Our bilingual legal team helps businesses and individuals collect overdue payments across France.
Ensure your invoices, contracts, and documentation comply with French law before starting debt recovery or litigation.
Successful debt recovery in France depends heavily on the quality and legal validity of the documents supporting your claim. If a contract is incomplete, if the invoice does not meet French requirements, or if evidence is missing, your claim may be delayed, weakened, or even dismissed.
Our Document Review & Legal Compliance Service gives international businesses a lawyer-verified assessment of their documentation, ensuring everything is legally robust, enforceable, and ready for immediate recovery action.
We assist foreign suppliers, service providers, manufacturers, distributors, tech companies, and corporate groups dealing with French clients and needing full legal clarity.
French courts and debt recovery procedures require strict compliance with French contractual and evidentiary rules. Even minor discrepancies can impact enforcement.With our legal review, you ensure:
We analyse your contract or agreement to ensure it is valid, enforceable, and fully compliant with French legal requirements.
Includes:
Goal: Confirm your contract can be legally enforced against a French company.
Invoices must comply with French legal standards to support a recovery claim.
Includes:
Goal: Ensure your invoices are compliant, complete, and ready for enforcement.
We assess whether your supporting documents are sufficient to prove your claim before a French court.
We review:
Goal: Identify gaps and strengthen the evidentiary file before recovery.
After reviewing all documents,
we provide:
Goal: Equip you with a clear, enforceable path under French law.
From 250 € HT
→ Review of core documents + compliance assessment
From 450 € HT
→ Contract + invoices + evidence + risk analysis
From 750 € HT
→ Complete file review + enforceability report + recovery roadmap
Quoted individually
→ Based on assets and procedural complexity
our services
We regularly review documentation for:
Document review is critical because:
Proper document review minimizes the risk of non-compliance and potential legal issues.
A lawyer assists by:
Legal experts bring specialized knowledge to make sure documents are legally sound.
Common documents that require legal review for compliance include:
Each of these documents may involve different laws and standards that need to be checked for compliance.
Failing to properly review documents can lead to:
Proper review ensures that the documents protect your interests and adhere to legal standards.
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.
Legal compliance affects business operations by:
Maintaining compliance ensures smooth, lawful operations and protects the company from unforeseen risks.
Yes, a thorough document review can identify clauses or terms that may lead to disputes. For example:
A proactive review can prevent conflicts before they escalate into legal disputes.
Legal compliance is critical in international contracts as different countries have different laws and regulations. A lawyer ensures:
International agreements require a nuanced understanding of both local and global legal frameworks to avoid complications.
If a document is not compliant, it could result in:
Correcting non-compliant documents promptly can prevent future legal complications and liabilities.
A manufacturing company based in New Zealand, sourced custom lids from a French supplier. A large batch of lids was defective, causing a significant operational incident. We intervened on behalf of the New Zealand company and successfully negotiated with the French supplier’s insurer. The insurer ultimately compensated our client in the amount of €350,000.
A foreign company faced persistent non-payment of substantial invoices by a French customer. We initiated urgent debt-collection proceedings in France, obtained a freezing order over the debtor’s bank accounts, and secured full payment of the outstanding invoices — over €100,000 recovered.
A client purchased an online business from a French seller who had misrepresented the asset’s performance and future viability. After receiving the payment, the seller progressively abandoned operations and stopped responding entirely.
We pursued litigation, obtained a judgment against the seller, and ultimately recovered our client’s funds.
An international logistics provider suffered losses after goods transported through France were damaged due to improper handling by a subcontractor.
We established liability, coordinated expert examinations, and secured a €180,000 settlement from the responsible party’s insurer.
A European tech company delivered software and support services to a French distributor who stopped paying contractual licensing fees.
We issued formal notice, initiated legal action, and negotiated a structured settlement resulting in 100% recovery of outstanding sums plus late-payment interest.
A hospitality operator sought to terminate a French franchise agreement due to misleading revenue projections and undisclosed operational constraints.
We obtained a favourable negotiated exit and compensation for the client’s losses, allowing them to disengage without penalties.
A supplier outside the EU had shipped goods to a French client who refused to pay customs duties and final invoices. The goods were held in France and subject to storage costs.
We intervened rapidly, secured a court order authorising release of the goods, and forced the French client to settle all outstanding payments and fees.
A luxury goods brand purchased high-value materials from a French intermediary who delivered non-conforming and partially counterfeit items.
We coordinated the civil and criminal complaints, obtained seizure of the seller’s assets, and negotiated a full refund plus damages.
A consulting company engaged a French subcontractor who failed to deliver the agreed services, causing operational delays.
We obtained a judicial termination of the contract and recovery of paid advances through enforcement measures.
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.