High-stakes matters handled

Situation

A construction company faces a professional debtor refusing to pay the balance by alleging defects and reservations raised late. The file contains exchanges, work statements, partial payments and several technical points requiring clarification.

What we check

• Reconstruction of the contractual and financial chronology.
• Separation of principal amount, partial payments, reservations and ancillary claims.
• Identification of genuinely disputable points and defensible elements.
• Preparation of a structured pre-litigation reminder.

Possible lever

Structure a clear position before any escalation: pre-litigation reminder, formal notice, framed negotiation or transmission to an authorised professional if a judicial phase becomes necessary.

Situation

A service or consulting company claims payment for a completed assignment, while the debtor argues that the work was incomplete or unusable. The contract may be brief, and performance must be shown through emails, deliverables, meetings or operational exchanges.

What we check

• Qualification of the actual scope of the assignment.
• Comparison between quotation, invoice, deliverables and exchanges.
• Reasoned response to the debtor’s objections.
• Proposal of an amicable or pre-litigation trajectory.

Possible lever

The file is presented to show that the service was ordered, performed or used, and that the refusal to pay must be substantiated by the debtor.

Situation

A company has already sent several reminders, sometimes followed by payment promises that were not honoured. The debtor responds less and less, changes contact person or asks for time without raising a clear objection.

What we check

• Review of the complete reminder history.
• Identification of implicit or explicit acknowledgements of debt.
• Setting of a clear and documented deadline.
• Preparation of a pre-litigation next step if no response is received.

Possible lever

Communication is refocused on payment, documents, deadlines and possible procedural consequences, without multiplying ineffective reminders.

Situation

A French creditor faces a foreign debtor failing to pay a commercial invoice. The matter raises questions of language, place of performance, applicable law, jurisdiction and actual enforcement prospects.

What we check

• Review of contractual clauses and international exchanges.
• Identification of the debtor, country and useful contacts.
• Preparation of a structured reminder in a credible posture.
• Possible coordination with authorised contributors where necessary.

Possible lever

The matter is oriented according to its economic value, available evidence, country involved and concrete possibility of obtaining payment or enforcement.

Situation

A payment order has been obtained, but the debtor files an opposition. The matter then moves into adversarial proceedings where the quality of evidence, chronology and arguments becomes decisive.

What we check

• Review of the documents that supported the initial order.
• Identification of the debtor’s likely arguments.
• Organisation of the exhibit list, statement of account and chronology.
• Coordination with a lawyer or local counsel where necessary.

Possible lever

The file is prepared to support the claim on the merits, answer the opposition and preserve consistency between the amicable phase, the initial petition and adversarial proceedings.