Our Offices in Paris
Our offices in Paris serve as a gateway to France and Europe. Through our offices in Paris, we provide legal services in France and across Francophone Civil Law Jurisdictions. Our mastery of the Laws of France and of the Arab countries allows us to offer legal advice with a comparative law approach to businesses that operate in the Middle East and Europe.
Our team is completely trilingual and provides seamless legal services in Arabic, English and French. Our attorneys have rights of audience before French Courts and hold the prestigious title of Agrégé of the French Faculties of Law which is the highest academic recognition that is bestowed upon French Law practitioners.
Members of our team include graduates of Harvard Law School, Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas and Saint-Joseph University as well as Law Professors who teach at some of the most prestigious universities in Paris.
Our Services
- Arbitration: Representation in French, English and Arabic proceedings in France and abroad, including ICC, LCIA, DIAC, CRCICA, SIAC, VIAC and ad hoc arbitrations. Expertise in mediation and multi-language expert reports.
- Construction: Full support on construction law from project inception to completion, procurement, contract drafting (including FIDIC) and dispute resolution.
- Contracts: Advisory on French commercial and civil law matters, enforceability of agreements, and drafting/negotiating commercial documentation including agency, distributorship and franchising agreements.
- Commercial Agencies & Franchises: Negotiation, drafting and compliance of agency and distributorship agreements, advising on dealer protection laws, compensation issues, and representation in courts and arbitral proceedings.
- Corporate/M&A: Advisory on M&A, capital markets, private equity, funds, joint ventures, financings, reorganizations, spinoffs, alliances and other business combinations.
- Energy & Infrastructure: Structuring, acquisition, financing and implementation of projects in power, oil & gas, PPPs, and related disputes.
- Legal Consultancy: Issuing scientific legal opinions with deep academic insights. Expertise across all practice areas in Arabic, English and French. Senior Partners are Agrégés and renowned Law Professors.
- Litigation: Full litigation services before French courts, including civil and commercial disputes, cross-border matters, and private international law.
- Logistics & Transportation: Advising on transport law including corporate/M&A, compliance, employment, maritime, environmental, carrier liability and dispute resolution.
- Sovereign Governments & International Institutions: Expertise in investor-state disputes, sovereign immunity, arbitration from investment treaties, and enforcement of awards against state-owned assets.