Areas of expertise

  • Corporate Law

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Company creation

  • Selecting the adequate legal form (joint-stock companies, simplified limited liability companies, real estate companies…)

  • Social economy companies (non-profit organizations, cooperative companies, foundations…)

  • Distribution of rights and obligations between partners (majority rules, powers of directors…)

  • Drafting the articles of incorporation (authorization clause, right of first refusal…)

  • Drafting shareholders agreements (governance rules, control of transfers, non-competition between shareholders…)

  • Formalities of registration

  • Protection of intellectual property (trademark, logo, patent, copyright)

Legal transactions

  • Modification of the articles of association (share capital operations, transfer of the registered office, modification of the activity...)

  • New shareholders (purging the right of first refusal, approval procedure, shareholders’ agreement, promise to sell...)

  • Transfer of shares

  • Team loyalty program through capital incentives (free shares, share purchase warrant, warrants for subscription to business creator shares…)

  • Intra-group agreements (cash agreement, management fees, service agreement...)

  • Group restructuring plan (holding, partial contribution of assets, transfer of a branch of business, creation of subsidiaries, restructuring management...)

  • Fund raising

  • Transfer of 100% shares (negotiation, legal due diligence, drafting of transfer deeds, asset and liability guarantee...)

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Day to day Legal Secretariat   

  • Organization of shareholders general meetings

  • Drafting the legal documentation (summons, minutes of decisions, attendance sheet...)

  • Approval and filing of the annual corporate accounts

  • Distribution of dividends

  • Keeping of company registry (general meetings decisions register, board of directors decision register, share register…)

  • Contract Law

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Commercial Contracts

Identification of needs, assistance in negotiation and securing rights and obligations through the drafting of :

  • Sale of products and goods

  • Service and business delivery

  • General Terms and Conditions of Sale (GTC) / Terms and Conditions of Use (T&C)

  • Digital marketing

  • Sponsorship

  • Patronage and sponsorship

  • Distribution

  • Procurement

  • Commercial agency

  • Franchise

  • Intellectual Property License

  • (…)

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Commercial Leases

  • Drafting of Commercial leases

  • Drafting of Professional lease

  • Notice with/without renewal offer

  • Assignment of lease rights

  • Un-specialization procedure

  • Having the rent revised or modified by the Court

  • Litigation regarding termination of leases, debt collection, eviction …

  • Eviction compensation negotiation or litigation

Company Law Agreements

Assistance in negotiations and securing rights and obligations by drafting:

  • Shareholders' agreements

  • Cash agreements

  • Management fee agreements

  • Shares Purchase Agreements

  • Bonus-shares plans / employee profit-sharing schemes

  • Promises to sell or buy securities

  • Mandate

  • (…)

  • Commercial Law

  • Assignment of business or lease rights

  • Representation and assistance before civil and commercial courts: Debt collection, payment deadlines...

  • Unfair competition, counterfeiting, parasitism...

  • Enforcement of contracts and compensation for damages

  • Abrupt or abusive termination of established business relationships

  • e-commerce (GT&C, T&Cs, legal terms...)

  • Contracts of enterprise / subcontracting

  • Sales contracts (BtoB, BtoC, consumer law...)

  • International trade (Incoterms...)

  • Competition Law

  • Legal and conventional guarantees (conformity, hidden defects, defective products...)