Matthieu Bourdeaut

Two mains fields of activity:
(i) Company law:
-Corporate: leading legal due diligences, following of asset/share deals.
-Litigation : representation of minority and majority shareholders - post-acquisition disputes (indemnification claims / non-competition clauses / “coups d’accordéon”), managers’ liability, dismissals of directors/managers, implementation of shareholders agreements (partner’s withdrawal, judicial appointment of experts / court-appointed managers), enforcement of by-laws, SPA, contractual liability of members of a US general partnership.
(ii) Commercial law:
-Contract law: conflicts regarding the termination of commercial agreements, wrongful breach of negotiations, fraudulent misrepresentation, accountants’ liability.
-Bankruptcy: management’s liability (liaising with district attorney and liquidator), fraudulent conversion of assets, claim declarations, appointment of creditors as controllers, petition to establish ownership of assets held by the debtor.
-Competition law: unfair competition, counterfeiting, non-competition clauses, illegal poaching of employees/clients.
-Banking law: financial lease, bank’s liability (eg. Issues re investment in derivatives, employees’ fraud).

Leading any kind of proceedings (summary, on the merits, court-ordered appraisal…) before courts of all levels including courts of arbitration, from the prelitigation stage to the enforcement of decisions or out-of-court settlements.

Specialties:
Development and implementation of judicial and/or extrajudicial strategies.