Our Expertise
Our services
At Holfran, we provide comprehensive assistance to entrepreneurs, operational staff, and legal departments in various legal matters, including negotiation, contract drafting, legal advice, and litigation support. Our team adopts a practical approach and emphasizes transparency and confidentiality throughout the process. We specialize in the following areas:
Commercial and contract law
Holfran is a team of specialized lawyers offering expert legal advice to clients on various aspects of commercial law, including sales, distribution, and competition law. Our team has extensive experience in handling all types of legal contracts, from general agreements like agency, distribution, franchising, cooperation, and service contracts, to more complex agreements tailored to specific projects like warehouse operating agreements, industrial subcontracting agreements, and turnkey demolition agreements.
We also provide commercial litigation services, representing clients in cases such as unlawful severance of business relationships, breach of contract, and debt recovery. At Holfran, we pride ourselves on our pragmatic and effective solutions to our clients’ legal issues. If you need assistance with commercial law, contact us today to learn how we can help your business.
Labor law
We provide comprehensive services for hiring employees in France, in particular for the drafting of labor agreements. We also assist our clients in managing the employment relationship, including where necessary assisting in the proper termination of labor agreements to avoid litigation.
Corporate law
We assist in the setting up of French corporations such as SAS or SARL (from the drafting of the articles of association to the registration with the commercial register). We help our clients restructure their business through the transfer of shares and secure finance agreements through guarantees and sureties.
Liability and litigation
We represent companies before the French courts and negotiate settlement agreements. We have specific expertise in (product) liability disputes, applicable law- and jurisdiction conflicts. We can coordinate proceedings in various jurisdictions (France – The Netherlands – Belgium) and work with international instruments and conventions. We also draft affidavits.
Construction and insurance law
Construction contracts or agreements with a subcontractor must be properly documented and insured, and occasionally lead to disputes, surveys or judicial proceedings. Our activities include advising on all aspects of French construction law and the associated guarantees and insurances; negotiating, drafting or assessing construction, subcontracting contracts and tenders in France; advising in case of disputes in France about, for example, delivery, defects, guarantees.
Transport law
We also assist our customers in matters relating to damage to, or loss of cargo during carriage, international road transport (CMR) disputes or consignment notes issues. Our activities include assisting in surveys, settlement negotiations and judicial proceedings
Insolvency
We assist creditors and debtors in insolvency proceedings in France. Our activities include advising on issues related to French insolvency law, as well as assisting debtors with filing for bankruptcy in France, helping creditors in filing a claim, triggering a guarantee, and communicating with French insolvency trustees.
All Services are provided in compliance with the European personal data protection regulations.