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The law firm Amstel & Seine was founded in 2015 and specializes in international business law and real estate issues with a special focus on commercial exchanges between the Benelux and France.
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20 January 2026
Variable compensation based on targets and discretionary
For companies, variable compensation is seen as a lever for performance and motivation for their employees, but also as a tool offering the company a certain degree of financial flexibility. According to the French Administration (DARES), variable compensation elements represent 22.9% of total gross compensation in 2022. If we focus on variable compensation, regardless of […]
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12 January 2026
Means of evidence: admissibility of unfair evidence and anonymous testimony before French employment Tribunals
1. Possibility to take unfair evidence into account In civil matters, case law has long refused to take into account evidence obtained unfairly, such as recordings made by employees or employers without the agreement of the other party, despite some adaptations with this rule in recent years. Since a ruling by the plenary assembly of […]
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14 October 2025
The court-ordered survey
In France, it is not uncommon for a party to ask for a court-ordered survey before a dispute arises. The so-called summary proceedings for an “expertise judiciaire” are a procedure to appoint a surveyor (“expert judiciaire”) with an assignment determined by the court. The rules for such a survey are laid down in articles 263 […]
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