The Review
Writing to Think Through Sensitive Matters
The firm’s editorial review, dedicated to business disputes, governance, compliance and crisis management. Six first analyses, written by the firm’s partners.
Each article is written by a partner and discussed collectively before publication. We write about what we practice.
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GovernanceShareholder Disputes: Managing the Stakes and the Procedural Tools
Shareholder disputes are among the most sensitive disputes in a company’s life. Behind the legal questions lie issues of control, power and value creation.
- Compliance Facing an AFA Inspection: Are You Ready? For many companies, receiving a notice of inspection from the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) is a moment of high tension. Anticipation remains …
- Business Criminal Law Executives’ Criminal Liability: What Is at Stake? Driven by demanding case law and an expanding regulatory framework, executives’ criminal liability has become a central governance issue.
- Strategy Litigation as a Negotiation Tool Far from marking the failure of negotiation, in high-stakes matters filing suit becomes the lever that makes discussion possible.
- Procedure Business Litigation: Strategy and Procedure Running a business dispute is not a doctrinal exercise. It is a choice about risk, timing and reputation.
- Crisis Management Common Mistakes Executives Make in a Crisis A crisis is won in the first 72 hours. Yet six recurring mistakes almost always make the initial situation worse.
- Governance Governance: Preventing Shareholder Disputes Shareholder disputes are rarely unforeseeable. Most often, they stem from provisions that were never tested while there was still room to negotiate.
- Compliance AFA Inspection: The First Steps Notice of an AFA inspection marks the start of a long process. The first decisions shape the defense for months.
- Restructuring Director Liability in Times of Financial Distress As a company approaches insolvency, the line between a business decision and personal fault suddenly grows much thinner.