Avocat, Paris Bar
Your business crosses borders. So does your lawyer.
Maritime law, international trade, enforcement of judgments abroad. A single point of contact, from the contract to recovery.
Where to start
What is your situation?
Choose the door that fits. The analyses, guides and case law you need are behind it.
Your business is maritime
Ships, yachts, carriage of goods, incidents at sea: in mainland France and the French overseas territories.
ENTER → II.You export or import
Customs, origin, sanctions, dual-use goods, Incoterms: securing each shipment before it leaves.
ENTER → III.You need a decision enforced
Having a judgment or an award recognised, in France or abroad, and reaching the debtor’s assets.
ENTER → IV.A dispute with a business partner
Unpaid invoices, abrupt termination, a demand guarantee called: act quickly, and before the right court.
ENTER →Another question? All practice areas, including business law and real estate law. To see the firm at work: a few matters we have handled.
The firm’s library
What we know, we write down.
22 practical guides in English, a weekly legal update in four practice areas, articles and case notes published in French law reviews. Free to read.
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Featured guide
Exporting from France 2026, from order to payment
Ten parts: checking the customer and the goods, origin and customs value, the Vienna Convention, Incoterms, transfer of risk, VAT, dual-use goods and sanctions.
The firm
One lawyer, from advice to enforcement.
Hervé Guyader has practised at the Paris Bar since 2011. A Doctor of private law from Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, he chairs the French Committee for International Trade Law and co-chairs the International Trade Committee of the Paris Bar.
The firm advises companies, shipowners and private clients whenever their interests extend beyond a single national legal system. Work is conducted in English and French.
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