Your legal partner
for a Europe on the move
LEGAL SUPPORT FOR YOUR BUSINESS IN FRANCE
For over 20 years, the law firm LMW Avocat has been responding to the challenges faced by its clients following Poland’s entry into the European Union and to the international trade needs of the French business community.
Our law firm has grown alongside our clients, sharing in their successes, assisting them with both legal advice and litigation representation.
Based in Toulon (South of France), our law firm provides both advisory and litigation services across France.
To assist its clients in their endeavours, our law firm works in French, Polish, and English.
LMW Avocat is a member of the European Institute for Labour Mobility.
PRACTICE AREAS
The French legal system can seem particularly complex to foreign investors.
Our law firm will assist you in finding your way through the complexities of French regulations and their interpretation by local authorities and courts.
We offer comprehensive legal advice and tailor-made solutions to help our clients achieve their goals in the following areas:
Commercial law
- Legal advisory services
- Negotiation and drafting of commercial contracts
- Debt recovery
- Representation in litigation before courts or administrative tribunals
- Assistance in bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings, filing of claims and creditor representation
Company law
- Incorporation and restructuring of companies and commercial representative offices
- Corporate legal secretarial services
- Advisory and representation services for Polish businesses in France
- Support for exporters and establishment of businesses outside France (Poland, Germany)
Business criminal law
- White-collar crime: mismanagement offenses, financial misappropriation, anti-money laundering compliance
- Employment criminal law: illegal employment, unlawful employee outsourcing, abuses related to employee posting, workplace accidents
Transport law
- Transport damage and handling transport law disputes.
- Gross negligence of the carrier and freight forwarder
- Liability under the CMR Convention
- Debt recovery and direct action under the Gayssot Act, which grants carriers a specific right to claim their payment directly from the final shipper, helps protect them from relying on potentially insolvent intermediaries.
Employment law
- Legal advisory services on employee recruitment and employment
- Drafting of employment contracts
- Audits on compliance with French labor law
- International mobility and employee posting
- Implementation of employment termination procedures, whether initiated by the employer (dismissals) or the employee (formal resignation, voluntary departure)
- Proceedings before the labor court (Conseil de Prud’hommes)
CONTACT
Lidia MAILLIET-WOZNIAK
AVOCAT
97 avenue VAUBAN
83000 Toulon
Phone : +33(0)4 94 46 07 47
E-mail : lidia.mailliet-wozniak@avocat.