We are an independent business law firm, and we are passionate about designing and implementing innovative or proven contractual schemes to secure our clients' industrial, digital, organizational, business development, or external growth projects.
With over 30 years of experience, the firm has a strong track record in addressing the legal challenges of its clients, whether in a French, European, or international context.
Our firm stands out due to Mr. Dufag's extensive experience, which sets us apart from other law practitioners. Daniel Dufag has provided advice to companies of varying sizes, ranging from pioneering start-ups to well-established listed companies, for over 25 years, including 15 years as Chief Legal Officer.
This extensive experience in managing in-house legal functions in highly competitive and international environments, enables us to offer our clients day-to-day support as well as transition management services for their legal function.
The pandemic and the scale of the subsequent crises the world has experienced have made one thing clear: external pressures are powerful drivers of a company's resilience, agility, and innovation.
Difficult times reveal a company's ability to adapt to profound changes and uncertainties.
Companies that want to exist tomorrow must develop and innovate in areas that guarantee greater flexibility, adaptability, and competitive advantage.Innovation comes in many forms.
It may be prompted by the need to find new outlets in shrinking markets, to cope with sudden increases in raw material costs, to improve productivity and profitability, to make digital or environmental changes to meet customer expectations, or to combine an industrial approach with environmental responsibility.
The firm works alongside its clients to help them implement necessary changes and contribute to the effective protection of their innovations, whatever form they take.
- The firm is particularly involved in the design and formalization of complex engineering contracts, technology transfers, and innovation partnerships.
- It also helps clients maximizing the value of their IP portfolio.
The firm's expertise in this field stems from its extensive involvement in a series of structuring projects that have been instrumental in Daniel Dufag's professional development.
The firm's capabilities encompass a wide range of digital, technological, and organizational change projects, including the overhaul of internal IT tools (CRM, ERP, etc.), collaborative IT projects (workflow and SaaS platforms), and Industry 4.0.
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- For instance, the firm designed and implemented the contractual tools sustaining a project to redesign and enhance the IT architecture of a banking network.
- The firm's expertise is also evident in its frequent involvement in major digital transformation projects alongside prominent entities in the cloud and digital sectors.
We advise and assist our clients in achieving their objectives of consolidating their existing partnerships, restoring an altered contractual equilibrium, or reducing supply or cost dependency.
The firm has played a key role in redesigning of a resale network for an industrial group. This initiative aimed to enhance visibility of the group's commercial and contractual policy, thereby fostering enhanced customer loyalty.The firm is also involved in legal proceedings relating to the balance of supplier-distributor relationships and has assisted a non-exclusive distributor of consumer goods in legal proceedings against its wholesale supplier for wrongful termination of a long standing commercial relationship.
The firm allows its clients to make the most out of the provisions of the French Civil Code, notably when it comes to ensuring a rebalancing of contractual relationships, when a fundamental change arises.
We assist our clients in making the content of their contractual agreements and terms of sale easier to read and more efficient. This helps strengthen their brand image and improve customer satisfaction, which is important for customer loyalty and getting customers to decide to buy or invest.
Standard contracts, such as general terms and conditions, are important parts of a company's contractual policy. Making this documents user-friendly and fully consistent with the information provided during the pre-sale phase are crucial factors in customer’s purchase decision.
- Our firm has assisted a client in the industrial sector by drafting and implementing standard contracts for the sale of equipment, software licenses and services across all of its operating subsidiaries.
- We also provide ongoing support by helping our clients define their commercial and distribution strategy and select the most appropriate contractual tools.
- We collaborate with our clients on implementing partnership projects, whether to secure their supply chains or to enhance the design of contractual approaches and the implementation of contracts, agreements, and conventions aimed at reducing their dependency.
The firm has become very skilled at helping companies buy shares or assets, or merge with other domestic, European or foreign companies. It regularly advises company leaders (CEO, COO, CFOs or other senior executives) on these projects.
The firm works with other trusted firms to create multidisciplinary teams, providing ongoing and end-to-end support to customers in the structuring of their operations.
- For example, in 2024 the firm helped one of its clients acquire the share capital of a prominent North American digital marketing group.
- The firm also regularly assists start-ups and project developers with all legal and contractual aspects prior to the implementation of their projects.
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