade from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, and was sworn in on February 13, 2023 before the Paris Court of Appeal.
Before joining Astrée, Lucie gained extensive experience working for international law firms and corporations, where she practiced insurance law in both litigation and advisory capacities.
Areas of expertise: insurance litigation, regulatory compliance, insurance distribution.
Noa Setti Uzan holds a Master II in Insurance Law from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, a Master II in Law and CSR from the University of Paris Dauphine-PSL and a Diplôme universitaire en Droit des entreprises en difficultés from the University of Paris I.
Before joining Astrée, Noa worked in commercial and insurance law with French and international law firms, assisting insurers, insurance intermediaries and banking institutions, in France and abroad, with all their life and non-life insurance issues (advisory, litigation, regulatory, compliance, corporate and transactional operations).
Noa Setti Uzan was sworn in on February 24, 2025.
Areas of expertise: insurance litigation, regulatory compliance, insurance distribution.
Cannelle Teillet holds a Master II in European Business Law, and was sworn in on March 4, 2024 before the Paris Court of Appeal.
Before joining Astrée Avocats in March 2025, Cannelle Teillet worked in a Paris law firm specializing in economic law, and completed several internships with law firms (LEXT Avocats, Wilhelm & Associés, EBL Lexington) and the French Competition Authority.
Areas of expertise: Distribution of insurance and banking products, Insurance litigation, Regulatory compliance
Administration
Olivier Bunel joined Astrée Avocats in April 2023. He is in charge of Astrée's communications and corporate image. He has spent most of his career in consulting agencies.
Anne Cizaire joined Astrée Avocats in July 2024 as Administrative Assistant.
She has over 15 years' experience in the assistance business, working with both management and teams, in a wide range of working environments - from multinationals to start-ups, micro-businesses and business schools.
Anne also holds a post-graduate diploma (DESS) in international trade law.
Elisabeth Conan has been General Secretary of Astrée Avocats since November 2023.
She holds an MBA in business administration and management from the Sorbonne, as well as a DEA in intellectual property law.
Her professional career includes 10 years in legal management in the media, and experience in a legal innovation start-up.
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