Benjamin Dors

Education

• Master’s Degree in International Trade Law (University of Montpellier I)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Law (Panthéon-Assas University – Paris II)
• LL.M. (University of Florida – G. Levin College of Law).

Client Matters

Examples of recent cases:

• Disputes between business partners or competitors

  • Representation of companies in contractual disputes or disputes arising from the termination of business relationships with suppliers, distributors, and service providers.
  • Representation of several companies accused of poaching employees from competitors in violation of non-compete clauses

   

• Corporate law disputes: 

  • Representation of the purchaser of a company in a lawsuit alleging fraud on the part of the seller
  • Representation of executives accused of mismanagement
  • Representation of a shareholder accused of abuse of majority power
  • Representation of a company accused of wrongful termination and forced buyback of a former executive’s securities in violation of a “bad leaver” clause
  • Representation of a corporate director implicated in a liability action for insufficient assets

   

• Seizures, protective measures, asset recovery, and enforcement of judgments in France and abroad

  • Seizure of documents (emails, accounting records, etc.) in unfair competition cases
  • Seizures of bank accounts, seizures of corporate shares, and judicial liens
  • Seizure of a yacht in connection with an inheritance dispute
  • Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards

   

• Investigations and criminal proceedings

  • Representation of French and foreign companies accused of bribing foreign public officials
  • Representation of French companies in connection with international investigations conducted by foreign judicial or administrative authorities
  • (DOJ, SEC, SFO)
  • Representation of a company accused of favoritism in connection with a public procurement bid
  • Representation of a company that was the victim of embezzlement and data theft committed by a former employee
  • Representation of a company that was the victim of identity theft
  • Representation of a company that was the victim of bank fraud

   

Awards

Publications

• Asymmetric jurisdiction clauses: First application by the Court of Cassation of the solution established by the CJEU 

  Co-authored with Véronique Boutel, Option Droit & Affaires (Nov. 19, 2025)

• (Re)Discovering Cross-Border Debt Collection Instruments (Part 2): The European Payment Order (July 1, 2025)
• (Re)Discovering Cross-Border Debt Collection Instruments (Part 1): The European Order for the Preservation of Bank Accounts (April 2, 2025)
• A Tale of International Dispute Resolution: How a UK Anti-Suit Injunction Safeguarded Arbitration Seated in Paris from Parallel Proceedings Initiated in Russia (February 5, 2025)

• A Look Back at the Difficult Balance Between Freedom of the Press and the Prevention of Market Abuse 

  co-authored with Marie Tavant (July 18, 2024)

• “Managing the Complexity of Litigation to Reduce Judicial Uncertainty”

  co-authored with François Muller, Le Figaro, June 2023

• “International Arbitration: The Motion to Set Aside an Award on Review”
  co-authored with Chiraz Abid, Option Droit & Affaires, 2022
• “Corporate Executives: Ever-Increasing Responsibilities”
  co-authored with Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy, Les Echos, June 2022
• “Corporate Executives Facing Ever-Increasing Legal Responsibilities”
  co-authored with Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy, Journal Spécial des Sociétés, June 2022
• “Arbitration: The Lack of Jurisdiction of the Supporting Judge to Order Provisional Measures”
  co-authored with François Muller, Option Droit & Affaires, December 2021
• “The French Judge and ‘Provisional or Protective Measures’”
  co-authored with Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy - Option Droit & Affaires, May 2021
• “The 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive: Finally, Genuine Cooperation Among Member States?” 
  L’AGEFI, February 2020
• “Directors Facing Compliance Challenges” 
  co-authored with Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy, Les Echos, 2018
   

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