Commercial Lawyer in Paris
Economic and business sectors of the firm's commercial law clients:
The PETROUSSENKO Business Law Firm has over 27 years of experience providing advisory services and supporting merchants, various companies, and corporate groups in their creation and development.
The Business Law Firm provides services to businesses, companies, and corporate groups in commercial law.
In this field, the Business Law Firm advises, negotiates, and drafts contracts in the following sectors:
- Traditional and luxury hotels, tourist residences, traditional restaurants with extraction systems, luxury restaurants, brasseries, cafés, bars and nightclubs, pubs, snack bars, street food outlets, tobacco shops, casinos, gaming halls, etc.
- Food retail businesses: hypermarkets, supermarkets, grocery stores, bakeries, pastry shops, butcher shops, catering services, etc.
- Other commercial, professional, and industrial sectors: banks, insurance companies, trading firms, shopping centers, jewelry stores, fine jewelry, pharmacies, construction and building sectors, IT companies (startups and other firms), real estate (commercial properties), and all other commercial and industrial sectors (travel agencies, hair salons, beauty salons, perfumeries, dry cleaners, medical analysis laboratories, medical practices, spas and massage salons, clothing stores, shoe stores, transportation and logistics companies, real estate agents, etc.)
The main areas of activity of the Business Law Firm in terms of advisory services, negotiations, and drafting of commercial contracts:
The PETROUSSENKO Business Law Firm, specialized in commercial law, advises and supports merchants, companies, and groups (holding companies and subsidiaries), particularly in:
- Company formation process: SAS, SASU, SARL, SELARL, SA, SCI, sole proprietorship, limited liability sole proprietorship, etc.: drafting of articles of association, amendments during the company’s lifecycle (capital increase, closure, liquidation).
- Business purchases and sales: purchase and sale of business assets (fonds de commerce) as well as sale of shares and company stock. Our law firm specialized in commercial law first intervenes within the framework of search and sales mandates: it searches, on behalf of its clients, for a business, a company, or an enterprise to buy or sell.
The firm also acts under mandates to negotiate the purchase and sale prices of businesses and securities (shares and stocks), for the benefit of its clients—businesses, companies, and chains.
The firm drafts preliminary agreements, sales agreements, and deeds of sale for business assets, as well as share and stock transfers. It advises and supports its clients throughout the entire acquisition process, right up to the signing of the business, share, or stock sale documents.
Finally, the firm securely drafts and finalizes all these purchase and sale operations and contracts for business assets, company shares, and stocks on behalf of its clients.
- The conclusion of commercial leases and short-term leases (precarious leases, seasonal leases, etc.), as well as matters related to lease clauses (rent amount, charges, permitted activities, revision and indexation clauses, lease renewal, etc.), and management lease agreements.
- The negotiation and drafting of commercial contracts in France, Europe, and abroad, such as: supply contracts (goods, beverages, beer and alcohol), distribution agreements, exclusive and non-exclusive supply and distribution contracts, equipment rental contracts, equipment cleaning contracts, leasing agreements, lease-back contracts, and delivery contracts.
- Agreements between partners or shareholders, such as share transfer agreements, asset and liability guarantee agreements, and shareholders’ or partners’ agreements.
- Negotiations with financial partners for transaction financing and acquisition loans (banks, financial institutions, etc.): negotiations on interest rates and loan conditions with the banking institution (loans for the purchase and sale of businesses, shares, and company stocks, equipment financing, etc.).
- Assisting clients with administrative and tax regulations (safety, hygiene, and health rules, opening and closing hours—including requests for extended closing times, income tax, corporate tax, other taxes, VAT, etc.).
- Business recovery, judicial reorganization, takeover of companies and businesses, including holding companies and subsidiaries, and acquisition of company assets (equipment, client contracts, commercial leases, etc.).
Judicial defense in France, Europe, and abroad:
In addition to its advisory and support services for companies, corporate groups, and merchants, the PETROUSSENKO Law Firm is renowned for the quality of its interventions and its reputation as a representative in defending the claims of the companies it represents.
It acts in the context of business litigation related to the areas of activity mentioned above.
It also operates in the context of mediation and French and international arbitration between companies, corporate groups, and merchants located in France, Europe, and abroad.