Civil litigation

The firm has a proven practice in complex litigation and summary proceedings and a recognised expertise in procedural law. In this respect, our teams intervene in main proceedings or in proceedings concerning interim relief before all courts (the commercial courts, the civil courts of first instance (tribunaux judiciaires), courts of appeal (cours d’appel) and, with the assistance of specialised lawyers, the Supreme Court (Cour de cassation)). Our teams know how to deal with procedural arguments and use the most appropriate procedures (e.g. extreme expedited procedures, such as référés à heure indiquée and expedited procedures, jours fixes and brefs délais) to obtain decisions within a few months or even weeks.

Public litigation

The firm represents clients before the administrative courts, the administrative courts of appeal and, together with specialised lawyers, before the Supreme Administrative Court (Conseil d’État). Our teams also assist our clients in proceedings before the so-called “Independent Administrative Authorities”, such as the French data protection authority, the CNIL.

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Tax litigation

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Employment litigation

Our employment law teams represent our clients’ interests from the receipt of an employee’s claim to the decision before an employment tribunal or appeal court in France. As part of this support, we define a strategy tailored to the dispute in order to prevent the risks involved, assess the level of risk of conviction following an in-depth analysis of the facts, and then accompany our clients throughout all stages of the proceedings.

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IT and cyber litigation

The firm acts in complex IT proceedings (non-compliance, non-performance, etc.) as well as in criminal offences of all kinds committed on digital networks (attacks on automated data processing systems, cyber crime, online fraud, data theft, etc.), both in the main proceedings and as expert witnesses, in order to identify the perpetrator or perpetrators with judicial authorisation and to hold them accountable before the civil or criminal courts.

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Commercial criminal litigation

A special feature of French law is that legal entities can also be prosecuted. Our team often acts in cases of “classic” corporate offences (misappropriation of corporate assets (abus des biens sociaux), embezzlement, fraud, abus de confiance, CEO fraud, or the like), but also and above all in all matters related to the criminal aspects of day-to-day business: Work accidents, violation of environmental or labour regulations, violation of intellectual property rights or trade secrets, insider trading, corruption, etc.

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Litigation in the area of Corporate law / M&A

The firm assists its clients in extrajudicial and judicial proceedings (state courts and arbitral tribunals) in connection with the creation of companies, the acquisition of companies or disposals (enforcement of guarantees/warranties), problems between shareholders (disputes in connection with partnership agreements and shareholders’ agreements) and difficulties in connection with the change of management (exit negotiations).

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Litigation in the area of product liability / product safety

The firm represents its clients in all legal disputes of a product liability and product safety nature, especially in warranty and liability cases. We are active before all courts (civil, criminal and administrative) and accompany our clients in all types of proceedings related to industrial risks, whether in the context of investigative proceedings, out-of-court expert opinions, independent evidence proceedings or other court proceedings.

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Commercial disputes

Our scope of practice includes both classic cases such as debt collection or disputes related to the supply of goods, as well as the most complex cases such as cross-border disputes involving several actors subject to different legal systems. Our expertise also extends, in particular, to all disputes related to distribution agreements (concessions, selective or exclusive distribution, commercial agency, etc.), the termination of business relationships and cases of unfair competition as well as antitrust law and abuse of a dominant position.

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Sports litigation

Sports law proceedings are quite broad. On the one hand, there are special sports law disputes and, on the other hand, general disputes.
General litigation is handled by the different departments of the firm according to their areas of expertise. The aim is, for example, to protect the intangible rights of associations, to support them in labour law, to monitor their general litigation or to assist them in drafting contracts.

Sports law disputes can be of a private or public law nature. For example, the firm’s public law team conducts proceedings before the Administrative Court, the Superior Administrative Court (Conseil d’État) or, for example, the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF).

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