Firms To Watch: Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation

Launched in January 2021, ALDÉBARAN société d’avocats houses two talented partners in Marion Lambert-Barret and Fanny Rocaboy, who handle a mix of commercial and shareholder litigation.
Moncey Avocats’ litigation practice was launched in early 2022 by Philippe Lauzeral, a former co-founder of CVML. Lauzeral can handle a vast array of disputes including financial, corporate, commercial and product liability cases.
Litigation boutique firm Rondot Eychène Fréminville was launched in 2017 by Jean Rondot, Mathieu Eychène, and Guillaume de Fréminville. The firm handles a mix of commercial and business litigation and has particular litigation expertise in the field of blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
Selnet Giraud Associés is a business litigation boutique launched in early 2022 by Guillaume Selnet and Romain Giraud, who were previously at DS Avocats. The firm has strength in management liability and shareholder conflicts.
Watson Farley & Williams LLP launched its dispute resolution practice in the Summer of 2022 following the arrival of Franck Poindessault  from Boken, who has extensive experience representing banks and financial institutions in liability and insurance disputes, especially relating to financial risk.

Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation in France

Allen & Overy LLP

Allen & Overy LLP represents leading French and international banks and companies, as well as investment funds in a wide range of cases. The team is particularly adept at handling complex and challenging cases. It notably defends several banks facing mass claim litigation (including French class actions) in relation to their financial products. It also regularly deals with M&A, commercial and bankruptcy-related litigation. The team also shows strong know-how in the field of foreign judgment and award exequatur enforcement, recently obtaining several significant victories.  The practice is co-headed by Denis ChemlaErwan Poisson and Dan Benguigui.

Responsables de la pratique:

Denis Chemla; Erwan Poisson; Dan Benguigui

Les références

‘Excellent expertise, very good knowledge of the banking sector and great availability. Ability to propose innovative and adapted solutions; very reasonable fees; it is extremely pleasant to work with Erwan Poisson and his team.’

‘Dan Benguigui is a great leader who keeps the team together well. Uses resources at the right level.’

‘Very good responsiveness and a quick understanding of strategic and operational issues. The advice is very precise and also pragmatic’.

Principaux clients

Airbus

Alcatel

Antonio Urcelay

Aqaba Container Terminals

International Chamber of Commerce

PayPal

Natixis

Shell

Weinberg Capital Partners

Principaux dossiers

  • Assisting a multinational fintech platform with the handling of its national portfolio of claims in France.
  • Representing Weinberg Capital Partners (WCP) in a dispute concerning the acquisition of a minority stake in Financière Mabillon.
  • Representing Alcatel Lucent in proceedings brought before the Paris Court of appeal by ABC Arbitrage S.A, a company specialised in setting up arbitrage strategies on financial markets.

BDGS Associés

BDGS Associés is a go-to-firm for high-stakes disputes. The practice has excellent know-how in dealing with headline corporate disputes, often involving publicly listed companies and pertaining to complex shareholder conflicts. The litigation team also increasingly acts in insolvency-related disputes where it can rely on complementary expertise internally. The team also combines forces with the competition law practice to act in significant related damages disputes and has particularly strong knowledge in the field of dawn raids and seizure orders litigation recourse. Its commercial caseload is also strong, and notably includes a major dispute between two leading companies in the energy sector. The practice is also a popular choice for banks, which entrust it with critical commercial and regulatory disputes. Many leading companies, CEOs, investment funds and banks are clients. Kyum Lee is in charge.  Antoine Gosset-Grainville also contributes, regularly acting for banks in strategic regulatory cases.

Responsables de la pratique:

Kyum Lee

Autres avocats clés:

Antoine Gosset-Grainville; Florian Dessault

Les références

‘Kyum Lee, keen on multi-jurisdictional proceedings, is an excellent and fine lawyer with a keen sense of legal strategy. His responsiveness and availability match his sense of procedural initiative.’

‘The BDGS team is certainly one of the best litigation teams in Paris. Combines a perfect mastery of the law with an in-depth knowledge of cases and a real sense of strategy.’

‘Kyum Lee is one of the best experts in contract law and corporate law in Paris. His collaborator, Florian Dessault, is also to be recommended.’

‘The litigation team has, at all levels, people who are fine lawyers, with clear and precise drafting, and a keen sense of strategy.’

‘Kyum Lee exhibits that rare quality for a naturally talented person to also be a hard worker. The result is outstanding. Florian Dessault is a very promising young lawyer.’

‘Kyum Lee the partner in charge of the department and Florian Dessault clearly stand out. They are exceptional lawyers who have an excellent strategic vision.’

‘The team is particularly professional. It is made up of excellent lawyers. Their advice is always based on a very detailed analysis of the law and a very pragmatic approach to the client’s situation. Their commitment to the customer is total.’

‘Kyum Lee (partner) and Florian Dessault (associate) are exceptional lawyers. They are able to offer extremely creative solutions while maintaining extreme rigor in legal reasoning.’

Principaux clients

Engie

Morgan Stanley

Carrefour

Lov Group

Equitis Gestion

Bpifrance

Ceva Santé Animale

MBDA France

Société Générale

CMA CGM

Crédit Agricole Assurances (Predica)

BPCE

La Banque Postale

Christian Dior Couture

Lanvin Group

EIM Capital

Air Madagascar

Groupe Partouche

The Bureau (GPG group)

Cybergun

Altice

Neovacs

Principaux dossiers

  • Assisting Crédit Agricole Assurance (Predica) in connection with claims of alleged conspiracy initiated by hedge funds Strategic Value Partners and Attestor Capital, acting in their capacity as creditors of the group Comexposium,
  • Assisting board members of Bourrelier Group (formerly Bricorama) in connection with a claim of mismanagement brought by JG Capital Management as minority shareholder.
  • Assisting MBDA France in connection with several claims and proceedings for fraud and conspiracy brought by minority shareholders of Dolphin Integration.

Bredin Prat

Bredin Prat has a stellar litigation practice that handles disputes across the gamut of the commercial law area. Leveraging the strength of the firm's M&A practice, the litigation group is naturally called upon to assist with high-profile M&A-related disputes including those pertaining to high-end public tender offers and conflicts of governance concerning France’s largest companies. The practice is also entrusted to deal with high-stakes disputes in many other areas, such as class action and mass claims. The group is also active in a high-profile case concerning sport broadcasting rights. Leading French and international corporations, specialising in various fields from chemical manufacturing to internet platforms, as well as investment funds are clients. A top trio of litigators, made up of Jean-Daniel BretznerFlorian Bouaziz and  Eve Duminy co-head the practice, and counsels Calmann BellityAurélie Patrelle and Tom Vauthier provide additional support.

Responsables de la pratique:

Jean-Daniel Bretzner; Florian Bouaziz; Ève Duminy

Autres avocats clés:

Calmann Bellity; Aurélie Patrelle; Tom Vauthier; Romain Dethomas; Samuel Daniau

Les références

‘The Bredin Prat litigation team embodies the Rolls Royce of litigation. Their extensive court experience, their ability to explore each argument in detail and their extreme rigor are unmatched in the market. They are able to offer reasonable billing.’

‘Jean-Daniel Bretzner never lets go, while showing realism when a file turns out badly. His encyclopedic expertise on many procedural and substantive topics commands respect. We have blind faith in his advice. Today we work mainly with him and his collaborator Samuel Daniau, who follows in the footsteps of his partner by combining hard work and rigor.’

‘Very professional team, able to handle varied subjects and extremely available; strong advice; precise and effective strategies;best litigation team to my knowledge’.

‘The team is a true powerhouse when it comes to litigation in France.’

‘Florian Bouaziz is very responsive and delivers clear advice. Senior associates Romain Dethomas and Samuel Daniau are outstanding.’

Principaux clients

Suez

NJJ

Cerba Healthcare

Bayer/Monsanto

Christian Dior Couture / LVMH

Lactalis

Schneider Electric

DAF

INEOS

Foncia

Airbnb

CIVB (Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bordeaux)

Fillmed

beIN

L’Air Liquide

Sodexo

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing Suez in connection with the public offer launched by Veolia.
  • Representing NJJ press (a company controlled by Xavier Niel) in connection with issues regarding the composition of the capital of the controlling holding company of Le Monde group.
  • Representing  ayer/Monsanto in the legal action initiated by Mrs Tran To Nga who seeks the civil liability of manufacturers of agent orange during the Vietnam war.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s highly versatile team is able to handle a wide diversity of cases, spanning banking and financial services, corporate and shareholder disputes, as well as follow-on damages claims, and insolvency-related and fraud disputes. The team is retained by leading French and international corporations, active in various fields including the finance, IT, retail, industrial and media sectors. The team manages a large caseload and is notably acting in several major disputes for Canal + regarding French football broadcasting rights. The practice is also often called upon to deal with M&A-related disputes and is providing representation in the Veolia-Suez takeover dispute. The practice is co-headed by Jean-Yves Garaud, Delphine Michot and senior attorney Aude Dupuis.

Responsables de la pratique:

Jean-Yves Garaud; Delphine Michot; Guillaume de Rancourt; Aude Dupuis

Autres avocats clés:

Elise Goebel

Les références

‘Delphine Michot is extremely efficient and proactive. The other members of the team, in particular Elise Goebel and Aude Dupuis, are also very involved in the management of files. It is great to work with a team composed mainly of women.’

Principaux clients

Veolia Environnement

Canal + Group

Google

Bpifrance Participations

Vocus International BV and Cision

Iron Source

Buy Way Personal Finance (NEW)

STIC Private Equity Fund III L.P. and STIC Shariah Private Equity Fund III L.P.

Lavazza (NEW)

Principaux dossiers

  • Represented Veolia Environnement in several emergency and injunction proceedings relating to its €12.9bn hostile bid for rival company Suez.
  • Representing Google in connection with several follow-on damages claims by providers of online comparison shopping services on the basis of the European Commission Google Shopping decision.
  • Representing SuperSonic, a mobile game publisher and gaming studio based in Israel, in a litigation with its French competitor, Voodoo, due to alleged breaches of a contract between Voodoo and the developer of the game.

Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance is sought after for challenging commercial, consumer and distribution law disputes. The firm acts for a prominent client base in that area, including high-profile retailers in business-critical cases. It notably acts in several mass disputes with high-risk precedents and in follow-on antitrust damages claims. The team also handles high-stakes commercial disputes in the TV broadcasting rights and energy sectors. Its range of expertise is considerable and also extends to corporate and product liability cases. A number of prominent banks and pharmaceutical companies are also clients. The practice is led by Thomas BaudessonDiego de Lammerville and Thibaud d’Alès.

Responsables de la pratique:

Diego de Lammerville; Thibaud d’Alès; Thomas Baudesson

Autres avocats clés:

Vladimir Maillot

Les références

‘Vladimir Maillot and Thibaud d’Ales are particularly effective.’

‘Advice is responsive, available and expert. We particularly appreciate their ability to quickly and sharply analyze matters as well as their procedural expertise.’

‘The dispute resolution team is available, proactive, reactive and extremely friendly’.

Principaux clients

Carrefour

Ligue de Football Professionnel (“LFP”)

SFR

Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank

Wells Fargo Bank

Construcciones Y Auxiliar De Ferrocarriles (CAF)

Novartis – Sandoz

Pfizer

JP Morgan

AXA IM

Airbus

TotalEnergies Electricité et Gaz de France

Eckes Granini

Europcar

Kaufman & Broad

Rexel

IPSEN

BCEE

BlackRock Fund Advisors

Principaux dossiers

  • Advised BlackRock Fund in a $68bn civil litigation proceeding initiated before the Paris Civil Court by Turkish individuals against 52 defendants, claiming they were defrauded of their assets and interests by a Turkish State entity.
  • Representing the LFP (French Professional Football League) in a very sensitive dispute regarding the TV broadcasting rights of the Ligue 1 championship.
  • Representing SFR in a major class action combining 59 customers.

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier is retained by major domestic and global corporations and investment funds. The firm is able to deal with a wide range of cases and it is regularly called upon to handle some of the market’s largest and most complex M&A and financial litigation. The team is also retained to act in top governance issues concerning France’s publicly listed corporations. The practice also acts handles commercial litigation and also manages high-profile product liability cases in the pharmaceutical sector. The team is also adept at dealing with mass claims and follow-on damages civil disputes, notably in the fields of antitrust and stock-market investments. Cyril Bonan directs the practice, which also includes many of the Paris bars top names in Jean-Michel DarroisEmmanuel Brochier,  Matthieu BrochierNicolas Mennesson and Julie Pasternak.

Responsables de la pratique:

Cyril Bonan

Autres avocats clés:

Jean-Michel Darrois; Emmanuel Brochier; Matthieu Brochier; Nicolas Mennesson; Julie Pasternak; Bertrand Cardi; Didier Theophile; Eva Parker; Tristan Gautier; Wenceslas Le Chevalier

Les références

‘Excellent team with a high degree of technicality, in-depth knowledge and analysis of extraordinary situations while always keeping in mind a business approach and a sense of strategy. Teams are available on demand. Working with them is a pleasure.’

‘We have been working for several years with Bertrand Cardi and Nicolas Mennesson. They do a remarkable job of coordination and high-level legal analysis. They know how to have an executive approach and make not only analyzes but above all recommendations on the way forward and what to do in practice.’

‘The team led by Cyril Bonan is reactive and leaves no detail aside.’

