If you operate a commercial, industrial or artisanal business within premises (offices, such as headquarters, are concerned as well), you are affected by the rules on commercial lease agreements under French law. The latest edition of our monthly “Less Is More” newsletter highlights the main points you need to know about the matter. Download the fact…
Since 1975, the French law on subcontracting is mandatory, and any contractual provision contrary to this Law null and void. What are the main rules for subcontracting in France? What if the subcontractor is not accepted? What risks for the client? Learn more in this factsheet from our new series “Legal toolbox”. DOWNLOAD THE FACTSHEET
Carrying on from decree no. 2019-771 of 23 July 2019 “relating to obligations to take action to reduce energy consumption in buildings for tertiary use” (known as the “tertiary decree”), a recently published order should make it possible for the parties concerned to obtain concrete data to implement their final energy consumption reduction targets. Here…
The limitation of liability clause is one of the points at the centre of negotiations on the conclusion of contracts under French law. The rift between the interests of the parties is particularly wide here: The client usually insists on unlimited liability on the part of the contractor, in particular with regard to the financial…
It would be an understatement to say that the news, revealed by the newspaper Les Echos on September 16, that the Ministry of Economy and Finance was, for budgetary reasons, reportedly considering “renegotiating” the solar power purchase contracts concluded by producers and EDF Obligation d’Achat (or other obligated buyers) before 2011, has had the effect…
The Massenberg Group, a portfolio company of DPE Deutsche Private Equity (“DPE”), has acquired the French Aéro Solutions SAS (“Aéro Solutions”). The acquisition is subject to the condition precedent of regulatory approvals. The seller of Aéro Solutions’ shares is the founder and CEO of Aéro Solutions, Sebastian Thielkes, who will continue to manage the company.…
The Covid 19 crisis has prompted various European governments to hastily review their policies for foreign direct investment control. On 25 March 2020, the President of the European Commission called on Member States to protect their security and economic sovereignty and to “preserve EU companies and critical assets, notably in areas such as health, medical…
Over the past two months, the health crisis and the lockdown associated with the Covid-19 have profoundly changed the employment world (home office; production shutdown and site closures, introduction of safety rules to protect the health of employees and limit the spread of the epidemic, etc.). Although the French government has announced a gradual end…
International arbitration proceedings, by definition, allow parties to settle their disputes worldwide. In particular, they allow parties from different jurisdictions and with different legal backgrounds to do so. With a constantly growing number of international arbitration matters over the last decades, cases in which parties with a common law background faced parties with a civil…
By order n° 2017-1387 of 22 September 2017, the government established a scale to evaluate the compensation that a company must pay to an employee if his/her dismissal is declared to be without real and serious grounds. By virtue of this said “Macron” scale, the amount of compensation granted by judges must obligatorily fall between…