A foreign company can do business in France in three ways: a liaison office, which may only prepare the ground;
Setting up in France as a foreign company: branch, subsidiary or liaison office? Read Post »
In most international bribery cases, the money was not paid by the company itself but by an intermediary it was
Export agents and intermediaries: managing bribery risk under Sapin II Read Post »
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), prohibits placing on the EU market, or exporting from it, seven commodities
EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR): what changes for importers Read Post »
A French company that receives a request for documents in US proceedings can neither ignore it nor answer it freely.
US discovery and the French Blocking Statute: how to handle a document request Read Post »
An international exclusive distribution agreement turns on four points that are handled badly when they are discovered along the way:
Exclusive distribution abroad: what your agreement must lock down Read Post »
Since the 2016 reform of French contract law, a business can end a contract its partner is not performing without
Mandat ad hoc and conciliation allow the director of a French business in difficulty to renegotiate its debts with its
Mandat ad hoc and conciliation in France: negotiating with creditors before insolvency Read Post »
A director who has personally guaranteed his company’s debts is not defenceless when the bank calls on the guarantee. For
When a customer enters safeguard, receivership (redressement judiciaire) or liquidation in France, an unpaid supplier has two months from publication
Under an existing contract, an increase in US tariffs falls first on the party the contract makes liable for import
US tariffs: who bears the increase under an existing contract? Read Post »
