CABINET D'AVOCATS DURIMEL & BANGOU - SELARL
OUR EXPERTISE
CRIMINAL LAW & PERSONAL INJURY
DURIMEL & BANGOU provides advice to its clients in matters of mediation, transactions and in criminal litigation.
The Firm assists its clients during open hearings, custody and during interrogations, and represents the interests of defendants in the Correctional Court, and before the Assize Courts.
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Victims are also provided with accurate advice and legal assistance in criminal jurisdictions.
To obtain speed compensation for victims, the Firm submits applications to different compensation funds while criminal proceedings are taking place.
OUR EXPERTISE
CRIMINAL BUSINESS LAW
The Firm raises awareness among companies, their managers and public decision-makers of criminal risk, and provides advice on criminal business law and public criminal law, in order to prevent potential lawsuits.
At the enquiry stage, the Firm also appears before the fraud squad and the public financial Prosecutor ; and at the investigation stage, before the examining magistrate and the examining Chamber.
Finally, the Firm also assists clients before the Correctional Court, represents them for offenses linked to business dealings (money laundering, misuse of company assets, breach of trust, bankruptcy, corruption, forgery and use of forged documents, fraud, etc.)
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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Inspired by Me DURIMEL who filed the complaint against chlordecone pollution in the French West Indies, the entire firm shares his passion for the protection of the environment and biodiversity.
Involved in ecological transition and circular economy projects, we assist our clients in assessing environmental objectives and the implementation of measures in favor of sustainable development and renewable energies, such as geothermal energy.
We draft environmental clauses and secure contracts related to waste management plans and operations, ecological products creation, water and sewerage law, management of classified installations, transactions regarding polluted land, as well as agricultural or industrial chemistry.
A particular attention is paid to our customers’ information on the civil and criminal environmental risks incurred.
Finally, we represent our clients in all environmental disputes, ie in administrative, civil or criminal matters.
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DRIVER'S LICENSES
Whether a client needs a valid driver’s license for his professional or personal activities, DURIMEL & BANGOU will find a strategy for keeping the license.
The Firm also represents its clients before judicial and administrative Tribunals and Courts to challenge offenses, withdrawal of points, cancellation of licenses and injunctions to return licenses
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RURAL LAW
The Firm advises its clients on the founding of agricultural companies or property groupings, and represents them during expropriations proceedings, joint venture or real estate extension operations.
Clients are also represented in matters involving rural leases, agricultural administration, and state aids litigation.
OUR EXPERTISE
REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION LAW
The Firm provides advice to enterprises, institutional investors, financial establishments and real estate promoters in the sale and acquisition of real estate.
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It also advises and assists asset managers, condominiums, their trustees and trade unions, or construction companies, in preparing and drafting construction contracts, international contracts, PPP, PUP, as well as for the termination of civil and commercial leases.
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Finally, it drafts specifications as well as rules and regulations for co-ownership association.
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FAMILY LAW
The Firm counsels clients who wish to file a divorce petition based on mutual consent, and who agree on the amount of the alimony that have to be paid.
The Firm represents also the interests of spouses, partners in a common law union or in a civil union, who wish to plan their estates, end their relationship, apply for alimony, or obtain a paternity test.
OUR EXPRETISE
LAW OF SUCCESSION AND MATRIMONIAL REGIMES
DURIMEL & BANGOU is aware that the problem of joint ownership is a burden on families. It therefore advises on inheritance liquidation, and provides representation throughout the legal proceedings.
Similarly, clients wanting to adopt, change or dissolve their matrimonial regime are given advice, and their files are fully managed.
OUR EXPERTISE
COMMERCIAL LAW
The Firm advises banks, investors and companies on development strategies, and drafts contracts and deeds for their specific needs (private contracts, international contracts, distribution agreements, franchise agreements, financial operations, mergers, acquisitions, takeovers).
It sensitizes them to the risks of violating consumers’ rights, the right to competition and distribution rights, as well as the risks involved in breaking monetary and financial laws.
The company defends clients before the commercial court, at every stage of the proceedings.
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LABOUR LAW
The firm advises companies dealing with staff dismissals, or going through receivership.
It represents both employees and employers (artisans, individual businesspersons, companies, etc.), before labour tribunals or courts, particularly on matters of dismissal, disputes in trade union elections and professional risks litigation.
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ELECTORAL LAW
The Firm advises clients who wish to enter the political arena, with regard to the procedure to follow, essential tasks to be performed, party and campaign financing, setting up and organizing polling stations, ballot papers, the frequency of polling station reports, and the information of the public of the results.
The Firm also represents clients before administrative courts, and in post-electoral disputes.
OUR EXPERTISE
REAL ESTATE SALES AND TRANSACTIONS
DURIMEL & BANGOU can receive mandate to negotiate, act and sign on behalf of its client as an agent in real estate transactions.
In this regard, it drafts the conditions of sale (foreclosure), or the charges and conditions of sale (estate sale), or in case of judicial liquidation, the Firm counsels clients on the purchase, sale, lease and on the financing of property.
The Firm assists and represents sellers and lessors, as well as successful bidder, before judicial tribunals and courts, particularly in foreclosure proceedings.