06.07.2018

Altana recognized in Best Lawyers 2019

We are pleased to annouce that 12 of Altana's lawyers have been recognized by their peers for inclusion in the 2019 edition of Best Lawyers.  The firm was also named "Law Firm of the Year - France" in…

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06.07.2018

The Achmea decision : an additional step in the construction of a set of international dispute resolution mechanisms?

In an article published in the Revue de droit affaires internationales, Vanessa Thieffry analyzed the CJEU's decision in the Achmea case, which marks an important step in the construction of dispute…

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25.06.2018

Altana advises Safe Othopaedics in its development in Japan and the United Kingdom

Paris, 21 June 2018 Altana advised Safe Orthopaedics, a medtech listed on the Euronext, in the signing of an exclusive marketing agreement with KiSCO Co., Ltd., subsidiary of the Japanese group Otsuka…

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21.06.2018

Altana advises AG2R La Mondiale and the Matmut Group in their merger

Paris, June 19, 2018 Altana acted as common counsel to AG2R La Mondiale and the Matmut Group in the context of their merger, which gave rise to notification to the French Competition Authority, for the…

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19.06.2018

The "reform of the reform" of French law of obligations: The contract

On May 14, 2018 Professor Louis Thibierge organized, with Professor Lionel Andreu, a conference on the reform of the reform of French contract law. The conference proceedings have been published as part of…

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01.06.2018

Reform of the French contract law reform

Read in the latest edition of  Option Droit des Affaires: Dr. Louis Thibierge presents the main contributions of the ratification act of 20 April 2018.  apports de la loi de ratification du 20 avril 2018. …

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01.06.2018

Altana advises Azulis Capital in the sale of Holweg Weber to Motion Equity Partners

Paris, May 31, 2018 Six years after its spin-off from DCM Group and its acquisition by Azulis Capital and its co-investors BNP Paribas Développement and Unigrains, Holweg Weber, the global leader in the…

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28.05.2018

The reform of the reform

We finally know the content of the new French contract law. The ratification act of 20 April 2018 ended the long process begun in 2015. The new law modifies, rectifies and completes the ordinance of 10…

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15.05.2018

Réforme du droit des obligations : 3 questions au Professeur Thibierge

Avocat chez Altana, Louis Thibierge est Agrégé des Facultés de Droit, Professeur à l’Université Aix-Marseille et Membre du Centre de Droit Economique de l’Université Aix-Marseille. Le 21 avril…

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05.05.2018

Foreign Direct Investment Under Greater European and French Scrutiny

In an article published in the "Am Law 100" issue of American Lawyer (May 2018), Jean-Nicolas Soret and Géraldine Malfait analyze the difficult balance the French government will have to strike between…

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04.05.2018

Insurance and competition authorities: A change of persepective?

Frédéric Manin analyzes the consequences of the expiration of  Règlement 267/2101 in an article,« Assurances et autorités de concurrence : changement de perspective ?  (Insurance and competition…

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24.04.2018

Altana advises the shareholders of Biofides et A.R.C. Pharma in their acquisition by the Pharmalex group.

Paris, April 24, 2018 Altana advised all of the shareholders of the French companies Biofides and A.R.C. Pharma as part of the sale of the totality of  share capital and the voting rights of Biofides…

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