During the Deauville colloquium organised by the association Law and Business In 2008, Maître Patricia Guyomarc’h shed light on a critical point of business law: determining the competent court for corporate groups. Through the analysis of significant case law from the Court of Appeal of Versailles, the discussions highlight the emergence of the community criterion of the «centre of main interests» (COMI).
For the firm CG Law, This question is far from being purely technical; it is eminently strategic. Knowing how to centralise the procedures of several subsidiaries before the same court allows for a global vision of the group, facilitates the consistency of recovery plans and optimises the chances of survival for the entire structure.
Maître Guyomarc’h and his team have mastered these «extended competence» mechanisms which borrow from European law to compensate for the slowness of national legislators. This expertise allows the firm CG Law to act as a true «ideas agitator» and advise group leaders on the best jurisdictional strategy, thereby ensuring more effective and secure administration of justice for the company.
