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To Shoot or not to Shoot:
How to Navigate Buy-Sell Deadlock Resolution Mechanisms for
Joint-Ventures
Joint Venture (JV) governance can sometimes become a “sea of troubles” and raise the question for the partners whether or not to “take arms against” it.
When the JV agreement...Read more
Camelia Gardot
Compliance Partner- Head of Connected Intelligence, Airbus, France
The Cloven Business: Legal Complexities of Carve-outs in a
Business Divestment Context
Many companies decide to divest full business divisions or units, spanning a whole range of economic activities, as part of their strategic portfolio review.
The motivation is not always the low...Read more
Camelia Gardot
Compliance Partner- Head of Connected Intelligence, Airbus, France
Building Information Modeling or BIM: A case study for an office development project in Paris
(1) Building Information Modeling (BIM) is now an established construction industry practice across the world.
The BIM process has garnered strong support of both professionals and policy makers. Lots...Read more
Stephane Gaux
Head of the development and property management department of BNP Real Estate, BNP Real Estate, France
Earthquake Underneath the Canal De Craponne
France, the 16th century. On June 22, 1567, the Honorable Adam de Craponne committed to dig a canal in order to water the vineyards, orchards, pastures and other properties belonging...Read more
Benoit Holvoote
Legal Counsel & Risk Manager, Ingredia, France
In-House Counsel in Parent Companies: A Balance Between Two Roles
One of the key-challenges for the in-house lawyers in parent companies remains to provide legal support to the Subsidiaries while ensuring the group governance.
These two roles are contradictory. However,...Read more
Gilles Mugnier
International affairs director, Sncf, France
About 'changed circumstances', 'imprévision' and 'commercial impractibility' in the light of the new art. 1195 of
the French civil code
The French civil code established in 1804 (also known as Code Napoleon) promoted the autonomy of the parties and minimal intervention of the judge in the performance of contractual obligations....Read more
Camelia Seghedi
In-house Counsel International Contracts and Public Tenders , JCDecaux , France
Intellectual Property Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), whatever the form (patents, trademarks, copyrights, software designs, know-how, trade secrets, domain names etc.), are key assets of a company which substantiate its unique expertise, commercial...Read more
Camelia Gardot
Compliance Partner- Head of Connected Intelligence, Airbus, France
Assessing and Protecting Yourself from the Corruption Risks When Acquiring an Industrial Business
In recent years, we have seen a growing demand for compliance around the world, in particular in the heavy industry business. Reasons for that is of course the increase in...Read more
Nicolas Tollet
Senior Compliance Officer, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, France
Gregoire Finance
Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, France
Connecting Lawyers for the Legal Workplace of Tomorrow
After two years into a three-year transformation program, Atos’ legal department, supported by its management team has created an integrated legal department which works effectively, each lawyer becoming an innovative...Read more
Alexandre Menais
EVP Group General Counsel, Atos International, France
EMIR : A Landmark Regulation with far-reaching Impacts on the EU Derivatives Business
Frédéric de Brouwer’s overview of the European Infrastructure Market Regulation (“EMIR”) is both timely and particularly relevant to in-house counsel in financial services. The clearing and reporting requirements applied to...Read more
Frédéric De-Brouwer
Senior Legal Counsel, Société Générale, France