OUR AREAS OF EXPERTISE
The GBA law firm assists, advises (in French and English), and represents clients before all courts, offering services to French and international companies of all sizes (large groups, SMEs, mid-sized enterprises, start-ups) operating in the French market or internationally, across all sectors (maritime and land works, high technology, industrial sector, construction, real estate, semiconductor market, engineering and design offices, automotive distribution, green energy production, wine industry activities, etc.).
The GBA firm also advises shareholders, partners, business leaders, and investors to support them in implementing their legal and financial strategies (equity participation, share transfers, shareholders’ agreements).
Each lawyer at the firm has a strong background and experience in business law and is proficient in business English.
Contractual matters
The GBA law firm assists businesses in negotiating and drafting all types of contracts in French and English related to the sectors of activity of its clients, including construction contracts, cooperation agreements, “turnkey” contracts, sales and purchase agreements for all types of products, technology licensing and technology transfer agreements, distribution agreements, service contracts, subcontracting contracts, offshore contracts, etc.
With extensive experience in contractual matters, the GBA firm has developed specific expertise in this area.
The firm offers its clients “tailored” support for drafting their contracts both in France and internationally, ensuring that the negotiations and agreements between the parties are fully and precisely reflected in the contract.
The goal is to understand the technical, commercial, and financial context in which the contract operates, as well as the expectations and needs of our corporate clients based on the nature of their activities, their markets, and the associated contractual risks.
We draft our contracts always guided by the maxim of Nicolas Boileau: “What is well conceived is clearly expressed, and the words to express it come easily.”
A clear and balanced contract ensures an effective and harmonious business relationship and guarantees the swift and informed management of any potential disputes that may arise during the contract’s execution.
The aim is to prevent disputes and avoid costly and uncertain litigation through careful and well-informed drafting.
In summary, the expert lawyers at GBA will support you from the initial discussions with your partners through to the signing of the contract and the monitoring of its proper execution.
Our areas of expertise:
- Company creation, management, and dissolution.
- High-level financial operations.
- Drafting of bylaws and shareholder agreements.
- Corporate governance and directors’ responsibilities.
In corporate law
Our teams handle all operations related to corporate law and serve all types of clients (industrialists, financial investors, families, and business leaders).
Our areas of expertise:
- Company creation with the drafting of customized bylaws, shareholder agreements, and family agreements to prevent potential conflicts from the outset of business activities;
- Mergers and acquisitions (negotiation and drafting of various agreements related to these operations, such as letters of intent, confidentiality agreements, purchase and sale contracts, warranty agreements, financing contracts, conducting audits on contracts, companies, etc.);
- Fundraising (capital increases, issuance of shares and hybrid securities, issuance of bonds, etc.);
- Structuring of corporate groups (intragroup agreements, implementation of power delegations, asset contributions, restructuring);
- Corporate governance (annual approval of accounts, business transfers, changes in management, entry and exit of partners, etc.).
The teams at GBA law firm support French and international companies, as well as business leaders, in all areas of labor law.
In a highly specialized area of law where advisory services and litigation defense have become complementary and inseparable, GBA law firm relies on this dual expertise to
provide its clients with pragmatic and effective solutions in a field where psychological and emotional factors are essential, and the financial risks for businesses are significant.
In labor law
Our areas of expertise:
- Individual labor relations (drafting employment contracts, modifications of employment contracts, managing human resources and daily labor law issues, disciplinary sanctions, etc.)
- Managing employment contract terminations (all types of dismissals for personal and economic reasons, mutual agreement terminations, resignations)
- Social audit and risk assessment
- Setting up and monitoring employee representative bodies
- Collective compensation systems: profit-sharing, employee participation, stock option plans
- Labor criminal law (worksite accidents)
- Handling all labor-related disputes before labor tribunals, social chambers of appellate courts, and criminal courts.
In intellectual property law
Intellectual property rights are key intangible assets for businesses, particularly in high-tech sectors (such as the development of integrated circuits, software, etc.).
The creation, management, and protection of intellectual property rights represent a major strategic challenge for companies.
As elements of differentiation, brand recognition, and drivers of innovation and creativity, their protection, exploitation, and valuation are critical to your development and competitiveness.
To meet these challenges, our team supports you in filing and protecting your trademarks, designs, and models, as well as in managing and protecting your technological know-how.
We draft all agreements related to intellectual and industrial property (licensing agreements, assignment of rights, non-disclosure agreements, joint technological development agreements, co-ownership of patents, etc.).
Whether for day-to-day matters or more complex operations, our teams assist you in providing the best solutions to optimize the management, valuation, and protection of your intellectual property rights on technologies developed by our corporate clients.
Public Business Law
GBA law firm also provides advisory and litigation services in the field of public business law.
Our areas of expertise:
- Management of administrative contracts with state authorities and local governments
- Public procurement (award procedures, litigation regarding annulment or execution)
- Debt collection from public authorities
- Pre-contractual and contractual interim measures (referés)
In Litigation
The GBA law firm team assists and represents businesses and their leaders in all disputes related to their activities and before all jurisdictions (commercial, civil, labor, administrative, criminal, and arbitration courts).
Our team, with extensive experience in litigation, particularly in business disputes, regularly intervenes:
- Proactively to defuse and manage conflicts between companies or within companies (disputes between partners, conflicts with employees, etc.)
- Reactively if prior amicable solutions have failed.
We ensure the criminal defense of our clients in business criminal law and labor criminal law.
We also handle all disputes related to the collection of commercial debts and accounts receivable.
Additionally, we support our clients during difficult times in the life of their business, particularly in managing financial difficulties and collective procedures that may arise (conciliation, safeguard proceedings, judicial recovery, and judicial liquidation).
We advise and defend business leaders when their personal liability is called into question.
The initiation of litigation when the company is the claimant, or the organization of a legal defense when the company or its leaders are under scrutiny, involves:
- Extensive analysis of the facts and case documents
- A comprehensive understanding of the context and stakes of the case
- A detailed and thorough legal analysis of the situation
- The development of a coherent and compelling argument in both fact and law to convince the court
- A clear, concise, and persuasive pleading
Once again, we emphasize the importance of applying Nicolas Boileau’s maxim, which reminds us: “What is well conceived is clearly expressed, and the words to express it come easily.”
The practice of both advisory and litigation services in business law enables our teams to approach business disputes efficiently and pragmatically, with very positive results and favorable decisions for our clients.
Knowing how to speak to judges in our conclusions and pleadings, depending on the type of court, and having the right pedagogy toward a tribunal are key elements for a procedure to reach a favorable outcome.
