Preel Hecquet Payet-Godel PHPG Avocats

The firm: The law firm Préel Hecquet Payet-Godel (PHPG) was founded in 2007 by three former partners of Clyde & Co. Paris, Jean-Marie Préel, Françoise Hecquet and Jean-Baptiste Payet-Godel, who had been working together for more than 15 years before.

Jean-Marie Préel is an ancien secrétaire de la Conférence du stage and a former member of the Paris Bar Counsil.

Françoise Hecquet is a current member of the Paris Bar Council. She is also the current deputy communication manager at the UIA (Union Internationale des Avocats).

Françoise has also been trained as a mediator at the IEAM and the CMAP.

The firm features highly experienced litigators that frequently appear before commercial, civil, administrative and criminal French courts as well as arbitral tribunals. The firm also has great experience assisting its clients in court expertise proceedings and alternative dispute resolution modes such as mediation.

PHPG’s lawyers combine legal expertise with an understanding of strategic issues and a thorough knowledge of their clients’ business.

Since its formation the firm has been renowned for its expertise in industrial risks, construction, product liability, insurance law and commercial law. It has also increased its competence in tourism law, gross negligence (faute inexcusable), personal injury and criminal law.

PHPG assists public and private French and international corporations.

PHPG’s team includes lawyers with double French and foreign qualification/Bar admissions (LLB, LLM, New York Bar). In addition to the three partners, who are also its co-founders, PHPG is currently employing seven lawyers and welcomes trainees.

To date, PHPG has five more associates than when it was founded in 2007.

Areas of practice: PHPG offers its services in litigation matters as well as in advising its clients in drafting insurance policies or contracts such as general terms and conditions for sale or for purchase.

The firm’s main areas of expertise are industrial risks, construction, product liability, insurance law and commercial law.

The commercial law practice of PHPG covers the application of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods and all issues related to international private law (jurisdiction, conflict of laws).

In addition to the representation of its clients before commercial, civil, criminal and administrative courts or arbitral tribunals, the litigation practice extends to the assistance of its clients in judicial expertise proceedings.

PHPG’s lawyers are aware of the strategic importance of this first step of litigation and have developed thorough experience as well as a useful network of experts and loss adjusters. They are used to working with their clients’ engineers and legal officers in order to best defend the case and, when possible and appropriate, settle it at the earliest stages.

When appropriate, PHPG’s lawyers encourage their clients to use alternative dispute resolution modes.

In addition to their legal expertise, the partners and associates of the firm have a clear understanding of strategic issues and a thorough knowledge of their clients’ business and products.