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Fabrice Fages

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Partner
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Fabrice Fages is a partner in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins and Chair of the Paris office Litigation & Trial Department. His practice focuses on handling complex litigation and arbitration, with particular experience in mass litigation, as well as investigations and crisis management.
Mr. Fages practice focuses on complex commercial litigation matters, representing global companies in compliance related investigations, and has extensive experience in French and European public policy matters and in advising companies, professional federations, and NGOs in their relations with public authorities in Paris and Brussels.
Lawyer Rankings
France > Compliance
Latham & Watkins has recognised expertise in the field of anti-corruption and sanctions, spanning French law as well as US FCPA and the UK bribery act. The team assists clients with the setting up of compliance programmes and during AFA compliance audits. The conduct of audits during M&A transactions led by the firm and assisting clients with sensitive internal investigations are other areas of strength. In addition, the firm offers complementary compliance expertise in other areas, such as ethics, governance, data privacy and healthcare. Fabrice Fages is in charge.
France > Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
Latham & Watkins is active in good amount of commercial litigation, notably relating to the IT and healthcare sectors. The practice also regularly manages corporate and M&A disputes, recently representing an investment fund in a complex matter concerning some aspects of one of France’s recent landmark M&A dispute. As part of the practice’s insolvency litigation caseload, the team assists audit firms facing disciplinary proceedings. Lately, the team has acted for clients facing difficulties in the supply of electronics components, notably in the automobile sector, advising on strategic pre-litigation issues. Private enforcement litigation, antitrust condemnation damage proceedings, and mediation proceedings are growing practice areas. Fabrice Fages and Myria Saarinen are in charge. Elise Auvray made counsel in 2021.
Paris > Compliance: enquêtes et conformité
Latham & Watkins possède une expertise reconnue dans les domaines de l’anticorruption et des sanctions internationales, couvrant le droit français ainsi que le FCPA américain et le Bribery Act anglais. L’équipe assiste ses clients sur la mise en place de leurs programmes de conformité et les accompagne lors des contrôles de conformité AFA. Le champ d’intervention englobe aussi la réalisation d’audits d’opérations de fusions-acquisitions menées par le cabinet et la conduite d’enquêtes internes. Le panel d’expertises en matière de conformité du cabinet s’étend aussi à d’autres domaines ; éthique, gouvernance, données personnelles et santé. La pratique est dirigée par Fabrice Fages .
Paris > Résolution des litiges > Contentieux commercial et de droit des sociétés
Latham & Watkins traite de nombreux litiges commerciaux, se rapportant notamment aux secteurs de l’informatique et de la santé. Le cabinet gère également des contentieux dits corporate et de haut de bilan. Il a ainsi représenté un fonds d’investissement dans la gestion d’un litige complexe, ayant des liens avec une grande opération de fusion-acquisition du marché français. L’équipe assiste aussi des cabinets d’audit confrontés à des procédures disciplinaires découlant de dossiers de procédures collectives. L’équipe a aussi récemment conseillé ses clients sur leur stratégie contentieuse, concernant leurs difficultés d’approvisionnement en composants électroniques, notamment dans le secteur automobile. Enfin, la pratique couvre les recours indemnitaires initiés suite à des condamnations en droit de la concurrence, et les procédures de médiation. La pratique est codirigée par Fabrice Fages et Myria Saarinen . Ils sont entourés d’ Elise Auvray qui a été promue counsel en 2021.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Derivatives and structured finance
- EU, competition and distribution
- Insolvency
- Private equity: LBO
Firm Rankings
- Capital markets: debt capital markets
- Capital markets: equity capital markets
- Compliance
- Data privacy and data protection
- Industry focus: IT and internet
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Tax
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Employment
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences