Aljadeed TV welcomes the result of our action that grants French depositors the right to act against Lebanese banks before French courts.
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Michel Ferrand
holds a DEA post-graduate diploma in private law (Paris I university), a specialised master's degree in technology and management from the Ecole Centrale de Paris, and a DESS post-graduate qualification in international trade and commerce from Paris II university and the Paris Institute of Political Studies.
PRACTICE AREAS
Michel practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, contractual relations, and financing, distribution and real-estate transactions for industrial and service companies, banks and investment funds. He also conducts commercial litigation and practices inheritance law in complex disputes.
For several years, Michel taught Law and Ethics and Corporate Governance on Canada's Concordia University MBA programme. He also lectures at conferences particularly on drafting liabilities guarantees and the criminal liability of executive officers. He has trained lawyers from the international firms Paul Hastings and Clifford Chance in conducting acquisition audits. He also lectures at the Paris Bar School and has already been published.
He works in both French and English and has a good command of Arabic.
COMPANY LAW MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS & BUSINESS TRANSFERS FINANCING CONTRACT LAW COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC LAW FAILING BUSINESSES ArbitrationBUSINESS SECTORS
- NEW TECH, IT SERVICES, SOFTWARE PUBLISHING, DATA, DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION
- TRUSTS
- FAMILY BUSINESSES / INTERMEDIATE-SIZE ENTERPRISES
- INDUSTRY (AUTOMOTIVE, NUCLEAR, AEROSPACE, ETC.)
- LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORT
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING, PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS
- REAL ESTATE
- HOTEL & RESTAURANT INDUSTRY
- DISTRIBUTION / TRADE
Publications de Michel Ferrand
The “BSA AIR”, a method of financing start-ups in times of uncertainty.
Created by the North American practice of financing start-ups, the Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) based warrant, BSA AIR in French (for Bon de Souscription d’Actions fondé sur un Accord d’Investissement Rapide) quickly crossed the Atlantic. Seductive by its ability to attract new money in the company, the tool has some limits.
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COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC LAW
Opening up of class action, a proposal under discussion.
The locks on class action have worked too well and the procedure has not been successful at all. The need to transpose European Directive 2020/1828 has led to a reform of the texts.
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Aljadeed TV welcomes the result of our action that grants French depositors the right to act against Lebanese banks before French courts
Les déposants des banques libanaises sont tous signataires d’une convention d’ouverture de compte les contraignant à régler leurs différends devant le juge libanais. Les banques libanaises redoutent le procès à l’étranger et s’y opposent par le jeu de la clause attributive de juridiction. Une avancée a été obtenue pour les déposants sur le fondement de l’article 14 du code civil.
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Arbitration over a $15 billion sultanate: on 6 February 2023, the Paris Court of Appeal refused to grant exequatur to the heirs of the Sultan of Sulu
The Paris Court of Appeal dismissed the Sultan's heirs' application for enforcement of an arbitral award in their favour, sidestepping the question of whether the dispute between the Sultan's heirs and Malaysia over rights to the territory of the former sultanate could give rise to arbitration.
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COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC LAW
The CSRD directive concerning the reporting obligations of companies in terms of “sustainability” will disrupt the economy.
The CSRD directive increases companies' "Environment, Social and Governance" disclosure obligations and extends its scope to small and medium-sized structures, which will disrupt the economy.
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Sanctions and counter-sanctions, what remains of trade with Russia?
Two nations negotiating together make each other mutually dependent… The natural effect of trade is to bring peace, Charles de Montesquieu.
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