Expertise
Social law
We advise employees, employee representative bodies (ESCs) and unions.
We represent them in court, before all courts, regardless of the dispute, in matters of individual or collective employment relationships. We intervene in demand as well as in defense.
For employees, regardless of their status and employment, we are taking legal action to challenge redundancies of any kind or to obtain compensation for damages suffered during the execution of the employment contract (discrimination, harassment, salary reminders, unilateral modification of the employment contract, etc.). Before any trial, we define with the employee the best strategy to achieve the objectives set. We support employees in all types of negotiations, including in the context of judicial or extra-judicial mediation.
In terms of health and safety at work, we defend employees for the recognition of accidents at work, occupational diseases and inexcusable fault on the part of the employer.
We recommend CSE as part of annual subscriptions, to answer all their questions, or from time to time, in specific disputes. We defend them in particular when their resolutions are contested in court or when they are unable to obtain from the employer the information necessary to exercise their advisory powers or, more generally, in the event of interference by the employer. We are solicited by CSEs of companies of all sizes.
We intervene for trade union organizations in the context of collective bargaining but also, in court, for the defense of the collective interests of employees. We regularly act before the courts to enforce collective agreements and agreements.
Criminal law
With internationally recognized expertise, the firm assists natural or legal persons before the various national criminal courts (police courts, correctional courts, departmental criminal courts, assizes courts), international criminal courts) and international criminal courts (International Criminal Court).
He advises both during the pre-litigation phases (anticipating criminal risks, supporting victims of criminal offences to file a complaint) and after the initiation of proceedings (follow-up during the investigation or judicial information phase, assistance and representation before the courts). The Bourdon & Associates team is available to act urgently (assistance in custody or in immediate appearance).
In the context of the settlement of certain international conflicts, the firm may also, in support of the defined strategy, be required to intervene before regional courts, such as the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice.
Bourdon & Associés regularly intervenes in complex and media-exposed litigation.
The firm intervenes in particular in the field of:
- Common criminal law;
- international criminal law;
- Business criminal law;
- Criminal press law;
- Environmental criminal law.
This center of expertise is led by William Bourdon and Vincent Brengarth as well as their collaborators.
Commercial law
In this area, we provide advice as well as litigation.
We advise companies and individuals in their professional activities, for the drafting of contracts.
In the event of a dispute, we intervene in demand as well as in defense, before any jurisdiction, including arbitration courts.
Before any trial, we define with the client the best strategy to achieve the objectives set.
We support our clients in all types of negotiations, including in the context of judicial or extra-judicial mediation.
We have developed expertise in drafting commercial asset transfer agreements and in litigating this type of transaction.
We regularly defend guarantor managers.
Civil liberties
Bourdon & Associés assists natural and legal persons before administrative courts (administrative courts, administrative courts of appeal), both in defense and in demand. His expertise includes in particular the mastery of emergency procedures.
Bourdon & Associés has a solid reputation in the field of defending public and fundamental freedoms before administrative courts. He is regularly called upon to intervene in disputes involving violations of the right to dignity, freedom to come and go, freedom of expression or assembly...
As for the other areas of intervention of the firm, administrative litigation and civil liberties may involve the referral to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the monitoring of the various phases of the procedure, including the exploration of the possibilities of an amicable settlement.
This center of expertise is led by William Bourdon and Vincent Brengarth as well as their collaborators.
Honoraries
Bourdon & Associates establishes its fees transparently with its clients, according to the nature and difficulty of the case and the time spent processing the file. The amount of fees can be established according to the time spent by the lawyer and his hourly rate.
When there are only a few uncertainties concerning the progress of the procedure, the firm can agree with its client on a fixed amount for the entire processing of the file.
When the firm and the client have expressly provided for it, remuneration indexed to the result obtained may also be agreed, in addition to a “minimum” fee, based on a fixed price or a quota of hours.