Principaux clients

Abénex

Bertin Technologies

bioMérieux

CNAJMJ

Colgate-Palmolive

Crédit agricole

Daimler

Danone

EDF

Exor

Fairbanks

Fimalac

Kelkoo

Kering

Korian

Laboratoires Filorga Cosmétiques

Lagardère

Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP)

NRJ

Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU)

Roquette Frères

Safilo

Suez

Vivendi

Webedia

Principaux dossiers

  • Advised Suez on Veolia’s hostile takeover bid notably, on the aspects of stock market litigation.
  • Successfully defended Vivendi in a French class action before the Paris commercial court (“Tribunal de commerce de Paris”) for compensation for a stock market loss of more than 2 billion euros claimed by a hundred investment funds and institutional investors.
  • Represented Daimler in several actions brought before French courts by alleged victims of the trucks cartel.

Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP

Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP has a large and highly experienced team able to undertake a broad range of disputes. The practice has a strong reputation in the field of product liability, with excellent experience of managing mass tort civil claims. It is involved in several high-profile ongoing matters in the healthcare sector and is handling a large case concerning the loss of data. In addition, the team also has a prominent client base in the internet area. The group is active in France’s first class action in the field of data regulation and in another high-stakes matter regarding short-term residential lets. The practice is also a strong name for commercial, financial and corporate litigation, where is it frequently entrusted by large companies and investment funds. Practice head Arthur Dethomas is a top name in the market and Christine Gateau and Christelle Coslin are excellent for commercial and product liability work respectively, in the internet and healthcare sectors. Counsels Marine De Montecler and Charles-Henri Caron provide additional support.

Responsables de la pratique:

Arthur Dethomas

Autres avocats clés:

Christine Gateau; Christelle Coslin; Charles-Henri Caron; Marine De Montecler; François Pérès

Les références

‘A very professional team, with a lot of experience in the healthcare sector in particular.’

‘They are always flexible and responsive and able to provide down-to-earth guidance in complicated claims.’

‘Outstanding services. Christine Coslin provides highly valuable advice. She is very pleasant to deal with and very experienced and able to guide foreign clients.’

Available and responsive. Great technical expertise.’

‘Arthur Dethomas and his collaborator François Pérès are available and extremely responsive. Their advice and services are of high quality. Their great mastery of commercial litigation makes them a definite asset for their clients in the context of high-stakes litigation.’

Principaux clients

OVH

CBRE

Wikimedia Foundation

Merck & Co

Vodafone

Schlumberger

Pari Mutuel Urbain

Eurofins Group

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing  OVH in several proceedings initiated by clients in the aftermath of a fire which destroyed one of OVH’s data centers.
  • Representing Wikimedia Foundation brought before French Courts.
  • Representing  Merck & Co., Inc., and its French subsidiary MSD Vaccins which are facing product liability claims in relation to alleged adverse effects of the vaccine Gardasil.

Orrick

Orrick handles a significant volume of high-stakes cases. The firm has been handling several top civil liability cases in connection with bankruptcies. Its strong civil litigation know-how has also led to an uptick in recent instructions to act in large tax fraud and insurance cases. Thanks to its strong international capabilities, the team regularly acts in disputes with strong international components, such as judgment exequatur cases. It has also been retained to assist in dealing with a very sensitive insurance-related case linked to the war in Ukraine. The practice’s varied caseload also incorporates corporate, commercial and product liability cases. Frédéric Lalance is in charge and the highly regarded  Jean-Pierre Martel also contributes, as well as associates Grégoire Piat and Amaury Ginet.

Responsables de la pratique:

Frédéric Lalance

Autres avocats clés:

Jean-Pierre Martel; Grégoire Piat; Amaury Ginet

Les références

‘Orrick has a large team of professionals specializing in dispute resolution.’

‘Remarkable involvement of the most senior partners (in particular Frédéric Lalance) in the management of procedures. Great availability, involvement in pleadings.’

‘Very professional, responsive and educational team.’

‘The perfect knowledge of our business and our issues by Mr Lalance is an undeniable and extremely valuable asset. The strengths of this team can also be seen in the quality of their writing and their arguments.’

‘Mr Lalance distinguished himself by his perfect knowledge of our profession and its issues. Amaury Ginet is an excellent lawyer who also understands our requests very well and whose legal recommendations are always clear and very well argued.’

Principaux clients

Air Liquide

Arcole Industries

Bpifrance

Bureau Veritas

Consortium de Réalisation

Coriolis

Crédit Agricole

Diane Wildenstein

DNCA

Elliott

ENEL

Etablissements Peugeot Frères

Natixis

Nvidia

Officiis Properties

Opel Bank

Production Resources Group

PwC

Rothschild & Co

Dogan Holding / Sabanci Holding A.S. / Limak Yatirim Enerji Üretim Isletme Hizm

SFR

Sonos

Syma

3i Infrastructures

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing Arcole Industries in securing the dismissal of almost €400 million worth of claims in a post-bankruptcy shareholders’ liability dispute.
  • Representing 15 out of the 50+ defendants in a spoliation case worth €68 billion.
  • Obtaining major victories for Italian energy company Enel in 2021 concerning the enforcement of Albanian judgments against our client.

Signature Litigation AARPI

Signature Litigation AARPI houses one of France’s most enviable product liability practices, with the team also handling insurance, reinsurance, ESG, toxic tort and civil fraud proceedings. The firm assists a prominent client base including top industrial manufacturers in the automotive, healthcare, technologies and retail areas which it defends in mass claims and other highly sensitive litigation (some of these cases are global and also involve proceedings in many other jurisdictions).Practice heads Thomas Rouhette and Sylvie Gallage-Alwis are top key names in the aforementioned areas. Additionally, the team, notably through Rouhette, also handles a good volume of strategic commercial litigation. The team also includes Mathilde Gérot and Claire Massiera, who were promoted to counsel in 2022.

Responsables de la pratique:

Thomas Rouhette; Sylvie Gallage-Alwis

Autres avocats clés:

Mathilde Gérot

Les références

‘Excellent service’.

Principaux clients

Société Générale

Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank

Pfizer

Vorwerk

Fondation Saint Louis

Airbnb

Boeing

Casino

Renault

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing Pfizer in the French claim relating to the Covid-19 vaccine.
  • Representing French retail group Casino in a dispute arising from alleged non-compliance of its obligations deriving from the so-called duty of vigilance.
  • Representing Groupe Renault in the so-called dieselgate and motorgate cases.

Viguié Schmidt & Associés

Viguié Schmidt & Associés' broad practice in this area is reflected in a caseload which includes a wide variety of matters, including disputes pertaining to Covid-19 insurance coverage, arbitration enforcement or Libya-related work. Building on the firm’s M&A practice, the team is regularly appointed to handle high-stakes M&A-related disputes and shareholder conflicts and is adept at managing bet-the-company cases. Leading corporates, foreign banks as well as insurers and investment funds are clients. Yves Schmidt and Olivier Loizon are the practice heads.

Responsables de la pratique:

Yves Schmidt; Olivier Loizon

Les références

‘The team is made up of talented and available lawyers. The turnover is low which allows a long term follow-up of the files. Billing is very reasonable, which makes the firm a reliable source of advice at prices that defy most of the competition.’

‘Olivier Loizon is pragmatic and rigorous.’

‘Outstanding team; very good advice, very fair billing, high-level exchanges, very pleasant.’

Principaux clients

AXA

EDF RENOUVELABLES

RENAULT

FIMALAC

SONEPAR

RALLYE

SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT France

ALTER EQUITY

SUEZ

CENTRAL BANK OF CYPRUS

ALLIANZ TRADE

OTCEx

ACCURACY

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP's tightly-knit team is retained by many of France and the world’s largest corporations. The practice has a strong know-how in the field of corporate and insolvency-related disputes and is also regularly appointed to handle major M&A-related cases and governance matters. The practice also defends clients in several high-stakes mass claims disputes. Practice head Didier Malka is a top name in the field.

Responsables de la pratique:

Didier Malka

Principaux clients

Groupe NJJ

Altarea

Orpea

Montefiore

Hilton International

Casino Group

Atos

Idemia

Worldline

Banque Palatine

3i

Inetum

Vivendi

Westinghouse

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing Altarea (fka Altarea Cogedim), a public real estate company, in proceedings related to the acquisition of Primonial initiated by Primonial’s shareholders.
  • Assist the board of directors of Orpea with managing a crisis caused by allegations of mistreatment.
  • Representing NJJ Group (holding of Mr. Xavier Niel) in various proceedings relating to the sale of Groupe Bernard Tapie’s stake in La Provence.

De Pardieu Brocas Maffei

De Pardieu Brocas Maffei fields a solid commercial litigation practice. The team regularly represents its clients in high-stakes disputes, including recently acting in strategic cases concerning the travel agencies and automotive areas. The litigation team also has a strong ability to handle consumer and competition law issues that intersect with commercial and civil proceedings. The litigation practice also regularly manages insolvency and real estate-related disputes – two areas where it can rely on strong internal specific expertise - as well as international cases. The highly regarded Barbara Levy co-heads the practice alongside Paul Talbourdet and Philippe Dubois . The arrival of Alexandre Vermynck from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in November 2022 has further bolstered the firm's corporate and commercial litigation offering. 

Responsables de la pratique:

Paul Talbourdet; Philippe Dubois; Barbara Levy

Autres avocats clés:

Alexandre Vermynck

Les références

‘Extremely experienced partner in Barbara Levy; she is perfect for complex litigation; she brings real added value. I have used her services on very complex cases which she has won.’

‘Barbara Levy shows high-level thinking, is creative and demonstrates total involvement in cases.’

Principaux clients

VICTORIA’S SECRET

SEPM (FRENCH PRESS MAGAZINES ASSOCIATION)

SNCF / RATP

GECINA

BOOKING.COM

BNP PARIBAS

CA CIB

VALEO

SHAFTESBURY

INTESA BANK

AXA REIM

SIEMENS HEALTHCARE

GENERALI

THE NORTH FACE INC.

TIMBERLAND

MANPOWER GROUP

VEOLIA

BLACKBERRY

ALIER

MAN TRUCKS

LASTMINUTE

ROBERT BOSCH

GRANITIFIANDRE

BERTIN

PRINCIPALTY OF MONACO

GOPRO

Principaux dossiers

  • Assisting FRENCH PRESS MAGAZINES ASSOCIATION (SEPM) in a litigation with GOOGLE.
  • Assisting VOLKSWAGEN and MAN TRUCK regarding the numerous private enforcement litigations initiated in France further to the EU Commission’s decision in the truck cartel case.
  • Representing a German engineering and technology company in litigation initiated before the French Court by multiple plaintiffs in the Dieselgate case.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is able to handle a whole range of cases. The firm has a strong presence among financial institutions and banks which it assists with the management of their most sensitive cases, from large loan repayments to complex civil liability disputes. The practice is also entrusted to handle high-stakes damages follow-on cases linked to previous antitrust charges. Its caseload also includes mass actions disputes and corporate and shareholders’ disputes. Leading French and international companies and financial institutions are clients. The practice is led by Stéphane Bénouville, Dimitri Lecat and Anne-Laure Vincent.

Responsables de la pratique:

Stéphane Bénouville; Dimitri Lecat; Anne-Laure Vincent

Les références

‘Anne-Laure Vincent is very reliable. She knows perfectly her environment and also the legal, regulatory but also commercial, operational and political environment in which her clients operate at the international level. She is very available, responsive and enthusiastic. Her advice is clear, effective and precise. She brings a lot of serenity and rationality, which is very important in the field of litigation. She is able to establish a climate of total trust with her clients.’

Principaux clients

Barclays Bank PLC

BPCE SA / Natixis SA

Electricité de France (EDF)

General Mills

STMicroelectronics SA

Vivendi

Renault Trucks and Volvo Trucks

Volkswagen

Principaux dossiers

  • Advising Renault Trucks and Volvo Trucks in more than a hundred follow-on claims proceedings introduced in France following the EU commission’s decision sanctioning truck manufacturers for having exchanged information on gross trucks pricing and emission rules between 1997 and 2011.
  • Representing Apple in an action filed by the Minister for Economic Affairs before the Paris Commercial Court following an investigation conducted by the DIRECCTE regarding the conditions in which the iPhone distribution contracts, entered into between Apple and the four French phone carriers, were negotiated.
  • Assisting Vivendi before French commercial Courts in relation to an alleged distortion of financial information.

Gibson Dunn

Gibson Dunn represents a wide range of large French and international companies and investment funds. The team’s caseload is also equally versatile; it combines expertise in litigation and restructuring to manage complex restructuring and insolvency disputes. The practice also regularly defends companies in mass litigation led by former employees or associations, particularly in relation to alleged toxic exposure risks. The firm also handles commercial and corporate disputes, and has a growing practice in the field of exequatur arbitration litigation before French courts. Practice head Jean-Pierre FargesPierre-Emmanuel Fender and Eric Bouffard are highly regarded.

Responsables de la pratique:

Jean-Pierre Farges

Autres avocats clés:

Pierre-Emmanuel Fender; Eric Bouffard; Charles Peugnet

Les références

‘Great understanding of the issues, analysis and commitment.’

‘Jean-Pierre Farges has great technique and gravitas’.

‘ Jean-Pierre Farges impresses by the way the files are managed, always in the most efficient and skillful way. The team’s availability and reaction time at all levels is remarkable.’

