CBR & Associés acts for many leading French companies, notably in the TMT, retail and energy sectors. The firm is considered a reference in the market for commercial, consumer, distribution and advertising law disputes. It has recently been retained to act in cases concerning new environmental and vaping-related issues and is handling several headline cases linked to the telecoms and energy fields where leading industry competitors are embroiled in litigation. Its litigation skills are coupled with compliance and strong negotiation know-how. Pierre-Olivier Chartier and Judith Vuillez are key names.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The team intervenes in high-level technical commercial and corporate law disputes. The service provided is constantly in line with clients’ expectations (or even beyond), this being the result of strong collaboration and excellent knowledge of their clients and their challenges.’
- ‘A very agile litigation team with excellent expertise in commercial litigation.’
- ‘Judith Vuillez is extremely available and responsive. She has solid and broad experience in various fields and an excellent understanding of the issues and challenges of her clients and their industry (regulatory, economic and competition context). These qualities allow her to provide excellent, pragmatic and adapted solutions. She provides legal support with extensive know-how in litigation management and a good sense of strategy, notably anticipating the possible actions of her opponents.’
- ‘Guillaume Soubiran is responsive and displays remarkable efficiency.’
- ‘Very high-quality work, very strong involvement in files and a keen sense of strategy.’
- ‘Pierre-Olivier Chartier is a remarkable professional, who has extensive knowledge of procedure and a keen sense of strategy. He always gives very good advice.’
- ‘Pierre-Olivier Chartier is a true litigation strategist, astute and always loyal.’
- ‘Pierre-Olivier Chartier is an extraordinary lawyer, undoubtedly one of the best of his generation: deeply involved in each case, immensely rigorous, an outstanding worker who measures neither his time nor his effort, attentive to the smallest detail, he is also reactive, combative and creative. He gives everything to his clients. All with deep respect for the opponent and professional rules. A model for many of his colleagues.’
Key clients
- ADIDAS
- ITV STUDIO
- BACARDI MARTINI FRANCE
- PROCTER & GAMBLE
- TETRA MEDIA FICTION
- TF1 PUBLICITE
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO
- ENALIA
- KAEFER WANNER
- SFR
- NEXTRADIOTV (éditeur BMTV et autres)
- SPORTSCOTV
- TOTALENERGIES
- PMU
- EUROVIA
- EUROPCAR
- ARAMIS
- NRJ
- GRDF
Work highlights
- Representing PMU in a damages claim initiated by sports betting operator BETCLIC further to a decision of the French Competition Authority.
- Representing SFR in a major dispute with another mobile service provider relating to unfair competition.
- Representing TotalEnergies in a dispute against EDF regarding the suspension of TotalEnergies's nuclear power supply contract for force majeure due to the Covid-19 outbreak and the consequences of government measures taken in this consideration.
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Pierre-Olivier Chartier, Judith Vuillez