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  • Amendments to Japan’s subcontracting law effective January 2026, studies from a French perspective.
    23 Mar 2026 8 min read
  • European Commission unveils Industrial Accelerator Act Proposal – A turning point for EU Industrial Policy?
    11 Mar 2026 8 min read
  • The Road to a UK CBAM – Various new developments just announced including proposed new UK CBAM implementing legislation and public consultation
    17 Feb 2026 10 min read
  • EU–India FTA – Entering India’s Automotive Market
    03 Feb 2026 10 min read
  • Battery Electric Vehicles from China: a timely update on the EU’s anti-subsidy duties and the Commission’s new guidance on price undertakings
    20 Jan 2026 7 min read

1 specialist practice area in Commercial Law

In a legal environment where the rules are increasingly numerous and restrictive, you have to manage the commercial risks relating to your activity. For this, you have to protect yourself in your relations with both your customers and your suppliers. Managing these contractual relationships in accordance with the specific nature of your sector, and also with your own methods of operation, is therefore a necessity. Not only do you need fast and reliable legal answers, but these must be tailored to the context in which you are working. With 17 lawyers working in commercial law, we are able to deal with the specific features of your sector and profession which affect your practices.

Our teams are able to deal with all your commercial law issues, whether you are an actor in industry, large-scale distribution, the hotel and leisure industry or transport and logistics. We support you in the safe implementation of your commercial strategies, especially your operations for the transfer or reorganisation of tangible and intangible assets (assistance in negotiations for the purchase/sale of goodwill and drafting of deeds), the structuring and management of your commercial networks (assistance in the choice and introduction of distribution networks, assistance in the conclusion and follow-up of contracts: concession, franchise, commission-affiliation, etc.) and the conclusion and strengthening of your commercial and industrial partnerships, with regard to commercial contracts, supplier-distributor commercial relations and vice-versa.

We also help you manage your subcontracts, ensuring that you are protected, and draw up your purchase or sale contracts, distance, off site or in situ. We can help and advise you in the management of disputes that could arise with your suppliers, customers or competitors (settlement, mediation, procedure).

Finally, our publications and training also ensure that you are kept up to date with the latest legal and regulatory developments that concern you.

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Commercial Law Insights

Amendments to Japan’s subcontracting law effective January 2026, studies from a French perspective.

23 Mar 2026 8 min read

European Commission unveils Industrial Accelerator Act Proposal – A turning point for EU Industrial Policy?

11 Mar 2026 8 min read

The Road to a UK CBAM – Various new developments just announced including proposed new UK CBAM implementing legislation and public consultation

17 Feb 2026 10 min read

EU–India FTA – Entering India’s Automotive Market

03 Feb 2026 10 min read

Battery Electric Vehicles from China: a timely update on the EU’s anti-subsidy duties and the Commission’s new guidance on price undertakings

20 Jan 2026 7 min read

CBAM implementation package published and proposals for future expansion

22 Dec 2025 6 min read

CMS International Disputes Digest – 2025 Winter Edition

17 Dec 2025 3 min read

Political agreement paves way for new EU FDI Regulation

16 Dec 2025 6 min read

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