Etude Jouval

Areas of expertise

Everyday legal challenges require professional advice

Real rights

• Advice and representation in all areas relating to property (including neighboring rights, easements and pledges).

Road traffic law

• Advice and representation in matters of offenses (accidents, speeding, drink-driving) and license withdrawals.

Family and inheritance law

• Advice and representation in all areas of family law (matrimonial regimes, protective measures, divorce, parentage and adoption, partnership).
• Inheritance planning.
• Transmission of family businesses and SMEs.
• Taxation.

Commercial, contract and economic law

• Foundation, restructuring and liquidation of all forms of business.
• Advice and drafting of all types of contracts related to the company's activity (sales contract, collaboration contract, etc.).
• Corporate organization and governance.
• Setting up contracts for financing, restructuring, sale or purchase (transformation, merger, demerger, etc.) of companies.
• Negotiation, conclusion and implementation of shareholders' agreements, protection of their economic and corporate rights.
• Transfer of business.
• Business transfers.

Labor law

• Advice and representation in private and public labor law matters, including drafting and reviewing employment contracts or company regulations, as well as in individual or collective labor disputes (dismissals, collective redundancies, non-competition clauses, etc).

Corporate law

• Advice and representation in corporate law disputes (protection of shareholders' rights, annulment of a shareholders' meeting decision, liability action against a director, etc.).

Construction law

• Advice and legal representation in matters of agency contracts (architect, engineer contracts, etc.) and construction contracts.
• Legal mortgage proceedings for craftsmen and contractors.
• Litigation in matters of warranty for defects in the work.

Lease law

• Advice and representation in all matters relating to the lease (repair of defects, eviction proceedings, etc.).
• Analysis, negotiation and drafting of leases.

Criminal law

• Advice and representation in criminal law and procedure including economic crime.
• Development of a defense strategy and assistance during investigations and hearings.
• Drafting complaints or civil submissions.

Prosecution and bankruptcy law

• Advice and representation in all areas of debt collection and bankruptcy law, in particular reorganization proceedings including composition.
• Release of proceedings, petitions for discharge, petitions for sequestration, bankruptcy petitions.
• Conduct of proceedings on the merits in the context of lawsuits, such as actions to discharge debts, actions to cancel lawsuits, actions to contest the statement of collocation or the statement of charges, etc.