Constitutional and european law
The firm assists its clients with all issues relating to constitutional law, economic rights and freedoms, and European law.
In particular, it has particular expertise in the area of question prioritaire de constitutionnalité (QPC), whether this involves identifying and analysing the merits of the complaints that may be raised in support of such an appeal, anticipating the effects of a declaration of unconstitutionality on the substantive dispute, or ensuring the effective implementation of the appeal before the courts.
The firm also assists its clients in their relations with political and administrative institutions at both European and national level, particularly in connection with the adoption of legislative or regulatory texts, where necessary in conjunction with public affairs firms.
Significant experiences
- Advising and representing an IT services company in the context of a QPC relating to administrative sanctions for obstructing the exercise of the investigative powers of the Autorité de la concurrence, which led to the declaration of unconstitutionality of the contested provision.
- Advising and representing a company operating leisure facilities in a dispute seeking to bring into line the French system of exclusions from public procurement contracts, which led to the Conseil d’État referring the matter to the CJEU for a preliminary ruling, and then to the amendment of the legislative provisions.
- Advising a leading European group in its field in connection with the implementation of an extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme, including the submission of ‘portes étroites’ to the Conseil d’État and the presentation of proposals for legislative amendments and changes to the implementing regulations.
- Advising and representing an individual in a dispute concerning furniture subject to an administrative detention order, resulting in the declaration of unconstitutionality of the disputed order and the recovery of the detained furniture.
- Advising a professional association for the purposes of challenging the new regulations governing the conditions of access to a regulated profession following the adoption of the ‘Growth and Activity’ Act.
