The LPI Avocat firm assists entrepreneurs, companies, executives, and professionals at every stage of their business life—from the choice of legal structure to the daily management of commercial relations and dispute resolution.

Our intervention notably includes:

• Business Formation and Structuring

When creating a company, questions regarding the most suitable legal structure for your activity and objectives will inevitably arise. Our firm intervenes to advise you on the most appropriate corporate form (SARL, SAS, SCI, sole proprietorship, etc.), the drafting of bylaws, and any legal instrument capable of supplementing them, such as shareholders’ agreements to determine governance rules and relations between partners. We also handle the relevant legal registration formalities.

• Corporate Life and Governance

Our firm assists executives and partners in the daily management of the company, including convening, holding, and drafting minutes for general meetings, executive decisions, and statutory amendments. We also intervene in the transfer of shares and stock, whether through contributions, capital increases, or the assignment of shares between partners or to a third party.

Furthermore, conflicts between partners may arise during the life of a company. Our firm is present to initiate any action, whether amicable or judicial, to resolve the disputes concerned, whether involving abuse of majority or minority power, solutions to be implemented in case of corporate paralysis, and/or liability claims against executives.

• Drafting and Negotiation of Commercial Contracts

Our firm possesses confirmed expertise in the drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts, general terms and conditions of sale or purchase, terms of use, and personal data processing. We are therefore able to draft or advise you within the framework of concluding and/or executing service contracts, distribution contracts, franchises, or trademark assignments.

In cases where contractual obligations are no longer respected, our firm intervenes to hold the co-contracting party liable for breach of contract, wrongful termination, default on invoice payments, or disputes regarding services rendered.

• Commercial Litigation

Our firm is frequently mandated for any action by a market player against a third party, particularly regarding unfair competition, illegal advertising, parasitism, or non-compliance with trademark law, to preserve their rights. These actions are necessary to allow companies to maintain their competitiveness in sometimes saturated sectors where unscrupulous actors may attempt to take unfair advantage of competitors’ investments and labor, or even discredit them through false advertising or misleading slogans. An intervention is then necessary both to stop the litigious behavior and to obtain compensation for the harm suffered.

• Support for Companies in Financial Distress

Finally, in the current economic context, our firm is present to assist you in sensitive situations to analyze the company’s financial health, negotiate with creditors, and, if necessary, implement insolvency proceedings by filing a declaration of cessation of payments (déclaration de cessation des paiements). We assist you throughout the duration of the designated collective procedure, notably in your exchanges with the court-appointed administrator, the creditors’ representative, or the liquidator and the bankruptcy judge, with a view to avoiding any personal liability claims against the executive.