Principaux clients

Orchestra

Tapie (receivers of Group Tapie insolvency)

Camaieu (CVC, Farallon & others)

LBI Development

DomusVi

Vinci Energies

La Halle

Scan’up

L’immobilière Groupe Casino

Bain Capital LLC

Grandjean Avocats

Grandjean Avocats is an excellent dispute resolution boutique, capable of dealing with a whole array of matters, from traditional commercial litigation to complex financial cases. The team manages several matters in the healthcare sector, including acting in a number of highly sensitive product liability cases on behalf of leading pharmaceutical companies. Its commercial caseload is also busy and includes a top case in the luxury goods sector. In recent work, the firm has also been retained to handle complex trust-related disputes and also handles cases in relation to new technologies and cryptocurrencies. Corporate and shareholders disputes also feature in its caseload. The practice is co-headed by Jean-Pierre Grandjean, who has extensive experience, Marguerite Aynès and Thomas Lambard.

Responsables de la pratique:

Jean-Pierre Grandjean; Marguerite Aynès, Thomas Lambard

Les références

‘Grandjean Avocats has a team of high-level technicians. The firm has one of the best teams in the market and has the advantage of greater flexibility thanks to its size and independence.’

‘Jean-Pierre Grandjean is one of the most recognized professionals in the market. He has extensive experience in business litigation and enjoys a very high reputation.’

‘In-depth knowledge of the litigation procedure. Strategic anticipation. Subtle argumentation and in-depth knowledge of the subject’.

Principaux clients

Haleon

Orano Group (formerly Areva)

Project44

Rewe Group

Savencia

Comeca

AEW Europe / AEW Ciloger

Caisse Nationale de l’Assurance Maladie (CNAM)

Bénéteau

Arpent Capital

Algebris

Katara Hospitality

Vaneau

Pfizer

Virgil

Staycity Group

Laude Esquier Champey

Dispute resolution boutique Laude Esquier Champey is regarded for its proficiency in handling diverse caseload, including commercial litigation, regulatory disputes, insurance and product liability as well as bankruptcies, corporate and securities cases. The firm acts for a large and prominent client base. It assists many French companies, including leading names in the luxury goods, technologies and construction sectors, as well as investment funds and international clients. The practice is co-headed by Olivier LaudeVictor ChampeyRichard Esquier and Florent BouderbalaBenoit Renard, Laetitia Arzel and Pauline Daraux were promoted to counsel in June 2022.

Responsables de la pratique:

Olivier Laude; Richard Esquier; Victor Champey; Florent Bouderbala

Autres avocats clés:

Benoit Renard; Laetitia Arzel; Pauline Daraux

Les références

‘The firm has sufficient resources to process files within a reasonable time and to make itself available to clients. Billing is always very clear, reasonable and predictable.’

‘I have worked with Victor Champey on several complex files and I recommend him without reservation. He perfectly understands the technical and strategic aspects of a case and he has very good interpersonal skills. He knows how to be perfectly courteous with the opposing party while being extremely firm in the litigation strategy.’

‘Olivier Laude is an excellent litigator. Pauline Daraux is precise and gets to the bottom of things in her analyzes and legal documents.’

Principaux clients

KERING

MIRABAUD SCA

LIAM HOLDINGS INVESTMENT LTD

BLABLACAR

MITSUBISHI LOGISNEXT EUROPE

EURELEC TRADING

MATISA MATÉRIEL INDUSTRIEL

VALLOUREC

MGA ENTERTAINMENT INC

LAFARGEHOLCIM

MARIE BRIZARD WINE & SPIRITS (MBWS)

UCCOAR

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP often acts in high-stakes litigation. The team excels at dealing with cases mixing civil and criminal liability risks and proceedings and is entrusted by leading French and international companies and investment funds. In a recent highlight, it is defending a leading international company in a major class action launched by a consumer association. The team also regularly handles disputes related to financial products and securities. The practice is headed by Kami Haeri and includes Eric Russo and of counsel Alexandre Kiabski.

Responsables de la pratique:

Kami Haeri

Autres avocats clés:

Eric Russo; Alexandre Kiabski

Les références

‘The team exhausts every avenue to find a path to victory.’

‘Kami Haeri has excellent technique and is also able to see and take into the account the big picture.’

Principaux clients

Francis Baillet

Elliott

Google

Principaux dossiers

  • Advising Google Ireland and Google Limited in the first class action in France regarding the processing of personal data, in particular the interpretation and enforcement of the GDPR.
  • Advising US investment fund Elliott following an AMF investigation concerning investments made by Elliott in Norbert Dentressangle’s securities and the corresponding declarations made by Elliott to the AMF and to the market.

Veil Jourde

Veil Jourde‘s litigation practice comprises a strong portion of the firm’s global activity. The firm represents a prominent client base, which includes many leading French companies and banks and is regularly entrusted to act in complex financial and post-M&A cases. It is notably involved in a highly complex securitisation-related case. The team also acts in several Covid-19-related disputes, raising connected M&A and insurance issues. It also handles complex international matters through its involvement in Lebanese banking-related files. The team includes highly experienced litigators in Jean Veil, Georges JourdePierre-François Veil, Eric Deubel, Emmanuel Rosenfeld and Marie Errera. Gaspard Lundwall and Corinne Valery Masson were promoted to the partnership in 2022.

Responsables de la pratique:

Jean Veil; Georges Jourde; Emmanuel Rosenfeld; Pierre François Veil; Eric Deubel; Marie Errera; Corinne Valery Masson; Gaspard Lundwall

Les références

‘Gaspard Lundwall is astonishing in his ability to immediately integrate all the subtleties of a case and make the most of it, often improvising in the heat of the moment. Remarkable intelligence and tactical sense.’

‘Responsiveness, quality, technique.’

‘A team of professionals, legal technicians. Very high quality services.’

‘Eric Deubel is a professional who can take on great challenges.’

Principaux clients

Société Générale and subsidiaries

LVMH

Perfume subsidiaries of LVMH

Publicis

L’Oréal

BPCE

Arkea

Crédit Foncier

Lagardère

Le Figaro

Total

Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring

Suez

Principaux dossiers

  • Acted for insurance trader Circles in liability proceedings concerning the use of a car during a film shooting.
  • Representing the main investors in proceedings concerning the failure of the “Smart Treso” securitization fund.

White & Case LLP

White & Case LLP is entrusted to deal with complex litigation. The team handles a wide range of cases and is frequently retained to handle financial and securities disputes, acting for leading investment funds. The litigation team also regularly handles debt restructuring and insolvency-linked disputes, playing a role on some of the largest cases in that area, and also manages several heated disputes in the estate succession area. The team also acts in international litigation and has a strong reputation for cases in the retail sector, including unfair competition and consumer issues. Diane Lamarche directs the practice, to which competition and distribution partner Yann Utzschneider is another key contributor.

Responsables de la pratique:

Diane Lamarche

Autres avocats clés:

Yann Utzschneider; Felix Thillaye

Les références

‘Collaboration mode: very interactive and available.’

‘Diane Lamarche: very dynamic and efficient. Great ability to adapt. Felix Thillaye is very available and a perfectionist.’

 

Principaux clients

SMCP (Sandro, Maje, Claudie Pierlot)

Amber Capital

Free

Alec Jr Wildenstein

Dyson

Robert Zarra (Toys’R’Us Former Director)

Kresk Development

Mrs Cristiana Crociani and al.

Nestlé Nespresso & Nespresso SAS

Deloitte

Principaux dossiers

  • Assisting Kresk Developpement, the sponsor of the “Defi SVR-Lazartigue” and indirect owner of the Trimaran SVR-Lazartigue, in a dispute against the Class Ultim 32/23 regarding the participation of Mr François Gabart and the SVR-Lazartigue team to the 2022 Route du Rhum.
  • Representing Nestlé Nespresso SA and Nespresso SAS (together “Nespresso”) before the Paris Judicial Court in a case brought by a consumer association called La Confédération Consommation, Logement et Cadre de Vie (“CLCV”).
  • Assisted SMCP (Sandro, Maje, Claudie Pierlot), a French listed company, in a conflict concerning its former majority shareholder and its new majority shareholder.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's litigation team is a popular choice for top French and international companies. The team handles a diverse range of commercial, financial and corporate disputes and is regularly involved in cross-border cases, including matters involving Africa and the US. The practice has recently been retained to handle proceedings concerning the termination of a major infrastructure project in France. It is also defending a former top CEO who is facing civil liability proceedings. The team is co-headed by Dominique Mondoloni and Grégoire Bertrou and includes special European counsel Sophie-Jeanne Laroche.

Responsables de la pratique:

Grégoire Bertrou; Dominique Mondoloni

Autres avocats clés:

Sophie-Jeanne Laroche

Les références

‘Very good communication, no loss of information. Constant follow-up. Service responds to expectations and questions. Good listening and reflection skills.’

‘Sophie-Jeanne Laroche: good listening and analysis skills, availability and efficiency.

 ‘Sophie-Jeanne Laroche: excellent listening, great collaboration with colleagues.’

Principaux clients

National Bank of Canada

Transdev

Besix/Icade

Air France/Air France-KLM

Arkema

Carl Bayard

Agence Française de Développement

Sportfive

Lagardère Travel Retail

Cellectis

Naval Group

Gare du Nord 2024

Brainbox

Principaux dossiers

  • Successfully represented Air France-KLM in a dispute initiated by another leading France-based air carrier and its shareholders for alleged unlawful termination of negotiations in relation to the purchase, by Air France-KLM, of a minority shareholding in that company.
  • Representing AFD in connection with proceedings brought by creditors of foreign sovereigns to attach sums paid by AFD pursuant to aid packages provided pursuant to France’s international development policy.
  • Advised Brainbox on a trade mark infringement dispute (as claimant) against Alentour.fr, the leading French State-backed new tourism digital platform operated by the company Alentour, currently pending before the Paris Civil Court.

ADVANT Altana

ADVANT Altana acts for a range of French and international companies, including leading construction groups, insurers and financial services companies, as well as asset management firms, banks and other major names in the telecoms, healthcare and automotive sectors. The sizeable team can handle a broad range of disputes, particularly banking, financial, product liability, insolvency-related cases as well as corporate and commercial litigation. It acts in several mass product litigation disputes concerning both financial and pharmaceutical products. The practice is led by Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy and Julien Balensi. Benjamin Dors was promoted to the partnership in early 2023.

Responsables de la pratique:

Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy; Julien Balensi

Autres avocats clés:

Benjamin Dors

Les références

‘Responsiveness, availability, accessibility, competence’.

‘Very competent and extremely available, competent team’.

‘Skills, knowledge of a file, the relevance of recommendation and responsiveness are very good.’

‘Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy is remarkable’.

‘I have recently worked with Altana, in particular with Benjamin Dors and his team. I was very impressed with the quality of their work, the expertise and technical quality, the constant availability in responding to our requests and the result obtained in favour of our client.’

Principaux clients

AMUNDI

APAGOR (CLASS’CROUTE)

ARKEMA

ATOTECH

AXA

BANCO COMERCIAL PORTUGUES (BCP)

BNP PARIBAS

BOUYGUES TRAVAUX PUBLICS

BOUYGUES TELECOM

CARDIF ASSURANCE VIE

CARDIF LUX VIE

CATL BATTERY

CFAO

CGI FRANCE

Comité national olympique et sportif français (CNOSF)

EATON

ENEDIS

EURAPHARMA

FAYAT

HAGER CONTROLS

HERMANDAD NACIONAL DE ARQUITECTOS (HNA)

INVIVO RETAIL

MAAF

MALAKOFF MEDERIC SERVICES

MMA VIE ASSURANCES MUTUELLES

NGE

ONXEO

ORANO

POSSON PACKAGING

PROXISERVE

RATP DEV

RENAULT

SAMSUNG

SCHINDLER

SPIE BATIGNOLLES

SOREDIP

TUI

VEOLIA

VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT

VINCI

WEBUILD

APG

APG is an independent litigation boutique trusted by several leading French and international companies, notably in the retail and insurance sectors, as well as international investment funds and public entities. The practice has proficiency managing commercial litigation, as well as regulatory and civil liability litigation. The team is notably handling high-profile cases in the short-term rental accommodation and retail sectors. The practice also handles significant product liability disputes and is also a recognised name for corporate and securities litigation. Gilbert Parleani and Jean-Marie Gazagnes are the practice heads. Olivier Parleani and Bertrand Janssens are other key contributors, while the hiring as partner of François Gagey from Viguié Schmidt & Associés in January 2022 adds further strength.

Responsables de la pratique:

Gilbert Parleani; Jean-Marie Gazagnes

Autres avocats clés:

Olivier Parleani; Bertrand Janssens; François Gagey; Nicolas Gueremy

Les références

‘Very responsive and very business-oriented small firm – acts as a true partner and offers great decision-making support.’

‘Very good understanding of business issues, great legal analysis, very reassuring approach on complex files.’

‘Very good communication.’

‘Very responsive and efficient team. Pragmatic and business-oriented approach. Very good value for money.’

‘Jean-Marie Gazagnes shows high efficiency and a business-oriented approach; the same is true for associate Nicolas Gueremy.’

Principaux clients

E. Leclerc

Manpower

Crédit du Nord

Les Indés Radios

British American Tobacco Caribbean

Enedis

BMW France

Fiat/Chrysler

EQUANS

Emotors

CNH Industrial

FCA Group (Fiat/Chrysler)

Emerging Capital Partners

ANTARGAZ

AIG Europe SA

FPT Industrial S.p.A.

