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Deloitte Société d’Avocats
6, place de la Pyramide
92908, Paris – La Défense
France
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Deloitte Société d’Avocats > The Legal 500 Rankings

France > The regions Tier 1

France > Employment Tier 3

Deloitte Société d’Avocats has a well-established practice, based mostly in Paris, but with solid recent implementations in Montpellier and Toulouse, both opened in 2020. Being a member of a Big Four audit firm, the employment practice has high-level expertise and a strong activity advising on M&A and private equity-related employment law due diligence work. The team also intervenes in restructuring projects and assists with collective negotiations, including handling cross-border work, with recent work including several large-scale projects in the aviation sector. The firm also masters URSSAF audit preparation and social security matters as well as the employment aspects of international mobility. The client base includes SMEs, CAC 40 and other leading international companies and investment funds. The team is led by Véronique Child and includes key members Abelmalik Douaoui and Eric Guillemet.

Practice head(s):

Véronique Child

Other key lawyers:

Abdelmalik Douaoui; Eric Guillemet

Testimonials

‘The team remains close to operational realities and has very good knowledge of the environment beyond the simple legal treatment of a question.’

Key clients

Infravia Capital Partners

EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD PRIVATE EQUITY

SANDAYA

My Money Bank

Work highlights

  • Assisting with labour law due diligence work in relation to the Grandir Group.
  • Assisted IKO with their acquisition of Axter, a subsidiary of SMA.
  • Assisting EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD PRIVATE EQUITY with labour law diligence work on Ticket for the Moon.

France > Tax Tier 4

With its extensive resources, Deloitte Société d’Avocats is able to provide comprehensive tax expertise to clients, from transactional and corporate tax to transfer pricing, indirect taxation and tax disputes. The firm is regularly retained by leading investment funds to assist with due diligence and tax structuring work concerning large LBO transactions. The firm also regularly handles major real estate tax transactional work. Leading French and international companies are also clients. The tax practice is headed by Thomas Perrin and includes the following key members: managing partner Sophie Blégent-Delapille, Arnaud Mourier for M&A taxation, Vanessa Irigoyen for indirect taxation, and Christina Melady for patrimonial tax.

Practice head(s):

Thomas Perrin

Other key lawyers:

Arnaud Mourier; Sophie Blégent-Delapille; Vanessa Irigoyen; Christina Melady

Key clients

Invesco Real Estate

M&G Real Estate

CVC Capital

SPVIE Assurances

BIC

Prudentia Capital and BNP Paribas Développement

DIGITAL VIRGO

Advent International

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Deloitte Société d’Avocats > Firm Profile

Deloitte Société d’Avocats is one of the leading French law firms, specializing in international tax and legal services. Our firm has around 572 professionals, including 67 partners.

In France, Deloitte Société d’Avocats has nine offices: Paris-La Défense, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Rouen, Strasbourg and Toulouse.

Thanks to Deloitte’s leading global network and to the expertise of more than 50.000 Deloitte tax and legal specialists, based in 150 countries, Deloitte Société d’Avocats also operates internationally. This complete and balanced geographical coverage makes it possible to mobilize the best resources, right where our clients operate. We offer them a truly unique one-stop-shop proposition to meet their local responsibilities, thrive in the global marketplace and reach their goals with confidence as well as gain key competitive advantage.

Deloitte Société d’Avocats serves 80% of the companies listed on the CAC 40 and 63% of the companies listed on the SBF120. We assist our clients with the design and implementation of their global tax and legal strategies. We build long-term relationships with them, most of whom have placed their trust in our firm for many years.

Deloitte Société d’Avocats offers innovative solutions which are designed and implemented by its experts. Combining a thorough mastery of complex tax and legal issues with an economic and financial culture, these experts are able to identify suitable responses to clients’ strategic challenges.

We serve clients operating in a wide range of industries such as Financial Services, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Consumer, Energy, Resources & Industrials, Technology, Media & Telecommunications and Government & Public Services.

Main areas of practice

Deloitte Société d’Avocats is specialised in a wide range of both domestic and international tax and legal work for multinational corporations, international financial institutions and sovereign governments.

Legal advisory

Our practitioners expand their knowledge about their clients, the industries they operate in, their regulatory and legislative environments around the world to bring more to the table and provide the best possible legal advice.

Our expertise covers the following areas:

  • Corporate/M&A (Acquisitions, divestures and joint venture; Private Equity; Corporate reorganizations; Securities Law; Financial Law; Regulatory and compliance; Real Estate)
  • Commercial Law (Contracts, Distribution, Competition Law; Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring; Arbitration and litigation)
  • Employment Law
  • IT Law
  • Legal Managed Consulting
  • Legal Managed Services
  • Public Law

Tax advisory

Deloitte Société d’Avocats advises on a broad range of tax matters impacting business with their inbound and outbound tax issues.
We provide our clients with our proven experience in the areas of international and national tax strategies and the management of tax projects.

