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Alexandre specialises in arbitration, litigation and dispute resolution principally on behalf of Life Sciences (pharmaceutical, medical devices and biotech) companies and significant players in highly-regulated industries. His experience as a litigator mainly covers product liability, breach of contract, break off of negotiations, comparative advertising and claim recovery. He is also a member of the firm's Crime, Fraud and Investigations Group. He also has significant expertise in transactional and licensing negotiations, compliance audits and advice on regulatory matters, advising notably sponsors of clinical trials (including on data protection issues), and major companies in the sector on pricing, reimbursement, advertising and commercial practices. Alexandre is experienced in crisis management and frequently liaises with the French regulatory authorities on behalf of industry players. Alexandre advises insurers and reinsurers, especially in the fields of professional and product liability. His experience includes regulatory advice (audit of insurance programmes for compliance with French insurance law), risk analysis, coverage analysis, settlement negotiations with the insured, and representation of the insurer (and/or the insured, according to the terms of the insurance policy) before French Courts. He coordinates the activities of the Intellectual Property team in the Paris office of Simmons & Simmons.
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Christian is a member of the corporate and mergers and acquisitions groups in our Paris office. The core of his practice consists of advising on private mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, with an emphasis on the TMT sector. Most of Christian's work is cross-border, often involving investments in France or in other French-speaking countries (particularly in Africa). Christian qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1996, and is registered with the Paris bar. He practises both French and English law. His recent work includes: advising Areva on its partnership with KEPCO (Korea Electric Power Corporation) by which KEPCO took a 10% indirect stake in the Imouraren uranium mine in Niger; advising MTN Group on its acquisitions of mobile telecoms operators in Congo Brazzaville and Ivory Coast and advising Ecocem Materials on its joint venture with ArcelorMittal for the production of environmentally friendly cement.
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Etienne is a partner specialises in product liability and commercial litigation. He mainly advises clients acting in pharmaceutical industry. He regularly assists or represents companies in criminal cases including product liability, public medical supply contracts or relationship between industry and healthcare professionals.
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Jacques-Antoine is a partner in the Paris office, he is a general commercial lawyer, acting mainly for major industrial groups - notably high tech and pharmaceutical companies - shareholders of such groups or investment funds. He represents his clients in regulatory matters, transactions and disputes involving commercial and/or liability issues. Jacques-Antoine works in contract law including termination of agreements, transfer of agreements, advertising and distribution networks. He has notably participated in recent major operations, concerning regulatory and competition law for a high tech manufacturer. He has been involved in major product liability cases and has recently won a highly publicized case before the French Supreme judicial court on behalf of a multinational industrial firm (September 2003).
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Laurence is a partner in the Paris office. Laurence assists French and international clients on all aspects of French employment law both in contentious and non-contentious matters. This includes namely drafting employment documentation, individual and collective dismissals, collective relationships and negotiations, working time (35-hour law), high-level litigations, employment aspects of restructuring and corporate deals.
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Thierry specialises in corporate finance with a particular focus on stock exchange and financial markets, in particular public takeovers, initial public offerings, listings on Euronext and rights issues. He also has an extensive knowledge of finance litigation with a specific experience in the area of judicial and disciplinary proceedings before French courts and market regulators in connection with alleged breaches of stock exchange regulations and white collar crimes. He advises investment banks, insurance companies and public companies on mergers and acquisitions transactions, capital markets work (equity) and has been involved in privatisations.
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Yves heads the Paris Office energy, natural resources and infrastructure projects team. He advises international corporate clients, funds, financial institutions and governments on the most complex power, water, natural resources (mining and oil & gas) and infrastructure projects internationally with a particular focus on France and North and Sub-Saharan Africa. He regularly speaks at energy and natural resources conferences in France and internationally.