Cyrille Amar

Cyrille Amar is a Paris-based intellectual property and commercial disputes lawyer with more than 30 years of experience in patent litigation, licensing, international arbitration and mediation. He is a Founding Partner of Amar Goussu Staub in Paris and the founder and CEO of FrandAvenue, a platform dedicated to FRAND licensing and SEP transactions. He began his career as Legal Counsel at Philips/TRT, later serving as General Counsel of Philips Consumer Communications and as a partner at Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, before founding his own firm in 2003. Cyrille Amar is widely recognized for his expertise in standard-essential patents (SEPs) and FRAND matters. He has negotiated numerous SEP licence agreements on behalf of both SEP owners and implementers, and has acted as lead or co-counsel in more than 20 FRAND disputes before French courts and arbitral tribunals, including LGE v. Core Wireless/Conversant, LGE v. Nokia, Ericsson v. Samsung, Myriad v. Oracle. He has successfully represented ETSI in several cases. He has also given expert statements on the ETSI IPR Policy in court and arbitration proceedings in France, the United States and the United Kingdom. His arbitration practice spans ICC, LCIA, AAA and ad hoc proceedings, including major FRAND arbitrations such as LGE v. Nokia and Myriad v. Oracle, as well as patent licence and assignment disputes such as Flexico v. ITW and Paul Lahmi v. Xerox. He has also participated in more than ten mediations as counsel to one of the parties, in matters involving intellectual property, licensing and commercial disputes. Cyrille Amar holds a Master's degree from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), an EMBA from ESSEC Business School, a Master's degree in International Law from the Faculté de droit d'Aix-en-Provence, a diploma in European Legal Studies from the University of Exeter, and a law degree from the Faculté de droit de Lyon. He has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2000 and is also a UPC Representative. He is a member of AIPPI, LES France, EPLAW, APEB and the Association Française d'Arbitrage. He is recognized as a leading practitioner by IP Stars (2026), IAM 300 Global Leaders (2027) and IAM Patent 1000. He is fluent in French and English.