Offering legal assistance to businesses in France, helping navigate the complexities of the French market.
Services are provided for drafting and reviewing legal documents, as well as handling company incorporation formalities.
Representation for your company in legal proceedings is offered. Contact for more information about available services.
During your activity in France, you may be required to meet, integrate or leave a distribution or franchise network. Various questions may arise such as the exclusive or selective nature of the network, the transmission of know-how, confidentiality obligations or the achievement of objectives.
George APOSTOL is a lawyer who graduated from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne in private law and private international law, and has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2014. He is bilingual (EN – FR) and advises French and foreign companies with particular expertise with English-speaking companies operating on the French market.
With an international clientele, my firm can work with you on issues related to distribution in France. I can assess with you the legal issues of your company, proposing appropriate solutions to your situation.
Contacting a lawyer will allow you to better secure your commitments of exclusivity, confidentiality, and transfer of know-how, taking into account, if necessary, the impact of competition law. With a capacity to advise and negotiate in two languages (FR – EN), my firm can defend the interests of your company on various issues such as:
Drafting and amendment of the framework agreement
Supply clauses and ranges of products subject to the contract
Exclusivity, local preference, non-competition clauses
Targets’ clauses
Integration of a franchise network, exclusive or selective distribution
Impact of competition law
Exiting the network
Termination of business relationships
Bilingual negotiation, amicable dispute resolution, or if necessary litigation are among the areas of intervention.
From the drafting of various contracts to litigation, I assist companies during the different phases of their development in France:
Day-to-day advice for management and operational staff
Intervention in negotiations
Drafting of contracts, memoranda of understanding
Mediation and settlement
Representation before administrations and courts in France
Is your company faced with a clause to be interpreted, a distribution contract to be drafted, a commercial operation to be secured, and would like to be advised by a law firm?
Whether the problem relates to a particular clause or a larger contractual package, the solutions can be adapted to your situation. Do not hesitate to contact the firm.
The office is located in the center of Paris, between the house of the French Parliament (Assemblée Nationale) and Saint-Germain des Prés.
Several parkings are available (200 to 400 m). Appointments can be scheduled by phone or email.
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