Business Relationshipsand Contracts
Cloix Mendès-Gil helps you structure, secure and manage your business relationships and contracts, taking into account the legal, commercial and strategic issues at stake.
Describe my needOur support in business relationships and contracts
Negotiating and drafting contracts
The contract lies at the heart of the business relationship. It must be both legally robust and operationally sound.
We help you to:
- negotiate and draft your contracts (distribution, partnership, service and commercial agreements)
- structure documents that are clear and tailored to your business
- secure sensitive clauses (liability, duration, termination, exclusivity)
- anticipate risks linked to performance of the contract
Structuring complex contractual arrangements
Certain projects require a specific contractual architecture, involving several parties and levels of commitment.
We assist you to:
- design complex contractual arrangements
- coordinate the various contracts within a single project
- secure the interactions between the parties involved
- anticipate risks arising from the contractual chain
Distribution and partnership agreements
Distribution and partnership relationships require a precise contractual balance.
We support you in:
- structuring your distribution networks
- negotiating your partnership agreements
- governing commercial relationships over the long term
- securing the terms of performance and exit
Public procurement contracts
Public contracts present significant legal and operational specificities.
We assist you to:
- secure your public contracts
- support economic operators and public bodies alike
- structure contractual relationships within regulated environments
- manage difficulties arising during performance
Termination of business relationships
Terminating a contractual relationship can generate significant risks, particularly in terms of liability.
We help you to:
- analyse the conditions for termination
- secure your decisions
- negotiate the terms of exit
- anticipate the risk of litigation
Unfair competition and business practices
Certain practices can undermine your economic interests.
We act to:
- identify situations of unfair competition
- analyse restrictive practices
- build effective defence strategies
- obtain compensation for losses suffered
Commercial debt collection and management of unpaid invoices
Managing unpaid invoices is a major operational challenge.
We help you to:
- implement debt collection strategies
- secure your procedures
- negotiate with your debtors
- initiate litigation where necessary
Contractual disputes and dispute resolution
Even where contracts are properly secured, disputes can still arise.
We act to:
- analyse contractual liability
- build a dispute resolution strategy
- favour amicable solutions where appropriate
- represent your interests before the competent courts
Insurance and management of contractual risk
Insurance is a key tool for securing business relationships and contracts.
We help you to:
- review your cover (professional indemnity, general liability, property damage, specific policies)
- secure your contractual insurance cover
- manage claims
- defend your interests in disputes with insurers
Your partners
Our vision of the lawyer's work by your side
Cloix Mendès-Gil supports private and public players in their strategic projects, sensitive situations and complex disputes. Companies, local authorities, institutions or entrepreneurs: we work at the heart of your challenges, with a comprehensive, operational approach.
We are a partner of private initiative and public action
We support companies, financial players, mixed-economy and social-economy structures, as well as the State and local authorities. This dual public/private culture allows us to understand your constraints and provide solutions suited to interlocking environments.
We approach advice, litigation and mediation as a single whole
We combine expertise in public and private law to handle each situation as a whole. Anticipating risks, structuring projects, securing decisions and managing disputes: our goal is to choose the most effective strategy to defend your interests.
We work according to a proven method
A lead partner steers each case and coordinates a team suited to your needs. We build mediation in as a strategic lever to preserve relationships, control costs and speed up resolutions, whenever it is relevant to do so.
We place mediation at the heart of our strategies
We place mediation at the heart of our strategies to foster effective, level-headed solutions. Led by partner-mediators in public and private law, it helps preserve relationships and control costs and timeframes. Far more than an alternative, it is a strategic tool we use with rigour.