Droit de l’Aviation

 

Our firm acts on behalf of a French and international clientele, including manufacturers, insurers and operators in the aviation sector, as well as for airline crossings.

We deal with all the legal aspects related to aviation law. Our areas of intervention include:
– Conseil, négociation, rédaction de contrats d’affrètement avec et sans équipages
– Conseil, négociation, rédaction de contrats d’assurance aviation et contrats d’assistance aéroportuaire
– Financement et vente d’aéronefs
- Advice and audit of compliance with French, European and international civil and criminal regulations
- Advice, audit and support in matters of mortgage / lien and seizure of aircraft.

We also take charge of litigation and arbitration not only in all of these areas mentioned above, but also in the context of liability:
- Aircraft manufacturers, equipment manufacturers and air carriers, and maintenance workshops
- Civil aerodrome and airport operator

Maritime Law

 

Our firm deals with legal situations related to ships and vessels of the seas.

We offer our customers (shipping companies, charterers, port agents, seafarers, and passenger natural persons) our expertise in:
- Advice, negotiation, drafting of sales, purchase and financing contracts for seagoing vessels
- Taking charge of provisional, enforceable and sale measures for ships or seagoing vessels (eg mortgages, privileges, garnishment, garnishment and garnishment).
- Advice, negotiation, drafting of Charter-part, charter contracts and other maritime transport contracts

In each of these areas, but also in the case of maritime operators' civil liability, we support our clients through arbitration or contentious procedures.

Land Transport and Logistics Law

 

Our firm has solid experience in the supply sector, logistics and other ground transportation activities.

We therefore offer transport operators our services in terms of advice, negotiation and drafting of contracts for:
- Transport insurance,
- National and international transport of goods or passengers,
(including freight forwarder and freight forwarder, freight forwarding, and equipment supplier contracts),
- Rental of vehicles and transport materials,
- Public market,
- Commercial related to transport,
- Logistics services (eg storage, shipping, depot, subcontracting).
- Licenses and tickets, waybills,

We advise and assess the compliance of your activities with national, European and international regulations on transport (e.g. industrial risks, unfair competition).
We also represent our clients before international organizations and defend them in the context of litigation or arbitration:
- In contractual matters,
- In the context of public procurement,
- In matters of liability due to products or transport operators.

Nous intervenons auprès de nos clients sur l’ensemble des problématiques précontentieuses et contentieuses liées aux contrats, particulièrement internationaux, qu’ils désirent élaborer ou auxquels ils sont confrontés.

✓ Pre-litigation phase
– Conseil sur la stratégie commerciale et l’applicabilité d’accords de libre échange commerciaux
– Audit, conseil, négociation et rédaction de contrats commerciaux (contrat d’achat ou de vente de matériel, contrat de prestation de service, contrat de partenariat, contrat d’approvisionnement, conditions générales de ventes, vente de fonds de commerce etc.)
- Audit, advice, negotiation and drafting of commercial leases and lease assignment
- Advice on intellectual property law issues

- Audit of issues related to contractual and tort liability

✓ Support during amicable settlement and arbitration proceedings
- Management of disputes before state courts
– Procédures de reconnaissance et d’exécution de jugements étrangers

Our team has solid experience in national, international, ad hoc, or institutional arbitration.

We intervene more particularly in the context of arbitrations relating to:
- Air and maritime law
- Intellectual and industrial property
- Company law / Acquisitions
- International contracts: Foreign investments
- Commercial law / International negotiations and transactions
- Banking and financial law
- Distribution agreements, franchise, know-how license
- Construction law and real estate acquisitions
- Gas and Oil Law / Hydrocarbon Law

Throughout the arbitration and litigation process, we offer our customers the following services:
- Advice and drafting of the arbitration agreement
- Representation and defense before arbitration bodies
- Management of procedures for the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards

We are called upon to act as arbitrator, either at the request of the parties to the arbitration or of the arbitration institutions.

Finally, we have the necessary expertise to provide you with quality assistance throughout the stages of litigation, thus ensuring your full representation before civil and commercial courts.

Tous nos articles sur l’arbitrage et le contentieux

 

New jurisdiction clause in your international contracts: how to improve the quality and reduce the costs of your procedures? (Fr)

Presentation of the new international chambers of the Paris commercial court and the Paris court of appeal: a good alternative to arbitration? (In)

The execution of foreign court decisions in France and in Canada: feedback and shared views (Fr)

Recourse against arbitral awards in the context of an ICC arbitration held in Paris: Review of new developments in French law and procedure after 2011 (Fr)

Recourses against arbitral awards in ICC arbitration held in Paris: Review of novelties of the French laws of procedure after 2011 (En)

Execution of court decisions in the European Union: entry into force of regulation UECOM / 2010/0748 (Fr)

CETA - 8. Dispute resolution and monitoring (Fr)

About articles 14 and 15 of the Civil Code and exequatur and judgments between France and the United States (Fr)

Judgment and commentary of the Court of Appeal of Aix en Provence in matters of exequatur of November 3, 2009 (Fr)

Evidence law in China (Fr)

The Chinese Penal Code and Criminal Procedure (Fr)

The practice of arbitration in China (Fr)

About the enforcement of judgments between France and the United States (Fr)

The evolution of arbitration laws in francophone Africa (En)