​Our Competencies
Commercial Litigation
Maître Paul LATOUCHE works in Commercial law, mainly supporting legal entities in their creation, development, as well as in the management of disputes that may arise in the performance of their missions. Commercial law is a legal field that governs commercial and industrial activities. It encompasses aspects related to the creation and operation of companies, as well as the relationships between economic actors. This legal framework is essential to secure transactions, protect the rights of stakeholders and prevent disputes. Our areas of intervention • Corporate law: we support you in the creation and operation of your Company. Our firm guides you in choosing the most suitable legal form, drafts your statutes and informs you of the legal obligations to be respected. Our objective is to guide you in your strategic decisions while making you aware of the potential risks related to your activity. • Contract law: we offer complete assistance in drafting and negotiating contracts with your business partners and customers. Our expertise guarantees the protection of everyone's interests and ensures the validity of agreements. We also help you monitor the proper execution of these contracts, ensuring that all obligations are respected. • Commercial disputes: in the event of commercial disputes, such as failure to perform services or unpaid debts, we ensure your defense. Our team represents your interests before the commercial court or any other competent jurisdiction, in order to effectively resolve your commercial disputes.
Criminal Law
Criminal law refers to all the rules aimed at repressing the commission of an offence, namely a contravention, an offence or a crime, and at compensating the damage suffered by the victims thereof. It therefore concerns the accused, the defendant and the victims equally and governs the stages of the criminal procedure from the opening of the investigation, from the conduct of the investigative acts to the criminal trial and its consequences. Because the rules of criminal procedure present a complex technicality, the assistance of a lawyer appears to be fundamental to ensure that your interests and rights are perfectly respected at each procedural stage, and in particular the rights of the defence, the principle of adversarial proceedings, the right to a trial within a reasonable time, and above all the right to a fair trial. Also, the assistance of the lawyer makes it possible to usefully establish a defense strategy adapted to the situation of the person accused and to ensure that the damage suffered by the victim is fairly repaired. Our areas of intervention: Maître Paul Latouche assists you and ensures your defense at each of these stages and for any type of offense, from traffic tickets before the police court to the most serious offenses before the criminal court or the Assize Court (drug trafficking, violence, homicide, sexist and sexual violence, etc.) The Firm offers its intervention: • From the beginning of the procedure: by filing and monitoring a simple complaint, a complaint with civil action, or the filing of a direct summons; • During the investigation, the instruction and the conduct of investigations: - By offering assistance to the person in question (indicted, assisted witness or simply suspected): By accompanying them during police custody, deferral, free hearing, first appearance questioning (IPC) and subsequent questioning, hearings before the investigating chamber, before the judge of liberties and detention (JLD), by filing requests for release (DML), modification of judicial supervision (for example, obligation to check in, authorization to travel outside the department or abroad), and by ensuring the regularity of the various acts carried out by the prosecuting authorities (searches, seizures, placement under seal, etc.) - By offering assistance to the victim and the civil party: Accompaniment during hearings, confrontations, requests for provisions before the Commission for Compensation of Victims of Crimes (CIVI), requests for acts including expert reports. • During the criminal trial or alternative measures to prosecution: By ensuring the defense and representation of the interests of the persons accused and the victims before the police court, the criminal court (in the context of immediate appearance, appearance with deferred deadline, direct summons, hearing on civil interests, appearance on prior admission of guilt), regardless of the method of summons (summons by judicial police officer, summons by report, summons by report with placement under judicial supervision, etc.), in the context of alternative measures to prosecution (penal order or penal composition), or before the Assize Court and the Departmental Criminal Courts. • At the end of the criminal trial: - Sentence adjustments: The firm also supports you in your requests for sentence adjustments to establish together a relevant, sustainable release plan adapted to your situation to maximize its chances of success (suspension of sentence, conditional release, semi-liberty, home detention under electronic surveillance (DDSE) ...) - Compensation requests: The firm supports you in requesting compensation for your losses, in particular for the person who has been subject to unjustified pretrial detention followed by a decision of total or partial release or acquittal, before the First President of the Court of Appeal and the National Commission for Compensation for Detention (CNRD) or for the civil party, before the Commission for Compensation for Victims of Crimes (CIVI), the Service d'Aide au Recouvrement des Victimes d'Infractions (SARVI) of the Victims' Guarantee Fund.
