Competition and distribution/ franchising lawyer
DELCADE, reconciling legal requirements and clients' economic challenges
DELCADE is composed of lawyers who are experts in French, international and European competition law, anti-competitive practices, and distribution/franchising law. They have recognised and high technical skills in these sectors, thus assuring a perfect understanding of our clients’ needs and challenges.
Our experts have practised in leading French and Anglo-Saxon law firms renowned for their competition and distribution law practice.
Their expertise in competition law covers anti-competitive practices (including agreements, abuse of a dominant position and abuse of economic dependency), market concentration and financial aid from the government. They advise all types of clients, private and public, small, and medium-sized businesses as well as large companies, French and from abroad, on these issues. Active members of the Association française d’étude de la concurrence (AFSC), a French association for the study of competition law, they regularly participate in working groups on current and future matters relating to competition law.
In the field of distribution/franchising law, our partners have extensive experience in all types of distribution/franchising contracts and commercial negotiations between the various players in the distribution sector. They assist managers of chains and franchises, in France and abroad. With their expertise, they lead workshops on the evolution of chain/franchise company contracts and on alternative contractual frameworks to franchising.
Two of our lawyers, experts in competition, distribution, and contract law, have been recognised by the 2022 Décideurs Magazine Group Leaders League in two categories: Distribution and Antitrust.
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General Sales Conditions (GSC), Special Sales Conditions (SSC)
Single contracts with suppliers (Article L. 441-3 of the Commercial Code)
Distribution contracts
- pre-contractual information, area reservation, exclusivity (supply, purchase, territorial ...), contractual and post-contractual non-competition, online distribution, distance selling, brand licensing ...
- contracts with trade intermediaries (commercial agents, commission agents, brokers, etc.), employees (branches) or buyers/retailers (independent traders)
- contracts for grouping purchases (central purchasing, referencing, etc.)
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- Disputes arising from the formation, performance or termination of these contracts or from a situation related to them: breach of contract, contractual or tortious liability, etc.
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Our strengths
Ability to manage complex competition and distribution law / franchise cases.
Specific expertise in international contracts.
A pragmatic and agile approach.
Our competition, distribution / franchising lawyers
Latest news on competition and distribution/franchising law
Distribution Contracts in France: New mandatory rules under EGALIM3 Law
French lawmakers have enacted measures to tackle the strategies employed by some distributors that have bypassed regulations through the establishment of overseas purchasing hubs. These hubs have been found to engage with French-based suppliers in a manner that undermines the French distribution agreement and contract laws. To address this, the French legislators have now clearly […]
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Two important information to remember from the Annual report on the control of foreign investments in France in 2022
Published on 9 May 2023, the Annual Report on the Control of Foreign Investments in France in 2022 mentions two important information. First, it presents the sanction procedure in the event of a breach of the rules on controlling foreign investments in France, which would suggest that the French Treasury could consider opening investigations in […]
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News in the field of restrictive competition practices
In an article published in L’Actu Concurrence in French, Jérémy Bernard, partner at DELCADE, decrypts the ruling of the French Judicial Supreme Court of January 11th, 2023, regarding the application of the French prohibition of obtaining an advantage without consideration or a disproportionate advantage to subcontracting relationships and the recovery by the Employer authority of […]
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