By Raphaël MORENON
29 June 2025
In today's economic landscape, a company's intangible assets represent a major part of its value. Among them, the customer file represents much more than a simple list of contacts: it is a strategic tool, the fruit of investment and commercial effort. When a company is in debt, its creditors may legitimately seek to recover what they owe by turning to its assets. The seizure of assets, and in particular advice on the seizure of intangible and digital assets, then becomes an envisaged procedure. However, the seizure of a customer file raises complex legal issues, at the crossroads between enforcement procedures and the protection of personal data. It is a procedure that explores the boundaries between professional assets and seizable intangible rights, and cannot be carried out without an in-depth analysis of its conditions of validity and consequences. The customer file: a valuable and transferable intangible asset Before considering its...
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