Patricia Khoury and Juliette Migeon join our team
We are expanding our teams with the arrival of two future members of the Paris Bar: Patricia Khoury and Juliette Migeon. Patricia Khoury was already a member of the Cairo Bar (Egypt) before passing the Paris Bar admission exams. She is fluent in French, English and Arabic, and will strengthen our Middle East and Gulf […]
Anti-money laundering and anti-financing of terrorism regulation in commercial and civil litigation
A company specialising in prepaid bank cards distribution brought an action against a competitor before the Commercial Court on the basis of Article 145 of the Code of Civil Procedure (which provides that a party may request pretrial investigative measures) to request document discovery. The defendant brought a counterclaim based on unfair competition resulting from […]
Latest news in civil law
The fulfilment or failure of a condition precedent (CP) must be assessed on the date of termination of the contract, and any fulfilment of the CP after this date is irrelevant. In the present case, an architect agreement, which failed to comply with the provisions of the Consumer Code protecting real property investors, must be […]
UK courts issue conflicting rulings on anti-suit injunctions concerning ICC arbitrations in Paris
In recent months, UK courts have issued several decisions, some of them contradictory, on applications for anti-suit injunctions (“ASIs”) – a common law relief ordering a party not to bring legal actions in a jurisdiction or forum other than the one provided for in the contract – in disputes involving ICC arbitration clauses with a […]
Environmental Obligations of States: Legal Support for the Planet
A two-week hearing before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (the “Tribunal”) in Hamburg, Germany, concluded on 25 September 2023. The hearing aimed to clarify the obligations of States under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (“UNCLOS”) in relation to the protection and preservation of marine environments from […]