We cover the following areas:

  • International and National Corporate Tax
  • International Mobility
  • Individual Tax
  • Tax Management Consulting
  • Computerized Tax Audits and Dematerialization
  • Transfer Pricing
  • Indirect Tax: VAT – Customs and International Trade
  • Research & Development
  • Tax Controversy
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Tax

Main Contacts

DepartmentNameEmailTelephone
Corporate/M&A Stéphanie Chatelon / Cécile Debin
Commercial Law Muriel Féraud-Courtin / Benjamin Balensi
Employment Law Véronique Child
IT Law Hervé Gabadou
Real Estate Corinne Knopp
Public Law Eric de Fenoyl
Global Business Tax Thomas Perrin
Transfer Pricing Grégoire de Vogüé
Research & Development Lucille Chabanel
Individual Tax and International Mobility Christina Melady
Banking and Financial Tax Etienne Genot
Indirect Tax, VAT and Customs Vanessa Irigoyen
Real Estate Tax Sarvi Keyhani
Tax Controversy Sandrine Rudeaux

Lawyer Profiles

PhotoNamePositionProfile
Sophie Blégent-Delapille photo Sophie Blégent-Delapille Sophie Blégent-Delapille, Partner, is Managing Partner of the French Deloitte Tax &…View Profile

Staff Figures

Number of professionals : 572

Languages

French
English

Other

Contacts : Sophie Blégent-Delapille (Managing Partner)
Contacts : Florence Xueref, Senior Business Development and Marketing Manager
Other offices : Bordeaux
Other offices : Lille
Other offices : Lyon
Other offices : Marseille
Other offices : Montpellier
Other offices : Rouen
Other offices : Strasbourg
Other offices : Toulouse

Diversity/Community


At Deloitte, we understand that our diversity is a key driver of our effectiveness in the market. That’s why, in FY2018, we re-committed to progressing our already strong culture of inclusion and increasing gender representation at all levels across Deloitte.

Our deeply embedded, ongoing initiatives to promote diversity and inclusion at Deloitte have proven effective.

  • Deloitte member firms have adopted progressively advanced talent initiatives—including workplace flexibility, and family leave and return-to-work policies—that attract women, parents and employees of all generations.
  • Many Deloitte member firms offer their people opportunities through global business resource groups (BRGs) to connect and build networks with others who share affinity indicators such as gender, race, religion and sexual orientation. Some member firms have also established councils that bridge gaps between single-identity workplace groups.
  • Deloitte leaders in Australia, Canada, UK, US and other countries have been recognized externally for inclusion efforts and/or serve on boards of organizations that promote inclusion.
  • Globally, Deloitte creates a safe work environment for all people through its strong policies against misconduct, inappropriate behavior or sexual harassment.

These are some of the significant reasons why Deloitte is recognized as a desirable workplace by organizations that include 
Great Place to Work, LinkedIn, National Association of Female Executives (US), The Times (UK), Glassdoor.

While we are proud of the accolades we have earned and the policies and programs we have implemented, we understand that we must change as the market and world around us change. To lead in the areas of inclusion and diversity, we must achieve more. That is why we are focusing many of our current efforts on gender representation and why we will continue to seek and hire qualified women, provide ample developmental and promotional and leadership opportunities, and remain committed to fair pay for all.

Diversity


At Deloitte Société d’Avocats, we understand that our diversity is a strength and a key driver for effectiveness in the market. That’s why we strive to make diversity and gender balance the norm in all parts of our organization.

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels a sense of belonging, is empowered to feel themselves without fear of bias or discrimination and is motivated and given opportunities to thrive at work. This can be achieved by providing a workplace culture that is built on a foundation of respect and appreciation for diversity in all its forms.

We’ve set ambitious aspirational goals and have developed consistent interventions spanning the entire career lifecycle. We also know that leadership needs to be accountable for delivering the change needed – gender diversity is high on the radar of our leadership team and is a regular agenda item. Building on some of the leading practices established in parts of our organization, we remain consistently focused on developing guidance and giving practical advice on interventions that we know are most effective in promoting gender equality.

Deloitte Société d’Avocats was awarded by the United Nations for its exemplary action in favor of gender equality. In 2013, our firm received the “business case of action” award at the Women’s Empowerment Principles Event. Organized by the United Nations Global Compact and UN Women, this event was an opportunity to reward 5 companies around the world for their exemplary approach to gender equality and their actions in favor of diversity at all levels of the company. A fair working environment is still in place today: the firm, headed by Sophie Blégent-Delapille since 2016 and whose mandate has been renewed in 2020, counts more than 55% of women among its teams and 75% of Deloitte Société d’Avocats Executive Committee are female.

As part of our participation in the national gender equality index, Deloitte Société d’Avocats has published an overall score of 86/100 for 2021.

In our fight against discrimination, the Women in Leadership (WiL) program has been created by Deloitte France to set-up a development program for managers and has been extended to all women within the firm, to empower them and promote their well-being at work.

Deloitte Société d’Avocats is also involved in Deloitte’s ALL IN diversity and inclusion strategy. An initiative that is focused not only on ensuring that all Deloitte people live the organization’s values and understand the importance of an inclusive culture, but also on designing and implementing specific interventions in order to achieve our diversity goals.

A third major initiative was the appointment of Lucille Chabanel, a partner at Deloitte Société d’Avocats, by our CEO, Gianmarco Monsellato, as Gender Leader.

Providing an inclusive culture for all Deloitte Société d’Avocats people is a long-term commitment. Our firm is dedicated to supporting and empowering all of its practitioners and professionals to achieve their full potential, and

to delivering our purpose to make an impact that matters, each and every day. And while we are proud of the diversity and inclusion culture we have implemented, we understand that, as the world change, we must continue to seek for more.



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