On 18 November 2021, the first edition of the Practical Guide to proceedings before the International Commercial Chambers of the Paris Commercial Court (CCIP-TC) and the Paris Court of Appeal (CCIP-CA) was published.

These chambers were established in 2018 "to adapt the French judicial system to contemporary international economic and legal issues" and have become increasingly popular.

With the objective of always contributing to the strengthening of the attractiveness of the International Commercial Chambers and, more generally, of Paris as forum for international commercial dispute resolutions, the guide, available in both French and English, is a practical and innovative tool for practitioners which gathers in a single document the relevant provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure and the chambers' procedural protocols but also, and more importantly, clarifies the expectations of the said chambers, via, in particular, the publication of models, for a faster and more qualitative handling of international commercial disputes.

To read and share!

To download the guide, click here.

Caroline Duclercq, partner at Medici, will speak at the annual symposium of the French Arbitration Committee (CFA) at the Maison de la Chimie on 26 November 2021. This working session will focus on "Arbitration in France Ten Years After The Reform" and will be held under the scientific direction of Yves Derains.

Caroline Duclercq will speak in the morning with Professor Maximin de Fontmichel on "The Protection of The Weaker Party" as part of the panel on "The Arbitration Agreement" moderated by Professor Pierre Mayer.

Participation in this conference is validated as part of the mandatory continuing education for a duration of 6 hours.

To register (until 22 November 2021) and learn more about the conference (which will be in French), click here.

As every year for more than 10 years, Caroline Duclercq intervened at the University of Versailles in the Master 2 Arbitration and International Trade (MACI) for a complete day of training on the drafting of various procedural acts, from the drafting of the arbitration clause to the final hearing.

Thanks to the students for their dynamism and their warm welcome!

Caroline Duclercq, partner of Medici, will speak at the 35th annual congress of the International Conférence internationale des barreaux (CIB) of common legal tradition organized in Libreville, Gabon, by the CIB and the Gabonese Bar and to be held from December 1^st to December 3^rd, 2021. The Congress will focus on "Law and Justice Facing the Covid-19 Crisis" to reflect on the impact of the pandemic on civil liberties, justice and legal certainty.

Caroline Duclercq will intervene on Thursday, December 2, 2021, in the afternoon, to exchange with her panel on "The Justice Threatened by Covid-19: the Remedies" and, more particularly, on "Online Arbitration: A Model for Civil Justice?"

The work of the congress is placed under the authority of a scientific committee which will gather all the interventions in view of their publication. The book will be distributed to the participants and will be published on the Internet.

To register (until November 15, 2021) and learn more about the conference, click here.

Congratulations to Aleksandra Fedosova who sworn in as member of the Paris Bar on 8 November 2021 at the Paris Court of Appeal.

Welcome to the lawyer’s team!

Welcome to Medici!

On 27 September 2021, the premiere of "Sans Suite", a short movie by Chloé Ponce-Voiron, about what happens when criminal complaints of violence against women are dismissed (i.e., classées sans suite) was held.

The contribution to the financing of this short movie is the first project of the Medici For Equality endowment fund.

To watch over and over again!

The call for applications is now open! Share, spread the word, we look forward to receiving your applications!

The Medici for Equality Endowment Fund is proud to announce the launch of its first edition of the Medici for Equality Awards 2021.

The purpose of the Fund is to support associations actively working for the promotion of equality and fighting against all forms of discrimination. The Awards are divided into four categories, with a maximum of €10,000 per project:

• Acting through law
• Professional life
• International
• Youth/Education

Applications can be submitted until 28 November 2021 by filling in the form available available at the link below. Only applications submitted within this timeframe will be considered. Projects will be reviewed and selected by a Committee composed of the founding members of the Endowment Fund and an Advisory Committee. Awards will be attributed on 13 December. An explanatory note guiding you through the application process is available here (in French only):

The application form is available here: https://forms.gle/F1QorowZyayeTXbe6

Please send all your questions to the following email address: mediciforequality@medici.law

The first round of the Moot competition about the International Chambers of the Commercial Court and the Court of Appeal of Paris, alongside Paris Place de Droit, the Paris Bar and the Paris Bar School (EFB) took place on 30 September 2021 at White & Case offices in Paris.

Valence Borgia was a member of the jury, which was also composed of:

• Christian Wiest (President of the International Chamber of the Paris Commercial Court);
• Olivier Brossollet (Judge of the International Chamber of the Paris Commercial Court);
• Nathalie Dubois (Head of Legal of Fnac Darty);
• Donatien de Longeaux (Head of Legal and Secretary of the Board, UBS (France) S.A.); and
• Philippe Métais (Partner at White & Case).

The final round of the Moot competition will take place on 21 October 2021.

Medici is proud to announce that Caroline Duclercq has been nominated by her peers in The Best Lawyers in France ranking (12th edition) for her valued work in the "Arbitration and Mediation" and "International Arbitration" categories. Caroline appears in this ranking every year since 2019.

Link available here: Best Lawyers List for France | Best Lawyers

The Revue de l'Arbitrage released in its January-March 2021 issue, Marie-Laure Bizeau and Guillaume Feld’s article "'Living hidden to be happy' - myths, reality and practice of ad hoc commercial arbitration". The article addresses the myths of ad hoc commercial arbitration, presents its advantages and disadvantages compared to institutional commercial arbitration and identifies the practical steps to be taken when conducting such proceedings.