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    François Muller
    ADVANT Altana - Paris
    Partner

    François Muller

    ADVANT Altana - Paris
    Partner

    LANGUAGES

    English / French

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    Renewable Energies

    Practice Areas

    Arbitration - Management and Dispute Resolution - Public Law and Procurement

    Sectors

    Construction engineering and infrastructure - Energy

    Contacts

    T : +33 (0)1 79 97 93 00

    francois.muller@advant-altana.com

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    Expertise

    François Muller assists contractors and industrialists in their projects and disputes, especially in relation to public procurement contracts, JV agreements, construction law, and subcontracting, as well as judicial review of calls for tenders and the filing and litigation of claims in that fields. His clientele encompasses the engineering & construction sectors, the defense and nuclear industries, and railway rolling stock manufacturers.

    He has acted as counsel in arbitration procedures, whether administered (ICC, European Development Fund (“EDF”)) or ad hoc.

    François Muller is a lecturer at the University of Paris II (Panthéon Assas), PgD International Construction Contracts, and a member of the Association Fran-çaise d’Arbitrage (French Arbitration Association), the International Bar Associ-ation (IBA, and a previous moderator within the International Construction Projects committee), the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) and the ICC (Arbitration and ADR commission of the French Committee).

    Admitted to the Paris bar in 1999, François Muller practiced at Rambaud Martel (1999) and Proskauer Rose (2005) before joining ADVANT Altana as a partner upon its creation in 2009.

     

    Education

    • Titulaire d’une Maîtrise en droit privé de l’Université de Paris II Panthéon-Assas 
    • Titulaire d’un DESS de contentieux de droit public de l’Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne 
    • Diplômé de l’Institut de Droit Public des Affaires 
       

    Client Matters

    • advise/mark up, contractor’s side, of several hundred million € D&B contract fort he foundations of an off shore windmill project
    • several lawsuits related to rolling stock material EPC public procurement contracts award in France, contractor’s side, each reprensenting hundred+ to several hundred million €
    • co-counsel in an ICC arbitration for an Asian main contractor against a Moroc-can subcontractor in the frame of a large plant project
    • counsel of the contractor in a multiparty litigation related tot he revamping and extension of a luxury hotel, involving side OS&E vs OS&E issues, contrac-tor’s lump sum price and consultant’s incentives, … for multi million €
    • ICC arbitration between partners in a consortium in charge with the design and build of a major airport infrastructure equipment, under the French law (counsel for plaintif, claims amount : 100 M€)
    • ICC arbitrations in Algeria, for Contractors of Public entities (railway infrastruc-ture projet), under Algerian law (counsel for plaintifs claims amounts, 12 M€)
    • Mediation related to interruption of hospital’s public works in Haïti, involving the contractor, the employer and the MDBs‘ funders (counsel for an MDB, claim amount 15 M$
    • Routinely involved in call for bonds/bank guarantees litigation relating to in-ternational construction project
       

    Awards

    Best Lawyers 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025
    Law firm of the Year: “Construction Law in France”
    Best Lawyers 2024
    Recognized since 2013 for (Construction Law | Public Law)

    Publications

    « Maîtriser la complexité des contentieux pour réduire l'aléa judiciaire »
    François Muller co-écrit avec Benjamin Dors 
    support de publication :  Le Figaro, June 2023

    « Marchés publics - Comment éviter que le dialogue compétitif ne devienne un dialogue de sourds »
    François Muller 
    support de publication : Le Moniteur, Décembre 2022

    « Arbitrage : incompétence du juge d’appui pour ordonner des mesures in futurum»
    François Muller co-écrit avec Benjamin Dors
    support de publication : Option Droit & Affaires, Décembre 2021

    « CCAG maîtrise d'œuvre : un cadre contractuel en évolution, sans révolution »
    François Muller
    support de publication : Le Moniteur, Juin 2021

    « Marchés publics - Des CCAG mis au goût du jour »
    François Muller
    support de publication : Le Moniteur, Mai 2021

    « L’option MARD renforcée par la crise du covid-19 ? Comment la dématériali-sation et l’oralité préservent leur continuité et le lien avec le justiciable »
    François Muller co-écrit avec Christophe Lapp
    support de publication : Dalloz, Juillet 2020

    « Quelle(s) évolution(s) pour l’option MARD dans la crise sanitaire ? »
    François Muller co-écrit avec Christophe Lapp
    support de publication : Le Monde du Droit, Mai 2020

    « Un « dispute board » pour prévenir les litiges »
    François Muller
    support de publication : Le Moniteur, Décembre 2019

    « Zoom sur les contours incertains du devoir de vigilance »
    François Muller
    support de publication : Les Echos Executives, Juillet 2019
     

    Articles

    Best Lawyers 2022: Altana's lawyers once again recognized by their peers amongst the best in the business
    Nineteen (19) Altana lawyers have been recognized by their peers as among the best business law practitioners in the 2022 "Best Lawyers" ranking. Of note: François Muller is named "Lawyer of the Year - Con…
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    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 Cons…
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    An (un)reasonable caution?
    François Muller published an article entitled "An (un)reasonable caution?" on the website Lesechos.fr on 24 February. The article treats the the adoption at last reading of the proposed law on the duty …
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    The duty of care : what are the contours, ultimately?
    François Muller published an article in La semaine Juridique on « Le devoir de vigilance : quels contours finalement ? ». Click here to read the article (in French)
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    Supply chain: Vigilance Required !
    François Muller published an article in Les Echoes entitled « Supply chain : la vigilance s'impose ! »  (“Supply chain: Vigilance Required!”) on the introduction into law of the duty of care for ordering c…
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    The duty of care put to the supply chain test
    François Muller published an article on Cercle des Echos entitled : "Le devoir de vigilance à l'épreuve de la supply chain" ("The duty of care put to the supply chain test”). Cick here to read the artic…
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    Videos

    Fil Rouge : The all-terrain Dispute board
    "The Dispute Resolution Committee" with François Muller, partner, ADVANT Altana, member of LCLIA and Guillaume Sauvaget, partner PS consulting, member of LCLIA.  Watch the video.
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