Ten practice areas, one standard of rigour.
A focused practice in business litigation, counsel to directors, business criminal law, restructuring and crisis management.
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Commercial, corporate and financial disputes before all French courts. Procedural conduct, evidentiary strategy, conservatory attachments, proceedings on the merits and summary proceedings, emergency procedures, coordination of cross-border proceedings, enforcement of judgments.
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Civil, criminal and disciplinary defence of directors and officers: derivative actions, ut singuli actions, AMF sanctions, actions for insufficiency of assets, fault separable from duties.
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Management offences: misuse of corporate assets, bankruptcy, breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery, concealment and money laundering. Accounting and tax offences: tax fraud, omission or false entries, presentation of inaccurate accounts. Probity offences: corruption, influence peddling. Defence of legal entities and natural persons at all stages of the proceedings, whether as a suspect or as a civil party. Monitoring of seizures.
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Serial losses, damage to production tools, technological accidents, environmental damage, insurance disputes and coordination with insurers. Criminal, civil and indemnity defence of companies, executives and operational staff.
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Prevention and amicable workout (mandat ad hoc, conciliation). Insolvency proceedings (safeguard, judicial reorganisation, liquidation). Assistance to debtors in filing the declaration of cessation of payments and in establishing the plan. Defence of directors against actions for insufficiency of assets and personal bankruptcy. Defence of investors and shareholders in restructurings and liquidations. Defence of creditors (proofs of claim, recovery, insolvency petitions). Structuring of take-over offers and management of contractual consequences of disposals.
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Assistance during pre-trial discovery measures based on article 145 of the French Code of Civil Procedure, support during searches, home visits and inspections by administrative authorities (AFA, AMF, sector regulators) or judicial authorities, assistance during free hearings or police custody, conduct and supervision of internal investigations, assistance to directors, employees and witnesses heard in this context, document and interview preparation, design of the response strategy to authorities, management of emergency situations and unannounced operations, training on inspections and searches, follow-up of proceedings and coordination of stakeholders.
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Defence of persons under investigation and support to victims, criminal labour law, workplace accidents and occupational diseases, moral and sexual harassment, discrimination, workplace violence, sexual offences, sexual assault and rape, offences against bodily integrity, violence, unintentional offences, criminal investigations, free hearings and police custody, civil party constitution, assistance and representation before criminal courts.
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Compliance under the Sapin II Act, risk mapping, internal whistleblowing systems, codes of conduct and anti-corruption policies, compliance programmes, delegations of powers and responsibilities, internal investigations, assistance during inspections by authorities, economic and international sanctions, asset-freezing regimes, duty of vigilance, governance and risk prevention, directors’ liability, compliance audits, training of directors and employees.
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Management of judicial and media crises, definition of legal and communication strategy, protection of the reputation of directors and companies, anticipation and control of reputational risks, support of crisis cells, coordination with communication advisors and experts.