Business Criminal Law
Maître Paul LATOUCHE intervenes in criminal business law and ensures the defense of individuals and companies, or the representation of civil parties, accused or victims of financial or economic offenses. Criminal business law is a specific area of ​​general criminal law, which deals with offenses relating to economic and commercial activities. This area of ​​law applies to both legal entities and individuals, whether they are defendants, accused or victims of economic offenses. Offenses in criminal business law are varied and may include: • Abuse of corporate assets: i.e. the use of a company's assets for personal purposes. • Breach of trust: i.e. the misappropriation of assets entrusted to a person in the course of their duties. • Corruption: i.e. the proposal or acceptance of undue advantages in the context of commercial transactions. • Money laundering: i.e. the concealment of the illicit origin of funds. • Tax fraud: i.e. maneuvers intended to evade tax. • Insider trading: i.e. the use of privileged information to carry out stock market transactions. The specificity of this area of ​​criminal law lies in the seriousness of the offenses, which often result in heavy penalties, ranging from heavy fines to prison sentences. In addition, the complexity of the facts makes the files particularly voluminous, requiring an in-depth and meticulous study of the constituent elements, such as accounting and financial documents. Our areas of intervention In this regard, the Firm offers its assistance in different areas of intervention: • Advice and prevention: We offer preventive support to help companies comply with current regulations and implement internal procedures aimed at limiting legal risks. • Criminal defense: In the event of prosecution, we defend our clients, whether they are companies or executives, by developing appropriate defense strategies and representing their interests before the courts. • Assistance to civil parties: We also represent victims of economic crimes, helping them assert their rights and obtain compensation for the damages suffered. • Crisis management: In the event of being implicated in a criminal case, our firm supports our clients in crisis management, including external communication and the protection of their image. • Support in corporate law: Our expertise also extends to corporate law, where we advise on issues related to the criminal liability of executives and the compliance of business practices.
Sport's Law
Maître Paul LATOUCHE, a lawyer specializing in sports law, intervenes to defend and advise athletes, clubs, federations, business partners and other players in the sports sector. He supports them in managing their legal issues, whether contractual disputes, violations of sports rules, doping, image rights or liability of sports structures. With a pragmatic and specialized approach, Maître LATOUCHE puts his expertise at the service of sports players to help them navigate this complex and constantly changing legal environment. Sports law is a legal discipline that is characterized by its transversality, covering a multitude of branches of law, such as labor law, contract law, intellectual property law, tax law, administrative law and criminal law. This field applies to all players in sports, from professional athletes to clubs, sports federations and business partners. It governs aspects as varied as contractual relations (transfers, employment contracts), image rights management, the fight against doping, sports offences (match-fixing, violence, harassment), as well as the regulation of competitions. Sports law is therefore both an economic and non-economic sector, in which colossal financial stakes rub shoulders with ethical and social concerns, such as gender equality in sports remuneration or the protection of young athletes. Our areas of intervention The firm of Maître LATOUCHE offers comprehensive legal support in the following areas: • Advice and prevention: We support athletes, clubs and federations in the negotiation of sports contracts, the management of image rights and compliance with current regulations. • Legal defense: In the event of contractual disputes, violations of sports rules, or disciplinary proceedings (doping, match-fixing), we defend our clients, whether they are athletes or sports structures. We also represent victims of economic offenses or violence in the sports context, helping them obtain compensation for their losses. • Conflict management: Sports is a sector where conflicts are numerous: from the abusive termination of contracts by athletes to conflictual relations between clubs and their players. Our firm intervenes to resolve these disputes, whether by mediation, arbitration or legal proceedings, while ensuring that the interests of our clients are protected. • Transfer law and employment contracts: Sports law includes the regulation of player transfers, the negotiation of employment contracts and the management of performance bonuses. We advise our clients on complex issues related to termination clauses, athletes' employment rights and specific conditions that may apply, particularly in sports such as football. • Support for young athletes: Alongside the big names in sport, many athletes, sometimes poorly protected, are faced with legal problems. The firm works with less publicized athletes, often victims of abusive contract terminations or injustices within clubs. We help them obtain justice and protect their rights in situations that are often more complex and less visible. • Protection of image rights and commercial law: The image rights of athletes are major issues in sports business. The firm advises athletes and clubs in the management of their commercial contracts, particularly in terms of sponsorship, advertising and negotiations with broadcasters. We also intervene in image transfer cases and the protection of athletes' brands. • Combating sports abuses: The world of sport is not immune to economic abuses: tax evasion, corruption, money laundering. We assist our clients in managing the risks associated with these practices and represent them in complex cases where questions of criminal liability or tax fraud arise.
