Melina Wolman
Partner
Melina heads the Paris litigation team and the energy litigation practice at a global level. She assists French and international clients in France and abroad in cross-border disputes on issues like conflict of law and jurisdiction and devising international litigation strategies. She represents clients in commercial, product liability, distribution and art law disputes.
Melina's experience
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Represented a funicular railway company in a product liability case, potentially taking legal action against the supplier and manufacturer of the cables affecting the funicular.
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Representing a French subsidiary of a renewable energy company in a dispute against a steel supplier over late steel structure deliveries for three floating offshore wind turbines, arguing for renegotiation of contract pricing and delivery dates due to rising raw material costs and delays.
- France
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Representing French companies and their shareholders in a dispute against an independent renewable energy company based in Malta and its subsidiary. The dispute involves allegations that the creation of green energy solutions installer and construction companies would constitute a breach of French law.
- France and Poland
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Representing a French company in a dispute against a solar PV supplier over delayed module deliveries for solar projects in France, Portugal, and Australia, and refusal to enter master service agreements for future supplies. The dispute centres on the supplier’s failure to timely supply ordered modules and pursue further agreements.
- France
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Representing a French company in legal matters related to the termination of contracts concluded by the company they are acquiring.
- France
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Representing subsidiaries of a major French energy group in strategic disputes over solar power projects, hydroelectric plant construction, and wind turbine defects. These cases involve contract renegotiations, defective equipment, and claims for damages, requiring specific expertise in negotiation and litigation.
- France
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Representing a Czech company in a dispute against a project owner and a consortium controlled by a major entity, concerning the construction and renovation of dams on the Aisne and Meuse rivers, specifically regarding defective membranes used in the dams.
- Cross-border
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advising an engineering company on the delay in the construction of a floating wind farm pilot project.
- France
- Construction Services
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Representing Singaporean and Malaysian companies in a dispute against a fashion and sports brand regarding the distribution of its products in Singapore and Malaysia, specifically focusing on the termination of the distribution agreement by the brand. We assist them in the pre-litigation phase.
- France and Singapore
- Retail & Consumer
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Assisting our client in negotiating the outstanding instalments after the company providing the equity loan agreement abruptly terminated the contract and instructed a collection company.
- France
- Retail & Consumer
Credentials
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2015Joined Pinsent Masons
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2011Fasken Martineau - Lawyer, Senior Associate
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2005CBR Law - Lawyer, Associate
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2005Admitted to the Paris Bar
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2004University Paris II Panthéon-Assas - Masters Degree in Industrial property law
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2003University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne - Post Graduate degree in general private law
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2002Partnership between the University College London (UCL) and the University Paris II Panthéon-Assas - LL.M. in intellectual property law and Master's Degree in English Law
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