Contracts, Competition, Concentration, Distribution
The leading priority of a firm is to sell its products and services.
Its development places the firm in connection with various actors; it should build strong and professional business relationship with them.
The more it takes on a significant position in its market, the more attentive you should be good competitive balance is respected.
We intervenes to supervise the discussions, identify the specific applicable regulations, assist you in negotiations and formalise written agreements:
Pre-contractual stage :
- identifying the stakes of the future partnership
- identifying the optimal contractual pattern
- identifying the competent interlocutors at the future partner’s firm
- establishing preparatory agreements to protect the firm’s assets (confidentiality agreements, non calling upon personnel, negotiation agreements…)
- writing the letter of intention
- make a list of any mistakes possibly committed by the partner and notify them to them,
- preparing for negotiations (simulations, specifications…)
contractualisation with the partner:
- helping you with negotiations
- drafting the contractual documents
- assisting you at the closing
during the business relation :
- take note of the changes of situation and draft the additional clauses,
- identify the ways of transferring the contract
at the end of the contract or when it is breached:
- develop the withdrawal scenarios
- accompany the implementation
Contracts
Distribution
Competition
Concentration
Consumption
Contracts
- Audit of current contract or proposed by the firm’s partners
- Assistance concerning the choice and setting up of marketing techniques: advertising, rebates, promotions, sales, games and competitions…
- Negotiation, drafting and formalization of commercial contracts
- Negotiation, drafting and formalization of cooperation agreements: research and development, manufacture, sponsoring, management of rights, marketing …
- Negotiation, drafting and formalization of company agreements: construction, sub-contracts, maintenance,…
- Negotiation, drafting and formalization of financing and leasing agreements
- Drafting of commercial documents: general terms of sale, sales agreements, procurement contracts, contracts for the performance of services
- Negotiation, drafting and formalization of separate commercial cooperation and performance of services agreements; assistance in the setting up of relations with groups
- Assistance in breaking off commercial relations
- Identification, then negotiation, drafting and formalization of commercial contracts made necessary by withdrawal from the structure of a group
Distribution
- Negotiation and drafting of distribution agreements and setting up of distribution networks
- Negotiation and drafting of sales and intermediation agreements
- Assistance in the reorganisation of distribution networks and in the breach of distribution agreements
- Assistance in breaking off sales representatives’ contracts
Competition
- Analysis of the compliance of commercial relations with competition law
- Recommendations in the event of anti-competitive practises
- Management of abuse of dominant position situations
- Assistance within the scope of competition surveys
- Assistance and representation before the Competition Council, the European Commission and the appeal bodies
Concentration
- Assistance and representation within the scope of a notification of a concentration operation with national and community competition authorities
Consumption
- Analysis of the compliance of the commercial procedures and advertising or promotional documents with the laws on consumption
- Assistance within the scope of consumption surveys
Your privileged interlocutors
In Lyon
Michel BAILLY
Edouard BERTRAND
Alexandre BIDEAU
André GAST
Jean-Pierre GITENAY
Michel MASOËRO
Vincent MEDAIL
Patrick VERGNOLE
In Paris
