Our tax law partner Jacques-Henry de Bourmont, talks to Europe 1’s morning show about McDonald’s decision to agree to pay 1.25 billion euros to avoid criminal prosecution for tax fraud in France
Paris | CRIMINAL TAXATION
Is there concerted action when several companies of the same group make share purchases during an offer period? Last Friday, the AMF’s Enforcement Committee examined the share purchases of several structures of the Burrus group during CVC’s takeover bid for the insurer April in July 2019. Bruno de Roulhac reacts for Agefi to the plea […]
Paris | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY | STOCK MARKET LITIGATION
Nicolas Mancret, partner at Jeantet, is interviewed by Corinne Lhaïk on the advice to be given to companies faced with demands from their employees and/or unions.
Paris | EMPLOYMENT
Bertrand Barrier, partner at Jeantet and president of the Franco-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce, was posted in Kiev and was repatriated to Paris at the end of February 2022, when the Russian army invaded Ukraine. He recounts where the Ukrainian legal system stood at the time of the invasion, what the salient issues were at the […]
Kyiv
In terms of corporate social responsibility, the paradigm is changing, according to a draft directive of the European Commission of February 23, 2022, and moving from a logic of “soft law” to “hard law”. Philippe Portier comes back on the vigilance law in this article by Muriel Jasor.
Paris | CORPORATE LAW AND GOVERNANCE
Karl Hepp de Sevelinges decodes in this article by François Manens the clauses of the agreement signed by Twitter’s Board of Directors for the acquisition of the social network by Elon Musk on April 25, 2022.
Paris | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Interview with Xavier Pernot, our litigation partner, on the implementation by Bercy of a filtering system for foreign legal proceedings that will change the game in terms of economic sovereignty by Gille Sengès for L’Opinion.
Paris | LITIGATION – ARBITRATION – MEDIATION
Partner Frank Martin-Laprade reviews the modification of article L225-35 of the French Commercial Code – defining the missions of the board of directors – and its consequences in an article by Bruno de Roulhac for Agefi. Publication in French >>
Paris | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY
Xavier Pernot, partner in charge of the litigation practice, explains the context and expectations following the publication of the SISSE guide on the sensitive information that companies can transmit in their legal proceedings abroad in an article by Bruno de Roulhac for Agefi. Publication in French
Paris | LITIGATION – ARBITRATION – MEDIATION
Frédéric Sardain, partner in the IP, Tech & Data practice, spoke about the risks of cyber attacks linked to Ukraine on the Lex Inside programme hosted by Arnaud Dumourier on 15 March 2022.
Paris | IP, TECH & DATA | DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
In May, the single status of sole proprietorship, which separates personal and professional assets, will come into force. This will provide better protection for private assets in the event of bankruptcy. However, the law provides for two exceptions. Jacques-Henry de Bourmont & Laetitia Ternisien, partners, explain.
Paris | ASSET TAXATION
Florent Prunet, partner, explains in this article for LSA the legal position on the issue of “shrinkflation”. This marketing practice consists in increasing the price per weight or volume of a product in a painless way for the consumer, by keeping the face price of this product while reducing its weight or volume, in a […]
Paris | COMMERCIAL, DISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMER LAW