Home Expertise Litigation
Expertise · 01

Litigation

The firm handles all major civil and commercial disputes, from pre-litigation through enforcement of judgments, before all courts, on the merits and in summary proceedings.

— Our areas of practice
Financial litigation and group actions

The firm has developed specific expertise in defending investors — individuals and SMEs — who are victims of failing financial products or failing wealth management advisors. The firm designs and conducts individual or group actions bringing together several investors around the same failing scheme.

— Areas of practice
  • Group actions by investors harmed by the same product or the same provider
  • Liability of CIFs and CGPs — breaches of duties to inform, advise, and warn
    • Failing Madelin, Girardin, and PER schemes
    • Structured funds, promise funds, formula funds, certificates and derivative products
    • Toxic loans and structured credit
    • Atypical investments: cryptocurrencies, precious stones, gold, manuscripts, rare earths, wines
— Example of a handled case

Defence of an individual investor who entrusted nearly one million euros to an advisor without valid registration, across various failing products. Action brought against the advisor and their civil liability insurer.

Commercial litigation

The firm assists companies and executives across the full spectrum of business disputes, before the Commercial and Judicial Courts. The objective: preserve the continuity of your business, secure your cash flow, and defend your contractual relationships.

— Areas of practice
  • Contractual disputes: interpretation, performance, and termination of commercial contracts
  • Disputes relating to delivery, distribution, and the abrupt termination of established commercial relationships
  • Unfair competition and parasitic competition
  • Debt recovery: unpaid invoices, payment orders, interim payment proceedings, full merits proceedings
— Example of a handled case

Merits proceedings brought on behalf of a project owner (national retailer) against a failing renovation company and its decennial civil liability insurer.

Defence of an industrialist abruptly ousted by its long-standing distributor. Action for abrupt termination and unfair competition, combined with summary proceedings.

Industrial and construction litigation

The firm handles industrial and construction disputes in all their dimensions: construction operations, defects and losses, and industrial accidents.

— Areas of practice
  • Expert witness referrals and judicial expert assessments
  • Contractor liability: ten-year guarantee, completion guarantee, proper functioning guarantee
  • Civil liability and construction insurance law
  • Liability for defective products
  • Implication or defence of the architect, project manager, technical inspector, and building manager
  • Hidden defects, faulty workmanship, apparent defects, site abandonment
  • Major industrial losses (fire, collapse, site contamination)
— Example of a handled case

Representation of a buyer in an off-plan sale facing defects affecting several units with major non-conformities.

Defence of a large co-ownership exposed to a structural risk endangering the safety of its occupants.

Enforcement proceedings, debt recovery, and exequatur

The firm deploys an asset protection strategy through precautionary seizures, cross-border enforcement, and action against fraudulent schemes.

— Areas of practice
  • Precautionary seizures (receivables, bank accounts, company shares, real estate)
  • Forced enforcement — garnishment orders, sale seizures, real estate seizures
  • Exequatur of arbitral awards and foreign judgments (New York Convention, Brussels I bis Regulation)
  • Paulian action and action against organised insolvency
— Example of a handled case

Coordinated enforcement strategy for a foreign investor against a debtor who had organised their insolvency through transfers to associates.

Let's talk?

15 free minutes to assess your case.

Book an appointment