Commercial and Corporate Law Consulting
The firm’s practice covers the full range of commercial law issues, including :
- Business transactions (negotiation and drafting of deeds of sale of businesses, advice on and drafting of deeds relating to management leases, management agreements, etc.).
- Distribution network operations: (assistance in choosing and setting up distribution networks, assistance in concluding and monitoring contracts: supply, concession, franchise, commission, agency, commercial agency)
- For the organisation of commercial and industrial partnerships (advice on the form of these partnerships: groupings, cooperation, G.I.E., but also formalisation and follow-up in the management of these partnerships: reciprocity agreements, sub-contracting)
- For the negotiation and drafting of a wide range of contracts between the parties involved in the commercial relationship and the management of this relationship (legal and contractual guarantees; engineering contracts; technology transfers; turnkey contracts, etc.).
- When drawing up sales or purchasing materials (B2B and B2C general terms and conditions; distance selling)
The firm also advises on company law issues
- Selection of the most appropriate legal structure; drafting of shareholder agreements; issuance and conversion of all types of securities; providing legal secretarial services for all forms of civil and commercial companies, including all types of complex capital transactions (“accordion capital adjustments,” changes to the capital structure during the company’s existence)
- M&A advisory services: acquisition and sale of companies and business assets, mergers, spin-offs, partial asset contributions, and universal succession; to this end, the firm supports its clients at every stage of the transaction: valuation of the company, conducting various audits (tax, labor, legal), drafting various preliminary agreements (confidentiality agreement, letter of intent, negotiation letters), agreements (memorandum of understanding, letter of intent to acquire/sell, purchase/sale agreement), and guarantees (asset and liability guarantees, first-demand guarantees).
Managing Partner
Sylvie SEVIN & Olivier GUERIN
