International Commercial Agency and Distribution Agreements

This book provides detailed information on legislation, regulation, and case law in seventeen national jurisdictions on agency, exclusive distribution, and franchising. The case law clearly exposes the issues from which disputes arise - and the financial consequences of those disputes - and the practical discussion includes sample clauses designed to anticipate those issues and avoid the pitfalls to which they often lead. For twelve EU Member States plus Switzerland and Turkey, as well as China, India, and Argentina - all countries in which foreign direct investment is a major component of the economy - local experts provide detailed information on specific applicable law, major current case law, drafting guidance with specific clauses, and official English versions of relevant primary material.
The enormous day-to-day usefulness of this book will be self-evident to lawyers negotiating international commercial distribution agreements. Legal scholars as well will welcome its comparative study of applicable law on commercial contracts in a wide variety of global jurisdictions.

Volume Editors: Cristelle Albaric & Marianne Dickstein.
Cristelle Albaric is an international lawyer practicing M&A, corporate and commercial law. Based in Paris, she was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1999, and has been with YMFL law firm since 2005. In France, she received her Doctorale in Private Law from the University of Montpellier with a thesis on 'Master franchising'. In Germany, she got her LL.M. at the University of Heidelberg. In the US, she was a one-year Visiting Scholar at the University of California - Boalt Hall at Berkeley. Cristelle keeps writing about Business Law and serves as a lecturer on franchising topics at the University of Montpellier Law School. As a member of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), she is Co-President of the Publications & Edition Section and is a member of the Executive Committee.
Marianne Dickstein is an international lawyer based in Belgium-Brussels. She graduated from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, and is admitted to practice at the Brussels Bar. After working for an international leading law firm in the commercial and corporate law department (Coudert Brothers LLP), she launched her own law firm DicksteinLawyers & Mediators, which is fully dedicated to the practice of the commercial & corporate law. Marianne Dickstein is a mediator in civil and commercial matters, appointed by the Belgian Federal Commission for Mediation. She is the author of various publications on her area of expertise. Marianne is a former member of the Legislation Commission of the Brussel's Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and of the International Association of Young Lawyers - AIJA (Distribution Commission).