As part of the call for projects organised by the Medici for Equality Endowment Fund, the first phase of applications is now closed!

For the first edition of the Medici for Equality Award, we received more than 220 applications to obtain funding for a project led by an association whose aim is to fight against discrimination.

The applications will be studied and selected by an Award Committee composed of the founding members of the Endowment Fund and an Advisory Committee.

Thank you all for your participation.

See you in early 2022 for the results!

Medici is proud to announce that its partners have again been recognized by the prestigious ranking Who’s Who Legal – Arbitration, 2022 Edition.

Caroline Duclercq is listed in the "Leader" category (Global Guide) as a "Recommended practitioner". Marie-Laure Bizeau and Valence Borgia are once again recognized among the "Future Leaders" (Global Guide).

Links:

• Marie-Laure Bizeau https://whoswholegal.com/marie-laure-bizeau
• Valence Borgia https://whoswholegal.com/valence-borgia
• Caroline Duclercq https://whoswholegal.com/caroline-duclercq
• Global ranking https://whoswholegal.com/market-insight-tool?&practitioner=1&practicearea=46&regionid=8&countryid=250&sortby=1

CMAP recently unveiled its revised Arbitration Rules, which will come into effect on January 1, 2022, with the objective of improving the efficiency and flexibility of arbitration proceedings.

Valence Borgia, partner at Medici, participated, on the occasion of 25 November 2021, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and within the framework of the 7th interprofessional meeting of the Parisian Observatory of Violence against Women, to a web-conference dedicated to the theme: "Sexism at the Roots of Violence against Women", this Tuesday, 23 November, the event taking place from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

This day is dedicated to deepen the notion of sexism, which is still very rooted in our societies, and the link between these discriminatory beliefs and attitudes and the violence committed against girls and women.

Valence Borgia, in her capacity as a lawyer and co-founder of the Fondation des Femmes, participated as a moderator during the round table n°2 on: "What recourse against sexist and sexual violence?”

To find the program of the conference, click here.

This event and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women are the opportunity to recall Medici’s values and its actions led via the Endowment Fund for the promotion of equality between women and men, the fight against all forms of violence and discrimination against women and the fight against all forms of discrimination prohibited by law.

As a reminder, the Medici for Equality Endowment Fund has launched the first edition of the Medici for Equality 2021 Award, which aims at supporting projects oriented towards the fight against discrimination. Applications can be submitted until 28 November 2021.

For more information about the call for projects of the endowment fund, click here.

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!