After working together for nearly 10 years at a major US law firm in Paris, Costanza Mussi, Arthur Merle-Beral and Claire Lavarde founded Orbe Avocats. The firm handles white collar, commercial and regulatory litigation.
Costanza, Arthur and Claire support their clients at every stage of a dispute: from preventing legal risks and defending their interests through to enforcing court decisions and remediation.
Because the three partners’ practices complement each other, they can address every aspect of each matter. Alongside court proceedings, Orbe Avocats also helps clients handle the sensitive situations they may face, such as parliamentary committees of inquiry or media crises.
Orbe Avocats assists banking and financial institutions, telecommunications, distribution, digital, and industrial sector players, among others.
When its clients face international issues, Orbe Avocats relies on a network of colleagues abroad, particularly in continental Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Committed to offering a 360° support to their clients, Orbe Avocats steps in before a litigation risk arises, assists the clients if it materializes, and continues until it is under control. This continuity gives the firm a full view of each matter, so it can anticipate how the matter will develop and adjust its strategy as the stakes become clearer.
Orbe Avocats supports its clients in implementing risk prevention programs / compliance (e.g., delegation of powers, internal procedures ensuring compliance with applicable regulations) as well as in securing their projects by taking into account specific regulatory constraints (e.g., competition law, consumer law).
Drawing on its experience before various competent jurisdictions and authorities, as well as the complementary expertise of its partners, Orbe Avocats defends its clients with creativity and pragmatism, integrating all their constraints and interests.
When it serves its clients’ interests, Orbe Avocats does not hesitate to look for alternatives to trial, such as settlement agreements, mediation, conciliation, guilty plea procedures (CRPC), judicial public interest agreements (CJIP, the French equivalent of a deferred prosecution agreement) and criminal settlements.
Following judicial proceedings, Orbe Avocats assists its clients in implementing remediation measures (setting up a compliance program) that may prove necessary or be imposed on them, as well as in the enforcement of court decisions (debt recovery, seizures).