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Our legal and strategic expertise for the benefit of local authorities and their staff
Administrative Life - Public Services - Local Authorities - Staff section
Who’s it for ?
Local authorities
Central and decentralised administrations
Public establishments and equity joint ventures
Private organisations managing public services or holders of public contracts
Permanent or contractual staff
Departmental managers, particularly in the fields of human resources and occupational health
What does it involve ?
Anticipating and avoiding risks
- Assistance and advice for local authorities and administrative bodies with their transformation processes and the incorporation of new skills,
- Support with the strategies for deploying service concessions and/or awarding public contracts,
- Auditing the legal, regulatory and contractual compliance regarding the status of state, regional or hospital public service staff,
- Analysing the compliance of labour relations and of agreements and contracts concerning labour law,
- Support with the organisation and structuring of civil security services,
- Support with the deployment of assistance solutions for the protection of staff members, for the benefit of staff or elected representatives.
Managing change and overcoming crises
- Helping local authorities to plan and implement new services,
- Assistance and support with the planning and implementation of new public/private partnerships and the introduction of suitably adapted contractual solutions, contracts and delegations.
- Support for public bodies with the creation of new public, private or combined structures to handle certain missions,
- Managing situations which fall within the scope of both employment law and public service law,
- Supporting local authorities and services with crisis management (strikes, accidents, political difficulties),
- Advice and support concerning conflict management, claims or incidents, for local authorities and/or their staff.
Attenuating and resolving difficulties
- Support with civil or administrative litigation cases regarding liability,
- Support with criminal litigation for local authorities, elected representatives and/or staff, in the capacity of either victim or accused,
- Tailored support in staff protection cases,
- Support in specific proceedings related to public procurement both in full and summary proceedings before the administrative or judicial courts.
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Our legal and strategic expertise in the fields of economic life and innovation
Economic Life, Innovation and Change Management Section
Who’s it for ?
Entrepreneurs
Shareholders
Managers
Project initiators
Acquirers
Board members and legal representatives
Creditors
What does it involve ?
Anticipating and avoiding risks
- Advice and support in the choice of a form of legal organisation suited to the envisaged or existing business project, whether in the private or public sphere,
- Analysis, revision and drafting of public or private contracts in a national and international context,
- Planning insurance for an envisaged or current activity,
- Advice and support with the social organisation of human resources,
- Advice and assessments concerning the company’s financial situation with a view to the implementation of proceedings,
- Advice and support in protecting ideas, know-how, concepts and innovations with a view to taking appropriate measures to protect them,
- Compliance,
- Advice and assistance concerning the shareholder’s or manager’s personal situation,
Managing change and overcoming crises
- Assistance with the planning and implementation of strategies and solutions in the case of changing contexts or regulations, market changes or life changes,
- Advice and support with the immediate management of conflict situations, incidents or claims concerning business or personal issues,
- Prevention and handling of difficulties encountered by companies, through support, advice and the implementation of suitable voluntary or judicial proceedings,
Attenuating and resolving difficulties
- Support in civil and business litigation,
- Support in social litigation,
- Support in criminal litigation
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Our legal and strategic expertise for the benefit of stakeholders in the Health and Research sectors
Health - Research - Civil Security section
Who’s it for?
Hospitals
Fire and emergency departments
Holders of police powers in the deployment of emergency resources
Emergency services
Clinics
General practitioners
Victims
Insurers
Entrepreneurs in the health sectorWhat does it involve?
Anticipating and avoiding risks
- Analysing civil, criminal, administrative or ordinary liability risks inherent to the activity pursued
- Supporting the organisation of activities to avoid, anticipate and reduce liability risks,
- Analysing and auditing ethical compliance,
- Support with the strategy of risk prevention through insurance,
- Ensuring the compliance of private or public contracts signed in the medical sector,
- Providing advice and support in the creation of legal systems for the organisation and performance of medical activities by public or private stakeholders,
Supporting organisation and management of human resources, taking account of the specific characteristics of the legislation governing the activity, the introduction of procedures and protocols to guarantee legal and regulatory compliance, analysis and revision of contracts
Managing change and overcoming crises
- Providing support and advice with the creation of new ways of practising medical activities (tele-consultations, the use of new technologies),
- Providing support and advice with the immediate handling of claims, incidents and accidents,
- Providing human and organisational support to manage tension with plaintiffs or within the teams
Attenuating and resolving difficulties
- Support with ordinary and/or disciplinary litigation,
- Support with administrative or civil liability litigation,
- Support with criminal litigation,
- Support with alternative dispute resolution methods, mediation and conciliation.
