THERESE DONU

Planning one's succession is of prime importance, but the devolution of an inheritance also raises questions of contesting a will, conflicts between heirs, misappropriation of inheritance, concealment of inheritance, etc.

This extremely complex law may include the practice of other laws applied to successions. This is the case of tax law, intellectual property law for the successions of authors or artists, private international law in the case of international succession, among others.

Our team of experts advises and supports our clients in the management of their assets both during their lifetime and upon their death.

Likewise, whether they are testators, heirs, legatees, donees or interested third parties (creditors), we provide answers to each of our clients' questions and solutions to their concerns.

In addition, in the event of a divorce, our team of professionals is available to our clients in a listening and support approach for a better choice of the method of breaking the marital bond, whether it be legal separation, amicable or contentious divorce, child custody, the rights to which each spouse can claim, or the liquidation of common property. These areas of law, marked by a certain sensitivity, require a natural predisposition to listen to others. Team members recognized for their great moral and ethical value, make themselves available to do this.

A team of the Firm is also dedicated to the procedures of change or rectification of civil status among others. These procedures obey strict rules and require a mastery of the Code of Persons and Family.

With land law as one of its specialties, the Thérèse DONU Law Firm advises and assists its clients in securing real estate acquisition and sale transactions through tailored advice and the drafting of deeds. In the context of land disputes, the Firm assists and represents its clients both before the administration in relation to compensation procedures in an expropriation process for public utility reasons and before the judicial authorities with the aim of an action to claim property rights or payment.

In addition, the Thérèse DONU firm works alongside its clients in various ways, including the drafting and review of lease agreements, the recovery of rent and the eviction of unscrupulous tenants.

In addition, the expertise acquired by the Thérèse DONU firm during all its years of practice makes it the ideal Partner for the pre-litigation management of disputes between its clients and their co-contractors, whether they are landowners, lessors, tenants or real estate professionals. Mastery of all the specificities of land and real estate rights ensures optimized protection and defense of clients' rights and interests.

Operating in a sector of activity marked by permanent competition and a perpetual search for interests as distinct from each other as possible, commercial companies are subject to strict, comprehensive regulation that is constantly adapting to realities.

With corporate law as one of its specialties, Cabinet Thérèse DONU works alongside its clients to offer them solutions adapted to the specific nature of their activities, whether they are partners, shareholders or company directors.

Through its assistance and advice, the Thérèse DONU firm also provides legal support to companies to ensure that their documents, acts and operations comply with current regulations and has the skills necessary for legal representation of its clients in the event of disputes between partners or shareholders, with partners, employees and the tax and customs authorities, among others.

The banking, financial and insurance sector is facing new challenges due to the multiple permanent scientific and technical innovations linked to digitalization and especially to the specificity of the texts in force.

In this rigorous environment evolving at an exponential speed, the Firm continues to update its knowledge through targeted and innovative training. Thanks to its extensive skills, the Firm's team offers specialized and pragmatic assistance to its clients for all issues related to, among other things, access to the capital market, financial planning, project financing, choice of insurance, review of credit agreements, loans and insurance policies through legal advice and due diligence missions.

The plurality of areas it covers makes business law a discipline that is difficult to define for fear of circumscribing it.

The varied profiles of the team members facilitate the Firm's intervention on all aspects of this vast field of business law in order to provide clients with ongoing assistance through sound advice and tailor-made solutions to the problems and difficulties encountered. 

In the context of international negotiations and due to the knowledge acquired by its members in international trade law, personalized advice is given to clients on the choice of incoterms depending on whether they are producers or distributors.

In addition, the Firm intervenes in the context of debt recovery using the most appropriate, fastest and least expensive methods. However, concerned with preserving their relationships with their partners, priority is given to recovery through amicable means.

If necessary, the Firm assists its clients in obtaining protective measures against their debtors in order to preserve their rights or to directly obtain the forced recovery of their debts.

Unlike civil law, which only governs relations between individuals, criminal law governs relations between individuals and society. Thus, it ensures the protection of the individual through respect for public order.

Whether they are perpetrators or victims, the Firm advises and assists them in strict compliance with the rules of criminal procedure, whether during the preliminary investigation, in the investigation or in the trial.

In the event of a road traffic accident, the Firm's team works alongside the insurer to better calculate the victim's rights. Similarly, it supports accident victims, as appropriate, through a proper declaration of the claim while ensuring their full compensation.