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Commercial litigation

We have extensive experience in commercial litigation, including in emergency proceedings, summary proceedings or ex parte applications (for instance, in relation to the termination without notice of established commercial relationships, wrongful termination of contract, breach of negotiations, etc.).

We handle shareholder and M&A disputes (for instance, the enforcement of asset and liability guarantees).
We have also built an excellent reputation in industrial risks and claims and are identified as one of the leading teams in this area. We have particular expertise in expert determination procedures and regularly collaborate with court-appointed or party-appointed experts in various disciplines (construction, metallurgy, pricing, accounting).

We are one of the few firms able to offer the services of disputes lawyers who are experienced in both international arbitration and commercial litigation.

Our experience in litigation proceedings

  • Proceedings before Courts of First Instance and Courts of Appeal
  • Court-ordered expert determinations
  • Interim measures
  • Emergency proceedings

Our sector expertise

  • Representing a French company before the Commercial Court of Paris in a dispute arising from the breach of an agency agreement for the acquisition of an IT services company.
  • Representing a company manufacturing medical equipment in a dispute brought before the Commercial Court of Paris, concerning the termination without notice of established commercial relations with a distributor in North Africa.
  • Representing a manufacturer of orthopaedic equipment in a dispute with one of the members of its distribution network in Asia regarding the early termination of a distribution contract.
  • Representing a retail franchisor in a dispute before the Commercial Court and the Court of Appeal of Paris concerning the termination of the franchise agreement with its franchisee for negligence.
  • Representing a project owner in a dispute with a European company regarding the automation of a food processing plant.
  • Representing a European public works group in a dispute brought before the Commercial Court of Paris concerning the freezing of a first demand guarantee.
  • Representing a German construction company against a French public contracting authority in a dispute (expert determination, litigation before the Paris Commercial Court and the Paris Administrative Court) relating to the execution of works concerning the foundations of an electricity transformer station (additional works, penalties for delay, etc.).
  • Representing an engineering company in a dispute with a French bank and its local subsidiary regarding the call of a first demand guarantee for a construction project in South Africa.
  • Representing a company director in a dispute before the Commercial Court of Paris concerning the breach of their duty to act in good faith in connection with a share transfer.
  • Representing an executive in a dispute brought before the Court of First Instance of Paris in which their liability is challenged in connection with the sale of a minority block of shares.
  • Representing a group of majority shareholders in a dispute before the Commercial Court of Nanterre, against the seller of a majority block of shares, the sale of which was cancelled by African Courts on the ground that the shares were unavailable.
  • Representing a food processing group in a dispute before the Commercial Court of Paris regarding the valuation of shares in a company in the Czech Republic.
  • Representing a French company in a dispute brought by a potential buyer of this company before the Commercial Court of Paris, for alleged breach of contractual negotiations.
  • Representing the seller of shares in an archiving company in a dispute brought before the Commercial Court of Nanterre seeking the forced execution of the transfer.
  • Representing the shareholder of four non-trading property ownership and management companies (SCI) in a dispute brought before the Court of First Instance of Nanterre against the former manager and shareholder of these companies for the purpose of cancelling successive increases in the share capital of the SCI and revoking the gifts made by them.
  • Representing the world’s leading steel and mining company in a dispute with a prominent multinational electricity company regarding the termination of a gas processing contract.
  • Representing a supplier of electrical equipment based in France, in legal proceedings before the Commercial Court of Créteil and the Court of Appeal of Paris, relating to non-payment of invoices and the payment of penalties.
  • Representing several French and Italian companies in a court-ordered expert determination aimed at determining the causes of a fire in an oil refinery steam cracker.
  • Representing a Moroccan telecoms operator before the French Courts in a dispute with a Belgian company in connection with non-performance of contract and international fraud.
  • Representing a West African telecommunications group in a dispute before the Commercial Court of Paris against a telecommunications equipment manufacturer concerning payment for certain network infrastructures.
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