What do we offer?
Are you looking to set up your own company in France, Canada, or the UAE, but need legal advice on choosing the legal form to adopt for your business? Or are you looking for a law firm that can assist you with company transfers (shares, stocks, mergers and acquisitions, business assets)?
Our Law Firm is committed to supporting its clients through the various stages of your business and will provide you with personalized support.
The Conseil Avocate law firm assists its clients with all corporate legal matters:
– Legal activities of companies, including transformations, mergers, contributions in kind, partial contributions, distribution of contributions, demergers, TUP, voluntary dissolutions.
– Capital and quasi-capital activities, activities related to the issue of corporate bonds and various composite securities.
– Implementation of advice and recommendations on the choice and adaptation of business forms and management organizations, in particular depending on the type of participation (family group, industrial group, investment fund) or the allocation of capital (majority block or diversified participation).
– Development of incentive schemes for managers or employees. In addition, law firms assist clients in the legal and tax design of these plans, determining the conditions for receiving securities, and implementing the liquidity process.
– Execution of intra-group contracts and agreements, including current accounts, comprehensive insurance, service provision, and technical assistance. However, our specialist lawyers can also assist in the design and execution of mandate contracts (executives, individuals, or legal entities), management contracts, or mandate suspension contracts.
– Preliminary and procedural management of disputes between shareholders or partners, in particular blocking of management bodies, blocking or postponement of meetings, contesting decisions of minority shareholders or partners, advice and support in management expertise.
Our lawyers' expertise in business and commercial law is therefore aimed at all types of companies, regardless of their size: start-ups, very small businesses, SMEs, large companies and even groups of companies.
As corporate law professionals, our corporate lawyers advise business owners, partners, and shareholders. For this reason, our advice can cover all types of operations, from management and day-to-day organization to more specific tasks such as changes within the company.
Our advice and expertise enable managers to make the right decisions at the right time, taking into account all factors, legal risk assessments and possible consequences.
When should you hire a corporate lawyer?
It's a good idea to consult a lawyer right from the start-up phase. We can advise you on setting up a company, choosing the corporate and legal form, drafting the articles of association, and all the incorporation formalities that form the foundation of the company. These legal documents must be solid, individual, and authoritative to guide you confidently on the path to success.
Every question you have without a clear answer that prevents you from seeing the future and success of your business, we have the answer and we will be happy to advise you to guide you on the right path.
Examples of questions:
What are the consequences of choosing one legal status over another? What are the social protections for managers? How can you plan for the future development of your business at a lower cost? Why is it essential to sign a company or shareholders' agreement?
In addition, Conseil Avocate is made up of lawyers registered with the Paris Bar or the Quebec Bar and holding the title of Legal Council in the United Arab Emirates.
During the life of the company
Once your business is established, our team of lawyers can provide advice and expertise throughout the development phases of your business. This includes, for example,:
– Legal monitoring
– Drafting of legal documents
– Protection of intellectual property
– Capital operations
Cessation of business activity
Whether it's the sale of a business, the transfer of a company, or the transfer of shares, these are legally delicate transactions. It would therefore be wise for the founder to seek the services of a specialized lawyer like those at our Conseil Avocate firm.
Our lawyers will advise you mainly on the drafting of:
– Promises of transfer
– Liability and asset guarantee agreements
– Registration of the cessation or transmission with the tax authorities
– Information on the terms and risks of the transfer
– Management reports
– From the judicial cessation file
Our firm also specializes in related areas of business law, including: labor law for disputes between an employee and a company.