Un accompagnement des acteurs de l'industrie du sport dans l'ensemble de leurs problématiques

The firm is involved in all stages of criminal proceedings and defends both individuals (private individuals and company directors) and legal entities in criminal proceedings.

With international law playing an increasingly important role in criminal matters, the firm's international experience enables it to offer rigorous and effective support and defense, ranging from criminal risk prevention and criminal prosecution management to preparation for court hearings.

Practice areas

General criminal law

All crimes and offenses against persons and property.

Criminal business law

• Criminal liability of company directors.
• Criminal labor law (harassment, discrimination, undeclared work, labor lending, workplace accidents, obstruction of employee representative bodies).
• Corporate criminal law (misuse of company assets, breach of trust, money laundering, corruption, influence peddling, illegal taking of interest, favoritism)
• Commercial criminal law (counterfeiting, deceptive commercial practices, etc.)
• Financial criminal law and stock market offenses,
• Tax criminal law (tax fraud)

Sectors areas

• Insurance
• Real estate companies
• Service companies
• Commercial companies
• Road transport
• Common law crimes and offenses

The firm regularly advises and represents athletes and professional sportspeople, sports agents, sports associations, amateur and professional sports clubs, sports federations, and professional leagues in connection with their activities.

Practice areas

Negotiation and conclusion of sports contracts

• Negotiation relating to the conclusion of employment contracts for professional athletes
• Negotiation relating to the conclusion of agent or sports intermediary contracts;
• Negotiation and drafting of agreements relating to permanent or temporary transfers (loans) of professional athletes
• Negotiation relating to the conclusion of sports equipment contracts;
• Negotiation relating to the conclusion of sports sponsorship contracts (naming rights; contracts for the commercial exploitation of athletes' images)

Sports litigation

• Intervention in disputes relating to unpaid wages of professional athletes (FIFA Football Tribunal; Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS);
• Intervention in disputes relating to the wrongful termination of players' employment contracts
• Intervention in disputes relating to football player transfers;
• Intervention in disputes relating to training compensation and FIFA solidarity contributions
• Defense of clubs and athletes before national federal bodies (Legal Committee, Disciplinary Committee, Appeals Committee)
• Defense of sports clubs before national management control bodies
• Defense before French administrative courts (Administrative Court, Administrative Court of Appeal)
• Defense of clubs and athletes before international federal bodies (FIFA, UEFA, EUROPE RUGBY, WORLD RUGBY)
• Defense of clubs and athletes before national sports institutions (CNOSF, AFLD)
• Defense of clubs and athletes before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Lausanne) and the Arbitration Chamber for Sport (Paris)

Sector areas

• National sports federations
• Professional sports clubs
• Sports agency companies
• Professional athletes

The firm assists companies and investors in their transactions involving the purchase or sale of companies, acquisitions of equity interests, restructuring, or mergers and acquisitions. The firm's services cover the entire transaction cycle: audit, structuring, negotiation, equity investments, fundraising, restructuring and group governance, drafting and securing legal documentation with the aim of preventing disputes.

 Practice areas

• Acquisitions (audit, comprehensive legal analysis; negotiation and structuring of the transaction; drafting of legal analyses of the transaction, negotiation and drafting of transaction agreements)
• Sale of companies
• Restructuring and transfer of companies (mergers, demergers, reorganizations, etc.)
• Corporate governance (drafting of articles of association; drafting of shareholders' agreements; internal regulations, governance packages).

Sectors areas

• Mining
• Oil & Gas
• Projects
• Agri-food
• Banking and Finance
• Insurance
• Real estate and construction
• Hotels – Restaurants
• Transportation

The firm advises and defends both employees and employers on all aspects of labor law, from drafting contracts and preventing disputes to managing conflicts or labor court litigation, regardless of the issue at hand.

Practice areas

Litigation

• Representation and assistance of clients before labor courts and appellate courts.
• Labor court summary proceedings.
• Unfair dismissal or dismissal without real and serious cause.
• Moral or sexual harassment at work.
• Discrimination in the workplace.
• Accidents at work and occupational illnesses.
• Disputes with social security organizations.

Consulting 

• Negotiation and drafting of contractual termination of employment contracts.
• Negotiation of negotiated departures
• Challenging disciplinary sanctions
• Recovery of compensation and back pay
• Prevention of disputes relating to working time and leave
• Legal compliance, CSE management, and prevention of social risks.

The firm assists its clients in civil and commercial proceedings before French courts and courts in French-speaking Africa (OHADA zone). Recognized for its expertise in complex civil and commercial litigation, the firm handles all aspects of business law: post-acquisition litigation, shareholder disputes, liability of directors and officers, commercial litigation, banking and financial litigation. The firm's multidisciplinary practice requires the lawyers working on the cases entrusted to them to be creative and to propose “tailor-made,” ingenious, and above all effective litigation strategies that can sometimes lead to an amicable resolution of the dispute.

Practice areas

Defense before civil and commercial courts in France and Africa, as well as before administrative authorities (AMF, Competition Authority), etc.

Sectors areas 

• Mining
• Oil & Gas
• Projects & infrastructure
• Agri-food
• Insurance
• Real estate; Construction & public works
• Hotels – Restaurants
• Service companies.
• Transport

Arbitration

The firm has extensive experience in international arbitration. The firm's lawyers have represented, supported, and assisted clients in major arbitration centers in ad hoc arbitrations or under the auspices of major institutional rules, such as the ICC, ICSID, and CCJA/OHADA.  They have defended clients in a variety of sectors, including oil and gas, aviation, construction, international trade, and mining.

At the same time, the firm has developed a practice in international litigation, particularly in complex multi-jurisdictional enforcement and award annulment proceedings. It regularly pleads before the Paris Court of Appeal.

Sectors areas

• Mining and metals
• Oil & Gas
• Projects and infrastructure
• Real estate and construction;
• Service companies
• Transport and logistics