The promise to sell and the preference pact, two key instruments in M&A transactions, had made their entry into the Civil Code at the time of the 2016 reform. However, there were still some grey areas regarding the scope or effectiveness of certain provisions governing them, explains Ali Baydoun, counsel.
Paris | M&A AND CORPORATE LAW
Catherine Saint Geniest describes recent case law on commercial leases, particularly in the face of the health crisis. She notes that two years after the outbreak of the covid-19 crisis, the case law is still not fixed.
Paris | REAL ESTATE
In a decision rendered on April 8, 2022, the Conseil d’Etat accepted the admissibility of an appeal for misuse of power against an answer published by the CNIL, in a FAQ, which the latter had itself prepared and published on its website, in line with its policy of extending the justiciability of acts and flexible […]
Paris | PUBLIC LAW – PUBLIC CONTRACTS
Equity financings by French start-ups and scale ups have reached record levels in the past few years, both in volume and value. We thought that it would be interesting to review the publicly available corporate documents on a selection of the most successful amongst them, to see what lessons we could learn objectively about “what’s […]
Paris | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY
Thierry Lauriol, Partner, and Joséphine Hage Chahine, Associate (Arbitration, Energy and Mining Department) explain arbitration as a method of dispute settlement by which the mission of deciding the dispute is entrusted by the parties to one or several persons called “arbitrators” and on its financing.
Paris | LITIGATION – ARBITRATION – MEDIATION
In the first issue of Destination Climat, Adrien Fourmon discusses the challenges of the new regulatory framework for hydrogen. “The hydrogen market is in the process of defining its legal framework, while many local authorities are planning to set up hydrogen production and distribution infrastructures on their territory. Following European advances, France is progressively adopting […]
Paris | ENVIRONMENT | RENEWABLE ENERGY – RE
Going back over the “hectic saga” of the end of framework agreements without a maximum, Anthony Bron calls on buyers to be pragmatic, but also to be vigilant: “buyers will have to scrupulously monitor the progress of the execution of the contract, so that the volume of activity entrusted to the co-contractor is not exceeded”.05
Paris | PUBLIC LAW – PUBLIC CONTRACTS
Legal column by our partner Frank Martin-Laprade.
Paris | STOCK MARKET LITIGATION | CAPITAL MARKETS AND STOCK EXCHANGE LAW
As part of the Paris 2022 Arbitration Week, Jeantet organized a panel discussion on “The Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard: Update and Perspective”. This article summarizes the topics presented at the panel by the speakers.
Paris, Budapest | COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT ARBITRATION
Presentation by our partner Jacques-Henry de Bourmont of the retirement savings plan as a true estate optimization tool.
Paris | TAX
Nicolas Mancret, partner, comments for the Revue RH&M on the Court of Cassation’s decision of November 17, 2021.
Paris | EMPLOYMENT
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