Our bilingual legal team helps businesses and individuals collect overdue payments across France.
When a business dispute arises in France, the fastest and most cost-effective solution is often amicable negotiation rather than immediate litigation. A well-structured settlement can secure payment, preserve business relationships, and avoid lengthy court procedures.
Our law firm provides lawyer-led negotiation and settlement services for international companies dealing with French counterparties. We negotiate firmly yet strategically to obtain enforceable agreements that protect your interests and reduce legal and financial risks.
French negotiation and settlement processes follow specific legal requirements. A settlement is only effective if:
We begin by analysing your dispute and your legal position.
Includes:
Goal: Enforce compliance or recover damages without litigation.
Before negotiation, we often send a lawyer-drafted formal demand to strengthen your position.
Includes:
Goal: Enforce compliance or recover damages without litigation.
We negotiate the terms of settlement with the opposing party on your behalf.
Includes:
Goal: reach a fair, fast, and favourable agreement.
We prepare a legally enforceable agreement under French law.
Includes:
Goal: ensure the agreement is fully binding and court-proof.
Starting at 750 € HT → Demand letter + negotiation + follow-up
Starting at 1,150 € HT → Complète, enforceable “protocole d’accord”
Starting at 450 € HT → Debt acknowledgment, guarantees, security clauses
Quoted individually → Seizures, court orders, or accelerated enforcement
our services
We represent:
An amicable settlement is a negotiated agreement between parties to resolve a dispute without court litigation. It may involve:
French law actively encourages amicable resolution, particularly when it preserves legal rights and reduces procedural risk.
Lawyer involvement ensures:
An improperly drafted settlement may be impossible to enforce if the debtor defaults again.
Yes, provided it is properly drafted. A valid settlement agreement:
Once signed, it has contractual force and can limit future legal claims.
Yes. Certain actions during negotiation can:
This depends on how negotiations are formalized and whether debtor acknowledgment is obtained.
Send us your unpaid invoices and documents, and our lawyers will review your case at no cost.
You receive a clear recovery evaluation and an initial debtor check within 48 hours.
Our lawyers review your contracts and terms to add protective clauses—retention of title, penalties, guarantees—so you avoid future non-payment.
Strengthen your legal framework before issues arise.
If breached, the creditor may:
A lawyer-drafted settlement often allows faster enforcement than starting litigation from scratch.
In some cases, yes. Enforcement is possible if the agreement is:
This converts a negotiated agreement into an enforceable title (titre exécutoire).
Yes, particularly where:
Settlements allow flexibility that courts cannot always provide.
Courts generally view good-faith negotiations positively. Judges may:
Demonstrating prior negotiation strengthens procedural credibility.
We offer a comprehensive range of debt collection services designed to recover outstanding payments efficiently and professionally. From amicable settlement negotiations and formal demand letters to legal recovery actions and enforcement proceedings, our team has the experience and resources to manage all aspects of the debt recovery process while maintaining strong client relationships.
