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Delsol Avocats Offices
11 QUAI ANDRÉ LASSAGNE
69001 LYON
France
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Delsol Avocats > The Legal 500 Rankings
The regions Tier 1
Founded in Lyon, Delsol Avocats has built itself a great reputation at national level. The firm fields a total of some 120 lawyers who are based in Lyon and Paris. The Paris office has grown significantly these past few years and now houses most of the workforce. The firm impresses with a large array of business law expertise, spanning corporate, tax, and employment law as well as litigation. It serves many small and medium-sized enterprises, investment funds, entrepreneurs and several large companies. In addition, the firm is one of the market’s stand-out advisors for non-profits and foundations, thanks to Xavier Delsol, founding partner and chairman of the firm.
Practice head(s):
Xavier Delsol
Construction Tier 2
Delsol Avocats advises prestigious companies such as luxury goods and hotel brands. The practice offers full-service expertise, handling advisory work and disputes. In addition, the team also assists developers and offers commercial property lease expertise. Nathalie Peyron and Benoit Boussier lead the practice and of counsel Virginie Delannoy is also a notable team member.
Practice head(s):
Nathalie Peyron; Benoit Boussier
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Benoit Boussier knows the construction industry very well’.
Data privacy and data protection Tier 3
At Delsol Avocats, practice head Jeanne Bossi Malafosse has a unique portfolio of experience, with eighteen years of experience at the French data protection authority and five years of experience at the French digital health agency ASIP, Bossi Malafosse is an expert in data protection law in the healthcare and life sciences sector. The practice's client roster attests to this specialism, with a number of domestic professional healthcare associations and international pharmaceutical companies on the client list. GDPR and data protection compliance programmes, data privacy assessments and the drafting of data protection policies account for the majority of the team's workload.
Practice head(s):
Jeanne Bossi Malafosse
Key clients
Conseil National de l’Ordre des Médecins
Conseil National de l’Ordre des Pharmaciens
Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences Tier 3
Delsol Avocats' Jeanne Bossi Malafosse is particularly proficient in advising leading pharmaceutical and healthcare companies and professional bodies on data and e-healthcare issues. She is acting as data protection officer for several of her clients. The practice's second key member is Thomas Roche who has particular know-how in the field of regulatory and clinical research. He advises several leading industry players as well as smaller laboratories.
Practice head(s):
Jeanne Bossi Malafosse; Thomas Roche
Key clients
CNOM
CNOP
F-CRIN
Sanofi
Private equity: venture/growth capital Tier 3
Practice head(s):
Henri-Louis Delsol; Philippe Dumez; Pierre Gougé; Emmanuel Kaeppelin; Philippe Malikian; Amaury Nardone
Testimonials
‘This team gives us confidence and always treats our request on time.’
‘The Delsol team knows how to establish a climate of trust with its customer: high availability, high responsiveness. They know how to move the issues forward positively and find solutions, the partners are strongly involved throughout the mission. They know how to build a long-term relationship of trust. Listening to the customer, understanding the issues, high technical skills, ability to work in a network, perfect mastery of the Anglo-Saxon environment. Strong bargaining ability.’
Key clients
eFounders
K-Santé
Quilvest Private
Equity
Romande Energie
France
Hesus
Winerie Parisienne
SNTP
FFCC
Aster capital
EDF
Winerie Parisienne
Employment Tier 4
Practice head(s):
Delphine Bretagnolle ; Philippe Pacotte ;Camille Rousset ; Elsa Lederlin
Testimonials
‘The team is available, skilled and dedicated’.
‘Philippe Pacotte is committed and provides high quality advice’.
Key clients
Crouzet
Dermscan
Dimotrans
EDH
Ividata
Mergers and acquisitions Tier 5
Practice head(s):
Henri-Louis Delsol; Philippe Dumez; Pierre Gougé; Emmanuel Kaeppelin; Philippe Malikian; Amaury Nardone
Testimonials
‘Friendly mindset which helps a lot in negotiation.’
‘Value for money.’
‘Highly skilled.‘
Key clients
Agora
Assystem
CDC
Crouzet
Domaine Henri
REBOURSEAU
EDF
EDH et Quilvest
Private Equity
Dimotrans
Hellowork
Inicea Holding
Ividata
Keolis
Greenflex
Olympique
Lyonnais
Réalités
Tax Tier 5
Practice head(s):
Mathieu Le Tacon; Frédéric Subra; Julien Monsenego
Testimonials
‘The team responds very quickly and provides tailored answers. They are proactive and give clients the feeling that they are in good hands’
‘Julien Monsenego is very considerate, has thorough knowledge of French tax law and is highly available’
Key clients
Capitem Partenaires
Gimv
Hesus
Ividata
Ksanté
Olympique Lyonnais
Amadeus
Warner Music
Delsol Avocats > Firm Profile
The firm: Although created in 2003, DELSOL Avocats has been established in the French legal landscape for more than forty years. Forty years marked by constant growth. Since then, DELSOL Avocats, as a full service law firm, has developed new teams, which actively co-operate to form multidisciplinary practice groups in order to address complex transactions, bring them to success and, generally speaking, provide the most appropriate assistance to their clients.