Invivo

Société Générale

Carmignac Gestion

Entoria

BirkenstockCity of Paris

The Frankie Shop

Laboratoire Native

Sonepar

Renault

Principaux dossiers

  • Advised the City of Paris in a dispute with Air BnB in Paris, brought before the European Court of Justice and French courts.
  • Advised E. Leclerc (Galec) in connection with a 117 million euros lawsuit brought by the French Ministry of Finance.

Ashurst LLP

Headed by Hortense de Reux, Ashurst LLP's team covers a broad range of disputes. The firm handles a steady stream of commercial litigation, notably in the IT sector. It is also representing several energy giants in product liability litigation concerning equipment relating to nuclear stations. In recent work, the litigation team has combined forces with the firm's restructuring and insolvency practice to handle significant cases in that area, including representing leading investment funds in shares and rights enforcement cases.

Responsables de la pratique:

Hortense de Roux

Les références

‘Transparent invoicing and budget kept. It’s rare! Extremely responsive team with an excellent understanding of complex issues.’

‘Hortense de Roux: intelligence, reactivity, perspective’.

‘The team led by Hortense de Roux has great expertise, great responsiveness and adapts to the challenges of the cases and of its clients.’

Principaux clients

IBM France

Kyndryl France

SNCF

Etam

Xiaomi

Principaux dossiers

  • Successfully assisted IBM France against a €180 claim relating to alleged unfair competition behaviors before the Commercial Court of Nanterre and the Court of Appeal of Versailles.
  • Assisted the steering committee of the bondholders of listed French retailer SMCP (Sandro Maje Claudie Pierlot), with a dispute against SMCP’s Chinese controlling shareholder, Shandong Ruyi, in connection with the default payment of €250m secured bonds and the potential enforcement over the shares of SMCP.
  • Advising a group of funds in connection with the €3bn safeguard proceedings of listed food retailer Rallye.

August Debouzy

August Debouzy is a popular choice for significant commercial litigation disputes and manages a busy caseload in that area. The team has noted a recent increase in disputes connected to the rise of commodities prices (it acts in several cases concerning abrupt contract termination and renegotiation between suppliers and buying companies, notably in the industrial field). The team also handles corporate and post M&A cases, notably concerning earn out issues. The client base is made up of various French and international companies. The practice also shows strong ability to handle matters involving strong international components. It is led by Marie Danis and Benjamin van Gaver, with Olivier Attias, who was promoted to partner in early 2023, and senior associate Karol Bucki also providing key support.

Responsables de la pratique:

Marie Danis; Benjamin van Gaver

Autres avocats clés:

Karol Bucki; Olivier Attias

Les références

‘Technicality, efficiency, professionalism’.

‘A good technical approach, and a very good understanding of matters at stake in cases.’

‘A good team with very diversified profiles and know-how.’

‘The team of Benjamin Vvn Gaver is of very high quality, and especially counsel Lionel Martin. Technically strong, they are also very practical and communicate well with international clients.’

Principaux clients

VALEO

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing car spare parts manufacturer Valeo in proceedings with its main competitor Nissens regarding unfair competition accusations.

CBR & Associés

CBR & Associés has particular strength handling commercial and consumer-related disputes in France. The firm notably acts for a number of France’s leading energy, telecoms and media companies. In recent work, the team obtained a prominent victory in the energy sector in a case relating to the Covid-19 outbreak. The team is also well versed at handling damage follow-on antitrust condemnation judicial proceedings. Pierre-Olivier Chartier and Judith Vuillez are top names in the field. They were joined in September 2022 by Marie-Aude Ziadé, who was at her own firm previously and adds international arbitration and mediation capabilities in addition to her litigation expertise. With a strong international profile, she is regularly retained by top companies to act in a range of cases; spanning industrial liability to financial disputes.

Responsables de la pratique:

Pierre-Olivier Chartier; Judith Vuillez; Marie-Aude Ziadé

Les références

‘Reactivity, good listening skills, adaptability’.

‘Strong personal involvement of Pierre-Olivier Chartier in each of the files he handles.’

‘Mr Chartier has an exceptional knowledge of the procedure and a keen sense of strategy. You can go into battle with him without hesitation.’

‘Pierre-Olivier Chartier and his team are one of the most formidable on the market. Pierre-Olivier Chartier is an excellent litigator, with an unparalleled depth of legal analysis.’

‘The team offers personalised, bespoke legal services. Their fees compare very favourably with most Paris law firms of similar size.’

‘The team headed by Judith Vuillez provides a unique blend of highly sophisticated legal experts in a wide range of legal fields together with a superb personalised client care service. They are very different to many law firms in Paris in their ability to understand client business culture, issues, and strategic objectives.’

‘They are very pragmatic and innovative in finding solutions. They consistently display significant commercial savviness to achieve desired objectives and always go the extra mile to achieve the client desired outcome. A very best and most reliable trusted legal adviser.’

‘A very pragmatic and very business-oriented vision. Adapted and “tailor made” advice.’

Principaux clients

ADIDAS

ITV STUDIO

BACARDI MARTINI FRANCE

PROCTER & GAMBLE

TETRA MEDIA FICTION

TF1 PUBLICITE

PRIMAGAZ

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO

ENALIA

KAEFER WANNER

SIEMENS

SFR

NEXTRADIOTV (éditeur BMTV et autres)

SPORTSCOTV

TOTALENERGIES

PMU

EUROVIA

EUROPCAR

ARAMIS

NRJ

GRDF

FISHER & PAYKEL

HANSAMOBIL

SENERGY 2

Orano

Safran

Christies

Green Yellow

Credit Agricole Ile de France

Oberthur Fiduciaire

Infravia Capital

Fisher Paykel Healthcare

Advention Partners

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing PMU in claim damages proceedings initiated by sports betting operator BETCLIC further to a decision from the French Competition Authority
  • Representing BFMTV – RMC Découverte – RMC Story in a dispute with internet service provider Free relating to the conditions of TV channels distributed by Free.  
  • Representing TotalEnergies in a major dispute with EDF regarding the suspension of TotalEnergies’s nuclear power supply contract for force majeure due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Chemarin & Limbour

Dispute resolution boutique Chemarin & Limbour represents a prominent client base, comprising several of France’s leading names in the telecoms, luxury goods, retail and energy sectors, as well as banking clients. The group manages a large strategic caseload for key client Orange concerning network access, competition, advertising and regulatory issues, often involving other top operators in the field. The practice is also regularly entrusted to provide representation in various contractual disputes, while retailers also turn to the firm for rent disputes. Its caseload also includes banking litigation, and disputes concerning the healthcare sector and IT outsourcing. Alexandre Limbour heads the practice, which also includes Valentine Foucher-Créteau.

Responsables de la pratique:

Alexandre Limbour

Autres avocats clés:

Valentine Foucher-Créteau

Les références

‘An extremely responsive team, excellent work and admirable results.’

Principaux clients

Sferis (Group SNCF)

Yves Rocher

Auchan Group

Lorient Football Club

Orange Group

Orientis

Rabobank

Sofrecom

Louis Vuitton (LVMH Group)

Newrest

Globecast

Michelin

Pimkie

Sun’R

Jules / Bizzbee

Viveo France

Terreal

Banque Internationale du Luxembourg

Ingenico

Primavista

Loomis

Suckle

Groupe Les Echos – Le Parisien (LVMH Group)

Orano

Groupe Le Figaro

Orivas

Docaposte Group (La Poste Group)

EURODEP

Facilit’Rail France

Si-nergie (GIE Orano et Framatome)

Centrale des Pharmaciens (ASTERA)

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing Orange in a case concerning network interconnection services and the pricing of its wholesale offers.
  • Representing Rabobank in claims of bank fraud brought against the former management team of now bankrupt French dairy sector player, Toury.
  • Representing Banque Internationale du Luxembourg in various disputes relating to the defaults of large borrowers.

Dechert LLP

Dechert LLP‘s team, led by Jacques Sivignon who ‘provides outstanding legal support in complex commercial litigation‘, stands out for his ability to handle a wide range of cases for a highly diverse client base. The practice often acts for international companies, funds and banks, including several key names in the healthcare sector. The group is sought after to handle complex shareholder conflicts, corporate and financial cases, including those with a cross-border nexus. In recent work, it has been handling several cases for clients facing issues linked to the bankruptcy of another company. The practice also assists several Lebanese banks and has strong know-how handling arbitration award exequatur cases before French courts – which is a continuum to the firm’s leading arbitration practice.

Responsables de la pratique:

Jacques Sivignon

Les références

‘The team is exceptional, always available despite very short deadlines, with a perfect knowledge of French procedures. They know how to adapt to the specific case and to the specificities of the countries with which they deal.’

‘Jacques Sivigon and Arthur Boeuf are available, competent, versatile and always ready to listen.’

‘The team works in a very professional manner; they are coherent, to the point and very responsive.’

Principaux clients

BYD

GSK

Eurogroup

ITW

Pepsico

Signify (Philips)

Ubisoft

Principaux dossiers

  • Secured a complete victory for ITW’s construction products division in proceedings with NORMA Group, over the termination of a 30-year exclusive distribution contract.
  • Representing a Swiss holding company in a shareholder’s dispute with the majority shareholder of a large French food manufacturer undergoing restructuring proceedings.
  • Representing a major Chinese manufacturer of electrical cars in judicial proceedings initiated by a Swiss car distributor seeking to annul an ICC arbitral award.

FTMS Avocats

FTMS Avocats has a comprehensive litigation practice with particular strengths in the banking and industrial fields. The team manages several high-profile cases on behalf of banks facing mass civil claims in relation to the commercialisation of financial products. Asset management firms are also clients. Marc Henry and Silvestre Tandeau de Marsac are key names for financial litigation. The team is also adept at dealing with industrial and construction-related disputes, notably acting for large industrial corporations; Cédric Fischer and Tristan Dupré de Puget are the key contacts here.

Responsables de la pratique:

Cédric Fischer; Marc Henry; Silvestre Tandeau de Marsac

Autres avocats clés:

Tristan Dupré de Puget

Les références

‘Persistent, relevant, competent, honest.’

‘Highly capable, effective and practical. They have excellent technical knowledge and a good understanding of client deliverables.’

‘Marc Henry is a seasoned and savvy negotiator.’

‘The team stands out for precision and responsiveness.’

‘Cèdric Fischer is always available to find the most appropriate solution.’

‘A dynamic and responsive team that always seeks a pragmatic response to issues.’

Principaux clients

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

BPCE|One of the largest banks in France

Banque Populaire Rives de Paris (BPRI)

Caisse d’Epargne Ile de France (CEIF)|Caisse d’Epargne Rhône-Alpes (CERA)|Caisse d’Epargne Loire Centre (CELC)

Caisse d’epargne normandie (CEN)

Berkshire

Banque de nouvelle caledonnie

European Investment Bank

Schneider Electric

ALP

Financière Chatelaisienne

ALFYMA

BSG Resources

Galembert Avocats

Galembert Avocats focuses on corporate litigation. The firm has expertise defending top CEOs and individual shareholders in disputes arising in the context of private equity and M&A transactions, as well as dealing with corporate governance issues, shareholder conflicts and disputes relating to the exits of senior executives. Clients also include companies and it has a busy caseload in that area. Founding partner Noémie de Galembert is strongly regarded. Counsel Pierre-Alain Marquet provides additional support.

Responsables de la pratique:

Noémie de Galembert

Autres avocats clés:

Pierre-Alain Marquet

Les références

‘Very professional, competent and very responsive team.’

‘Noémie de Galembert is attentive and she does her best to best meet the demands of her customers.’

‘Very good team, very specialized firm in terms of litigation.’

Principaux clients

Primonial Group

Laurent Bénard (ex-Managing Director of Capza)

Zodiac

WFS Group

Founding shareholder and CEO of Greenflex

Palais des Thés

Azimut’s founders and minority shareholders

Siaci CEO, key managers and shareholders

Wansquare

Eurogroup

Tunstall Group

Belive and its majority shareholders

Principaux dossiers

  • Advised 215 managers of the Primonial Group, who are also shareholders of the Primonial Group, in a dispute opposing the shareholders of the Primonial Group against the listed company Altarea in relation to the enforcement a sale and investment agreement entered into by the parties on July 23, 2021.
  • Successfully obtained the implementation of a discovery-like procedure (article 145 of the French Civil Procedure Code) and collected several thousands of documents at Total head office.
  • Advised the company Palais des Thés and its majority shareholder in their conflict against their ex-CEO and minority shareholder who refuses to transfer their shares to the company as provided in the shareholders’ agreement.

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP stands out for its broad litigation expertise; the team handles a high volume of commercial litigation, while also showing strong capabilities in the insurance and banking litigation fields. The practice's caseload also includes corporate and international disputes, as well as proceedings where civil and criminal aspects intersect. In recent work, the team is acting before Belgium courts in a case relating to the construction of a major shopping mall and is defending prominent financial institutions facing proceedings for alleged negligent advice. It also handles high-stakes disputes dealing with life-insurance and other insurance claims. Leading corporations, banks and insurers are clients. The practice is co-headed by Clément Dupoirier and Antoine Juaristi; the latter has a focus on banking and insurance disputes, areas where Martin Le Touzé is also a key name. Counsels Nicolas Pol and Vincent Bouvard are other names to note.

Responsables de la pratique:

Antoine Juaristi; Clément Dupoirier

Autres avocats clés:

Martin Le Touzé; Nicolas Pol; Vincent Bouvard

Les références

‘The team can rely on a leading international network, while maintaining close proximity to its clients, allowing it to define the best possible strategies.’

