Schmitt Avocats offers multiple legal services in every area of administrative law

Public business law

* ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS AND PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: public procurement contract, public service concession, public-private partnership, harbor terminal agreements
* STATE AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES OWNERSHIP: occupation and/or valorization of the public/private domain
* STATE AIDS
* ECONOMIC REGULATION: regulated sector, privatization or capital investments in public sector, foreign investment control, war material and dual-use items exports, approval for aircraft maintenance, Regional Economic management, Employment, Labor and Solidarity Direction’s payment deadlines monitoring
* PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
* COMPLIANCE & PUBLIC BUSINESS CRIMINAL LAW

Implementation
Legal acts drafting and/or negotiation : administrative agreements and contracts
Acquisition audit : due diligence
Contract management
Pre-litigation : previous complaint, compensatory file set-up
Informal settlement of disputes : negotiation, conciliation, mediation, judicial approval
Emergency procedures : (pre)contractual interlocutory, temporary suspension injunction, payment summary, “all appropriate mesures” summary, “business secret” summary, petition for protection of fundamental liberties, emergency expertise procedure
Judicial review on the merit of the case : appeal to the administrative court on the ground of abuse of authority, compensation litigation, full remedy actions
Legal representation in front of the economic regulation agencies and authorities : ACNUSA, ARCEP, ANJ, ART, CADA, CRE, OSAC…
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Urban planning and development / public real-estate law

* URBAN PLANNING : building license, development license, land division, change in the use of the existing buildings
* COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
* OFFICE BUILDINGS APPROVALS
* PUBLIC ESTATE TRANSACTIONS : declassification from the public domain, division by volumes, public real estate sales
* PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHT, EXPROPRIATION
* PUBLIC WORKS
* SUSTAINABILITY: Installation classified for the protection of the environment (ICPE), polluted soils and sites.

Property transactions set-up : advise on the best operating structure given the special needs and schedule of the client (land division and administrative authorization to anticipate…)
Urban planning and development files audit
Litigation in urban planning law : appeal against building licenses and commercial development authorization ; appeal against decisions of use of licenses and authorizations ; legal representation in front of judicial and administrative courts
Negotiation and transaction drafts
Commercial development : initial application to commercial operation audit
Analysis of environmental issues for any real estate project : environmental assessment proceedings ; unique environmental authorization (endangered species, water law, etc.) ; polluted soils responsibility ; legal assistance during an environmental assessment proceeding (environmental impact assessment files audit, organizational arrangements for public enquiries or electronical public participations)
Pre-emptive rights : administrative and judicial phases
Expropriation : administrative and judicial phases
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