Civil & tax litigation.
The firm handles cross-border civil and tax disputes for private clients and businesses, with strategy and supervision provided by the firm's partners and the procedural representation handled by locally admitted counsel in the relevant jurisdiction. The model is one of integrated representation across borders, rather than referrals between independent firms.
The firm declines mandates that are confined to a single domestic forum without cross-border dimension, except where the client is an existing relationship of the firm in connection with broader work. The cross-border component is what distinguishes the firm's contribution from that of competent local counsel.
Six recurring workstreams.
Commercial and contractual disputes
Disputes arising from international contracts, joint-venture arrangements, shareholder agreements, and post-closing claims, with management of parallel proceedings where the contract permits multiple fora.
Provisional and conservatory measures
Conservatory seizures, freezing orders, and other interim measures, with attention to the enforcement chain that runs from the order in one jurisdiction to the realisation against assets in another.
Fraud and asset recovery
Investigation and recovery in cases of corporate fraud, fraudulent conveyance, and concealment of assets, including the coordinated use of civil and criminal channels where both are available.
Tax disputes
Negotiation with tax authorities, contentieux fiscal proceedings, and litigation before the relevant tax courts, with coordination of the tax-technical and procedural strands of the case.
Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments
Procedures for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards across the firm's working jurisdictions, including the limited grounds for refusal that remain available to the resisting party.
Mediation and negotiated resolution
Structured negotiation of disputes through mediation, settlement conferences, and direct counsel-to-counsel negotiation, where the procedural and economic case favours resolution over judgment.
Strategy and supervision from the firm.
The firm leads the strategy of the dispute, the drafting of the substantive submissions, and the coordination across jurisdictions. Procedural appearance is handled by local counsel admitted in the relevant forum — the firm's partners are not admitted as such in the European jurisdictions in which the firm advises. The selection of local counsel is a matter on which the firm exercises direct judgment, drawing on long-standing relationships with civil litigators in the jurisdictions concerned. The client retains the right to propose alternative counsel; the firm reserves the right to decline to coordinate with counsel of whose practice it has no working knowledge.