Litigation

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Each partner in our firm handles litigation matters within his or her practice areas.

In general, our firm’s aim is to prevent and manage contractually the consequences of litigation.

LMBE offers contractual solutions intended to :

 Forestall the risks of non-performance of a contract by the use of appropriate contractual provisions (conditions precedent, rescission provisions, liquidated damages provisions, reservation of title clauses, guarantee clauses, individual security interests, etc.).
 Anticipate contractually how disputes that may arise will be handled (before the courts or by the inclusion of clauses calling for negotiation, mediation and/or arbitration, etc.).

LMBE implements methods to prevent and handle legal disputes that are adapted to most civil, commercial and criminal proceedings. In the first two types of proceedings, our firm has extensive experience with urgent procedures, such as:

 payment orders
 summary proceedings
 ex parte proceedings
 payment orders rendered in summary proceedings and appointment of experts in summary proceedings (construction and public works cases)

We adapt each procedure to the specific litigation matter at issue.

Our firm also seeks to “optimise” the handling of disputes and to minimise losses that may arise from a company’s business by defining, in conjunction with the client, management strategies before the authorities conducting bankruptcy proceedings or by collecting evidence in advance by petitioning for the appointment of experts.

LMBE has significant experience with measures to protect and enforce receivables, such as obtaining seizure orders adapted to each situation (seizing real property, personal property, bank accounts, etc.).

In addition to our firm’s ongoing litigation practice within its areas of expertise, our firm has acquired substantial experience in initiating ex parte proceedings and forced collection procedures in order to protect business receivables before or after legal action is initiated.