The courts are becoming increasingly involved in various areas of the law. Recent developments in the world of business have led to a surge in the number of cases alleging the civil or criminal liability of a firm's directors by shareholders.

The growing complexity of contractual relationships within a company has also led to greater recourse to the courts or to arbitration  in order to resolve conflicts or difficulties that arise when executing a contract. Faced with a dual imperative for transparency, particularly in terms of financial practices and corporate governance, and wutg the need to protect their vital interests rapidly, companies  are witnessing an increase in prelitigation and litigation matters. Effective defence essential, failing which the economic consequences and penalties, both financial and criminal, can be severe.

Our Practice Areas

Company law 

• disputes arising from shareholders' agreements, mergers & acquisitions or creation of joint ventures 
• minority shareholders' disputes
• expertise on behalf of minority shareholders
• partners' pre-emptive rights
• legal dissolution of companies
• directors' liability 
• appointment of ad hoc directors or experts

General business law

• emergency procedures, debt recovery 
• provisional measures and their execution: seizure, confiscation, mortgage
• contract cancellation, disputes arising upon termination of contractual relationships
• unfair competition, counterfeiting
• market regulations, fixed pricing, abuse clauses
• insolvency-related-litigation, imporper support, directors' liability, litigation in connection with recognition of debts on insolvency

Criminal business law

• criminal offences relating to company law: self-dealing, misuse of authority, abuse of rights, presentation of false accounting records and misleading accounts, tax fraud, contractual fraud, breach of trust, embezzlement or extortion 
• money laundering and tax evasion schemes
• securities criminal law: insider trading, abuse on primary and derivative products
• banking criminal law: abusive continuation or termination of loans
• receivership and liquidation: insolvency

Real Estate pre-litigation and litigation 

• contract termination
• letters of intent (avant-contrats)
• construction defects
• enforce insurance provisions and warrranties of complete performance, biannual or decennial, sub-contracting 

Succession disputes 

• between individuals or in connection within privately-owned companies
• disputes concerning jointly-owned assets
• legal separation of jointly-owned assets
• court ordered appraisals

Family law

Press litigation

Our approach

• Strong complementary skills: our specialised litigation and arbitration lawyers call on other experts in the firm for expertise on specific issues in each area of law and taxation whenever necessary...
• ... particularly in the following areas: direct and indirect taxation, insurance law, insolvency law and European or international law.