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Business Litigation

When conflict becomes strategic.

Defending with method. Acting with determination.

Litigation can be a defining moment in the life of a business. A commercial dispute, a conflict between shareholders or a liability claim may put far more at stake than the outcome of the proceedings: the continuity of a relationship, the protection of an asset, a company’s reputation or the stability of its governance.

GAUTELIER AVOCATS acts in the prevention, management and resolution of disputes, before the competent courts as well as in out-of-court negotiations. We assess what is really at stake before setting the strategy: negotiation, formal notice, evidence, urgent relief or proceedings on the merits.

Each strategy is built around the client’s objectives, the available evidence, the procedural timetable, the financial risks and the scope for settlement. When court action is unavoidable, we prepare and conduct the defence rigorously, from urgent measures through to enforcement of the decision.

Business Litigation

Our services

  • Commercial and contractual disputes
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Directors’ liability
  • Termination of established commercial relationships
  • Unfair competition
  • Debt recovery
  • Summary proceedings and protective measures
  • Court-appointed expert proceedings
  • Pre-litigation and amicable negotiations
  • Enforcement of judgments

Your challenges

Have you been served with a writ of summons?

We promptly review the applicable deadlines, the claims brought against you and the defences available.

Is your counterparty failing to perform?

We gather the evidence and identify the levers for action, from formal notice to court proceedings.

Is a shareholder dispute paralysing the company?

We examine the governance and the balance of power while safeguarding business continuity.

Preparing for your meeting

For an effective first meeting, please gather where possible:

  • Contracts
  • Correspondence
  • Formal notices
  • Writs
  • Judgments
  • Invoices
  • Evidence and a timeline of events
  • Glass office towers seen from street level
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