Our team coordinates complex and high worth cross-border litigation matters, including international asset tracing research and enforcement actions for both foreign judgments and arbitral awards.
We also act before French and other European courts, while also having experience before Canadian and US courts, in matters with international or cross-border implications, including enforcement proceedings related to international arbitration.
This work has given us first-hand experience in dealing with complex (and sometimes fraudulent) structures used to hide assets in various jurisdictions around the world.
Our experience also includes conducting asset tracing research and coordinating asset recovery on all continents.
Our experience includes:
- Obtained provisional attachments and execution in several proceedings, confirmed by the Paris Tribunal de Grande Instance and Court of Appeal
- Counsel in various proceedings to recognize and set aside international arbitral awards before the Paris Court of Appeal
- Obtained attachments of shares, IP rights and other intangible assets in complex enforcement case of EUR 60 million award in various French judicial districts
- Obtained largest provisional execution order ever granted by Paris Court of Appeal requiring consignment of EUR 60 million by appellants contesting enforcement of international arbitral award in France to stop provisional execution of the award
- Obtained provisional attachment of EUR 40 million through de facto recognition of Dubai International Financial Court worldwide freezing order which was successfully applied to bank accounts and high end real estate in Paris
- Obtained an order from the Brussels Francophone Tribunal of First Instance refusing the suspension of immediate application of an ICC award pending a set aside request
- Advising a State on asset tracing and enforcement of numerous judgements and arbitral awards worth over EUR 1 billion