Contentieux civil et commercial & Pénal des affaires

Dispute Resolution : • Pre-action claims• Implementation of a legal strategy, both for claimants and defendants• Implementation of provisional and interim measures both in France and abroad• Drafting of documents• Transactional negotiations• Pleadings• Enforcement proceedings both in France and abroadLegal 500 - First-tier recommendations : Veil Jourde’s all-star team includes Jean Veil, Pierre-François Veil, Eric Deubel, Georges Jourde and Emmanuel Rosenfeld. The firm advises many high-profile clients. Most major cases involve Veil Jourde. The firm successfully defended Total and its CEO in the oil for food litigation. Former budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac also recently instructed the firm. The team includes Emmanuel Rosenfeld, Georges Jourde, Pierre-François Veil, François Esclatine and the ‘excellent’ Jean Veil.

• Stock market flotations by public offer or private placement ;• Relations with the AMF ;• Relations with auditors ;• Secretarial services and advice at meetings of boards of directors and general meetings ;• Assistance with drafting registration documents ;• Drafting the minutes of meetings of deliberating bodies ;• Advice on the introduction of rules of governance and compliance and the formation of specific committees ;• Assistance to Veolia on the regulated NYSE Euronext Paris market.

Dispute Resolution, Business Law & Employment lawLegal 500 - Top-tier recommendations : Gide delivers ‘good-quality work’ and assists many leading companies such as EDF and Rio Tinto Alcan. The 26-lawyer team has recently advised on collective redundancy, site closure and working time issues as well as the negotiation of new collective agreements. Key names include Baudouin de Moucheron, Aurélien Boulanger, David Jonin, Anne Boileau, the ‘very dedicated’ Foulques de Rostolan, newly promoted partner Guillaume Navarro and the highly respected François Vergne, who joined from Morgan Lewis LLP.

Merger & Acquisition, Securities Law (private and public offerings) & Corporate Law.

Dispute Resolution & Banking

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