Sports Agent
Maître Paul LATOUCHE, a lawyer specializing in sports law, also acts as a sports attorney. He assists athletes, clubs and sports agents in managing their interests and negotiating their sports contracts. Thanks to his legal expertise, he ensures the protection of his clients' rights while navigating the specificities of contractual relationships and commercial excesses in high-level sport. The sports attorney is a legal professional, often confused with the sports agent, but who is distinguished by his legal function. Unlike the agent, whose missions are mainly commercial, the sports attorney is involved in the negotiation, drafting and legal verification of athletes' contracts. His role goes far beyond that of legal advisor, as he is also authorized to assist athletes in their administrative procedures, to carry out mediation actions and to manage conflicts in a legal and professional manner. The sports attorney is therefore an essential contact to ensure that the athlete has optimal legal management of his career. The sports attorney therefore plays a strategic role, not only in managing the contractual and tax aspects of the athlete's career, but also in protecting their rights and image in a sometimes hostile and risky environment. This is a rapidly evolving profession, where specialization and experience are major assets to guarantee the success and safety of athletes, both legally and commercially. Our areas of intervention The firm of Maître LATOUCHE offers specialized support in various areas of sports mandate and professional relations of athletes. Among the main areas of intervention, we find: • Advice and negotiation of sports contracts: As an attorney, we intervene in the negotiation and drafting of contracts for professional athletes, whether they are employment contracts with clubs, sponsorship contracts, or image contracts. We ensure that all clauses comply with current regulations and that they protect the interests of athletes in the long term. • Mediation and conflict management: In the event of contractual disputes or litigation with clubs, the sports attorney can play a key role in resolving disputes. Thanks to his legal expertise, he intervenes in mediation, facilitating discussions between the parties and seeking to avoid lengthy and costly procedures. • Supporting athletes in career management: As an attorney, the lawyer advises the athlete at all stages of his career, ensuring the management of his public image, his commercial commitments, and his legal protection. The attorney also takes into account his client's financial situation and can help him manage his investments or prevent tax abuses. • Securing financial and tax transactions: The attorney plays a key role in protecting the financial interests of athletes. He ensures that financial transactions related to transfers, sponsorship contracts or the management of image rights are carried out legally, while ensuring the tax compliance of the contracts. This includes preventing tax evasion and managing taxes on athletes' income. • Legal support in the event of disputes or sanctions: In the event of legal disputes related to employment contracts, disciplinary sanctions (doping, sporting offences) or transfer issues, the sports attorney ensures the defense of his client's rights and supports him in his actions before the judicial or disciplinary authorities. • Protection of image rights and personal brands: The sports attorney also takes care of the management of the athlete's image rights, by negotiating sponsorship contracts, licenses and commercial partnerships. He ensures the legal protection of athletes' personal brands and ensures that they are not exploited abusively. • Compliance with sports rules and regulations: The sports attorney ensures that the athlete complies with the regulations of his sport, including those relating to doping, transfers and prohibitions on certain practices.