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This Practice Note sets out the grounds and procedure for challenges and appeals against arbitral awards in France. It discusses the legal framework for setting aside international and domestic arbitration awards and the consequences of an application for set aside. It includes relevant decisions from the French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) and from the Paris Court of Appeal (Cour d’Appel). The process begins with notification (service) of the award and the applicable regime is explained. It also covers appeals against domestic arbitral awards and the effects of such appeals. Other forms of recourse against both international and domestic awards are also discussed, including third-party action and action to revise an award for fraud.

This Practice Note analyses the scope and impact of the EU Taxonomy Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2020/852), and related delegated acts, and considerations for asset managers.

This Precedent Internal investigation interview invitation letter has been written in partnership with Caroline Black and Noel Power of Dechert LLP. It can be used to invite a member of staff to attend an interview. It provides detailed warnings in relation to confidentiality and privilege and makes it clear on whose behalf any attending or interviewing lawyer is acting, sometimes known as an Upjohn Warning, from the US case of Upjohn Co. v United States.. There is a separate Precedent for an interview warning