Trade and Distribution

Selling is a crucial element of business. Our experts are ready to help clients in the trade and distribution sector to limit their risks, so that they can safeguard their supplier-distributor (B2B) and business-consumer (B2C) relations at both national and international levels.

We advise clients on all aspects of routes to market from traditional trade-and-distribution matters to innovative online-distribution projects (i.e., marketplaces and e-commerce business).

We have significant trading-and-distribution experience across a wide range of sectors, with particularly broad expertise in automotive, agricultural, consumer-goods, logistics, and IT matters. Our advice also includes assistance with distribution antitrust-law matters and corresponding compliance projects and with the structuring of franchise systems.

We follow new consumption patterns, trends, technological developments, and changes in the applicable regulatory environment to help our clients stay fully informed. We also help clients set up e-commerce businesses and assist with related aspects such as IT, data protection, general terms and conditions, and compliance with regulatory requirements (including VAT/sales tax issues, customs duties, MOSS, IOSS, and more).

We can help you with:

• Trade and distribution disputes
• E-commerce-related legal services
• Commercial-agency agreements
• Distribution and franchising agreements
• Subcontracting and outsourcing agreements
• The purchase and licensing of intellectual property
• Sales and procurement agreements
• Trade regulations
• Consumer protection
• Product liability