Professional services are provided upon acceptance by the customer of a budget agreement establishing the economic conditions of our intervention.

Our office also invoices, when applicable, the cost of any advanced payments that it may undertake on behalf of its clients (bailiffs’ fees, registrars, hearing fees, etc…) in addition to the fixed fees.

As far as these expenses (that are qualified as legal costs) are concerned, they are generally uncured to the party which loses the case in order that they can be invoiced to the adversary and not to the client. The customer can recover these expenses from the adversary or directly from the Court.

In the event of appeal, the costs incurred by first instance proceedings are invoiced to the client who will recover them, in that event, from the adversary if they are incurred upon him by the Appeals’ Court.

Fees are established by a lawful agreement between the Lawyer and the customer, in accordance with normal practice, depending on the complexity of the case, expenses incurred by the Lawyer, the significance of the matter and the working hours really dedicated to this case.

The remuneration of a lawyer is determined taking into account the following elements:

The time spent on a case,

Research work,

The type and complexity of the case,

The importance of interests involved,

The advantages and the result obtained for the client’s benefit through his work,

The reputation, qualifications, experience, seniority, and the specialization of the lawyer. The lawyer is entitled to obtain the payment of complementary contingency fees according to results obtained or services rendered.

The firm invoices its fees on the basis of time spent on a case which, if required, are adjusted upwards or downwards according to the rules indicated above in addition to an adjustment according to the results obtained, always in accordance with the previous agreement.

Fees based on the time spent
The lawyers’ hourly fees are as follows: 220 € HT. All the time passed on a case is invoiced on this basis, this includes travel time and waiting time at audiences and time passed on the telephone.

Contingency fees
When the outcome of an intervention by a Lawyer leads to a quantifiable result, a contingency fee is invoiced in addition to fees for the time passed on a case.
A fees agreement may be signed between the client and the Lawyer in which it is specified if a contingency fee has been agreed upon or not, along with the procedure defining the valuation of this complementary fee, if applicable.