Russia has adopted three rounds of measures in response to sanctions introduced by the US, EU and other states. The measures are mainly established in the presidential decrees, particularly, Decree No. 95 dated 5 March 2022 “On Temporary Procedure for the Discharge of Obligations Towards Certain Foreign Creditors” (please refer to Legal Alert dated 2 […]
Desk Russia, Central Asia and Caucasus
On 22 December last year, the Parliament adopted Law 2021-1729 on confidence in the judiciary, known as the Confidence Law, which includes provisions aimed at reinforcing the protection of lawyers’ professional secrecy, particularly in the context of searches (provisions applicable since 1 March 2022). Clarisse Moreno summarises in this article the rules applicable to searches […]
Paris | LITIGATION – ARBITRATION – MEDIATION
Jean-François Adelle reviews the reform on security interests and collective proceedings of September 15, 2021.
Paris | FINANCING | INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS
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
The allocation of free shares is undoubtedly one of the most widely used profit-sharing tools in that it motivates employees and corporate officers by associating them with the success of their company and/or group. However, although these grants are entirely in the company’s interest and beneficial to the beneficiaries, they can represent a significant source […]
Paris | LISTED COMPANIES AND CAPITAL MARKETS LAW
Introduction France is on track to set up and implement its decarbonisation framework. It benefits from decarbonised electricity, the energy-generating mix being made up of nuclear power and renewable sources as well as fossil fuels. Hydropower is predominant historically and constitutes the main source of renewable energy for electricity in France, with over 25GW installed […]
Paris | ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW
On 22 February 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed laws ratifying agreements with the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR) recognizing them as independent states. Sanctions below were adopted before President Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine on 24 February 2022. We are actively following the developments related to those issues […]
Desk Russia, Central Asia and Caucasus
Opinion column by Adrien Fourmon on the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for construction products or materials in the building sector (PMCB), which has just reached an important milestone with the publication of application decree no. 2021-1941 of December 31, 2021, published in the Journal Officiel on January 1, 2022.
Paris | ENERGY TRANSITION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Competition law news with Florent Prunet on #LexInside (DECIDEURS TV) by Arnaud Dumourier.
Paris | COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC LAW
Frank Martin-Laprade writes a new legal column on Finascope.fr The administrative composition, which can now be proposed to any person implicated by the AMF Board – and no longer only to professionals under the disciplinary supervision of the stock market regulator – including for grievances related to market abuse (insider trading, dissemination of false or […]
Paris | STOCK MARKET LITIGATION | CAPITAL MARKETS AND STOCK EXCHANGE LAW
We knew that the Vivendi case (initiated in 2002 but still not finished 20 years later) was out of the ordinary, but this is confirmed by the latest judicial decision (i.e. the one taken by the Commercial Court of Paris on July 7, 2021), with its international plaintiffs claiming more than 2 billion euros in […]
| CAPITAL MARKETS AND STOCK EXCHANGE LAW
On September 27, 2021, the AMF published an update of its investigation and control charters. The ACPR, for its part, has not revised its charter for conducting an on-site inspection mission since June 2014, which, for example, still mentions in the introduction that the ACPR is an AAI, even though its status changed with Law […]
Paris | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY