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Appeals lodged in disputes based on Article L. 442-6 of the French Commercial Code (the “FCC”) on restrictive trade practices – including, but not limited to, significant imbalance in the rights and obligations of contractual parties and sudden breach of established business relationships – fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Paris Court of Appeals. […]

The sale of all or part of corporate assets is an important step of the judicial liquidation of a company as such sale is designed to ensure the survival of activities that are capable of being operated independently and save the associated jobs on the one hand, and to settle the company’s liabilities on the […]

The Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 received the Royal Assent on 14 April 2016; however, its substantive provisions are not yet in force.

André Soulier acted as panelist in the “Discussions of Caluire et Cuire–Jean Moulin” colloquium that took placed on May 25 and 26, 2016 with a series of symposiums, workshops and round-tables on the following topic: “ individual responsibility of everyone in general and of civil servants in particular in defending the values of the French Republic”.

The United Kingdom is the first Member of the European Union that used the withdrawal option provided for under Article 50 that was introduced in the Treaty on European Union by the Lisbon Treaty. This unexpected withdrawal raises major challenges that no one seems to have actually anticipated. It seems that no one was prepared […]

Countdown to Brexit started on March 29, 2017, date on which Theresa May officially notified the Chair of the European Council of the United Kingdom’s intention to leave the EU. This notification launches two years of tough negotiations at the end of which the United Kingdom and the European Union must agree on the terms […]