Headed by Jacques Sivignon, Dechert LLP 's practice has a strong presence in the healthcare sector where it regularly handles contractual and product liability disputes. The team also has sustained activity in the financial sector handling key work for Lebanese banks and increasingly assisting creditors in restructuring situations. The team finally also handles commercial and corporate litigation as well as shareholders conflicts and provides guidance on duty of vigilance issues. The client base is made up of major industrial companies, investment funds and financial institutions.
L’éditorial du Legal 500
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- Réseaux sociaux
Témoignages
Collectés indépendamment par l'équipe de recherche du Legal 500.
‘Great availability and good knowledge of the pharmaceutical sector.'
'The team is always there and their clients know it, hence the very strong bonds of trust between it and them.'
'Jacques Sivignon is a combative and enthusiastic lawyer, who does not let himself be destabilized by the difficulties of the complex cases he handles. In addition to his excellent legal mastery, he has a solid instinct.'
Clients clés
- PepsiCo
- GSK
- Eurogroup
- Signify
Points forts
- Representing a major Chinese manufacturer of electrical cars in judicial proceedings initiated by a Swiss car distributor before the Paris Court of Appeal seeking to annul an ICC arbitral award.
- Representing a multinational lighting company in an action brought by the liquidator of a former subsidiary that was sold to an investment fund in 2012, which went bankrupt in 2017.
- Representing a medical device company in relation to a defective product liability claim by a patient regarding an implanted aortic valve prothesis.
Avocats
Responsable de la pratique
Jacques Sivignon