Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is retained by multinationals as well as leading French and international companies (spanning the retail, TMT, pharmaceutical and automotive industries), financial institutions and investment banks to manage their most sensitive matters. The practice covers a high diversity of disputes, ranging from commercial litigation to regulatory and mass consumer and toxic claims. It also regularly acts in post M&A disputes and regularly represents banks and financial institutions in financial and banking disputes. The practice is co-headed by Stéphane Bénouville, Dimitri Lecat and Anne-Laure Vincent. Counsel Julie Chapuy provides support.
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‘Strong expertise in commercial and stock market litigation from Dimitri Lecat and Julie Chapuy.'
‘Remarkable intelligence in implementing strategies.'
Key clients
- France Fortress (Dashang Group)
- Barclays Bank PLC
Work highlights
- Advising two international automotive manufacturers in more than a hundred follow-on claims proceedings introduced in France following the EU commission decision sanctioning truck manufacturers for having exchanged information on gross trucks pricing and emission rules between 1997 and 2011.
- Representing a multinational technology company in four actions filed by the Minister for Economic Affairs before the Paris Commercial Court following an investigation conducted by the DIRECCTE regarding the conditions in which distribution contracts, entered into between our client and the four French phone carriers, were negotiated.