The COVID-19 epidemic currently affecting France disrupts companies’ day-to-day activities and therefore the performance of contracts. In this respect, the Minister of the Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, stated on 28 February 2020 that coronavirus was deemed to constitute a case of force majeure for the State’s contracting parties, [...]

An article dated  March 26th , 2019 published on the website Les marchés – le média de l’alimentaire includes some of our recommendations presented at a Webinar held on 19 March with Philippe Duvocelle. We discuss, in particular, certain aspects of the business relationship in times of crisis, such as [...]

Comment gérer ses contrats en cette période de crise. Comment manier les concepts de Force majeure et d'imprévision.

While commercial negotiations for 2020 have already started, the Ministry of the Economy published Decree No. 2019-1413 in the official Journal (Journal Officiel, de la République Française) on 21 December finally providing the list of products concerned. Read the full article published on Les Marchés – le Média de l’alimentaire [...]

Since the French National Food Conference (Etats généraux de l’alimentation), there have been an increasing number of announcements of the signing of tripartite contracts. But are they not actually double two-party contracts? Are tripartite contracts legal? Find our column published on Les Marchés – le Média de l’Alimentaire by clicking [...]