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Enforcement of international arbitration awards: latest developments

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France
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  • March 14 2013

When French arbitration law was reformed in 2011, one major innovation was to amend the position on the stay of enforcement of international arbitral

Wind energy: recent developments

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • March 5 2013

The French government has announced that a new call for tenders relating to offshore wind projects will soon be launched and the French Parliament

Award annulled due to withdrawn counterclaims introduced by insolvent defendant

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • France
  • -
  • April 12 2012

The interaction between insolvency proceedings and arbitration is treated differently in different countries

Restructuring of indebtedness: French tax points

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • France
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  • June 22 2009

This briefing sets out the key French corporate income tax issues in respect of debt restructurings

Defining 'arbitral awards': Supreme Court weighs in

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • November 29 2012

According to the French law on international arbitration, an action to set aside is available against international arbitral awards issued in France

A guide for directors of subsidiary companies in France

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • France
  • -
  • August 22 2011

Welcome to our guide for directors and prospective directors of subsidiary companies in France

Prejudice caused to an employee by the sole stipulation of a null and void non-compete clause

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • July 1 2011

The Supreme Court has strengthened case law on non-compete clauses by ruling, on 30 March 2011, that prejudice is caused to an employee if an employment contract provides for a non-compete obligation that is unenforceable due to the absence of financial compensation

French Senate considers GMO law

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • March 1 2008

Following the recent Grenelle de l’Environnement, which concluded that there was an urgent need to review French regulation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the French senate has recently voted on a draft law dealing with the issue

The concept of moral harassment is defined by the French Supreme Court

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • October 8 2010

Article L 1152-1 of the French Labour Code (the Code) defines moral harassment as 'repeated acts having as their object or effect a deterioration of an employee's working conditions likely to (i) infringe his rights or dignity, (ii) alter his physical or mental health, or (iii) compromise his promotion'

Delegation of authority to conduct dismissals in a société par actions simplifiées

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • January 17 2011

In two much-anticipated decisions delivered on 19 November 2010, the French Supreme Court sitting in a mixed chamber clarified the circumstances in which legal representatives of societes par actions simoplifiees (SAS; a type of limited company) may delegate authority to conduct dismissals