Méthode pédagogique :

• Des ateliers de rédaction et des cas pratiques sont organisés tout au long des exposés et en fonction des besoins des participants pour une assimilation rapide et une mise en œuvre concrète des notions exposées.

Programme :
 
Company law

• The forms of establishment in France
• Subsidiary or branch
• How to choose the corporate forms? Minimum capital, tax registration, different kinds of management structures
• Specific regulatory requirements for different sector
• Opening bank accounts – Signatory powers
• Control the financing of the operation
• Share capital
• What form of debt?
• What sort of security?
• Director’s duties and liabilities
• What duties exist and what liabilities may be incurred?
• What insurance is available?

Case study: identify duties owed

• Tax optimisation
• Corporate tax, income tax on individuals, principal bases for deduction
• Business tranfers
• Mergers, share or stock sales, business sales
• Insolvency procedures
• Role of liquidators

Contracts under French civil law

• Formation and execution of agreements
• Pre-contractual negotiations and liability
• Parties: legal representatives and signature
• Transfer and retention of title
• Effect of general terms of sale/purchase
• Damage & limitation of liability
• Assignment clauses
• Ending contractual relationships and non-judicial remedies
• Termination clauses
• Penalty clauses
• Workshop: termination clauses
• French contract law
• Sale and distribution
• Commercial agency
• Real property leases
• Service agreements
• Sub-contracting
• Choice of forum for dispute resolution
• Arbitration v. French courts
• Overview of French judicial system and arbitration institutions
• Recognition and enforcement of court decisions and awards in France

Workshop: selecting and drafting a valid and enforceable dispute resolution clause

Animateur :

• Bruno LANGLOIS
• Avocat à la Cour
• NEWTON