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Even though a director of a société anonyme (French joint stock company, hereinafter “SA”) can be removed from office ad nutum (i.e. at any time and without any justification), he/she must be informed beforehand of the reasons for his/her removal.  Directors of a SA can be removed at any time by the ordinary general meeting […]

Emails and files retrieved from an employee’s personal email account can be freely consulted by the employer, even in the absence of the relevant employee, insofar as they have been saved on the hard drive of the professional computer and are not marked “personal”.[1] This is the stand adopted by the Labor Chamber of the […]

Pursuant to Article 1134 of the French Civil Code, agreements lawfully entered into have the force of law for those who have made them. They may be revoked only by mutual consent, or for causes authorized by law.  The signature of a compromis de vente, i.e. a preliminary sale agreement, also referred to as a […]

Article L. 442-6, I §5 of the French Commercial Code sanctions the fact of suddenly breaching, even partially, an established business relationship. Pursuant to this Article, the sudden termination of a business relationship is characterized by the lack of a notice period or by the application of a notice period that is insufficient given the […]

As part of our commitments towards businesses wishing to expand internationally, we have made the innovative choice of combining our legal assistance with the services of IMHOTEP,

André Soulier, attorney-at-law and former 1st Deputy Major of Lyon, was a guest speaker at the “What future for Commercial Courts?”