‘Clément Dupoirier is a technician of great finesse. Always concise and precise, in his words and in his actions, he knows how to show great pragmatism and never gets lost in the details, which allows him to develop a real strategic vision of litigation. His availability is exceptional, and his responsiveness is never faulted.’

‘Technicality. Availability. Solution-oriented team. High quality of service rendered and good respect of deadlines. Reassuring and feeling of a real grip.’

Principaux clients

Generali

Crédit Agricole Brie Picardie

Caisse d’Épargne et de Prévoyance Bourgogne Franche-Comté (CEBFC)

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing Caisse Régionale du Crédit Agricole Mutuel Brie Picardie in a litigation brought by the Clinique Saint-Jean l’Ermitage before the commercial court of Paris concerning  the validity of an interest swap agreement.
  • Representing Generali Vie in separate proceedings concerning the right of withdrawal from a life insurance contract and the execution of a life insurance contract.
  • Representing Caisse d’Epargne Bourgogne Franche Comté (CEBFC) as shareholder in real estate company Société Est Métropole (SEM), in a dispute with the majority shareholder (LCDP).

Jones Day

Jones Day fields a solid practice, capable of handling a broad range of cases, including cross-border ones. While the team represents a diverse client base including banks and financial companies, it is a strong choice for industrial manufacturers and operators which it notably represents in cases concerning pollution, industrial accidents and product liability. The team manages several sensitive cases in that area for leading industrial companies and has also been retained lately to assist a client facing green-washing accusations from NGOs. General commercial and corporate litigation are other strengths. Ozan AkyurekElie Kleiman Françoise Labrousse and Cyril Philibert are the key contacts. Frédéric Gros is defending several banks in ‘toxic’ loan cases granted to French municipalities prior to the 2009 financial crisis.

Responsables de la pratique:

Ozan Akyurek; Cyril Philibert

Autres avocats clés:

Elie Kleiman; Françoise Labrousse; Frédéric Gros

Les références

‘An excellent firm with a wide range of capabilities.’

‘Strong and knowledgeable team, with deep experience in the aviation and product liability sectors. Very attentive to clients.’

‘Ozan Akyurek has great knowledge and is a fierce litigator.’

Principaux clients

Société de Financement Local

Dexia Crédit Local

Vestergaard Frandsen SA

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing Dexia Crédit Local, SFIL and Caisse Française de Financement Local in more than 200 litigation cases relating to structured products commercialised to French municipalities.

Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins represents a range of clients, including leading investment funds and accounting firms, leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies as well as an array of French and international companies. The team handles commercial and corporate disputes, including M&A-related cases and shareholder conflicts. It is also regularly appointed to assist with French discovery procedures (article 145) notably in relation to allegations of trade secret misappropriation. The Paris team also represents clients in resisting requests made by US authorities to communicate information. Fabrice Fages and Myria Saarinen head the practice, with counsel Elise Auvray providing key support.

Responsables de la pratique:

Fabrice Fages; Myria Saarinen

Autres avocats clés:

Elise Auvray

Les références

‘Reactivity and availability.’

Principaux clients

Meta Platforms

Seqens Group/SK Capital

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing Meta (formerly Facebook) in relation to a number of highly complex and multijurisdictional regulatory investigations and inquiries regarding alleged data breaches and compliance with data protection laws generally, and any related litigation.

Linklaters

Linklaters' litigation team has a broad offering, covering civil and commercial litigation, as well as financial, criminal and securities disputes as well as those with a nexus to Africa. The team acts for a broad range of clients including investment funds and banks as well as industrial, mining and IT companies. The practice is also active in several sensitive criminal proceedings in relation to Gabon. Practice head Arnaud de La Cotardière and Jean-Charles Jaïs are the key names, with counsel Eleonore Hannezo also providing support.

Responsables de la pratique:

Arnaud de La Cotardière

Autres avocats clés:

Jean-Charles Jaïs; Eleonore Hannezo

Les références

‘Great combination of regulatory and financial litigation expertise. A complete and innovative service offer.’

‘Jean-Charles Jaïs is very technical.’

Mayer Brown

Mayer Brown represents several key French companies, as well international corporations. The firm handles commercial, financial and corporate litigation. The practice has a strong cross-border profile, including strong US know-how. It regularly acts for clients facing litigation abroad and is acting for a top French client facing a major class-action in the US. The team is also increasingly sought after by clients including banks to advise on ESG and climate action emerging proceedings risks. Emilie Vasseur heads the practice and is supported by counsels Nathalie Morel and David Bakouche.

Responsables de la pratique:

Emilie Vasseur

Autres avocats clés:

Nathalie Morel; David Bakouche

Les références

‘I appreciate the commitment, the quality of work and the responsiveness of Nathalie Morel.’

‘The Mayer Brown team is as excellent as it is complete.’

‘Emilie Vasseur is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant lawyers of her generation.’

Principaux clients

AGPM

Embraco Europe

Eurotitrisation

Geoxia Maisons Individuelles

Groupe Demathieu Bard

Groupe Wane

Value State

Synutra

Veolia

WHA Holding

Principaux dossiers

  • Represented Veolia in its battle with Suez following the acquisition of a 29.9% stake held by Engie in this company and the OPA launched on Suez in February 2021.
  • Advising EuroTitrisation in its capacity as management company of the Smart Tréso securization mutual fund (FCT Smart Tréso) in relation to the judicial proceedings launched concerning Smart Tréso
  • Representing Synutra France International in litigation with Les Maîtres Laitiers du Cotentin, its subcontractor, and Crédit Agricole.

McDermott Will & Emery AARPI

Headed by Nicolas Faguer, McDermott Will & Emery AARPI’s litigation practice is retained by leading investment funds and major companies active in sectors including retail, IT and pharmaceutical to handle complex financial and corporate cases. It recently acted in a high-profile debt restructuring case and also regularly manages M&A and shareholder conflicts disputes. The practice also receives a steady flow of commercial litigation mandates. It is notably acting in a sensitive matter concerning price increases in the retail sector. The team’s ability to combine forces with the firm’s insolvency and competition law practices is another strength. Alexis Werl left in 2022.

Responsables de la pratique:

Nicolas Faguer

Autres avocats clés:

Adrien Gros

Les références

‘Nicolas Faguer: great responsiveness and good management Adrien Gros: very good follow-up’.

Principaux clients

GLAS (BlackRock, Carlyle, Anchorage, Boussard et Gavaudan)

Cise Réunion

Qualium Investissement

Malakoff Humanis

Neocom

Hutchinson

Ausy

Colisée

Energie Mutuelle

Euralis

Pierre Fabre

Greenyard

Crédit Agricole Midcap Advisors

Antin

TVH France

Principaux dossiers

  • Acting for GLAS, a structure which represents four creditor funds (BlackRock, Carlyle, Anchorage, Boussard and Gavaudan), in a dispute involving the Chinese group Shandong Ruyi shareholder of the French luxury group SMCP, owning the fashion brands Sandro, Maje, Claudie Pierlot and Fursac.
  • Advising Cise Réunion, a subsidiary of Saur Group, a leading group in the water sector, on a class action brought by French consumer association, UFC Que Choisir, regarding allegations of pollution relating to the water in the French Réunion Island.

Racine

Racine offers broad support, ranging from handling traditional commercial disputes to more challenging corporate and insolvency-related cases. The practice is notably providing representation in a shareholder conflict concerning the press field. It assists several prestigious luxury goods brands, as well as several large French companies and some investment funds. The practice also combines strong litigation and insolvency expertise, which makes it a key choice for sensitive liability cases in that space. Bruno Cavalié heads the practice, which also includes insolvency specialists Emmanuel Laverrière, Antoine Diesbecq and Laurent Jourdan; as well as Valérie Ledoux, Sandra Graslin-Latour and Sophie Pasquesoone, who was promoted to partner in January 2022. 

Responsables de la pratique:

Bruno Cavalié

Autres avocats clés:

Emmanuel Laverrière; Antoine Diesbecq; Laurent Jourdan; Valérie Ledoux; Sandra Graslin-Latour; Sophie Pasquesoone

Les références

‘Valérie Ledoux is an expert in her field, capable of getting into technical subjects to provide a good vision and informed advice. Her expertise, availability and personality make her essential and her advice particularly valuable.’

‘Proximity to customers, great responsiveness and undeniable expertise’.

‘Great ability to adapt to the specificities of each case. Very good combativeness on disputes with high stakes. Great ability to find and develop an effective strategy.’

Principaux clients

Suez

Richemont

RX France (Reed)

L’Oreal

Odalys

Groupe ADP («Aéroports de Paris»)

Parrot Faurecia Automative

Quadient

Kering

Groupe ADEO

Principaux dossiers

  • Advising the company Le Nouveau Monde, as shareholder of the Le Monde group in a dispute opposing Le Nouveau Monde and NJJ Presse to Mr. Madison Cox  regarding the fate of the company’s majority.
  • Advising Fides in relation to a liability action (mismanagement) against the former administrators and management of Crédit Martiniquais.

Reinhart Marville Torre

Reinhart Marville Torre has a strong litigation team which includes five dedicated partners. The firm acts mostly for companies, as well as for several investment funds and financial institutions. It is entrusted to handle a significant proportion of commercial litigation work, while also providing representation in corporate and shareholder conflicts. The team is currently acting for large retailers in strategic commercial disputes with other leading retailers, including damage follow-on proceedings linked to previous antitrust charges. The team also manages several cases concerning insolvency-related disputes. The practice is led by Louis-Marie AbsilAntoine DérotJérôme MarsaudonMarc Susini and Jean Reinhart.

Responsables de la pratique:

Louis-Marie Absil; Antoine Dérot; Jérôme Marsaudon; Jean Reinhart; Marc Susini

Principaux clients

FC NANTES

BONDUELLE

IBANFIRST

SYSTEME U

JUNE PARTNERS

MONTANA

MARCEAU IMMO

LIDL

BRINK’S

BNP PARIBAS FORTIS

Simmons & Simmons

Simmons & Simmons' team has considerable litigation expertise and is a regular fixture in commercial, corporate and financial litigation. It is notably acting in an M&A dispute opposing two leading investment funds and is involved in a major fraud concerning a securitisation fund. A range of French and international companies are also clients. Guillaume-Denis FaureEtienne Kowalski and Louis-Marie Pillebout are noted. The practice is headed by Jacques-Antoine Robert whose reputation is second to none in the field of healthcare product liability.

Responsables de la pratique:

Jacques-Antoine Robert

Autres avocats clés:

Guillaume-Denis Faure; Etienne Kowalski; Louis-Marie Pillebout

Les références

‘Competent, efficient friendly team.’

‘Trustworthy, business acumen.’

Principaux clients

Entrepreneur Invest

Sauren

Mme Margareth Henriquez

Schemel

Mme Laurence Nicolas

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing a private equity fund in a dispute with another fund with respect to the sale and purchase agreement of Cruise and Travel SA and Cruise and Travel Management.
  • Advised Entrepreneur Invest in dealing with multiple litigations following the discovery of a 35M€ fraud committed in a securitization fund.
  • Representing a major French luxury goods manufacturer in a dispute with a former Chinese partner of a joint venture that it terminated as a result of several contractual breaches.

Swift Litigation

Swift Litigation is a new boutique firm launched in 2022 by the highly experienced Julien Martinet, who was previously with Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP and ranks among the market’s top names for banking litigation. The firm represents a prominent client base of leading banks, especially prominent French banking groups. The team is entrusted to deal with a broad range of challenging disputes, including regularly defending banks in civil and criminal liability proceedings. It is notably involved in a number of sensitive cases concerning Forex and cryptocurrencies investments. The firm has also recently been entrusted with the management of a cutting-edge case concerning a bank’s duty of vigilance regarding its energy sector investments. Other work includes handling disputes relating to banking sanctions and asset seizures.

Responsables de la pratique:

Julien Martinet

Les références

‘Very responsive, reliable and effective.’

‘Very efficient and do great work.’

‘Excellent expertise, very good knowledge of the banking sector; great availability. Ability to propose innovative and adapted solutions; very reasonable fees; it is extremely pleasant to work with Julien Martinet and his team.’

‘High quality, tailor-made work. Great availability. Great flexibility and agility. Very competitive pricing. Fully bilingual in English.’

‘Julien Martinet: fine analysis, great competence and work capacity, availability, friendly’.

‘A reference for banking litigation and advice.’

‘Julien Martinet is very available and can rely on a very efficient team. They combine very good legal knowledge and great pragmatism. Customer oriented and “solutions” approach.’

‘Julien Martinet has a great ability to grasp and understand complex subjects and situations. His extensive experience in banking litigation, in different forms, also makes his advice very valuable and very pragmatic. Julien is also very easy to contact and it is very pleasant to work with him.’

Principaux clients

BNP PARIBAS

RBC INVESTOR SERVICES FRANCE

NATIXIS

BANQUE PALATINE

BNP PARIBAS SECURITY SERVICES

GIE LA MONDIALE GROUPE

CREDIT AGRICOLE

IVORY JET SERVICES

CREDIT LYONNAIS

SOCIETE GENERALE

BPCE

ALCATEL SUBMARINE NETWORKS

CLAAS

B*CAPITAL

ARHIS BUSINESS SERVICES

NEUFLIZE OBC

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

LA BANQUE POSTALE

CREDIT IMMOBILIER DE FRANCE

BANQUE POPULAIRE DU NORD

General Electric

CIC

AdWise AARPI

AdWise AARPI

Responsables de la pratique:

Antony Martinez

Les références

‘Good listening skills and efficiency. The team took the time to fully analyze our file before recommending and implementing a well suited strategy.’

‘ Antony Martinez managed our file with great efficiency and pragmatism’.

‘Very nice litigation boutique, which works on technical and high-stakes cases’.

‘Anthony Martinez is extremely technical, pugnacious, opinionated and creative while remaining loyal and brotherly. One of the very best litigation lawyers of his generation.’

‘Available and responsive.’

‘Efficient.’

Principaux clients

BeIN Sport

Gartner

Airfree

Paris Society

Commerzreal Investmentgesellschaft MBH

DGS Transports

Principaux dossiers

  • Advised beIN Sports France in several high-profile and complex litigation cases involving the French football league (Ligue de Football Professionnel (“LFP”) with regards to a contract for the broadcasting of the Ligue 1 competition in France.
  • Advised beIN Sports France in a high-profile litigation opposing beIN Sports France to its commercial partner, Groupe Canal +, following the sudden termination of a €1 billion sublicense agreement.

Aramis

Responsables de la pratique:

Cédric de Pouzilhac; Aurélien Condomines; Benjamin May

Autres avocats clés:

Marion Carrega

Les références

‘Cédric de Pouzhilac and his associate Marion Carrega are very great professionals who fully master litigation. They also understand the industrial world very well – they know the railway industry very well, which is a major asset. They also show great availability and flexibility.’

‘Great team and very competent’.

‘Great professionalism and knowledge of matters’.

‘Ability of the firm to structure a team according to the complexity of a file.’

‘Marion Carrega is an excellent lawyer, highly regarded for her litigation practice.’

Principaux clients

EDF S.A.

ALSTOM SA

VOMM Impianti e Processi SpA

Techint

Cobra Europe

Enedis

Izivia

Rizzani de Eccher

Dalkia

Encevo

Electricité de Strasbourg

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing EDF in a litigation about the performance of a force majeure clause related to the COVID-19 situation within the scope of French regulated access to nuclear energy (ARENH).
  • Representing Techint SpA in construction litigation.
  • Representing Cobra Europe (Rema Tip Top Group) in a post-M&A dispute for breach by the vendors of their commitments.

Archers A.A.R.P.I.

Responsables de la pratique:

Pierre Mounier

Les références

‘Very specialized, answer questions quickly and very concretely.’

‘Great personalised service and responsiveness.’

‘Great listening skills’.

‘Excellent strategic and legal skills’.

‘The team is dynamic, available, attentive, looking for innovative and pragmatic solutions and they are particularly tenacious. They also put the interests of the client first. They use new technologies effectively and their fees are in line with their services.’

‘Pierre Mounier knows how to make himself available even at late hours or even on public holidays or weekends in case of emergency.’

ARMA

Responsables de la pratique:

Arnaud Péricard; Maximilien Mattéoli

Les références

‘Available and responsive’.

‘Fair billing’.

‘Arnaud Péricard is always available and has great listening skills’.

Principaux clients

Covea Risks – MMA

Liberty Mutual Insurance

Gras Savoye

BDJ

Société de courtage des barreaux (SCB)

Deloitte

In Extenso

Eight Advisory

AVVENS – Crowe Horwath

BDO

Ernst & Young

SophiAssur

Conseil National des Conseils en Gestion de Patrimoine

National Association of Accountants (Ordre National des Experts Comptables)

Artemont

Responsables de la pratique:

Arnaud de Barthès de Montfort; François Berthod

Principaux clients

HOPPS GROUP

ADREXO

EUTELSAT

Saint Laurent

Baker McKenzie

Baker McKenzie

Responsables de la pratique:

Katia Boneva-Desmicht

Autres avocats clés:

Jean-Dominique Touraille; Romain Bizzini

Les références

‘Katia Boneva-Desmicht is an inspiring, extremely rigorous and combative lawyer. She is also a person of great quality.’

‘A very high-quality team, with great stability.’

‘Jean-Dominique Touraille is extremely professional.’

BFPL

BFPL

Responsables de la pratique:

Christophe Pech de Laclause; François Berbinau; Amaury Sonet

Les références

‘Very high quality work; great care and diligence.’

‘Precision and great effort to clarify issues; responsiveness and commitment.’

BG2V

Responsables de la pratique:

Camille de Verdelhan; Xavier Carbasse; Roland Gueny; Julien Vernet

Principaux dossiers

  • Represented an heiress of the art dealer Daniel Wildenstein in the “Wildenstein case” re tax fraud.

Bird & Bird

Responsables de la pratique:

Nicolas Morelli

Autres avocats clés:

Anne-Florence Raducault; Djazia Tiourtite; Céline Gasser

Les références

‘Great technical mastering of the underlying matters in litigation, very specific advice on litigation strategy, high quality customer service’.

‘Nicolas Morelli provides remarkable work on legal strategy and pleading’.

‘Close-knit team, very efficient and responsive. Clear billing’.

‘Céline Gasser is very responsive and always available. She has a particular approach to dealing with subjects which makes it possible to put forward a global strategy in order to achieve the objective that we have given her. She dissects the subjects so much that she manages to turn the tide.’

Principaux clients

Renault

Aéroport de Lyon

SunPower Energy Solutions France SAS

Photosol

Plastipak

OMV System France

Ecotone

Airbus Helicopter

GE Healthcare

Bougartchev Moyne Associés

Responsables de la pratique:

Kiril Bougartchev; Emmanuel Moyne; Geoffroy Goubin

Les références

‘Geoffroy Goubin is certainly one of the most brilliant lawyers of his generation. Hyper reactive, he perfectly understands the underlying economic issues of a litigation as well as complex specificities of our industry (health sector). While being very technical, he knows perfectly how to popularize a legal issue. This is also felt in court where he goes straight to the point and is able to bend the opponent in a few questions. Very pragmatic, he never loses sight of the client’s interest and does not hesitate to settle cases when a good opportunity to do so arises.’

Principaux clients

Lazard

CNES

Generali

LVMH

Dogus

Principaux dossiers

  • Defending the interests of a world leader in plant-based ingredients in civil and criminal proceedings aimed in particular at calling into question the merger-absorption deals.
  • Defence of one of the main shareholders of the world’s largest private water supplier and its President in the context of the proceedings initiated following the attempted takeover by its main competitor to lead to a takeover bid.
  • Defence of a Turkish conglomerate, majority shareholder of companies in the restaurant sector based in London, Dubai and Paris and party to a joint venture agreement, with respect to the fraudulent actions of a minority shareholder in the context of civil and criminal recourses brought following a sale of securities.

Brunswick La Morinerie

Responsables de la pratique:

Philippe Brunswick; Maxime de La Morinerie

Les références

‘Responsiveness, creativity, pugnacity.’

‘Philippe Brunswick has an acute and creative mind.’

Principaux clients

Sigma Gestion

Principaux dossiers

  • Advised SIGMA GESTION (former shareholder of LeKiosque – Cafeyn) in a dispute against Mr Ari Assuied (co-founder of LeKiosque – Cafeyn) and its holding Revam, regarding the breach by Mr Assuied of his duty of loyalty and the fraud committed by Mr Ari Assuied and Revam regarding the shareholder agreement of LeKiosque – Cafeyn.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Responsables de la pratique:

Constantin Achillas

Autres avocats clés:

Philippe Métais; Elodie Vallette

Les références

‘Very innovative practice. Faced with new problems, this practice has been able to develop solutions and proposals off the beaten track.’

‘Philippe Métais is an excellent litigator. He remains an accessible and attentive lawyer. Ingenious and innovative, he is not afraid to exploit original options, including in procedure. Elodie Valette is extremely sharp in procedure. She organizes the management of a mass file with excellence, and wins the trust of her interlocutors.’

Principaux clients

BNP Paribas Personal Finance

BNP Paribas

Carbonnier Lamaze Rasle

Carbonnier Lamaze Rasle

Responsables de la pratique:

Edouard de Lamaze

Autres avocats clés:

Jean-Hugues Carbonnier; Dorothée de Bernis; Fanny Desclozeaux; Michel Rasle; Eric Morain

Les références

‘Their mastery over various matters, the agility of their response and the quality of their work have made them a firm of reference for all our clients operating in France’.

‘A particular mention should be made for Dorothée de Bernis for her rigour and professionalism.’

‘Responsiveness. Professionalism. Efficiency. Excellent knowledge of business and technical issues.’

Principaux clients

BAUDINTER

ENEDIS

Principaux dossiers

  • Advised a publishing company in a litigation resulting from the termination of a licence agreement.
  • Advised on a contractual infringement in the context of a shareholder dispute.
  • Negotiating a settlement with a criminal prosecutor in the SCI Beniguet case, which terminated a fourteen years litigation saga, in relation to the purchase by Casino of the BAUD family shares in Franprix and Leaderprice.

Chatain & Associés

Responsables de la pratique:

Antoine Chatain; Jean-Yves Demay Pajot

Les références

‘Jean-Yves Demay Pajot is particularly serious in his field. He has a perfect command of commercial litigation and he has a commitment to the client that commands admiration.’

‘Sense of advice and service, innovation, holistic approach to litigation’

‘Antoine Chatain shows high availability and insight into litigation management.’

Principaux clients

Compass

Nethys

Cm/Cic

Monoprix

Gigafit

Daher

Galec (Groupe Leclerc)

Aig

Allianz

Biomérieux

Leroux & Lotz Technologies

Fret Sncf

Generali

Hiscox

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés

Responsables de la pratique:

Louis de Gaulle

Autres avocats clés:

Jean-François Paque; Aurélien Chardeau

Les références

‘Reactivity. Fine analysis. Good proposals including on the strategy to adopt’.

‘Understanding of challenges and environment. Response adapted to context. Availability and responsiveness’.

‘Committed.’

‘Matthieu Bichon is particularly proactive and relevant in the proposed solutions.’

‘Excellent understanding of issues, quality work, very relevant strategy proposal, remarkable implementation’.

‘Jean-François Paque demonstrates speed in decision-making and its implementation’.

‘Very comfortable with cross-border litigation and balancing the needs of parallel cases in the US and France. At the same time, very familiar with French court proceedings and options. Writing is top notch in both French and English.’

‘Louis De Gaulle is an outstanding resource in addition to his excellence in court.’

Principaux clients

3M

Barclays UK

Belambra

Biesterfeld

Clean Biologics / Naobios

FRET SNCF

Fruehauf

Haden

IG Market

Nordea Bank

Ramboll Gruppen

Tulikivi

Bayard Presse

Culligan

My Money Bank

Transgourmet

AB Medica

Action contre la faim

Alstom

BNP Paribas

BPCE

CAFE OZ

CBS

Cegedim

Celio

Certegy

Colgate-Palmolive

Corporatek

Crédit Agricole Ile de France Paris

Dexia

Foncière Paris Languedoc (groupe Deromedi)

Gemalto Netsize

Genoway

Gilead

Goliath

Groupe Bel

Groupe Dokhan

Ice Watch

Kellogg

Koch Films

LVMH

Maaf Assurances

Marinex Fashion

Natixis

NBC Universal

Nexity

Ouest France

Photosol

Prysmian Group

Publicis

Royal Bank of Scotland

RSA

Sanofi

Somfy

Somogy Editions d’Art

Taittinger

TF1

Total

Touax

Trimax Group (Group Desjouis)

UEFA

Viacom

Vivendi

XL Airways

DLA Piper

DLA Piper

Responsables de la pratique:

Vonnick Le Guillou; Marine Lallemand

Autres avocats clés:

Bruce Mee; Fabienne Panneau

Les références

‘Excellent professional and thorough service’.

‘Marine Lallemand anticipates litigation’.

Principaux clients

ABN Amro

AIG

Airbus helicopters

Airbus SAS

Arconic

Atlas Copco

AXA

AXA XL

Blackstone

Carlyle

Cube Communications Infrastructures S.A.R.L

Howmet

Idinvest

ING Bank N.V.

LFPI Gestion

Rolls Royce (MTU France)

Tesla Motors France

Tokio Marine

Transdev

Travelopia

DS Avocats

Responsables de la pratique:

Arnaud Constant

Autres avocats clés:

Xavier Lacaze; Benjamin Potier; Fabrice Van Cauwelaert

Les références

‘Very available.’

‘Arnaud Constant is able to adapt to interlocutors of different levels, to very diverse sectors and complex legal situations.’

Principaux clients

STATE OF BENIN

Landsbanki

Agence Française de développement

AIR FRANCE

FRET SNCF

CAPTRAIN FRANCE

SNCF Voyageurs

EIFFAGE

ASL Airlines France

DZB BANK

ACTIS

APST

ARENA

AXA

BAZARCHIC SA

EDF

FNIM

PSA

MONTE PASCHI BANK

RESSOURCETHICA

SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE

ORANGE

SAGEMCOM

STEARINERIE DUBOIS

VIATEMIS

WELDOM

ELIOR Group

GALIAN ASSURANCES et GALIAN COURTAGE

BRACHOT

ANCDGP

ORCA

MOLITOR ACCOR

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing the state of BENIN in connection with the exequatur on the French territory of several arbitrational decisions.
  • Representing Landsbanki Bank and its liquidator in toxic loans proceedings initiated by borrowers.
  • Representing SNCF VOYAGEURS and FRET SNCF in the Paris Court of Appeal in the context of a dispute over a railway disaster in Zoufftgen resulting in several deaths.

