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  Below are a few examples of assignments carried out by RINEAU & ASSOCIATES.

2011

2011 : Banking law - Joint guarantee – Dispute over a 210K€ action – Successful defense, action dropped. (762911)


2011 : Real estate and planning law - Building construction in a residential area – opposition from the neighbors. (403911)


2011 : Commercial Lease - Restaurant – legal or contractual variation of the rent. (535911)


2011 : Commercial Lease - Clothing shop – writing of a commercial lease. (321911)


2011 : Commercial Lease - Household furniture – negotiations over commercial lease renewal. (922911)


2011 : Commercial lease and bankruptcy law, various aspects. (860911)


2011 : Manufacturing subcontracting - Naval building – terms and limitations of the 1975 Act on subcontractors – admissibility of a direct lawsuit – conflict between subcontractor, contractor and project owner. (969811)


2011 : Arbitration - Real estate – hotels – arbitration clause – neutrality of the arbitrator. (710911).

2010

2010: Handling companies' economic difficulties - Food industry sector – Safeguard plan after “mandat ad hoc” proceedings.

2010: Handling companies' economic difficulties - Transport sector - External continuation plan as part of safeguard proceedings.

2010: Social law - Wood industry sector – Problem of nullity of an employment contract in an egalitarian partnership context.

2010 : Corporate law - Industry – France/Spain – judicial stock selling. (175118)

2010 : Competition and distribution - Public works – Dispute over unfair termination of an established commercial contractual relationship – strategy – pre-judicial investigation measures (“in futurum” action) – efficient to quickly find an out of court settlement. (555811)


2010 : Banking law - Joint guarantee – Failure on the part of the bank to appropriately warn the guarantor about his obligations – compensation between the guarantor and the bank’s debt. (992311)


2010/2011 : Real estate and planning law - Concession contract regarding a state-owned forest – Sanitation project – Wrongful breaking-up of the sanitation network by a third party – Violation of environmental law (Natura 2000 rules) and planning law (protected wood environment) – Success in obtaining compensation. (284811)


2010/2011 : Construction law - Lawsuit in Luxembourg – subcontractor – facing – assessment – out of court settlement – international case. (057811)


2010/2011 : Commercial lease and bankruptcy law – compensation for the owner – sums recovered from the bankruptcy. (286811)

2009

2009/2010: Handling companies' economic difficulties - Problems and solutions for audit of liabilities processes in receivership or safeguard situations according to internal or external continuation plans.

2009/2010: Social law - Food industry sector – Collective dispute (45 employees). Validity problem with an employment preservation plan in a collective proceedings context. Stakes of over 2,000K€.

2009/2010: Transport law - Supermarket retail sector – International direct action. Spanish transporter versus French recipient.  Application of French law. Public policy enactment. International public order law. Ruling published in the Bulletin des Transports et de la Logistique no. 3323.

2009/2010: Special litigations - Complex problems of qualification and validity of life insurance contracts and ownership of available capital, in a succession context. Stakes of over 1,100K€.

2009/2010: Competition and distribution - Medical imaging sector – Dispute over unfair termination of an established commercial contractual relationship. Determination on remand after appeal.

2009: Corporate Law - Supermarket retail sector – Transfer of several entities. Transaction of over 20,000K€.

2009/2010 : Banking law - Joint guarantee – bankruptcy law – prohibition to sue the guarantor while the recovery plan is being executed – cancelling of a temporary judicial mortgage – court decision commented in Revue des procedures collectives, Marsh 2011, comm..44. (568411)

2009/2010 : Banking law - Joint guarantee – missing and/or added words in the mandatory manuscript paperwork – guarantee void and null. (608811)