Arnaud de La Cotardière > Linklaters > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Linklaters‘ litigation team is entrusted with the management of a range of cases, spanning commercial, financial, corporate, civil and criminal liability litigation in France, in addition to handling high-stakes cases in Africa. The practice represents a prominent client base of French and international companies and investment funds, across various industry sectors in major commercial disputes, including top antitrust follow-on cases and commercial relationship disputes linked to inflation. The team’s involvement also extends to regulatory disputes, notably in the stock-market area. Practice head Arnaud de La Cotardière and Jean-Charles Jaïs are strong names, while counsel Eleonore Hannezo provides additional support.

Linklaters has extensive experience advising companies, investment funds and financial newspapers in dealing with stock-market breach investigations led by the AMF. In addition, the firm is also regularly retained to act in stock-market battles pertaining to major M&A and squeeze out transactions. Arnaud de La Cotardière and Jean-Charles Jaïs are the key names.

Linklaters is particularly active in cases concerning Africa (Gabon and Senegal) and the Middle East, dealing with mining, natural resources, energy and construction-related issues. The Paris team, which regularly combines forces with colleagues from the firm’s other international offices, also handles M&A arbitration disputes and is present in cases pertaining to various other parts of the world including Portugal and Latin America. The team mainly acts in commercial arbitration but also manages some investment disputes while exequatur proceedings is another field of expertise. Practice head Roland Ziadé is the key figure in the team, while senior litigator Arnaud de La Cotardière and counsels Andrew Plump, Maria Mitaeva and Claudia Cavicchioli also contribute.