Chemarin & Limbour

Founded over 10 years ago, Chemarin & Limbour was established with the desire of its partners to create an independent and specialized firm dedicated to strategic litigation. In this way, the firm meets the needs of flexibility and proximity of its clients, which include national and international companies, public authorities and their executives.

We are a firm

Attentive to clients’ needs

Chemarin & Limbour works in close collaboration with its clients to fulfil all their expectations. The firm’s personalized approach ensures that each client receives a tailored response, thanks to the strong commitment of all our lawyers.

With recognized expertise

The experience of its founding partners in major French and Anglo-Saxon law firms, and their knowledge of the business world and corporate life, enable Chemarin & Limbour to offer real expertise in risk analysis and management of pre-litigation, litigation and post-litigation phases, before both commercial and criminal courts.

Involved in a wide range of business sectors

Chemarin & Limbour has been recognized and distinguished in recent years as a leading reference in criminal and commercial litigation, and acts for a clientele of major corporations in the telecommunications, energy, industry, transport, construction and public works, retail, food industry, banking, luxury goods and sports sectors.

The Chemarin & Limbour team is highly professional and organized, with a high capacity for understanding complex cases, a huge involvement and has a solid grasp of even the most complex business situations.

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The experienced lawyers are dedicated exclusively to litigation, and have undeniable sector-specific know-how built up through long-standing relationships with a loyal clientele. Rigor and technical expertise in dealing with complex issues are the hallmarks of this team.

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Expertise and specialties

The Commercial litigation team handles a wide range of strategic and complex business litigation, including unfair competition claims, termination of established commercial relationships, contractual disputes, restrictive business practices, and suspected violation of sector-specific regulations, and, in general, any liability action related business activities.

The team also assists its clients during pre-litigation phases and, more generally, in negotiations leading to alternative dispute resolution.

Finally, the Commercial litigation team offers its assistance in the various procedures designed to secure and/or enforce court decisions.

Its expertise is regularly recognized in legal rankings (Legal 500, Décideurs juridiques, etc.).

The expertise developed by each member of the team enables full coverage of all civil and commercial issues likely to be encountered:

Contractual disputes (contracts’ terms and performance, unfair breach, etc.)

Restrictive business practices (significant imbalance, termination of established commercial relationships, etc.)

Unfair competition (free riding, disparagement, misleading commercial practices, etc.)

Regulatory litigation

Litigation for compensation after sanction by an Independent Administrative Authority

Insolvency and restructuring litigation

Directors’ liability

Commercial leases

Consumer law

Collection of neighbouring rights for press publishers
Alexandre Limbour is a leading litigation professional and one of the world’s best litigators. He is supported by a top-class team. He is a great expert in procedure.

Top 40 CAC 40 Lawyers 2023 (Forbes/LJA)

An extremely responsive team, excellent work and admirable results.

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Our experienced lawyers are dedicated exclusively to litigation, and have undeniable sector-specific know-how built up through long-standing relationships with a loyal clientele. Rigor and technical expertise in dealing with complex issues are the hallmarks of this team.

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The Corporate Criminal law team assists private and public entities, as well as their managers or elected representatives, in the day-to-day management of criminal risk within their organizations.

The team provides strategic and technical support on sensitive legal issues, enabling its clients to anticipate risks, secure their practices and deal effectively with crisis situations.

Its expertise is particularly recognized in fraud, corruption and public criminal law. It also benefits from a specific recognition in the handling of large-scale accidents and industrial risk cases.

The team also assists clients with all compliance-related issues: internal investigations, whistle-blowing procedures, risk mapping and compliance strategies.

Its expertise is regularly recognized in legal rankings (Legal 500, Décideurs juridiques, Chambers…).

The specific skills developed by each member of the team and the exclusive practice developed over nearly 30 years enable us to cover the full range of criminal issues likely to be encountered:

Accidents and industrial risks, individual or collective

Workplace matters (health and safety and harassment)

Public sector issues (public procurement, favoritism and corruption)

Compliance (Sapin II, anti-money laundering, internal investigations)

Financial crime (fraud, cybercrime)

Tax fraud and money laundering

Product compliance and advertising

Environmental crimes

Press and electronic communications
Chemarin & Limbour’s litigation and criminal business law boutique boasts outstanding expertise in criminal business law. It is called upon by major corporations and senior executives to handle their most sensitive cases. The team regularly handles major of tax fraud and international corruption. It recently obtained the acquittal of its client in a high-profile air crash trial. The team also played a leading role in a landmark trial in France concerning workplace moral harassment. The client base is diverse and includes major names in the aviation, telecoms, mining and engineering sectors. The practice is headed by the excellent Claudia Chemarin and includes Matthias Guillou.

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