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EXPERTISE

Our lawyers act for French and foreign financial institutions, corporates, shareholders, and managing directors on a broad range of complex financial and commercial disputes, often involving multiple jurisdictions.

Our lawyers also regularly advise and represent entrepreneurs and investors across high-growth technology sectors such as digital, life sciences and blockchain technology.

They have worked on some of the most high profile cases of the last decade in the following areas:

Financial Disputes

  • AMF (French Financial Markets Authority) and ACPR (French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority) sanctions
  • financial products litigation
  • lenders’ liability
  • termination of banking facilities
  • guarantees

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White Collar Crime

  • global investigations
  • letters of request for evidence in foreign proceedings
  • insider trading / market abuse
  • directors’ liability

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Corporate Disputes

  • crisis management
  • shareholders’ disputes
  • expert assessments for minority shareholders
  • liabilities warranties
  • directors’ liability

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Industrial risks

  • product liability
  • court-ordered expert assessments
  • contractual and tort liability
  • wrongful termination of negotiations
  • wrongful termination of established contractual relations
  • unfair competition

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Restructuring and Insolvency

  • cross-border insolvencies
  • financial restructurings
  • purchase of distressed assets or businesses
  • shareholders and directors’ liability

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Dawn raids

  • dawn raids (AMF (French Financial Markets Authority)), DGCCRF (French General Directorate for Fair Trading, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control), tax authorities,…)
  • international cooperation in multi-jurisdictional investigations

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Compliance

  • implementation of codes of conduct/ABC policies
  • international sanctions

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Real Estate Disputes

  • commercial leases
  • construction
  • court-ordered expert assessments

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Private International Law

  • letters of request for evidence in foreign proceedings
  • jurisdictional clauses and applicable law

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Mediation and arbitration

  • mediation
  • international arbitration
  • annulment of arbitration awards
  • immunity and enforcement

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