Practice areas

The firm assists companies and executives at every stage of the legal proceedings, including complaints, police custody, searches, seizures, hearings by an investigating judge, and before the criminal courts. It handles business-related offenses such as corruption, misuse of corporate assets, fraud and , breach of trust, environmental offenses, insider trading, and the laundering of these offenses.

The firm acts for both those accused and the victims of these offenses.

The firm assists companies and individuals at every stage of the legal proceedings, including DGCCRF (French consumer protection and competition authority) inspections and investigations, dawn raids, police hearings, criminal settlements, and before the criminal courts. It handles offenses under the French Consumer Code, such as misleading commercial practices, greenwashing, consumer deception, and breaches of the rules on influencers marketing.

The firm assists companies and individuals at every stage of the legal proceedings, including police custody, tax searches under Article L16 B of the French Tax Procedure Code, and before the criminal courts. It handles tax fraud and the laundering of its proceeds.

For purely tax litigation issues, the firm works closely with tax lawyers.

The firm assists companies and individuals at every stage of the legal proceedings, including DREETS (French regional labor inspection authority) inspections, police custody, searches, and before the criminal courts. It handles offenses under the French Labor Code, such as harassment, undeclared work, illegal labor subcontracting (marchandage) and endangering the lives of others.

The firm acts for both those accused and the victims of these offenses.

The firm assists companies and individuals at every stage of the legal proceedings, including complaints, police custody, searches, and before the criminal courts. It handles cybercrime offenses such as cyberbullying, identity theft and unauthorized access to computer systems.

For purely cybersecurity and data protection issues, the firm works closely with specialist lawyers.

The firm assists companies and individuals at every stage of the legal proceedings, including complaints and hearings, and before the competent courts. It handles offenses under the French Press Law of 29 July 1881, such as defamation, insult, incitement to hatred and glorification of terrorism.

The firm acts for both those accused and the victims of these offenses.

The firm assists individuals at every stage of the legal proceedings, including complaints, police custody, searches, hearings by an investigating judge, and before the criminal courts. It handles offenses against property and persons.

The firm acts for both those accused and the victims of these offenses.

The firm assists companies in carrying out internal investigations when a breach of law or regulation is suspected. These investigations may be launched at the company’s own initiative, for example after a whistleblower report, or during criminal proceedings to reach a negotiated resolution, such as a judicial public interest agreement (CJIP, the French equivalent of a deferred prosecution agreement) or a guilty plea procedure (CRPC).

The firm also assists individuals interviewed during internal investigations.

The firm assists companies at every stage of a dispute, from legal risk assessment and the search for amicable solutions to litigation before the civil and commercial courts. It handles  banking and financial litigation (such as CEO fraud and spoofing), the performance and termination of commercial contracts, restrictive trade practices (such as obtaining an advantage without consideration, significant imbalance, and abrupt termination of established commercial relationships), unfair competition (such as free-riding and disparagement), distribution disputes (such as breaches of a selective distribution network), and consumer disputes (such as misleading commercial practices and comparative advertising).

The firm assists companies and executives at every stage of corporate disputes, from legal risk assessment and the search for amicable solutions to litigation before the civil and commercial courts. It handles disputes such as shareholder conflicts, post-acquisition disputes and mismanagement claims.

The firm assists companies during DGCCRF administrative investigations and inspections, including requests for information, interviews and the adversarial phase. It also represents them in appeals before the administrative courts against injunctions or sanctions issued by the DGCCRF.

The firm assists and represents companies facing liability claims in class actions, from negotiating settlements to defending their interests before the civil courts.

The firm handles cartels, abuse of dominant position and merger control. It sets up compliance programs and trains executives and teams on competition law. It assists companies during dawn raids and represents them before the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence) and the European Commission, as well as in damages actions.

• The firm negotiates and drafts all types of commercial contracts, such as general terms and conditions of sale, distribution, supply, license and partnership agreements, as well as transport and logistics contracts.
• The firm assists companies in commercial negotiations, such as drafting general terms and conditions of sale and the annual agreement (convention unique), commercial and pricing policy, and logistics penalties. It also advises on payment terms, invoicing and restrictive trade practices, such as significant imbalance and abrupt termination of established commercial relationships.
• The firm helps companies structure, secure and develop their distribution networks, in France and internationally, including exclusive and selective distribution and commercial agency agreements.

The firm advises companies on all areas of consumer law: consumer information (such as pre-contractual information and price display), sales promotions (such as price reduction announcements, price comparisons and sales), product compliance and safety, product withdrawal and recall procedures, product labelling, review of advertising claims, unfair contract terms, unfair and misleading commercial practices, and drafting of terms and conditions of sale as well as terms of use.

The firm advises companies on European Union law and helps them apply EU rules to their business and projects. It handles free movement issues, sector-specific regulation and, more broadly, any question involving the interplay between national law and EU law.

• The firm advises and trains professionals subject to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing obligations (AML-TF), such as banking and financial institutions, insurers, real estate professionals, gambling operators, precious metals dealers and sports agents. This includes drafting or reviewing internal procedures and implementing them.
• The firm assists entities during inspections by the competent authorities, such as the ACPR (French banking and insurance supervisor), the DGCCRF and customs. It defends them before the enforcement committees of the ACPR, the CNS (French National Sanctions Commission) and the AMF (French financial markets authority), and helps them implement appropriate remediation measures.

• The firm advises and trains companies covered by Article 17 of the “Sapin II Law” including drafting or reviewing internal procedures (such as risk mapping, third-party due diligence, anti-corruption accounting controls and whistleblowing procedures) and implementing them.
• The firm assists companies during inspections by the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA). It defends them and their executives if they are referred to the AFA’s enforcement committee and helps them implement appropriate remediation measures and roll out the compliance program required under a CJIP.

• The firm advises and trains professionals on their obligations under EU and French economic and financial sanctions, including drafting or reviewing internal procedures and implementing them. For compliance with US economic and financial sanctions, the firm works closely with US lawyers who specialize in this area.
• The firm advises and assists entities subject to asset freeze obligations. This includes drafting dedicated internal procedures and implementing them, assisting clients during inspections by the competent authorities, and providing defense if they are referred to an enforcement committee.
• The firm advises and trains professionals subject to export control rules, including drafting or reviewing internal procedures and implementing them.

• The firm assists companies and individuals accused of market abuse, such as insider dealing and market manipulation, at every stage of the legal proceedings, including dawn raids, interviews and home searches, and before the AMF Enforcement Committee.
• The firm assists listed companies accused of breaching their financial disclosure obligations (ongoing disclosure, periodic disclosure and inside information) at every stage of the legal proceedings, including dawn raids, interviews and home searches, and before the AMF Enforcement Committee.

The firm advises and assists companies and individuals who lobby French public officials, such as members of the government or ministerial staff, members of parliament, and board members of independent administrative authorities. This includes their ethics and reporting obligations to the HATVP (French High Authority for Transparency in Public Life) and assistance during inspections by this authority.

The firm assists individuals, such as lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals, facing disciplinary proceedings before their professional body or disciplinary board.