| VATIER & ASSOCIES assists its clients in virtually all areas of business law and proposes a broad spectrum of legal and tax services and advice, in litigated and non litigated matters. |
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To learn more about our areas of practice, please click on the practice area to see the names of the lawyers |
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Arbitration |
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| Acting as arbitrator, as counsel, implementation, preparation and follow-up of arbitration proceedings, working with experts. |
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Banking and stock markets |
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| Banking and financing contracts, service agreements, banking regulations, regulation of credit facilities, stock market and banking litigation, debt collection, execution of judgments, bankruptcy claims. |
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Competition, consumer protection |
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| Illicit competition, counterfeiting, copying, anti-trust, litigation before the Conseil de la Concurrence, advice as to marketing and advertising documents and strategy in connection with consumer protection laws and commercial practice, regulated sectors, comparative advertising, audits by the DGCCRF, CNIL compliance. |
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Litigation |
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| Before all courts and jurisdictions, in commercial and criminal cases, corporate and individual cases and in execution of judgments. |
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Commercial contracts |
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| Negotiation and drafting of distribution, cooperation, agency, commercial agency, franchising, trademark and know-how licences, development, service, research contracts, general terms and conditions, industrial joint-ventures, litigation over commercial contracts. |
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Corporate |
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| Advice regarding company law, incorporation of companies, board and shareholder meetings, corporate secretarial, shareholder agreements and relations, joint ventures, special purpose vehicles, winding up, liquidations, disputes amongst shareholders, management packages and stock options. |
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White collar criminal law |
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| Criminal liability, financial misdemeanours, liability of managers, criminal procedures and defence of juridical persons, risk audit, employment law (entrave, harcèlement) |
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Bankruptcy |
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| Advising business in financial difficulty, preventive proceedings, bankruptcy proceedings, preparation of restructuring plans, relations with bankruptcy trustees, acquisition of bankrupt businesses, civil liability of managers and third parties, criminal liability of managers, auctions, arrangements with creditors. |
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Tax |
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| Taxation of property, tax planning |
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Mergers & Acquisitions |
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| Negotiation of transactions, share sale and purchase agreements, representations and warranties, pre-acquisition due diligence, vendor's due diligence, financing agreements, mergers, hive-downs, joint ventures, acquisitions or spin-offs of branches of activity, acquisition or sale of business assets. |
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Institutions |
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| Associations, foundations, organisation, use of resources, non profit organisations, institutional liability, donations and testamentary dispositions, patronage, medico-social regulations. |
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International investment and relations |
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| Foreign investment in France, French investment abroad, relations with the Administration, international treaties, transfer pricing. |
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Intellectual and industrial property |
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| Trademarks, patents, designs and models, literary and artistic property, copyright, licence agreements, audiovisual production, musical production, counterfeiting. |
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| Olivier Saumon |
Health Sciences |
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| Pharmaceutical, medical, medico-social, hygiene law, regulatory environment, social security, biotechnologies, medicines, cosmetics, medical equipment, creation and merger of professional structures, contracts, professional liability, distribution of health products and related liability. |
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Property |
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| Property transactions, construction contracts, property development, warranties and guarantees, commercial and residential leases, property leasebacks, management of rental property, mortgage-linked financing, judicial or voluntary auctions of property, rental disputes, construction disputes, taxation of property. |
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Employment |
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| Employment contracts, management of individual employment relations, individual and collective dismissal procedures, restructuring plans, employment litigation before the Conseil des Prud'hommes, regulation of the workplace, employee representation, agreements as to work hours, management packages, company charters, profit sharing plans, social contributions, work-related accidents, URSSAF audits, collective employment relations, disputes with trade unions, litigation over elections for employee representatives. |
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