The firm has developed extensive experience on technical issues working alongside reputable experts in the field. We represent clients in matters involving:

  • enforcement of builders’ warranties 
  • losses covered by the ten-year construction defect warranty, one-year completion warranty, and two-year “good working order” warranty required under French law
  • compliance with contract specifications and building permits
  • construction insurance coverage (e.g., policies covering liability for the ten-year construction defect warranty; damage-to-structure coverage; “all risk” work site coverage, property developer’s coverage
  • large-scale, public works construction projects (e.g., airports, places of worship, museums), shopping malls, and prestigious office and residential buildings

Representative Examples of Services Recently Provided

  • Representation in expert investigatory proceedings (under the French rules of civil procedure) following destruction of a supporting beam at a building renovation project in the La Defense business district of Paris
  • Representation of a construction company in connection with insurance coverage for construction defects at a residential waste incineration facility (loss in excess of €50 million)
  • Legal counselling and representation of a client in connection with a dispute over alleged negligence in the renovation of a power plant in the south of France
  • Representation in expert investigatory proceedings concerning a luxury hotel renovation project on the Côte d’Azur (€12 million at issue)
  • Representation of the operator of a waste treatment facility following a fire having occurred while the facility was under renovation
  • Representation of a client in connection with the collapse of the underground parking garage and inner courtyard of a building in the center of Paris (damage valued at over €60 million)
  • Legal counselling and representation of a client following a roof collapse at a shopping mall during a hurricane in Martinique
  • Legal counselling and representation of a client in connection with a broken girder and roof collapse at a large warehouse after a series of snow storms
  • Legal assistance in connection with marble slabs threatening to fall off the façade of a famous building in Paris
  • Legal assistance in connection with construction defects affecting the parking lot of a contemporary art museum in Paris