UGGC AVOCATS

UGGC Avocats has developed recognized expertise in corporate law and regularly advises all types of commercial companies, SMEs and international groups on their corporate governance issues  :

The Firm has recognized expertise in the management of general meetings , particularly on behalf of listed companies and particularly in the event of conflict between shareholders.

UGGC Avocats intervenes in the corporate management of groups of companies : choice of legal structures, establishment of holding companies, internal restructuring operations, implementation of profit-sharing plans.

The Firm also has particular experience in issues relating to public capital companies ( mixed economy company, etc. ).

Major real estate projects

UGGC Avocats has, for several years, been a reference in the monitoring of large real estate projects and has been involved, as such, in numerous development operations or complex real estate operations (urban restructuring operations, concerted development zones, logistics, etc.)

The Real Estate Law team supports its clients, private and public project owners, from the prefiguration of a real estate transaction – by studying the legal and regulatory, contractual or fiscal constraints of the operation – until its completion and, if necessary, until litigation.

The Firm advises its clients on the national or local legislation and regulations applicable to their projects and regularly intervenes upstream of requests for urban planning authorizations (development permit, building permit, demolition permit, preliminary declarations, etc.) in auditing application files before their submission.

Likewise, UGGC Avocats is involved in the definition and implementation of contractual arrangements allowing the completion and valuation of the operation, particularly in complex operations involving several builders or relating to the construction of works with a mixed private and public vocation. : sales contracts in a future state of completion (VEFA), project management contracts, public domain occupation contracts, volume divisions, etc.

The Real Estate Law team has particular experience in the management of disputes initiated against real estate transactions by third parties as well as in disputes directed against refusals of planning authorizations.

Internal and international arbitration

UGGC Avocats has developed a regular practice in domestic or international arbitrations, whether as arbitrator or as counsel to the parties.

The firm's Litigation and Arbitration team regularly intervenes in the context of arbitration, particularly in Mergers and Acquisitions operations: disputes over the forced execution of acquisition protocols, joint ventures linked to the setting of transfer prices, implementation of an asset and liability guarantee agreement…

The lawyers who constitute it also have extensive experience in international arbitrations in the following areas:

• export markets and international trade relations;
• contentious situations between joint venture partners abroad;
• disagreements between partners for the realization of major foreign Industrial and Commercial Projects.

Intellectual property

Since its creation in 1993, UGGC Avocats has had a team dedicated to intellectual property, IT and Internet issues. This center of expertise is organized around specialized lawyers, covering, in advice and litigation, all aspects of intellectual property, new technologies and the exploitation of data.

Trademark law

UGGC Avocats supports its clients in the strategy of protecting their brands, according to their field of activity and the desirable geographical expansion. From the registration of trademarks, relying in particular on its Shanghai office, including the management of oppositions, actions for nullity or forfeiture and the drafting of operating contracts (assignment, license, coexistence, franchise), UGGC Avocats is present alongside its clients, in France and internationally, to ensure the protection of their brands throughout the value chain.

UGGC Avocats also assists its clients by conducting civil and criminal counterfeiting actions, which are often complex in the case of counterfeiting on the Internet and violation of distribution networks. The Firm notably assists major players in the fashion, watchmaking, cosmetics and food distribution sectors. It also conducts online domain name restitution procedures (UDRP and Syreli) for its clients.

The Firm also intervenes in disputes arising from contested trademark registrations before both French and Community authorities (EU Office for Intellectual Property/ex-OHIM and Court of the European Union). He advises his clients on the implications of the Community Package (2015 update of the European Trademark Directive and the Community Trademark Regulation).

Patent law

UGGC Avocats supports its clients in the negotiation and drafting of licensing contracts, patent co-ownership regulations, agreements on remuneration for inventions, as well as in the exploitation of know-how, with particular regard to the regulations of Community exemption, both in the scientific fields, as well as in the pharmaceutical, automobile and agri-food fields.

The Firm ensures for its clients the defense of their patents and know-how, particularly in the context of actions for counterfeiting or asserting patents, for example for French and foreign companies in the consumer products sector (electronics, drinks ) or the infrastructure sector (notably roads).

UGGC Avocats also assists its clients in the negotiation and monitoring of research partnerships and the implementation of the exploitation of the results.

Copyright and design law

Copyright

In matters of copyright and related rights, the IP-IT team is active in the field of fashion and accessories creation, to support designers or their employers and sponsors (fashion houses, jewelry, leather goods …) and defend their copyright. the team is also an expert in the issue of copyright protecting works of art, emanating from public commissions (architecture) or independent artists (sculptors). In particular, she has good experience with exhibition contracts and a good knowledge of copyright issues faced by museums in the management of their collections.

UGGC Avocats also has practice and expertise in audiovisual production, image rights and publishing law and deals with questions of copyright and related rights relating thereto. In the fight against copyright counterfeiting on the Internet, the Firm conducts “take down notice” procedures and implementation of the liability of various online communication providers.

Design law

UGGC Avocats assists its clients with the registration of their designs and the negotiation of related operating contracts (assignment, license, coexistence), at the French, community or international level. The protection of designs and models and litigation concerning them are generally an opportunity to examine the accumulation of protection by copyright and three-dimensional trademark law. This applies to the fashion sector where the accumulation of protections is frequent but also concerns industrial designs and models (utensils, tableware, decorative objects, spare parts and connected objects).