Committed!
We are committed to our client, but also to society, which translates into teaching, publications or social missions.
What this means
All members of the team, lawyers and paralegal staff, are concerned with respecting the commitments made, both externally (clients and suppliers) and internally (respect for the roles of each person, initiative and team spirit).
Our commitment is not limited to our role as lawyers, but extends to other responsibilities voluntarily assumed, such as teaching and expert duties.
What this entails in terms of behavior.
- A new legislative development occurs, which proves decisive in a project that a regular client has finally abandoned. The lawyer in charge of the file contacts the client proactively, in order to verify that the client is aware of the change in law and of its implications for the project.
- A partner in the firm specializes in the legal protection of minors on the Internet. In addition to defending his clients, he participates in a volunteer panel with a child abuse advocacy organization.
- A client is waiting for a consultation on a specific competition and intellectual property issue; the deadline is short and the client has not been able to gather all the information necessary for an exhaustive analysis of the case. In these circumstances, the collaborators responsible for the file need a few extra days to complete the expected document. The client is immediately contacted in order to find the most favourable solution: to deliver a first orientation document subject to further research or to postpone the communication of the complete project by a few days. In both cases, Ulys proposes that a lawyer visit the client without delay in order to help him or her put together the file as quickly as possible.
- Ulys takes over from another law firm in a very complex legal case. The client (an American company) considers its case to be almost hopeless, after having lost a summary judgment and a first instance on the merits. The client asks Ulys for a “second legal opinion”. A multidisciplinary working group is created within the firm and, finally, the confrontation of ideas leads to a new solution, via a preliminary question to the European Court of Justice.
- A German company is planning to launch a novel online activity, which raises questions in terms of respect for the rights of others. There is no known case law or doctrine in France (or in the Benelux) on the subject. The lawyers in charge of the case undertook an assiduous search for foreign jurisprudence (thanks to the firm’s networks and contacts) and eventually discovered a decision of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands that validated the concept, based on legal principles similar to those existing in France. This jurisprudence reassured the national authorities, who authorized the launch of the project.