DTMV & Associés

Responsables de la pratique:

Magali Thorne; Lin Nin

Les références

‘This firm knows how to adapt to complex issues and provides appropriate responses, using the best appropriate means.’

‘Practical orientation; clear view of the needs of the client; good explanations, clearcut recommendations, responsive, entrepreneurial thinking.’

Eversheds Sutherland (France) LLP

Responsables de la pratique:

Rémi Kleiman

Les références

‘Very efficient and pragmatic team in the management of disputes, with particular attention to technical expertise.’

‘Romain Massobre is exceptional in his legal, strategic and technical approach to disputes relating to industrial equipment.’

‘Proactivity, expertise and availability. Excellent quality of service provided with great indulgence for the slowness of our administrative procedures.’

Principaux clients

State of Libya

Fieldfisher

Responsables de la pratique:

Bruno Paccioni; Philippe Netto; Brigitte Daille-Duclos; Franck Veisse

Les références

‘Excellent work.’

Principaux clients

Autodistribution

Akka Technologies

Diesel SPA

H&M

Hema

Kvik

Kave Home

Groupe Casino

Fierville Ziadé

Fierville Ziadé

Responsables de la pratique:

Jérémie Fierville

FTPA

Responsables de la pratique:

Serge-Antoine Tchekhoff; Robert Corcos; Emmanuel d’Antin

Les références

‘Very Accessible. Available and have connections in many jurisdictions. Reasonable fees’.

‘Rajeev Sharma Fokeer knows his subject very well’.

‘The team aims for excellence.’

‘Responsiveness. Adaptability. Speed. Significant expertise. Strategic approach to files’.

‘Great service with a special focus on class actions.’

‘Emmanuel d’Antin and Rajeev Sharma Fokeer are very competent and reliable lawyers.’

Principaux clients

NORTEL

HYFLUX (Singapore)

AIRBUS HELICOPTERS

VINCI

SNCF

FRAMATOME

SUEZ

TAP AIR PORTUGAL

SNEF

AREVA

ARGAN

CARMIGNAC

Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.

Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.

Responsables de la pratique:

Bruno Quentin; Jean-Philippe Pons-Henry; Sophie Scemla

Autres avocats clés:

Gabriel Hannotin

Les références

‘Excellent knowledge of the sector of activity and the complexity of the internal organization of a large company; excellent customer service.’

Jeantet

Responsables de la pratique:

Xavier Pernot; Florent Prunet

Les références

‘This team works with efficiency and pragmatism. It shows an excellent understanding of strategic issues and great versatility’.

‘Xavier Pernot: good sense of strategy and in negotiations, finesse of legal arguments and creativity in approaching cases’.

Principaux clients

Eni Gas & Power France

Joffe & Associés

Responsables de la pratique:

Fabrice Hercot; Tehani Goy; Stéphanie Milano

Les références

‘Very good professional level; transparent and completely regular billing as agreed.’

‘Stéphanie Milano demonstrates very high professional level expertise; she becomes fully immersed in a file. Associate Sarah Pierron also had a perfect knowledge of her files and demonstrates real efficiency.’

‘Very good responsiveness and pragmatism. Very good legal expertise.’

‘Very competent and responsive team.’

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates LLP

Responsables de la pratique:

Louis Degos

Autres avocats clés:

Charlotte Baillot; Barthélemy Cousin

Les références

‘Charlotte Baillot is one of the best litigation lawyers. Strategic, reactive, her support is remarkable in the management and follow-up of our litigation.’

‘The team is adept at understanding (and anticipating) questions about the differences between U.S. and French law’.

‘Charlotte Baillot, who is technically excellent, thorough, and a great communicator. Associate Claire Morat-Levrin provides consistent, high-quality work.’

Principaux clients

Sika Supply Center

Enigma Software Group / Enigmasoft Ltd

John Bean Technologies (JBT)

Cummins

Société Générale

Mercuria Energy Trading

Baltic Intl Bank

SAAB

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing SIKA SUPPLY CENTER AG in a serial case (approx. 35 different sites and disputes) relating to a roofing membrane comprising photovoltaic elements and used as an insulation system on several industrial buildings in France.
  • Representing anti-virus software providers Enigma Software Group USA and EnigmaSoft Limited in a unfair competition dispute brought against their main competitor Malwarebytes (and its Irish subsidiary) on grounds of commercial disparagement and customers’ diversion.
  • Representing Société Générale Singapore Branch after the discovery of a trade finance fraud committed in 2019 by Zoe Cheung (CEO), Inter Pacific Petroleum (IPP) and Inter Pacific Group (IPG).

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Responsables de la pratique:

Marie-Christine Fournier-Gille; Dominique Penin; Marie Davy; Guillaume Forbin

Les références

‘Remarkable firm. Good mastery of skills in matters of business law.’

‘Marie-Christine Fournier Gille is a combative litigation lawyer.’

‘Very high availability.’

‘Hugues Bouchetemble is particularly precise and meticulous. Reactive, available, he is a pleasure to work with him and with his team. The same compliments can be addressed to Christine Fournier Gille and to Marco Plankensteiner.’

‘Dynamic team, available’

‘Marie Davy is an excellent technician with very good experience in litigation, great capacity for work, always reliable in the delivery of the expected work.’

‘Friendly and responsive people’.

 

Principaux clients

Bank Julius Baer

BNP Paribas / BNP ASR

Grant Thornton

LCL Le Crédit Lyonnais

Crédit du Nord et ses filiales bancaires

UBP

UBS

ARKEMA

INTERNATIONAL PAPER

SYLVAMO

DO & CO / HEDIARD

BOSTIK

DMG MORI

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing CREDIT DU NORD / DOM TOM in a court action brought by 97 people claiming the bank neglected its Tracfin monitoring and declaring duty regarding a Dom Tom tax exemption company who had opened a bank account at Crédit du Nord and who defrauded its clients by transferring money on this same account claiming it was investing in tax exempted products
  • Representing Banque Julius Baer in connection with a liability claim initiated by Vidalo in relation to its alleged failure of duty to warn.
  • Representing BAYER / SIELER in a liability of corporate officers, commercial proceedings and  criminal proceedings.

Lacourte Raquin Tatar

Lacourte Raquin Tatar

Responsables de la pratique:

Alexis Le Liepvre

Autres avocats clés:

François de Bérard

Les références

‘Great availability and ability to find pragmatic and constructive solutions. Clearly customer-oriented.’

Principaux clients

ALTAREA-COGEDIM

GECINA

HINES FRANCE

UNIBAIL-RODAMCO WESTFIELD

ALLIANZ REAL ESTATE

VINCI IMMOBILIER

AMUNDI

WO2

NHIS

Matra Défense (Airbus’ subsidiary)

Chateau Miraval

Largo Avocats DELETE

Responsables de la pratique:

Anne-Jessica Fauré

Les références

‘Innovative by the approach of amicable modes of dispute resolution, and in particular mediation’.

‘Very attentive to the needs of customers, very reactive and proactive. Excellent advice from Anne-Jessica Fauré who has solid litigation expertise and is very attentive to the needs of clients’.

‘Anne-Jessica Fauré has a very clear and analytical vision of all aspects of a file and is empathetic.’

Principaux clients

Eiffage Construction

Eiffage Energie Systèmes

Eiffage Concessions

Almaviva Santé

Isis Medical

Mr. Serguei Pougatchev

JD PROD

Cushman & Wakefield Design & Build France

Fiabila

Komposite

Generim

Groupe PEGASE

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing Serguei Pougatchev in exequatur proceedings against a Russian state agency aiming to enforce a judgment sentencing him to pay over 1bn euros to an insolvent Russian Bank.
  • Representing Almaviva in a series of disputes arising from a breach of contract committed by a radiology practice affiliated with Almaviva, after it ceased paying its fees.
  • Representing Komposite in litigation and technical expertise proceedings initiated by a former co-contracting partner claiming € 36m over alleged defective products and breach of duty to advise on the sale of IT hardware and software.

Le 16 Law

Responsables de la pratique:

Jean-Luc Larribau; Alexandra Szekely; Samuel Sauphanor

 

Autres avocats clés:

Anne-Claire Hans

Les références

‘Excellent cutting-edge legal skills and collective work.’

‘This team is young and dynamic, very much in touch with current issues.’

‘Anne-Claire Hans is an excellent lawyer, extremely rigorous and hardworking, intelligent, she knows her files and the law perfectly. She is also very personable and attentive.’

‘Le 16 Law is a very nice niche firm. We have been working with them for several years on complex international cases. We are very satisfied and have never had the slightest complaint against them. Our relations are very fluid, including with regard to invoicing.’

‘The team we work with, made up of Jean-Luc Larribau and Jean Pichon de Bury, is excellent. They have an acute knowledge of civil law and litigation in general. The procedure having no secrets for them, whether on the merits or in summary proceedings, they are able to develop bold strategies without any difficulty. Very available and very responsive, working alongside them is both reassuring and stimulating. I highly recommend them.’

‘The team has a strong “technical” background and is in a position to explain legal/technical matters in a clear manner. They are efficient and proactive.’

‘Exceptional value — large-firm expertise at a very favorable price. Unmatched client service and attention. The firm has demonstrated a strong commitment to advancing the careers of women. I would recommend le 16 to any U.S. company needing litigation counsel in France.’

‘Jean-Luc Larribau is a very practical and thoughtful strategist who keeps his focus on business goals over legal tactics. Anne-Claire Hans is a future star with exceptional acumen in matters of science and technology.’

Principaux clients

Orange

Infineon AG

Compagnie Européenne de Garanties et Cautions (CEGC)

UPS France

ABC Arbitrage

Suez Groupe

Monte Paschi Banque

Albioma

Pentair Water Process Technology B.V.

New Balance

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing Orange before the Paris Court of Appeal in proceedings brought on the ground of deceptive commercial practices by the consumer association CLCV regarding 5G cell phone packages.
  • Representing New Balance in relation to alleged deceptive marketing practices raised by Zero Waste, a non-profit organization.
  • Representing Infineon, a manufacturer of semiconductors, in judicial proceedings before French courts following a judicial expert determination regarding alleged failures of one of its products.

LPA-CGR avocats

Responsables de la pratique:

Xavier Clédat; Alexia Eskinazi

Principaux clients

ERAM

FEDERATION DES INDUSTRIES NAUTIQUES

FRANPRIX/LEADER PRICE (GROUPE CASINO)

NATIXIS

SFR

SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT AND GDF SUEZ

ENGIE

GROUPE PRIMONIAL

OMNES EDUCATION (ex. INSEEC U.)

HIVORY (Groupe CELLNEX)

Paul Hastings LLP

Paul Hastings LLP

Responsables de la pratique:

Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi; Laurent Martinet

Autres avocats clés:

Vincent Rouer

Les références

‘The team handles disputes swiftly and efficiently.’

‘Laurent Martinet and Vincent Rouer understand the issues at stake very quickly and know exactly how to interact with the counterparties. Their advice is very on point and they know how to handle a negotiation. They are very efficient and I had not seen a litigation being settled so quickly and without many consequences.’

 ‘Beyond the technical expertise of Paul Hastings in litigation and the ability to handle complex files, the team led by Vincent Rouer has demonstrated a real strategic vision of files.’

Principaux clients

Casino (Monoprix/Franprix)

Reed Midem

Rhodia-Solvay

Sodexo

Dow Chemical

Enedis

Steva

Alten

Silgan Dispensing

Fragomen

PDGB

Responsables de la pratique:

Xavier Hugon; Philippe Laye

Autres avocats clés:

Jean-Marie Gueguen; Bertrand Jardel; Philippe Julien; Marie Albertini

Les références

‘The team is very accessible and with a very short reaction time.’

‘Xavier Hugon  is very attentive and seeks the best solutions for any dispute. Thomas Bedoiseau is exceptional both in his approach to cases and in his accessibility.’’

Principaux clients

ADILEMA

ASSOCIATION C PAS BON

SMART 4

SALOMON

Peltier Juvigny Marpeau & Associés

Responsables de la pratique:

Frédéric Peltier; Clément Wierre

Les références

‘Capable of combining very solid financial knowledge with an always accurate strategic vision, which is a rare quality.’

‘Clément Wierre has a perfect command of his subject and delivers very detailed legal strategies that are consistent with the expectations of his clients.’

Principaux clients

BTSG

MJA (Mandataires judiciaires Associés)

FAJR

Intermediate Capital Group (ICG)

Apax Partners

Concorde Finance

Boticinal

Corpore+Sano

Criteo

Contentsquare

CBF Associes

Monoprix

Safti

Pinsent Masons LLP

Responsables de la pratique:

Melina Wolman

Les références

‘Melina Wolman is energetic, aware and certainly has a good relationship with clients. She builds up a relationship of trusts with clients. She provides a reassuring presence, does not complicate matters unnecessarily and has pragmatic and a hands-on approach.’

Principaux clients

Mondex Corporation

GpasPlus

Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Quebec (CDPQ)

Joseph Ribkoff

Principaux dossiers

  • Advised Mondex in relation to the case of a Chagall painting that had been spoiled by the Nazis during World War II and is currently held by a French national museum.

Reed Smith

Responsables de la pratique:

Benoît Charot

Autres avocats clés:

Daniel Kadar

Les références

‘I appreciate their professionalism and dedication to the client’.

‘Very competent and strategic advice. Available and attentive to our needs’.

‘Outstanding knowledge, full professionalism, keeps deadlines, very good communication skills, full engagement in the process.’

