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Maxime Mondain-Bernard
Biography
Maxime is a dispute resolution lawyer.
He focuses primarily on complex commercial and corporate litigation, with significant experience in cross-border disputes and ESG litigation. He advises major companies and financial institutions and represents them before French courts.
He is also developing his expertise in alternative dispute resolution, including mediation, and is actively involved in promoting amicable solutions in commercial disputes.
In addition to his legal practice, Maxime lectures on civil procedure at the Paris Bar School (EFB). He is also involved in the firm’s Pro Bono activities.
Before joining the firm, Maxime worked for several years at leading international law firms as well as at a French Court.
Practice areas
- Disputes
- Corporate and commercial litigation
- Environmental and climate change litigation
- M and A litigation
Sectors
- Financial institutions
- Banks
- Consumer and retail
- Energy
Selected experience
- Acting for a major oil company in one of the first climate change-related duty of vigilance cases before the Paris Judicial Court, the Paris Court of Appeal (admissibility issues), and on the merits. International litigation
- Representing an arbitral institution in proceedings initiated by a Czech company, former party to an arbitration, seeking liability for alleged failure to disclose information raising doubts on an arbitrator’s impartiality (over EUR 1 billion at stake).
- Defending a UK investment bank in annulment proceedings initiated before French courts by the former CEO of the borrower, alleging fraud in a loan agreement governed by English law (EUR 70 million at stake).
- Assisting an aircraft manufacturer and an engine producer in several product liability cases brought before Cameroonian courts following air crashes (EUR 200 million at stake). Corporate dispute
- Acting for an investment fund in connection with the abrupt termination of a share purchase agreement prior to closing, obtaining emergency relief to maintain the validity of the agreement. Commercial litigation
- Representing a leading electronics company before the Paris Commercial Court in a liability claim initiated by a former business partner alleging responsibility for its bankruptcy (EUR 18 million at stake).
Education
- Certificate of aptitude for the legal profession, EFB, 2017
- Master 2 Business Law, University of Paris 2, 2015
- Master 1 Business Law, University of Paris 2, 2014
- Degree in Private Law, University of Paris 2, 2013
Admissions
- Admitted to the Bar, Paris, 2018
Languages
- French
- English