COOPERATION / JOINT VENTURES

The clients of BETTO PERBEN are essentially major groups, so the firm regularly deals with issues deriving from complex industrial and commercial cooperation agreements (development and sale of a common product, technology transfers, distribution agreements, etc.). The firm’s members act at the pre-contentious stage or during litigation deriving from the non-performance, breach or termination of cooperation agreements or joint-venture agreements.

EXAMPLES OF MATTERS

Arbitration regarding :

  • the termination of a cooperation agreement between a French party and a Spanish party (amount in dispute: 1.2 billion euros, French law, ICC, seat in Paris, French and Spanish languages).
  • the termination of an industrial cooperation agreement between a French party and an Italian party (amount in dispute: 140 million euros, French law, ICC, seat in Brussels, English language).
  • the termination of a commercial cooperation agreement in the retail industry (amount in dispute: 18 million euros, Greek law, ICC, seat in Athens, English language).
  • the breach of a management contract in the Hospitality sector (amount in dispute: 18 million euros, English law, ICC, seat in Geneva, English language).
  • the breach of a management contract in the Hospitality sector (amount in dispute: 13 million euros, Tunisian law, ICC, seat in Tunis, French language).
  • the termination of a commercial lease in the retail sector (amount in dispute: 19 million euros, Greek law, ICC, seat in Athens, English language).

Legal advice in a dispute relating to :

  • the breach of a management contract in the Hospitality sector (amount in dispute: 11 million dollars, Ethiopian law, ICC, seat in London, English language).