PRACTICE AREAS

ARBITRATION

We have significant experience in assisting our clients in arbitration proceedings and post-arbitration proceedings.

We focus on:

applications for enforcing domestic and foreign arbitration awards,
assistance in obtaining freezing injunctions and in recovering assets.

BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS

We advise and assist our clients in company creation, management, and development.

We focus on:

assistance to companies from incorporation to liquidation,
preparation and attendance to board and shareholders' meetings,
analysing and drafting of restructuring agreements (commercial and investment contracts, partnership agreements),
general advice on corporate law and governance rules.

COMMERCIAL LAW

We advise our clients on general commercial matters.

We focus on:

advise on a broad variety of commercial agreements,
retail advisory and applications for business licences,
product liability and recall,
product compliance and product conformity,
distributing and franchising,
setting-up of companies and transfer of assets,
assistance in unfair competition proceedings,
gambling law.

CORPORATE LAW

We advise and assist our clients in company craeation, manegement and development.

We focus on:

assistance to companies from incorporation to liquidation,
preparation and attendance to board and shareholders' meetings,
analysing and drafting of restructuring agreements (commercial and investment contracts, partenership agreements),
general advice on corporate law and governance rules.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

We advise and represent our clients in a wide variety of national and international disputes.

We focus on:

contractual and tortious liability,
attachment proceedings,
debt claims and recovery,
exequatur proceedings for sentences and arbitral awards,
disputes related to financial collateral agreements,
construction and building claims.

CORPORATE AND BUSINESS LITIGATION

We deal with all types of corporate disputes, including national and major international matters involving a wide range of companies, investment funds, banks as well as their shareholders and directors.

We focus on:

disputes related to shareholders, shareholders' agreements, and other corporate contracts,
liability of board members and auditors,
corporate governance issues,
banking and finance litigation,
disputes related to financial reporting and annual accounts,
disputes arising from share purchase agreements, warranties, or from the interpretation of a wide range of agreements.

FAMILY LAW

We advise and assist our clients in a wide range of matters related to family law from negotiation, through mediation to litigation, if necessary.

CARAT & SZOMBATHY will guide and represent you in court:

after a split-up or a divorce,
to liquidate your marriage goods,
to organise custody, visiting and accommodation rights,
to claim alimonies or settle disputes relating to them,
regarding your parental rights,
to initiate or defend you in paternity actions,
in adoptions matters.

Our team will treat all your family law related questions with compassion, sensibility and discretion.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

We assist out clients in protecting their trademarks, patents and all other intellectal property rights. We represent our clients in all disputes related to intellectual property.

We focus on:

applications for registration of trademarks, patents and domain names,
protection of all intellectual property rights,
disputes reltaed to infringement of intellectual property rights,
assistance in proeceedings related to counterfeit goods (garnishment procedures).

TENANCY LAW

Estate Management, Property Management

We advise and assist our clients in and outside court relating to all matters around civil lease agreements.

Should you be a landlord or a tenant, CARAT & SZOMBATHY will guide you through the process of renting your premises.

We especially focus on:

terminating the lease according to Luxembourg law,
recovering non-paid rents,
retrieving other non-paid obligations of tenants e.g. rental guarantees, refurbishment costs or re-rental compensations,
evicting tenants who do not honour their contractual obligations,
enabling tenants to enjoy the rented premises,
defending tenants whose lease was terminated without due cause,
solving responsibility related questions

We also assist you should you have questions regarding commercial lease agreements.