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The firm handles all major civil and commercial disputes, from pre-litigation through enforcement of judgments, before all courts, on the merits and in summary proceedings.

— Our areas of practice
Financial litigation and group actions

The firm has developed specific expertise in defending investors — individuals and SMEs — who are victims of failing financial products and/or failing advisors. It designs and conducts individual or group actions in order to obtain compensation for the loss suffered.

— Areas of practice
  • Group actions by investors harmed by the same product or the same provider
  • Liability of CIFs and CGPs — breaches of duties to inform, advise, and warn
    • Failing Madelin, Girardin, and PER schemes
    • Structured funds, promise funds, formula funds, certificates and derivative products
    • Toxic loans and structured credit
    • Atypical investments: cryptocurrencies, precious stones, gold, manuscripts, rare earths, wines
— Example of a handled case

Defence of an individual investor who entrusted nearly one million euros to an advisor with no valid registration and no proper status, across various failing products (Madelin retirement savings, atypical funds, company shares, industrial Girardin schemes). Action brought against the advisor and their civil liability insurer.

Commercial litigation

The firm assists companies and executives across the full spectrum of business disputes, before the Commercial and Judicial Courts. The objective: preserve the continuity of your business, secure your cash flow, and defend your contractual relationships.

— Areas of practice
  • Contractual disputes: interpretation, performance, and termination of commercial contracts
  • Disputes relating to delivery, distribution, and the abrupt termination of established commercial relationships
  • Unfair competition and parasitic competition
  • Debt recovery: unpaid invoices, payment orders, interim payment proceedings, full merits proceedings
— Example of a handled case

Merits proceedings brought on behalf of a project owner (national retailer) against a failing renovation company and its ten-year decennial civil liability insurer.

Defence of a manufacturer wrongfully ousted by its long-standing distributor after roughly ten years of commercial relations, on the eve of the renewal of the framework contract. Action for wrongful termination of an established commercial relationship and unfair competition, combined with summary proceedings.

Industrial and construction litigation

The firm handles industrial and construction disputes in all their dimensions: construction operations, defects and losses, and industrial accidents.

— Areas of practice
  • Summary proceedings and judicial expert assessments
  • Contractor liability: ten-year decennial guarantee, completion guarantee, proper functioning guarantee
  • Liability for defective products, hidden defects, faulty workmanship, site abandonment
  • Implication or defence of the architect, project manager, technical inspector, and building manager
  • Major industrial losses (fire, collapse, site contamination)
— Example of a handled case

Representation of a buyer in an off-plan property purchase (VEFA) facing defects affecting several units with major non-conformities.

Defence of a large co-ownership exposed to a structural risk endangering the safety of its occupants, in a context of substantial budget overruns, cascading defective workmanship, and the coordinated failure of the main contractor, the project manager, and the building manager.

Enforcement proceedings, asset recovery, and exequatur

The firm acts in complex enforcement proceedings, in France and internationally, where the debtor has organised their insolvency or concealed their assets behind opaque structures. Obtaining a court decision is only one step: it must then be possible to enforce it.

— Areas of practice
  • Protective seizures and garnishments: immediate preservation of assets
  • Cross-border enforcement proceedings: European regulations, international conventions
  • Exequatur in France of foreign judgments and arbitral awards
  • Asset recovery and the fight against fraud: detection of organised insolvency, shell companies, concealed structures
  • Coordination with investigators, private detectives, and foreign counsel
  • Lifting of banking secrecy and obtaining evidence in support of civil proceedings, in France and abroad
— Example of a handled case

Exequatur proceedings for international arbitral awards.

Enforcement proceedings in respect of foreign judgments.

Coordination with foreign counsel to articulate the recognition in France of decisions with protective measures designed to prevent the organisation of insolvency by the convicted debtor.

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