ABOUT THE FRENCH AERONAUTIC MARKET
Since 1945 France has a spectacular success in the field of Aeronautics and is one of the most important companies in the world for passengers and freight carried activities. It ranks 3rd place worldwide for the number of its personnel (220,000 employees) and 2nd place for its turnover, 60% being derived directly from exportation.
France created the Caravelle and the Concorde and is highly implicated in European operations. One of its major success is the creation of the AIRBUS industry (ranking right after Boeing) and J.L.Forgeard that owns about 20% of aircrafts in the world (2200 aircrafts).
It is one of the world's leading suppliers of arms, sold its highly sophisticated military communications system RITA, to the U.S. military. Its supersonic airplanes and armoured ground equipment have been purchased by numerous countries. One can mention Dassault Aviation (nationalised in 1982) for the construction of Mirage and Rafale combat aircrafts, the Falcon business aeroplane and the sophisticated high level technology MATRA.
France participates today in large scale projects such as the Airbus-3XX, constantly succeeds to take part and lead the most important European projects in the field of aeronautics and is one of the most important competitors of the US aeronautics market.
It is clear that investing in or dealing with the French aeronautic market can only be profitable if correctly executed by a law firm specialized in the field.
TARGETED COMPANIES
? Foreign and multinational airline companies, as well as airline service providers, concluding contractual agreements and obtaining administrative authorisations to use French space for the purpose of doing business.
ASSISTANCE AND DEVELOPPEMENT BY THE FIRM
? Negotiation and drafting of contracts in the field of aeronautic, as well as joint venture national and international agreements.
? Negotiating with the French and European authorities and administrations (public officials, politicians, organisations of control and regulations etc..)
? Management and Optimisation of risks of airline companies, namely the reorganisation of their company structure for the purpose of maximising profits. For example, reduction of social security costs of managers and directors from 60% to 20%, preventing and diminishing labour disputes with employees and staff.
MANAGEMENT OF LITIGATION
? The firm handles litigation proceeding with national and international public authorities. For example, we pleaded before the Civil Aviation Commission, by employing European and French legal regulations.
? The firm also secures tax litigation proceedings, namely by using its expertise in tax procedures for the purpose of cancelling inadequate proceeding employed by the authorities, thus forcing the tax administration to negotiate.
? Labour and social security law in the field of aeronautics is mastered by the firm, thus allowing it to reduce litigation risks of airline companies.
? Informing, preventing and managing labour litigation proceedings with personnel, and organisation and drafting of contractual labour procedures in the aeronautic market.
? Management and treatment of all litigation proceeding with the Social Security administration (URSSAF).