Renault Thominette Vignaud & Reeve

Responsables de la pratique:

Renaud Thominette

Les références

‘Renaud Thominette is very professional and specialist in litigation/arbitration. I am very satisfied with our collaboration and would not hesitate to recommend Renaud.’

‘We are extremely well informed of the progress of our files. The exchanges are fluid’.

‘They give good advice, are available and very attentive to our field of activity.’

‘High availability, very good appreciation of the risk/benefit ratio. The team takes the time to fully understand subjects and is highly qualified.’

‘Renaud Thominette has remarkable legal analysis and knowledge, a great mastery of procedural questions, great availability and responsiveness. Invoicing is always under control’

‘Renaud Thominette is an expert in litigation and financial markets. He is available and very responsive (email, telephone), very pleasant and knows how to adapt to his interlocutor. His writing is expert and perfectly balanced (neither too long nor too short). Moreover, he perfectly respects his estimates, which testifies to a judicious allocation of his teams.’

‘ The collaborators are of very good level and very well supervised by the partners which makes it possible not to waste time and to move forward quickly.’

‘Renaud Thominette is an excellent practitioner, he is very technical and approaches the subjects very clearly. He is very concrete and very pragmatic. Focuses on realistic and achievable things. He doesn’t go for impossible things.’

Principaux clients

Bpifrance Investissement

Lafarge Ciments

Autorité des marchés financiers

Sodistour

La Boîte Rose

Cholet Dupont Oudart

Australie.GAD

Alstom

EMC2

Yara

Goodwin Steel Castings Ltd

Endros Groupe

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing Australie.gad in a dispute over the enforcement of a put option, in the context of the #metoo movement in the advertising sector.
  • Representing a major actor of the construction industry in a shareholder’s dispute in the context of a mega merger in the waste management industry.
  • Representing the Autorité des marchés financiers in several proceedings challenging investigations conducted by the Autorité.

Rossi Bordes AARPI

Responsables de la pratique:

Dominique Bordes; Eric Boillot

Principaux clients

DELOITTE

MOMA GROUP

NATURAL GRASS

SEZANE

EURONEWS

THE FRENCH NATIONAL OLYMPIC AND SPORT COMMITTEE – COMITÉ NATIONAL OLYMPIQUE ET SPORTIF FRANÇAIS (CNOSF)

IN EXTENSO

MAZARS

Seattle Avocats

Responsables de la pratique:

François Ronget; François de Cambiaire; Emmanuel Tordjman

Les références

‘Good responsiveness, pragmatism, efficiency’.

‘Good teamwork. Seattle does not hesitate to discuss internally in front of the client in its search for the best solution. The team is very diverse, some very creative, others rigorous, which makes for a good mix.’

‘People are very accessible. Nobody has an ego and it’s very nice.’

‘Dare to fight against the big guys.’

Principaux clients

YUKA

MJA LIQUIDATOR

EMMAUS FRANCE

MEDIAN DIGITAL PARTNER

INVESTORS IN BIOCBON

INVESTORS IN NOVACCESS

INVESTORS IN ARISTOPHIL AGAINST CNA INSURANCE

UCB PHARMA

ITF

FONDATION CEMAVIE

PARTI SOCIALISTE (FEDERATION DE SEINE SAINT DENIS)

RIVINGTON

SEMEC (PALAIS DES FESTIVALS ET DES CONGRES DE CANNES)

62 INVESTORS IN ARISTOPHIL

INVESTORS IN APOLONIA

PRIMALIANCE

COMMUNE DE PONTAULT COMBAULT

COMMUNE DE PLAISSAN

ECOLE MIROIRS CITOYENS

COLLECTIVE OF 150 CONSUMERS AGAINST THE ONLINE SHOP PEMIBLANC / ELECTROSIGMA

VENDOME REM

VENDOME REM

LES AGENCES DE PAPA

MR COMMEAU

MR HAOUR

Époux POLLEN

MR CHATEL

AZEA IMMOREC

PSC

BAALBEK MANAGEMENT

BERANGER

EELV (EUROPE ECOLOGIE LES VERTS)

SAVOIR DESSINER

BANQUE NATIONALE D’ALGERIE (BNA)

NAAT

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing the client as a defendant in 15 medical liability claims (the “Distillbène” cases).
  • Representing a client in a dispute with a construction company and its subcontractor due to several defects on the building of a retirement home.
  • Representing 15 French municipalities, region Centre Val de Loire and 5 NGOs challenging the French global oil and gas company Total, for its failure to adequately respond to the climate crisis.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Responsables de la pratique:

Valentin Autret

Les références

‘Excellent knowledge of corporate and shareholder disputes, excellent collaboration with corporate teams to find innovative solutions, unfailing rigor coupled with unparalleled creativity.’

‘Valentin Autret is just excellent’.

Principaux clients

SCOR

GEODIS

LVMH

ILIAD

SOCIETE GENERALE

CRITEO

DELTA GALIL

AXIAN GROUP

SILVER LAKE PARTNERS

GXO

Principaux dossiers

  • Successfully defended SCOR against a 8.3bn EUR unsolicited takeover proposal.
  • Advised Iliad in a post-M&A litigation.
  • Advised Geodis in a large scale state-aid follow-on claim.

Soffer Avocats

Soffer Avocats

Responsables de la pratique:

Ron Soffer

Autres avocats clés:

Frédéric Goldberg

Les références

‘Frédéric Goldberg is a creative, available and responsive lawyer. His technicality and his ability to simplify matters make him highly appreciated by our company.’

‘A small but expert cabinet with an excellent client basis. High standards. Really high-quality work.’

‘Frédéric Goldberg is a very hard worker, very diligent, enormous experience, quiet, skilled and reliable. First class service. Elegant English and able to produce high quality work in a short time under tight deadlines.’

Solon Avocats

Solon Avocats

Responsables de la pratique:

Jérémie Chouraqui; Chloé Zylberbogen; Olivier Morin

Les références

‘Jérémie Chouraqui has proven to have extraordinary skills in his work on highly sensitive issues that require creative, intelligent, and courageous “out of the box” thinking. In addition, he demonstrated an outstanding willingness to fight for real and true justice. He is capable of handling highly sensitive and unique cases, which requires much more than just university training to become a lawyer.’

‘The welcome at SOLON is impeccable, warm and the team is smiling and welcoming.’

‘SOLON, exceptionally, positioned itself as a favorite choice for HNWI clients.’

Principaux clients

Audensiel

FCPE Actions EDF

Energie en Actions

Groupe Mila

Al Saud family

Lenoil Holdings

MK2

Lutin Investments

EFTM (Education for the Many)

Groupe Cap Sud

Sogexia

Biocoop

Cofigeo

Groupe Guy Degrenne

Wild and The Moon

Leschinskiy family

Groupe Oodrive

Principaux dossiers

  • Advised investment fund FCPE Actions EDF in several lawsuits challenging the French government’s decisions to impose on EDF its energy shield policy and challenging the conditions of the €9.2 billion French government’s delisting of EDF.
  • Advised investment fund EFTM and Groupe Cap Sud in a complex litigation with Groupe Cap Sud’s minority shareholder and former CEO, and in pre-contentious debt restructuring and insolvency procedure.
  • Advising an energy investment fund in a €50 million lawsuit against the Guinean State and GAIP-Oil regarding the legal ownership of Lenoil’s minority shares of the Guinean National Petroleum Company (Société Guinéenne des Pétroles).

Stephenson Harwood

Responsables de la pratique:

Nicolas Demigneux

Les références

‘Deborah Attias studies the cases in depth. No matter the technical difficulty, she gets to the heart of the matter and the details. We are very satisfied with the thoroughness with which they have dealt and are dealing with our cases.’

Principaux clients

MAERSK LINE

SUEZ GROUP

TRANSASIA COMMODITIES INVESTMENT LTD.

LION AIR AIRLINE, CIEL VOYAGE and TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS

QATAR MUSEUMS AUTHORITY

STEFANIA LLC

RSA INSURANCE GROUP PLC

ATALIAN

LOUIS DREYFUS ARMATEURS SAS and LD PORTS & LOGISTICS PTE LTD.

COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT

HISCOX MGA LTD.

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing Degrémont, a subsidiary of utility giant Suez, before the Paris Commercial Court against various sub-contractors including Cegelec/Vinci in relation to the construction of a water treatment plant.
  • Representing two investment companies in a dispute against the court-appointed administrators of a company specialised in logistics and international transport, following the judicial sale of assets of a leading company operating in the mining and civil engineering sectors in DRC.
  • Representing insurers of a European leader in naval defense, in their coverage discussions with the lead underwriter, the broker and the insured following a fire that destroyed part of a nuclear attack submarine.

Taylor Wessing

Responsables de la pratique:

Paul-Albert Iweins; Philippe Glaser; Benoît Goulesque-Monaux; Pierre-Olivier Leblanc; Laure Hüe de la Colombe

Teynier Pic

Responsables de la pratique:

Eric Teynier; Pierre Pic

Autres avocats clés:

Raphael Kaminsky

Les références

‘A true niche office with personal attention and focused knowledge of excellent quality.’

‘Eric Teynier and Raphaël Kaminsky are very knowledgeable, passionate and service oriented litigation lawyers.’

Principaux clients

ArcelorMittal

GE (General Electric) Thermodyn/Baker Hughes

Mr Nizar Dalloul

Maroc Telecom

Groupe Soufflet

Metso Outotek

GE (General Electric) Lighting/Tungsram

Ponsse

Suez

Abela Qatar

Mr Barakat

Itron

Vj Jindal Cocoa

Korea Investment Corporation

Mr Paul Wei Sun

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing the Korea Investment Corporation, a Korean Sovereign Wealth Fund, in a dispute against six Iranian investors, arising from the attachments of Korea Investment Corporation’s assets by the Iranian Investors.
  • Representing a leading China-based textile trade companies of which Mr Sun is the director and majority shareholder in connection with a dispute against one of SinoTytex and Red Import’s business partners.

UGGC Avocats

Responsables de la pratique:

David Gordon-Krief

Autres avocats clés:

Jean-Jacques Uettwiller; Clémence Lemétais d’Ormesson; Ali Bougrine

Les références

‘Competence, ability to negotiate, collaboration with external firms, speed and transparency.’

‘Anne Marie Pecoraro, Rodolphe Boisseau, Clemence Lemetais are characterized by their flexibility, competence and transparency.’

‘Long-term customer loyalty and respect,’

‘The UGGC Avocats team is incredibly united and focused on solving the problems for its clients. Agile and efficient approach from a competent and pragmatic team.’

 

Principaux clients

RedTree Capital

Colas Group

Alliance Entreprendre

Villey Girard Grolleaud

Responsables de la pratique:

Daniel Villey

Principaux clients

Explosifs et de Produits Chimique (EPC)

PCAS

Française des Jeux

Bio C’Bon

Vivien & Associés

Responsables de la pratique:

Emmanuelle Bouretz

Les références

‘Availability; quality of responses; clarity of invoicing’.

Wilhelm & Associés

Responsables de la pratique:

Pascal Wilhelm

Autres avocats clés:

Emilie Dumur

Principaux clients

BUT INTERNATIONAL

CAMAIEU INTERNATIONAL

CARREFOUR

CHATEAU ANGELUS

FNAC-DARTY

GROUPE MENGUY INVESTISSEMENT

KRIEF

LUNETTES POUR TOUS PARIS

ODAS

WILES VENTURE

ZV HOLDING

Principaux dossiers

  • Defending KRIEF (SOPHIASSUR) , a legal auditor, in a case involving the French subsidiaries of the company AGRIPOLE and its parent company FINANCIERE TURENNE LAFAYETTE, a major operator in the alimentary industry (William Saurin, Paul Prédault, Madrange, Garbit, etc).

Winston & Strawn LLP

Responsables de la pratique:

Mathilde Lefranc-Barthe

Autres avocats clés:

Gilles Bigot; Sara Susnjar

Les références

‘A well known and highly respected practice. Their availability is flawless.’

‘Gilles Bigot is an excellent “litigator” and a very good arbitrator. He is accurate and very relevant. Sara Sunsjar is very efficient: competent, available, and relevant.’

‘The team is particularly attentive to the client and has a remarkable practice in litigation. The firm showed pragmatism and originality in its pricing approach.’

‘Mathilde Lefranc-Barthe is directly involved in the cases. Her skills and experience in commercial litigation are very valuable to us.’

‘I particularly appreciate the professionalism and responsiveness of the litigation team. They are high quality lawyers, who are shrewd, rigorous, involved.’

‘Gilles Bigot handles very complex cases in a remarkable way. He’s a real strategist. Mathilde Lefranc-Barthe is an excellent lawyer.’

‘Perfect knowledge of the legal and regulatory healthcare sector.’

‘Lawyers are fully involved. Professional and friendly.’

Principaux clients

CRF Jeanne D’Arc

Union Asset Management Holding (UAMH)

Ramsay Générale de Santé

Bio-Clinic

IMMOBILIARE SETA

OPCO des Entreprises de Proximité

MNH / Groups NEHS

Principaux dossiers

  • Representing Thai paper manufacturer and its French affiliates DOUBLE A 1991 and DA ALIZAY in connection with the seizures of tons of pallets of paper.
  • Representing BIO-CLINIC, a group of medical tests laboratories, in connection with disputes for the payment of COVID-19 tests performed in 2021.
  • Representing Group Philogeris, a French group operating retirement residences, regarding the renewal of commercial leases.