Supporting transport and logistics professionals
Cornet Vincent Ségurel assists road, air, maritime and multimodal transport operators, both domestic and international, in anticipating risks, securing contracts and protecting their interests in a demanding economic and regulatory environment.
Which transport stakeholders do we support?
We work with all actors involved in mobility and logistics:
- Carriers and logistics providers: securing flows, contracts and day-to-day operations
- Handling and lifting operators: securing activities, managing operational risks and liabilities
- Manufacturers and cooperatives: structuring supply chains, managing partnerships and sensitive goods transport
- Air, maritime and inland waterway operators: coordinating complex projects, ensuring regulatory compliance and supporting infrastructure development
Thanks to our long-standing experience in the sector, we deliver tailored solutions adapted to the specific challenges of each stakeholder.
What strategic and legal challenges do we address?
Organising and securing transport activities and logistics flows
Our clients face key challenges:
- Structuring commercial and contractual relationships with clients, partners and service providers
- Managing operational and financial risks: claims, liability, recoveries and insurance
- Ensuring regulatory compliance: public law, safety standards, EU and environmental regulations
- Supporting strategic operations: acquisitions, disposals, project financing and restructurings
- Maintaining continuity and performance by anticipating disruptions and managing complex situations
Transport operations: comprehensive support at every stage
We support our clients throughout the lifecycle of their projects:
- Upstream: identify risks, structure contracts, anticipate regulations and prepare operational flows
- Implementation: coordinate stakeholders, manage operations, negotiate and secure contractual relationships, ensure compliance and handle unforeseen issues
- Post-completion: monitor contracts, manage disputes, secure operational continuity and optimise processes for future operations
Our strengths
A multidisciplinary approach to complex and cross-functional projects
Our teams mobilise the following expertise:
- Competition – Distribution – Contracts: securing commercial and logistics relationships
- Employment law: workforce management, individual and collective relations, restructurings
- Public law & environment: regulatory compliance, safety and environmental protection, infrastructure projects, public procurement
- Corporate – M&A – Private Equity: structuring, acquisitions, disposals and strategic transactions
- Restructuring & distressed companies: supporting complex situations
- Banking & finance: project financing and financial structuring
- Real estate law: management of logistics sites and facilities
- Litigation – Arbitration – Mediation: dispute resolution and risk management
- Tax law: managing tax implications of operations
- Insurance law: risk coverage and claims management
This dedicated project-based organisation ensures a comprehensive, consistent and operational response at every stage of your transport projects.
Recent engagement example
Structuring and securing a multimodal international logistics chain
The firm advised a multinational industrial group and its key transport partners on the restructuring of its global logistics framework, involving road, maritime transport and handling service providers.
We notably:
- Structured a comprehensive contractual framework between the industrial group, carriers and logistics operators
- Secured the organisation of flows in a context of international supply chain reconfiguration
- Negotiated and harmonised key transport, logistics and insurance agreements across multiple jurisdictions
- Supported regulatory compliance (customs, safety, environmental standards and EU requirements)
- Anticipated and managed operational risks affecting supply chain continuity (delays, claims, breakage in transit)
- Implemented a contractual governance model to streamline relations across all stakeholders in the logistics chain
Do you have a transport project?
Secure your operations and optimise your activity
Whether you are a carrier, logistics provider, manufacturer, cooperative or public authority, our lawyers support you in:
- Structuring your contracts and commercial relationships
- Managing your operations efficiently
- Anticipating and handling operational, financial and regulatory risks