13.11.2017

Altana, member of the Mediation Commission of the Club des Juristes

The Club des Juristes and the  CMAP (Center of Mediation and Arbitration of Paris) has announced the creation of the Mediation Commission, of which Guillaume Forbin, partner at Altana, is a…

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10.11.2017

Integrating Competition Law-related Risks in Compliance Programs & Ensuring Their Effectiveness : Between Necessity & Opportunity!

By a communiqué dated 19 October 2017, the French Competition Authority annonced the withdrawal of its 10 February 2012 Framework document under which companies choosing to benefit from the provisions of…

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02.11.2017

Ending Secrecy Towards Transparency: Shedding Light on French Companies’ Beneficial Owners

In the wave of global anti-money laundering and financial transparency measures initiated with the FCPA and the Anti-Bribery Act in the US and the UK, to name a few, the ordinance n° 2016-1635 dated…

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18.10.2017

The Sharing Economy & Employment Law: Dangerous Liaisons?

The expansion of the sharing economy has sparked a debate, heavily covered by the media, on the place that the law should occupy. To borrow a neologism recently entered into contemporary language, is…

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28.09.2017

GDRP : How to Keep a Data Treatment Register

Find the interview with Pierre Lubet, partner, and Jean-Guy de Ruffray, counsel, on "GDRP: How to Keep a Data Treatment Register" in ZDNET.  Cornerstone of the European regulations, the treatment register…

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26.09.2017

Data Protection – The Investments to Make Now

While the general regulation on data protection will enter into force in May 2018, French businesses are behind schedule on the works required to ensure compliance.  It is in their interest, however, to…

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25.09.2017

Cyber attacks : business leaders face their responsabilities

In Les Echos today, Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy, partner at Altana and Expert with the Club des juristes and Célia Hamouda, associate at Altana, decrypt the challenge that data protection now represents for…

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21.09.2017

Altana, Baker McKenzie and Shearman & Sterling Send Their Associates Abroad

"As part of a global strategy, sending an associate to an foreign office or partner-firm supports law firms' business development. It also represents a true tool for talent management in a highly…

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20.09.2017

EU Law on Cybersecurity Moves Towards Harmonization

The EU’s implementation in May 2018 of the GDPR and the NIS Directive will constitute a harmonized approach to cybersecurity regulation unprecedented on the old continent. In their article "EU Law on…

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15.09.2017

The Macron Decrees: In Search of Lost Time?

The modifications made to French employment law which will soon be adopted reflect both a change in social norms and a desire to promote a new societal model. Will the ambition supported by this reform…

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13.09.2017

Article 145 of the French Civil Procedure Code: A Modern Tool to Access Evidence

Michel Jockey analyzes Article 145 of the French Civil Procedure Code following his presentation at a workshop entitled "The Judge and the Company - What are the Prospects for the Compensation of Economic…

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28.08.2017

Altana Advises the Bastide Le Confort Médical Group in Five Acquisitions in France

Paris, August 28, 2017 Altana advised the Bastide Le Confort Médical group in five external growth transactions in France, four in Respiratory Assistance service delivery and one in the online sale of…

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