Luxury & Cosmetics

Luxury & Cosmetics

The luxury and cosmetics sector is characterized by complex strategic, regulatory, and competitive challenges.

Our firm supports luxury and cosmetics brands and groups in their legal development, covering governance issues, commercial contracts, distribution networks, talent management, and litigation.

Our expertise integrates corporate law, growth strategies, distribution law, and labor law, to secure and optimize the positioning of companies in the luxury and cosmetics sector.

Some examples of intervention

  • Defense of a major cosmetics group regarding the application of non-compete clauses for senior executives during their integration into a competing subsidiary.
  • Representation of the principal sellers and managers of the Vivacy Group in its 100% sale to the investment fund Bridgepoint.
  • Legal counsel to a major luxury group in relation to a complaint filed by a former employee for alleged “forgery and use” and purported “money laundering of tax fraud.”
  • Legal counsel to a major luxury group regarding a dispute with a shareholder claiming significant sums from the CEO.
  • Assistance with the exit of a senior executive from a major jewelry company.
  • Social management for the establishment of a French subsidiary of a major cosmetics group: raising awareness among executives about current laws; developing compensation policies in compliance with applicable law; preparing employment contract templates.