Pierre-Céols Fischer est associé au sein du département contentieux de notre bureau de Paris. Il dispose d’une expérience reconnue dans la gestion de contentieux complexes et sensibles.
Expérience
Dossiers représentatifs
Dossiers représentatifs
Advising a multinational group in multi-jurisdictional disputes with a longstanding supplier following substantial price increases and breaches of contract, coordinating proceedings across multiple jurisdictions worldwide to secure continuity of supply.
Providing counsel to an international group in a pan‑African Francophone contract termination dispute, including proceedings before the Senegalese courts.
Representing a global commodities leader in a €12 million tort litigation, involving extensive court-appointed expert proceedings involving multiple parties.
Advising a multinational group in multi-jurisdictional disputes with a longstanding supplier following substantial price increases and breaches of contract, coordinating proceedings across multiple jurisdictions worldwide to secure continuity of supply.
Providing counsel to an international group in a pan‑African Francophone contract termination dispute, including proceedings before the Senegalese courts.
Representing a global commodities leader in a €12 million tort litigation, involving extensive court-appointed expert proceedings involving multiple parties.
Secured emergency relief following the abrupt termination of established business relations, compelling a key supplier to relaunch operations and rehire staff, preserving critical supply chains and continuity of supply for a global consumer goods leader.
Achieved a global resolution strategy for a global health care company in a multimillion‑euro dispute over non‑compliant industrial equipment, materially mitigating exposure to damages.
Blocked an attempted takeover and dilution by a minority shareholder, securing protective orders to maintain control for the majority shareholders of a leading French veterinary clinic.
Closed multiple litigations totalling approximately €40 million for a leading aerospace company through a global resolution strategy.
Obtained multiple orders to secure compliance undertakings and mitigate regulatory exposure for an international energy company in a dispute with a key industrial supplier over the nonconformity of water treatment plants with environmental standards.
Obtained the suspension of payment of first demand guarantees totalling €61 million, following enforcement in France of an ICC award for an international construction company.
Obtained ex parte orders lifting all garnishments totalling approximately €50 million over bank accounts, construction site assets, and third party receivables for a leading construction company.
Prevented the payment of €25 million in first-demand guarantees through multiple proceedings before the Cameroonian courts and coordinated a cross border strategy for a leading construction company.
Obtained and preserved freezes over multiple first-demand guarantees totalling approximately €24 million in a Central Africa project, maintained through to the conclusion of arbitration against the beneficiary for a global construction company.
Secured a several-month suspension of payment on €60 million in first-demand guarantees in disputes with a public entity in Cameroon for a global construction leader.
Obtained a several-month suspension of payment on a €45 million first-demand guarantee, following the suspension of construction works due to armed attacks in Central America, prompting settlement for a global energy technology leader.
Provided counsel to a global leader in solutions for energy transition metals and minerals to secure its receivables against a mining operator in Central Africa.
Obtained an ex parte order to seize commercial aircraft and components to secure repayment for several lenders against an international flag carrier.
Recovered for the heirs of a French Jewish manufacturer looted during WWII a Pissarro painting purchased by a U.S. collector and lent to a French museum through coordinated cross-border restitution proceedings.
Références
Formation
Formation
- Georgetown University Law Center, 2013, LL.M., General studies
- Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2011, Master II, Business Law and Economy
- Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2010, Maitrise en Droit
- Cologne, Germany, 2008, LL.M., German law, cum laude
Admissions et qualifications professionnelles
Admissions et qualifications professionnelles
- Paris
Affiliations professionnelles
Affiliations professionnelles
- Société de législation comparée
- Association des professionnels du contentieux des affaires