REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE COURTS

The main courts and organisations before which the firm represents its clients are the following :

• the Cour de Cassation (the Supreme Court)
• the Conseil d'Etat (Supreme administrative court)
• the administrative courts
• the administrative appeal courts
• the Constitutional Court
• the Cour des Comptes (public entity financial control commission)
• the chambres régionales des comptes (regional public entity financial control commissions)
• the French competition authorities (Conseil de la concurrence)
• the public entity budgetary and financial discipline commission
• the European Community Court of Justice
• the European Court of Human Rights

ADVICE

The firm provides its clients with advice on all non-contentious legal issues, including both French and international arbitration advice.

Due to its multidisciplinary nature, the firm is in a position to provide comprehensive assistance to private individuals, corporate entities, public authorities (State authorities, local authorities, public establishments) and legal professionals on a wide range of legal issues including a number of very specialised areas:

• Private law:
  Company law, industrial and intellectual property law, banking and insurance law, competition and mergers law, personal tax and inheritance law, employment and social security law, family law and civil procedure.
• Public law:
  Public company law (contracts with public entities and delegation of public service obligations, public ownership, etc.), tax law (of companies and individuals, VAT ...), audio-visual law, local authority law, planning and environmental law, civil service law, electoral law, health law, sports law.
• Criminal law:
  All matters of criminal law and criminal procedue