International trade law

On 12 May 2026, a Chinese coil winding manufacturer tells its customer in Lyon, a mid-sized company that makes electric

In January 2026, an irrigation equipment distributor in Bordeaux orders 6,000 brass fittings from a manufacturer in Bursa, Turkey, for

An automotive parts maker in the Arve valley has been buying bar-turned parts since 2014 from a Portuguese subcontractor in

A small company in Nantes has been importing cotton work gloves made in Pakistan for ten years, and since 2023

A dollar transfer cleared in New York, a US component worth eleven per cent of a machine’s value, an employee

A foreign judgment is not recovered in France through exequatur proceedings alone, but by seizing assets identified in advance. The

Where a contract has been affected by the EU sanctions against Russia, Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 prohibits

A clause requiring mediation before arbitration is not boilerplate. Under French law, a mandatory prior conciliation or mediation clause, provided

When a foreign State expropriates, withdraws a licence, blocks transfers or treats an investor arbitrarily, the contract and the local

In most international bribery cases, the money was not paid by the company itself but by an intermediary it was