PARIS • LYON • MARSEILLE
PARIS • LYON • MARSEILLE
PARIS • LYON • MARSEILLE
PARIS • LYON • MARSEILLE
BOSCO AVOCATS is an inter-bar law firm resulting from the merger of the law firms FLEURY MARES DELVOLVE ROUCHE and VSA.
Focused on the problems encountered by private and public economic operators in the industry and construction, BOSCO AVOCATS has developed this practice and has diversified it into complementary areas, both in advice and litigation (judicial, administrative and arbitral).
Today based in three offices located in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, its teams have particular expertise and know-how in:
Its integrated organisation and the mutual trust that animates its members allow BOSCO AVOCATS to intervene in emergency situations and to deal with complex issues requiring multidisciplinary skills. Cases can be handled individually or collectively according to the needs of the client and the specificities of their situation.
BOSCO AVOCAT has a historical practice, linked to the activity of Delvolvé Rouche, in domestic and international arbitration (AFA, ICC, etc.).
Patrick Marès has his own expertise acquired within the law firms Claude GOLDMAN, WHITE & CASE, then SHADBOLT where he was a partner.
On the strength of this experience, BOSCO AVOCATS regularly acts on behalf of French or foreign companies, as well as States, in construction and engineering cases in the context of international projects, but also in disputes relating to litigation between partners, or complex contractual disputes.
The firm also has in-depth expertise in state proceedings brought against arbitral awards, and in particular in the context of applications for annulment.
The firm has developed a specific practice of assisting its clients in the context of these arbitration and mediation procedures. BOSCO AVOCATS thus regularly participates in CMAP [Paris Centre for Mediation and Arbitration], CCI [French Chambers of Commerce and Industry] and ad hoc mediations as well as in arbitrations proposed by the commercial courts.
The firm carries out legal risk audits, a major decision-making tool.
The lawyers at BOSCO have a real knowledge of building sites and the industrial environment, which has enabled them to develop a high level of expertise in monitoring operations. They thus assist their clients throughout the implementation phase to deal with difficulties as they arise (additional work, slippage of deadlines, problems linked to co-contracting/sub-contracting, etc.) or they assist them in putting together their end-of-job claim files.
The assistance that the firm provides to its clients also covers issues related to urban planning and the public property.
The firm regularly trains private and public operators on the issues of awarding and executing contracts and develops tailor-made programmes with them.
The firm regularly intervenes in the monitoring of disputes when an appraisal is ordered in cases involving the operation of industrial entities. It thus participates in the implementation of a strategy, assists and represents its clients during amicable or judicial appraisals related to industrial equipment failures and in the amicable or judicial resolution of these disputes (before the administrative, civil, commercial or criminal courts).
The firm is involved in the auditing of contracts and insurance policies, analysis of liabilities incurred and study of claims.
BOSCO law firm assists its clients in the usual disputes before the commercial courts and has developed a specific practice in the field of subcontracting, disputes between suppliers, debt collection and abrupt breakdowns of established commercial relationships.
The firm intervenes prior to any lawsuit in order to implement or contest measures of seizure of physical or electronic documents that are intended to demonstrate acts of unfair competition.
The firm also represents its clients in actions of unfair competition, parasitical business practices or disparagement.
BOSCO has developed a specific practice in disputes relating to first party guarantees.
Le Cabinet accompagne ses clients dans le cadre des litiges relatifs à la reconnaissance ou à la protection du droit de propriété, et intervient régulièrement en matière de voies d’exécution en demande comme en défense.
The firm assists both public and private clients with their projects in France and abroad. This intervention extends to all projects, from the preparation of the contractual package to the drafting and negotiation of contract documents (main contract, subcontracting contracts, project management and engineering contracts, grouping agreements) and the monitoring of the progress of the worksite (contractual management and handling of claims).
The firm is also present to assist its clients during the implementation of insurance guarantees and to accompany them in the conduct of any litigation (litigation between those involved in the operation of the works, litigation against third parties or proceedings resulting from claims).
The firm is involved in the creation of companies and their legal follow- up as well as in the implementation of internal rules, particularly between partners. The firm is also involved in capital transactions, internal restructuring and external growth operations.
The firm’s expertise also covers capital transactions (capital increases and reductions), internal restructuring operations (mergers, demergers, universal transfer of assets, partial transfer of assets, etc.) or external growth (acquisitions, joint ventures, etc.).
The firm assists its clients in the negotiation, review and drafting of commercial contracts (contracts for the provision of services, CGAs [approved accounting and tax assistance association], GTCs [centralised technical management], transactional agreements, etc.).
The firm assists and represents its clients, whether they are plaintiffs or defendants, in all types of criminal proceedings (expedited police investigation, preliminary investigation or inquiry) and intervenes at every stage of these proceedings: hearing (free hearing or police custody), preparation of the hearing, judgment.
The firm thus intervenes before all courts (Police Court, Criminal Court, Court of Assize) and for all types of offences: fines, minor offences and crimes.
The firm assists and represents its clients in the context of economic and financial offences specific to legal entities and company directors, such as the offences of abuse of corporate assets or corruption.
The firm assists public authorities and elected officials in cases of illegal taking of interests, influence peddling or favouritism.
The firm also assists its clients in the event of breaches of the health and safety provisions of the Labour Code, unintentional injuries occurring in a work context, particularly on industrial sites or construction operations.
The firm regularly intervenes before the criminal courts, in parallel or following tax proceedings, for tax fraud offences.
The firm handles cases relating to breaches of the environmental code, damage to classified installations and more generally to urban planning law and fraud.
The firm carries out audits or training for company staff and managers in order to alert them to criminal risks. The firm also assists companies in their compliance mission and in ensuring their operations comply with the Sapin II law.
The firm assists its clients before criminal and civil courts in cases of defamation or insult as well as in cases of invasion of privacy. The firm is also competent for the rapid removal of litigious content from the Internet and for de- indexing.
