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Manage pre-litigation with a distributor

You are facing relationship difficulties with one of your distributors. Either he has addressed grievances to you, or he is not or not fully performing his contract. 

The situation can escalate into litigation if not handled appropriately. Risks can then arise: financial risks, risks of undermining your ability to manage your distribution network, creation of harmful precedents, image risks. 

Our method in case of pre-litigation with a distributor

We have a great knowledge of distribution networks and pre-litigation in general. We’ve managed thousands of them. This allows us to anticipate future shots, to master crisis management issues and solutions: in short, to be one step ahead; to build the outcome rather than endure the conflictual situation. 

You must first determine your goals, prioritize them. It is then necessary to analyze the situation in an objective way: what are the strengths and weaknesses, in fact and in law, of your distributor and what are your own? Paths to achieve your goals are then defined. 

This strategy is then rolled out, avoiding litigation but preparing to win it if it becomes necessary or desirable. 

We organize the constitution and preservation of evidence, help you write each communication to your distributor and implement with you the entire strategy defined to resolve the difficulty. 

Promote a consensual resolution, and without harm to the distribution network

We manage to avoid the occurrence of most disputes by finding a solution that allows a return to the execution of the contract or a consensual settlement of the pre-litigation through the use of the transaction, negotiated with our help. 

Guillaume Gouachon

Avocat associé

Responsable "Consommation, produits et conformité"

Jérôme Guillé

Jérôme Guillé

Avocat associé

Responsable "Distribution & Concurrence"

Jérôme Le Hec - Avocat associé

Jérôme Le Hec

Avocat associé

Responsable "Distribution & Concurrence"

Martine Behar Touchais

Professeur de droit Of counsel

Responsable "Distribution & Concurrence"

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We manage to avoid the occurrence of most disputes by finding a solution that allows a return to the execution of the contract or a consensual settlement