Between September and December 2015, two lawyers from LAMY LEXEL went to London and Manchester for a two months’ immersion in law firms which are partners in the PLG International Lawyers network. Besides the knowledge of Anglo-Saxon legal practice, this will be the opportunity to meet players in the economic and legal worlds in order to benefit from a better network of international support for their customers. Read more

European legislation (European regulation (CE) n°44/2001, article 23) recognises the validity of an attributive clause of jurisdiction, only on condition that one of the parties resides in one of the member states and that the designated jurisdiction is that of one of the member states, without the necessity of the parties having the statute of trader. Hypothetically, French jurisdiction should therefore override national law concerning the validity of attributive clauses, which include the statute of trader of all parties, to give precedence to the more flexible European regulations which do not retain this criterion. Read more