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The firm offers advisory services designed to prevent disputes, secure transactions and support executives in areas of legal and regulatory risk.

— Our areas of practice
Prevention, negotiation and settlement

The firm intervenes upstream of litigation to identify risk areas, conduct pre-litigation negotiations and formalise settlements. The quality of a settlement rests on the rigour of its drafting and on the precision of the reciprocal concessions.

— Areas of practice
  • Litigation risk audit and mapping of vulnerability areas
  • Drafting of settlement agreements, negotiations
  • Alternative dispute resolution: mediation, conciliation, arbitration
  • Management of relations with administrative and regulatory authorities
— Example of a handled case

Commercial mediations and negotiations.

Negotiation and drafting of a settlement agreement bringing to an end a commercial dispute between a service provider and its client concerning the termination of contractual relations.

Compliance and duty of vigilance

The firm assists its clients on all compliance matters: internal investigations, whistleblowing mechanisms, risk mapping, corporate duty of vigilance and compliance strategies. The work covers both statutory obligations and international best practice in matters of ethics and governance.

— Areas of practice
  • Internal investigations: scoping, conduct and investigation report
  • Internal whistleblowing mechanisms, mapping of corruption and money-laundering risks
  • Duty of vigilance in human rights and environmental matters
  • Anti-corruption policies and codes of conduct
  • Crisis management: legal coordination, communications and governance
— Example of a handled case

Design and roll-out of a compliance programme for a major operator in the renovation sector, including the drafting of general terms and conditions (GTC) tailored to regulated financing schemes, the mapping of criminal-law risks and the training of sales teams on the categories of criminal-law exposure relating to commercial practices and the financing of works.

Legal opinions and drafting of legal instruments

The firm provides legal opinions, on an ad hoc or recurring basis, on specific points of law, practical issues, commercial negotiations or case assessment. For urgent needs, a deliverable is guaranteed within 48 hours.

— Areas of practice
  • Case assessment: analysis of prospects of success, risks and the optimal strategy
  • Opinions on a targeted point of law
  • Advisory work on the structuring of companies and transactions
  • Assistance with commercial negotiations
  • Shareholders' agreements, articles of association, sensitive clauses (right of first refusal, tag-along, drag-along, non-compete, confidentiality, termination for breach, liquidated damages, force majeure, hardship)
  • Joint-venture and partnership agreements, business introducer agreements
  • Service agreements and framework agreements
  • Training and awareness-raising for in-house teams
— Example of a handled case

Audit and structuring of a company operating in a sensitive field (defence, satellite).

Securing of the entire contractual framework governing the transfer of collectible vehicles, from the advisory engagement through to the drafting of the final agreement.

Ongoing assistance to SMEs operating in the energy sector in France, the French Overseas territories and abroad (Luxembourg, Senegal, Germany).

Urgent legal opinion delivered within 48 hours to a client engaged in a sensitive commercial negotiation, with a recommendation to issue a formal notice as a means of preserving the client's contractual position with a view to potential litigation.

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