Practice Areas
Exceptional legal expertise to support your strategic priorities
HBE Avocats assists companies, investors, and institutions with their transactions, projects, and disputes in Africa, Europe, and internationally.
Our Areas of Expertise
Additional Expertise at Your Service
HBE Avocats offers its clients in France and abroad exceptional, tailored legal services in the main areas of business law.
Arbitration and Litigation
Our firm provides advice and drafts complex arbitration clauses (multi-party arbitration, multi-contract arbitration, etc.). We assist our clients during the pre-litigation phase of dispute resolution.
Business Law
Our expertise covers all aspects of business operations. We offer our clients tailored support from the very start of their business: Pre-incorporation procedures-incorporation, registration, and ongoing legal support...
Foreign Investment Law
Our experience and cultural openness enable us to advise and assist our international clients with their distribution, partnership, or market entry initiatives in France or Africa.
OHADA Law
HBE Avocats advises local and foreign companies on OHADA law. Drawing on its in-depth knowledge of the 17 member states, the firm provides support at every stage of their projects and transactions.
Maritime and Transportation Law
HBE Avocats advises companies in the transportation and logistics sectors on maritime, aviation, road, rail, and multimodal law. Our expertise covers regulations, liability, insurance, and the security of international transportation operations.
International Trade Law
HBE Avocats assists public and private entities with their international business operations, from structuring trade transactions to managing cross-border disputes.
Your Challenges, Our Solutions
Legal Support at Every Stage of Your Operations
From strategic advice to dispute resolution, HBE Avocats brings together the expertise required to secure your operations, mitigate risks and effectively protect your interests.
Understand
We assess your objectives, constraints and the legal environment surrounding your matter.
Advise
We develop a tailored legal strategy designed to mitigate risks and support secure decision-making.
Assist
We oversee the implementation and follow-through of your operations at every critical stage.
Defend
We represent and protect your interests in negotiations, mediation, arbitration and litigation.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Understanding How We Support You
Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about our areas of practice, our services and the way we assist our clients.
Provide us with a brief description of your situation, objectives and the main issues involved. Following an initial review, our team will identify the practice areas and legal expertise best suited to your matter.
Yes. HBE Avocats assists clients with the structuring and legal security of their operations, as well as with the prevention, management and resolution of disputes.
Yes. Certain matters require expertise across several areas of law. In such cases, the firm adopts a multidisciplinary approach to coordinate the relevant expertise and develop a comprehensive and consistent legal strategy.
Yes. HBE Avocats advises clients on international and cross-border transactions and disputes, particularly in Africa, Europe and OHADA jurisdictions.
The firm advises and represents companies, investors, financial institutions, professional organisations, public and private institutions, as well as individuals whose matters fall within its areas of practice.