Distribution lawyer
DELCADE, expert lawyers in distribution law
Our firm’s lawyers support actors at all the different levels of the distribution chain from the manufacturer to the consumer, and in particular, with intermediaries, distributors and wholesalers, regardless of their status, whether they are agents or resellers.
An expertise that covers every aspect of distribution law
DELCADE provides its clients with a comprehensive solution on all matters relating to distribution law:
- Commercial negotiations between suppliers and distributors.
- Drafting of the General Terms and Conditions of Sale (GTC) or the Special Terms and Conditions of Sale (STC),
- Unique contracts with individual suppliers (Article L. 441-3 of the French Commercial Code),
- Group purchasing and affiliation contracts with central purchasing and/or referencing centres.
Contracts secured by an expert in distribution law
When drafting and signing your various contracts, DELCADE’s distribution lawyers notably intervene to secure the following elements:
- Pre-contractual information,
- Zone reservation,
- Exclusivity (of supply, purchase, territory, etc.),
- Contractual and post-contractual non-competition,
- Online distribution, distance selling,
- Parallel distribution,
- Dual distribution.
Our lawyers assist in setting up contracts with authorised trading intermediaries (sales agents, forwarding agents, brokers, etc.), subsidiaries (branches), or buyers and resellers (independent retailers). Our expertise also covers contracts for purchasing groups (purchasing and referencing centres, etc.) and the setting up of e-commerce platforms (marketplaces).