Manon Robert

Lawyer

Manon is a lawyer in the Contract drafting and negotiation, Litigation – Arbitration – Mediation and Energy and infrastructure teams of Kalliopé.

She assists a large variety of companies of differing sizes: large groups, SMEs and start-ups, and represents them before civil, commercial and criminal courts, as well as in internal and international arbitration proceedings.

Manon also advises her clients in the negotiation and drafting of complex contracts.

She has developed significant experience in debt collection and enforcement, as well as in the circular economy and waste sector.

Expertises

Litigation – Arbitration – Mediation

Contract drafting and negotiation

Energy and infrastructure

Legal experience

Business law litigation

unfair competition
sudden termination of established commercial relationships
tort and contractual liability
product liability
conflicts between partners
post-acquisition disputes and implementation of asset and liability guarantees
debt recovery

Negotiation and drafting of commercial contracts

Distribution agreements – franchise, sales agency, exclusive and selective distribution
Sale and service agreements
Joint-ventures
Contracts in the energy and infrastructure sector: EPC, O&M, industrial partnerships, etc.

Internal and international arbitration

drafting of arbitration clauses and arbitration agreements
ad hoc and institutional, internal and international arbitration
appointment of arbitrators
monitoring of the procedure (documents, procedural issues, pleadings)
recourse against arbitral awards
enforcement of arbitral awards

Criminal Business Law

assistance with preliminary investigations
assistance with criminal investigations
assistance with judgment hearings

Sector experience

Renewable energies
Agri-food and distribution
Waste and circular economy

Membership bar

Paris

Languages

French, English

Professional background

Since 2021: Lawyer, Kalliopé, Paris
2017-2021: Lawyer, Business Litigation, Racine, Paris

Academic background

2016-2017 CAPA
2013-2014 Bourgogne University, Master II in Procedural Law
2012-2013 University of Leeds (UK), Master I in Private and Judicial Law (Erasmus Programme)
2012 Jean-Moulin Lyon III University, University Degree in English law

Individual distinctions

Manon Robert ranked in the 2022 and 2023 editions of The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in France™ in banking and finance.

Commitment

After a Master’s degree in law at an English university and having travelled extensively since her youth, Manon has developed a strong curiosity for foreign cultures and a particular appetite for accompanying international clients.

She has had the opportunity to engage in rehabilitation, most recently with prisoners, through reading and has given pro bono consultations in legal clinics.

Now a young mother, Manon is also passionate about yoga, good food and oenology.

References

Representing the eco-organisation, Eco-Mobilier, in litigation proceedings against the liquidators of its debtor and obtaining immediate payment of its debts which arose after the opening judgment of the collective proceedings.