Mathilde Lefranc-Barthe
Partner of W&S SELAS
With more than ten years of experience, Mathilde represents French and international companies in litigation and international arbitration matters.
Key Matters
- Counsel to a Caribbean State in connection with its international investment treaty regime
- Counsel to a Chinese distributor in a commercial arbitration arising out of a distribution agreement, under the ICC rules
- Regular representation of the leader organization accredited by the French Government to collect funds and sponsor professionals trainings, regarding civil and criminal disputes before French courts
- Representation of a major non profit healthcare organization against the lessor to have a lease agreement rescinded for failure to provide adequate premises
- Representation of a medical laser company in a dispute against a hospital related to the termination of its lease agreement
- Representation of a contractor before court-appointed expert and civil courts, among 30 co-defendants, against the owner of a 10-story luxury hotel that suffered flood damages which delayed the opening of the hotel
- Representation of lessors before civil courts for the enforcement of termination clause in commercial leases; oversees the enforcement of the rulings, including the eviction orders, as well as the seizure of assets to secure the debts
- Representation of an eco-organism for the collection of waste, in an ICC arbitration in connection with the termination of a contract with its general contractor
- Representation of several pharmaceutical laboratories before civil courts and the Paris Court of appeal for the taking of depositions in France, in connection with pretrial discovery pending in the US, pursuant to the 1970 Hague Convention on the taking of evidence in civil and commercial matters
Mathilde is directly involved in the cases. Her skills and experience in commercial litigation are very valuable to us.
The Legal 500 EMEA