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Our legal and strategic expertise for the benefit of stakeholders in the industrial, transport and logistics sectors
the Industry - Transport - Logistics section
Who’s it for?
Newly-created or expanding companies operating in the transport and logistics sector.
Hauliers and their insurers.
Freight forwarders.
Approved customs brokers.
What does it involve?
Anticipating and avoiding risks
- Analysing liability risks arising from the activity being performed,
- Support with the organisation of activities to avoid, anticipate and reduce liability risks,
- Auditing and/or drafting contractual documentation (standard contracts, general terms and conditions, insurance policies),
- Supporting the implementation of internal procedures to avoid, limit and manage the consequences of a risk or incident,
- Auditing insurance policies,
- Analysing the regulatory compliance of the activity (transport capacity for example) and support with ensuring compliance,
- Supporting the organisational management of human resources, taking account of the specific characteristics of the activity, introducing procedures to guarantee legal and regulatory compliance, analysis and revision of contracts of employment, etc.,
Managing change and overcoming crises
- Actions and formalities to be implemented in the event of incidents, delays or damage,
Supporting the process of analysing legal and regulatory compliance related to the use of new technologies to develop and optimise logistics and transport services,
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Our legal and strategic expertise for the benefit of stakeholders in the urban projects, public works and real estate sectors
Urban Projects, Public Works and Real Estate section
Who’s it for ?
Local authorities and public establishments
Builders
Owners
Tenants
Entrepreneurs in the building and construction sector
Architects and experts
What does it involve ?
Anticipating and avoiding risks
- Analysing the legality of regulatory measures and the adaptation to projects (municipal housing plans, local housing plans, urban mobility plans, winegrowing activity zones, risk prevention plans, etc.),
- Administrative actions and procedures to be implemented after the risk assessment,
- Auditing of urban planning authorisations (construction permits, planning permission, land division),
- Auditing liability risks in the case of illegal administrative acts or a failure to comply with the authorisations granted,
- Assisting contracting authorities
- Support with the drafting of private or public construction contracts,
- Analysing leases (commercial, professional, agricultural, perpetual) on both the landlord and tenant’s side,
- Actions and procedures to be implemented during the lifetime of the lease,
- Compliance with regulations with regard to diagnostics,
- Supporting the introduction and implementation of procedures for the awarding of private or public contracts
Managing change and overcoming crises
- Actions and formalities to be undertaken in the case of disputed cancellation or the withdrawal of urban planning authorisations,
- Assistance with advice and strategy in the case of the disputed cancellation of an urban planning scheme,
- Help with the processing of complex or contentious urban planning authorisations,
- Providing advice and drafting documents for the preparation, revision and modification of urban planning documents,
- Providing advice and drafting documents for the preparation, revision and modification of urban planning documents,
- Managing and resolving land or neighbourhood-related difficulties during the project management process,
- Developing the contractual processes needed to satisfactorily complete projects,
- Supporting the immediate management of construction-related incidents (accidents, substandard workmanship, the abandonment of construction sites),
- Support with the formalities to be undertaken immediately in the event of unpaid bills, rent increases, incidents or the non-observance of contractual clauses concerning leases,
- Assistance with the prior formalities if irregularities have been noted in the awarding of a public contract,
- Support in the event that a bid is rejected, or with difficulties concerning the performance or early cancellation of public contracts
- Overall support with future-centric urban and real estate projects (smart city),
- Assistance with voluntary or court-ordered assessment operations.
Attenuating and resolving difficulties
- Support with operational urban planning litigation or regulatory litigation before the administrative courts,
- Support in civil and criminal disputes related to urban planning,
- Help in finding voluntary solutions through reasoned negotiation techniques or mediation,
- Support with administrative or civil litigation concerning civil or administrative construction contracts,
- Support with civil litigation (combined court, judge with responsibility for commercial leases) concerning leases.
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