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Corporate law
The Corporate Law Department at JAD & associés not only assists its managerial clients, shareholders, companies and corporate groups as an advisor during disputes, but it also develops strategies, security and efficiency in their corporate dealings.
JAD & associés assists companies at every stage of their existence-creation, transformation, growth, liquidation and/or dissolution.
JAD & associés provides advice on all types of investments, including cross-borders investments, to create the adequate legal conditions for each investment transaction and/or acquisition.
Our firm assists and represents companies and/or their shareholders in providing solutions to their disputes, including through out-of-court settlements, whether before Courts or through Arbitration in France or abroad.
Lastly, JAD & associés assists management with all matters concerning their legal standing, employment contracts, social security, legal status and taxation systems. JAD & associés also counsels management as they carry out their work related functions vis-à-vis partners or third parties as well as the risk of incurring personal or criminal liability.
Generally speaking, our team of corporate lawyers provides advice and litigation services, such as :
- Company creation (choice of the appropriate legal form for the activity and possible structure, administrative formalities, drafting statutes, tax issues…);
- Legal status of management (salaries, management fees, social security, management revocation, management liability);
- Assistance during corporate life / Legal records and books keeping: notices and minutes of assemblies and meetings of corporate bodies (executive board meetings, supervisory boards…);
- National and cross-border acquisition operations and business transfers: acquisition auditing, drafting offers and letters of intent, acquisition planning and financing program, drafting and negotiation of contracts related to this type of operation (protocol agreements, seller’s guarantee for liabilities and assets, shareholders’ agreement, options to buy and sell shares…)
- Equity capital markets operations (increase and/or decrease of capital, creation of combined securities, stock-options, warrants…);
- Acquisition or transfer of business, assets transfers;
- Dissolution/liquidation (legal, social and tax implications);
- Acquisition/transfer of stocks or share capital;
- Addressing social issues (management dismissals, abuse of majority powers, equality and/or abuse of minority);
- Civil liability of company executives (personal or social lawsuits).
We also collaborate with a network of certified public accountants, auditors and tax advisors.