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.
