Orrick manages a prominent caseload, featuring high-stakes debt restructuring-related litigation and shareholders’ conflicts. The team can handle a broad array of disputes, spanning complex and challenging cases featuring a strong international component such as exequatur proceedings, as well as fraud cases, commercial litigation, and product liability and construction disputes. The client base is prestigious and includes leading companies and financial institutions, as well as HNWIs and families. The practice is headed by Frédéric Lalance and includes senior market’s statesman Jean-Pierre Martel, as well as Grégoire Piat.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Frédéric Lalance: excellent lawyer, exceptional analytical and synthesis skills, unwavering support, doesn't hesitate to be frank and direct with his clients.'
- ‘An expert team that can simplify complex topics and adapt to different audiences based on their areas of expertise. Great responsiveness. Ability to support management with concrete, operational advice.’
- 'Orrick has a highly complementary team, perfectly coordinated. Exchanges are possible 24/7 with dedicated professionals who deeply strive to find pragmatic, operational, and robust solutions.'
- 'Excellent grasp of complex recovery issues and the French court system.'
Key clients
- Air Liquide
- Alantra
- Allianz Life Luxembourg
- Allimand
- Anchorage
- Aptean, Inc.
- Arcole Industries
- AXA / AXA Wealth Europe
- Baloise Vie Luxembourg
- Blue Night
- Boussard & Gavaudan
- Bpifrance
- Bureau Veritas
- Carmignac Gestion
- Chalhoub Group
- Christofle
- Consortium de Réalisation
- Crédit Agricole
- Crédit Industriel et Commercial – CIC
- Diane Wildenstein
Work highlights
Representing 15 of the more than 50 defendants in a major case brought before the French courts by MM Cem and Murat Uzan.
Representing Jean-Charles Naouri, former CEO of the Casino group, in a major and complex litigation before the Paris Commercial Court, to defend him against allegations of market abuse brought by former investors of Casino and its holding company, Rallye.
Assisting several investment funds and bondholders in various proceedings initiated to challenge the reorganisation plan of Financière Immobilière Bordelaise (“FIB”).
Lawyers
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Practice head
Frédéric Lalance
Other key lawyers
Jean-Pierre Martel; Grégoire Piat