Mermoz est un cabinet d’avocats d’affaires indépendant pluri-disciplinaire disposant d’un savoir-faire de premier plan dans le cadre d’opérations transactionnelles, notamment dans le secteur du private equity.Composé d’équipes expérimentées, le cabinet compte 25 avocats et intervient tant en conseil qu’en contentieux. Cette dualité permet d’accompagner ses clients tout au long de leurs projets et opérations stratégiques, quelles qu’en soient la nature et l’évolution, en leur apportant sécurité juridique et les clés pour décider.

APERWIN is an international law firm specialized in Contract Management and Legal Project Management. As true business partner offering a hands-on project approach APERWIN accompanies its clients in the successful implementation of their complex projects and enables them to make timely strategic decisions.

We focus on optimizing performance of complex projects by managing Contracts.Our added value lies in the unique combination of Legal expertise and Contract management know-how.We provide End-to-End Legal and Contract Management and Risk Management services from pre-bid to project closeout :• Draft Terms and Conditions for Turnkey projects (FIDIC, NEC…), Consortium agreements, Sub-contracts, Purchase Orders etc. ;• Review and redline draft Requests for Proposal, Offers and contracts during the Bidding Phase ;• Assess, define and communicate legal and contractual risks and recommend solutions to minimize them, through honed understanding of stakes• Implement action plan to anticipate risks and minimize consequences at all stages of the contract lifecycle• Negotiate Customer and Consortium Contracts in cooperation with operational teams ;• Identify, assess, manage risks and opportunities for claims and change orders during project execution ;• Draft contractual argumentation to justify additional work• Negotiate and defend additional work in front of clients, consortium partners, customers, suppliers• Defend interests against claims received• Define and implement action plan to recover rightful claims• Advise operational teams on the contractual impact of technical specifications• Coordinate cross-functional contractual matters for operations, finance, legal, purchasing, sales departmentsMAIN ACHIEVEMENTS FOR OUR CLIENTS:• Avoid costs incurred due to claims for delays, over-budgeting, penalties, renewals, guarantees, warranties…• Ensure payment of contractual fines and penalties • Reduce extra costs incurred in the preparation of claims defense• Liberate project teams involved in the contract enabling them to focus on their added value• Enable functional and operational teams to work collaboratively• Enhance customer focus and no-stress partnerships • Manage increasing complexity and volume of contracts

Transport of radioactive cargo and design, licensing, manufacturing of packaging of nuclear material€ 300 M – 1000 employees – 8 worldwide affiliates1) Dynamic positioning of the legal team as a vital player in the Business Strategy:- Integrate legal risks as critical criteria in go/no go decision making process for sales offers and purchasing negotiations;- Promote efficient and pragmatic management of legal risks by integrating local regulations and operational considerations;2) Firmly ensconce Contract Management culture to mitigate risks and improve operational performance:- Coach and train top international managers on Contract Management in the Nuclear Field;- Harmonize Contract Management methodology transversally in France, Japan, and the US;3) Establish the Areva TN legal team as the leading reference for nuclear transportation law in the industry:- Lead conferences targeting industry stakeholders to influence and establish standards (PATRAM, WNTI...) ;- Head legal operations for crisis management of international Class 7 shipments.

1) Optimize legal and contractual strategies to secure all EPC contractual agreements and ensure project implementation for all stages of EPR Technology Reactor Constructions in Europe & Africa:- Conception phase: Hinkley Point Project (UK), 3200 mega watts, 2 ReactorsFinalize Alliance Agreements with the Utilities;Secure legal risks for EPR Generic Design Assessment by Regulatory Agency.- Bid phase: South Africa Nuclear 1 Project, 2 Reactors (+ 10 units in option)Validate FIDIC conditions of commercial offer (including localization) in collaboration with Consortium partners (EDF, Bouygues, local engineering firm Aveng).- Early construction phase: Flamanville 3, France, 1 ReactorManage legal team to defend AREVA interests during high-stakes claims and contracts negotiations with the customer and subcontractors.- Construction in progress: Olkiluoto 3, Finland, 1 ReactorInitiate and manage the Amicable Dispute Resolution Process in coordination with Contract Managers (Several hundreds of outstanding claims);Successfully negotiate consolidation of civil works contracts to minimize interfaces.2) Conclude contract negotiations and manage litigations with customers, partners and suppliers in tight collaboration with operations teams:- USA: nuclear steam generators (€50M)- Brazil: nuclear steam generators and purchase orders with local supplier (€40M)- China: heavy components with local partners (€30M)- Belgium : develop legal arguments with technical experts to defend company interests in anti-nuclear dispute concerning NNP safety- Canada: conclude settlement agreement for over costs with Canadian partner (€9M)- Spain: resolve minor legal disputes