Our expertise
Corporate litigation
We assist our clients in matters of “equity” litigation (post-acquisition disputes), conflicts of governance and the responsibility of directors and corporate officers.
Acquisition litigation (“high-ranking”)
- Abusive break in talks
- Implementation or defense to the implementation of an asset and liability guarantee
- Purchase price assessment procedure (article 1843-4 of the Civil Code)
- Implementation of the seller's responsibility in case of lack of consent (fraud, error, etc.).
- Management of disputes arising from the transmission of contracts by acquisition (partners, suppliers and customers)
- Post-acquisition price adjustment litigation (“earn-out”)
Shareholder and governance litigation
- Execution or non-execution of the partner agreement (implementation of approval, pre-emption, joint exit or forced transfer clauses, non-competition, blocked vote, etc.)
- Imbalance in relationships between majority shareholders and minority shareholders (majority or minority abuse, shareholder activism)
- Litigation related to the social life of the company (convening and holding of general meetings and boards of directors, compliance with majority rules)
- Litigation related to the conclusion and execution of regulated agreements
- Exclusion or withdrawal of the shareholder (implementation of exclusion clauses, determination of the value of the shares)
- Dismissal of the social manager
Responsibility of directors and corporate officers
- Implementation by the company, shareholders or third parties, of the civil, contractual or delictual liability of the director in law or in fact, in the event of violation of the statutes, mismanagement or misuse of its powers and abuse of company assets
- Defence of the de facto or de jure director in the context of collective proceedings (liability action for insufficient assets)
- Criminal defense of the manager and the company