Sponsorship agreement, Subsequent impossibility
Cancellation of Sports Sponsoring Agreements for Force Majeure (COVID-19): Which Part of the Sponsorship Fees must be Reimbursed to the Sponsor?
The cancellation clauses of the sponsoring agreements gave the sponsor the right to obtain the (partial) reimbursement of the paid sponsorship fees.
Distribution agreement
Unsuccessful claims of a former distributor: no indemnity for goodwill and no set-off of counterclaims
Valid contractual waiver of set-off and no goodwill indemnity because the distribution contract was not exclusive.
Agency, Representation
A party acting as a representative once, may not be a representative twice.
In the absence of a validly conferred power of attorney, the principal shall only be bound if the third party can rely on its own legitimate representation of the situation.
De facto contract, Self-contracting
Contract for the chairman of a listed company: how to manage a conflict of interests?
A stock corporation whose board of directors is reduced to two members due to a dispute among shareholders cannot validly enter into a contract of mandate (director) and employment (manager) with the chairman of the board without violating the prohibition of self-contracting.
Share purchase agreement
Simultaneous performance of the parties’ obligations under a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA)
The debtor raising the defense of the simultaneous performance of the parties' obligations must raise it sufficently early in the court proceedings.