We have acknowledged experience in litigation proceedings. We are frequently active in litigation involving businesses or consumers, and in proceedings specific to company law and intellectual property law.

We are most frequently called on to act in the following areas:

Litigation proceedings involving businesses, or consumers:

• failure to perform contracts, including:
  • contracts for transferring ownership of assets;
  • management contracts;
  • confidentiality agreements;
  • non-competition clauses;
  • distribution contracts (franchises, sales dealerships, commercial agencies, etc);
  • property sales;
  • contracts concluded with public authorities;
• honest market practices, protection from competition, consumer protection;
• procedures for receivership and bankruptcy;
• legal proceedings under the urgent and quasi-urgent procedures;

Litigation proceedings specific to company law:

• action in warranty after transfer of ownership of shares;
• exclusion or withdrawal of a shareholder;
• liquidations;
• invoking the liability of a company’s executives;
• suspension or cancellation of a decision made by any of a society’s organs;
• mechanisms for release from joint-venture contracts;

Litigation proceedings with regard to intellectual property law:

• appeals against decisions of the European Union Intellectual Property Office and the Benelux Intellectual Property Office;
• alleged violation of the intellectual property rights of a company or a private individual, before courts and tribunals;
• confiscation in relation to counterfeiting.

All our partners are regularly active in litigation proceedings in their respective areas of expertise.