Avocat Droit des affaires

Macfarlanes LLP supports companies and commercial agents in the commercial law/distribution issues they face, both in advisory and litigation matters.

• Commercial leases
• Transfer of business assets
• Unfair competition
• Commercial agents
• General commercial litigation
• Franchise agreement
• Commercial contracts

Macfarlanes LLP works with business owners / commercial agents concerned with securing and optimizing the organization of their economic activity. In this context, the Commercial Law team notably has recognized expertise in legal matters relating to business assets. In particular, it advises various economic actors at all stages of business asset transfers: negotiation, drafting, formalities..., supporting both sellers and buyers.

Commercial litigation lawyer

The firm has a long-standing and recognized practice in commercial advice and litigation: drafting commercial contracts, complex contractual clauses, general terms and conditions of sale and purchase, structuring of commercial relationships. But also, with regard to litigation, contract performance, warranties of liabilities, contractual liability claims, wrongful non-performance, payment defaults, debt recovery, warranty for hidden and apparent defects, advice and litigation relating to general terms and conditions of sale and purchase.

The firm provides advice in pre-litigation and in the development of a strategy relating to unfair competition (bailiff's report, authorization by the judge of requests, assistance of the company in gathering evidence…), as well as in helping to quantify the financial damage suffered (loss of turnover, loss of customers…), through the production of accounting and financial documents.

Contract drafting lawyer

Macfarlanes LLP also assists companies in setting up contractual models for the prevention of unfair competition (non-competition, exclusivity, non-solicitation or non-reinstatement clauses, penalty clauses…).

Macfarlanes LLP assists and defends its clients in the context of judicial proceedings, as well as MARL (alternative dispute resolution methods), following possible acts of unfair competition (interim proceedings to stop a manifestly unlawful disturbance, preventive judicial measures, action for damages, legal actions relating to convictions for acts of disparagement, poaching of employees, parasitism, violation of non-compete clauses, failure to reinstate, etc.).