Dispute resolution

Our litigation team offers comprehensive dispute resolution services, having successfully represented clients in civil, commercial, criminal, and arbitration courts.  

With decades of experience in French and international procedures, our team of elite lawyers helps with:  

• Complex litigation
• Business criminal law and compliance
• Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution methods

Commercial Litigation

We work with clients to achieve optimal outcomes in cases of commercial litigation. We have extensive experience managing litigation disputes involving payment delays, non-performance of contractual clauses, unfair practices, commercial relationship termination, product liability, and other issues.

White-collar crime

As experts on criminal law in the corporate context, our lawyers defend companies and their executives in cases of fraud and financial crime. Our team will lead defense strategies and litigation before French courts, utilizing a global network of partner law firms to assist clients in sensitive international cases. 

Our lawyers have extensive experience representing clients in public interest judicial agreements with the National Financial Prosecutor's Office. 

Compliance

August Debouzy lawyers work with corporate clients to establish internal procedures and ensure compliance with national and international regulations.

The team helps you manage whistleblowing crises, compliance challenges, conduct internal investigations, and represent clients in courts and regulatory authorities in France and abroad. 

Our services also include risk mapping, internal audit of existing compliance measures, and in-depth training on anti-money laundering, and anti-corruption regulations.

Conciliation and Mediation

Depending on clients’ exact needs, our lawyers determine the optimal form of resolution for every dispute.

Thanks to the breadth of our experience, we can support clients in both conciliation and mediation efforts to effectively and permanently resolve disputes. 

Whenever possible, we work to avoid contentious litigations and provide more discreet resolutions for our clients.

International Arbitration

Our team of top arbitration lawyers has extensive experience in both the commercial and institutional context, in France and internationally.

We support corporate and government clients at all stages of the dispute resolution process, from pre-litigation to award enforcement. 

With unrivaled experience in all forms of arbitration, our lawyers are equipped to handle complex disputes relating to infrastructure projects, commercial issues, and mergers and acquisitions.

Insurance Litigation

We help clients faced with industrial risks, insurance fraud, professional liability issues in various contexts. 

We analyze the case and advise on the way forward whether it is best to start a litigation process or to negotiate a private settlement. Throughout, we help you determine the extent of your losses and demand suitable damages. 

We also help individual clients with life insurance litigation, and disputes with insurance brokers. 

Finally, we support clients in insurance class action disputes, in France and internationally. 

Corporate Litigation

With years of experience representing top clients in France and abroad, our firm offers unparalleled expertise in managing nearly every form of corporate dispute, including:

• Shareholder disputes 
• Joint venture disputes 
• Post-acquisition disputes and warranty claims 
• Business turnaround and insolvency proceedings 
• Executive staff liability