CREDENTIALS
LITIGATION - ARBITRATION
Corporate litigation
- Advising an investment fund on a dispute arising from the exclusion of a minority shareholder and the resulting capital restructuring, including the restitution of shares.
- Advising a leading group on a dispute concerning an objection to a transmission universelle de patrimoine(universal transfer of assets) and an action seeking the annulment of an extraordinary general meeting.
- Advising a French holding company on a dispute relating to the non-performance of a share purchase undertaking, arising from disagreements between shareholders and forming part of broader connected criminal proceedings with a transnational dimension (France, Portugal and the USA).
- Advising on a shareholder dispute linked to succession matters and the reorganisation of the shareholding structure of an emblematic company in the fashion sector.
- Advising on a shareholder dispute concerning the shareholding structure of the companies that designed and operate a shopping centre in France.
- Advising on a shareholder dispute concerning the governance and allocation of share capital in companies operating a leading shopping centre in France.
- Advising on a shareholder dispute concerning the allocation of share capital in a well-known press group, publisher of several specialist titles.
- Advising and representing a shareholder in a dispute concerning the ownership of the share capital in companies holding a landmark real estate asset in the audiovisual sector.
- Advising and representing an executive and shareholder of a leading group in the ecological transition sector.
Commercial litigation
- Advising a hotel group on a dispute concerning the pricing conditions of a master supply agreement for energy procurement.
- Advising and representing a French premium bakery operator in a commercial dispute with two companies based in Panama and Colombia.
- Advising and representing a transport group in several disputes concerning restitution claims relating to rolling stock, technical components and undue operating expenses.
- Advising and representing a real estate group in a dispute concerning the operation of a major national shopping centre.
- Advising and representing a leading French industrial group in the luxury textile sector in a dispute concerning the scope of services provided by a management-consulting firm in the context of a restructuring operation.
- Advising and representing a leading French industrial group in the bedding sector in a dispute relating to the termination of established commercial relations.
- Advising and representing a Paris-based group in a dispute with a French company specialising in the distribution of branded products in the fashion sector.
- Advising and representing the same Paris-based group in a dispute with a French company specialising in the distribution of branded products in the cosmetics sector.
- Advising and representing a tech company in a dispute concerning the terms of engagement of an investment bank in connection with an M&A advisory mandate.
- Advising and representing a holding company owning a leading food-retail chain operating hypermarkets and supermarkets in the Paris region, in a dispute relating to the acquisition of a competing group.
Real estate litigation
- Advising a leading Belgian group specialising in engineering and active in the space, defence, cybersecurity and critical-infrastructure sectors on a dispute brought by the opposing party seeking the enforced performance of a promise to sell a real estate complex.
- Advising a leading Belgian group specialising in engineering and active in the space, defence, cybersecurity and critical-infrastructure sectors on a dispute brought by the opposing party seeking the enforced performance of a promise concerning a real estate asset.
- Advising a leading operator of serviced residences on complex disputes concerning the transfer, following judicial safeguard proceedings, of managed serviced-residence assets.
- Advising a leading operator of managed serviced residences on serial, large-scale disputes initiated by investors following real estate acquisition transactions.
- Advising and representing a company active in the food-retail sector in a dispute relating to damage occurring during the construction of a shopping centre.
- Advising and representing a French group specialising in land development in a dispute brought by the opposing party seeking the enforced performance of a promise concerning a prime real estate asset in the Paris region.
- Advising and representing a leading property trader in a dispute arising from the non-performance of a promise to sell concerning a real estate asset located in Italy.
- Advising and representing a holding company owning a major food-retail brand operating hypermarkets and supermarkets in the Paris region in a dispute relating to the acquisition of a competing group by a third party, primarily based on an estimate relating to the construction of a shopping centre.
Commercial lease litigation
- Advising and representing a real estate asset management group in a dispute concerning commercial leases with an investor group active in the serviced-residence sector.
- Advising and representing a group operating serviced residences for seniors in a dispute with an investor group concerning commercial lease matters.
White-collar crime
- Advising and representing a British industrial group, a major player in corrugated-cardboard packaging, in a dispute arising from an accident at one of its factories which resulted in the death of an employee of a German subcontractor.
- Advising and representing a group of companies and its director further to a private criminal prosecution (citation directe) for defamation, insult and assault.
International arbitration
- Representing a French investor, Mr Bachar Kiwan, in an ICSID investment arbitration against Kuwait (Case No. ARB/20/53), concerning investments in the audiovisual sector in Kuwait.
- Representing a leading French industrial group in the agri-food sector in an ICC commercial arbitration concerning a dispute relating to the termination of established commercial relations and issues involving brand licences in Chile and Colombia.
- Advising a French industrial company on a contractual and banking dispute before the French courts, before the Indian courts, and in ICC arbitration proceedings in Singapore against an Indian industrial group, seeking compensation for losses arising from the unlawful termination of two supply contracts for production lines and the blocking of related first-demand bank guarantees.