Areas of practice: DELSOL Avocats is a firm of expert lawyers covering not only a number of specialist fields but also very diverse sectors. In the short, medium, and long term the firm offers support to economic and social players during their national and international operations – whatever the level of risk.
DELSOL Avocats helps managers and decision-makers develop potential courses of action in high-risk situations and optimize their decision-making. To achieve this, DELSOL Avocats shares its clients’ economic, sectorial, financial, and managerial culture and establishes high quality relationships.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Employment law - Social welfare law | Delphine BRETAGNOLLE | dbretagnolle@delsolavocats.com | +33 4 72 10 20 30 |
| Not-profit organisations - social and solidarity-based entrepreneurship | Laurent BUTSTRAEN | lbutstraen@delsolavocats.com | +33 4 72 10 20 30 |
| Dispute resolution | Alexis CHABERT | achabert@delsolavocats.com | +33 4 72 10 20 30 |
| Public law | Renaud-Jean CHAUSSADE | rjchaussade@delsolavocats.com | +33 4 72 10 20 30 |
| Corporate - mergers and acquisitions | Jean-Philippe DELSOL | jphdelsol@delsolavocats.com | +33 4 72 10 20 30 |
| Not-profit organisations - social and solidarity-based entrepreneurship | Xavier DELSOL | xdelsol@delsolavocats.com | +33 4 72 10 20 30 |
| Corporate - mergers and acquisitions | Philippe DUMEZ | pdumez@delsolavocats.com | +33 4 72 10 20 30 |
| Dispute resolution | Pierre-Marie DURADE-REPLAT | pmduradereplat@delsolavocats.com | +33 4 72 10 20 30 |
| Corporate - mergers and acquisitions | Emmanuel KAEPPELIN | ekaeppelin@delsolavocats.com | +33 4 72 10 20 30 |
| Life sciences | Thomas ROCHE | troche@delsolavocats.com | +33 4 72 10 20 30 |
| Employment law - Social welfare law | Camille ROUSSET | crousset@delsolavocats.com | +33 4 72 10 20 30 |
| Tax law | Frédéric SUBRA | fsubra@delsolavocats.com | +33 4 72 10 20 30 |
| Tax law | Paulette TRILLAT | ptrillat@delsolavocats.com | +33 4 72 10 20 30 |
Lawyer Profiles
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Delphine Bretagnolle | Delphine BRETAGNOLLE is a partner lawyer in the LYON office’s Employment –… | View Profile |
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Laurent Butstraën | Laurent BUTSTRAËN is co-head of the “Non-Profit Organizations – Social and solidarity-based… | View Profile |
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Alexis Chabert | CHABERT is the co-head of the Litigation Department. A specialist in legal… | View Profile |
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Renaud-Jean Chaussade | He has developed recognized expertise in: – property law and public-sector contracts… | View Profile |
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Jean-Philippe Delsol | Jean-Philippe DELSOL, a tax lawyer, is co-head of the Corporate Law –… | View Profile |
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Xavier Delsol | Xavier DELSOL is the founder and co-head of the Non-Profit Organizations Department.… | View Profile |
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Philippe Dumez | Philippe DUMEZ is co-head of the LYON office’s Corporate Law – Mergers… | View Profile |
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Pierre-Marie Durade-Replat | Pierre-Marie DURADE-REPLAT is co-head of the LYON office’s Litigation Department. He manages… | View Profile |
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Emmanuel Kaeppelin | Emmanuel KAEPPELIN is co-head of the Corporate Law – Mergers and Acquisitions… | View Profile |
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Thomas Roche | Thomas ROCHE is co-head of the Life Sciences Department. He assists health… | View Profile |
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Camille Rousset | Camille ROUSSET is co-head of the Lyon office’s Employment Law – Social… | View Profile |
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Frédéric Subra | Alongside standard services in tax law (repeat advisory work and litigation management),… | View Profile |
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Ms Paulette Trillat | Paulette TRILLAT is co-leader of the “Tax Law” department in LYON. She… | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Partners in the Lyon office : 13 Lawyers in the Lyon office : 50+Languages
French English Italian Spanish GermanMemberships
TELFA The Parlex GroupClient Testimonials
CLIENT: Tim SYKES
COMPANY/FIRM: PROACTIS
TESTIMONIAL: In February 2018, Proactis launched a public tender offer for shares in the company Hubwoo. DELSOL Avocats guided Proactis through the process and made it possible to complete the transaction successfully. The team was attentive to the problems likely to affect Proactis and advised us based on our interests whilst coordinating the other advisors involved, going beyond the cultural and language differences. I was struck by how easily DELSOL Avocats adapted, not hesitating to put in place innovative solutions when the context allowed. The key to success is, for me, good communication between and within the various teams involved. Thats what DELSOL Avocats brought, and with Brexit in the background that wasnt an easy task! Technically and operationally, the services provided exceeded our expectations.
CLIENT: Sophie DURIAVIG
COMPANY/FIRM: Happy & So
TESTIMONIAL: DELSOL Avocats assisted us when our investor acquired an equity stake, when we had to ensure that the terms of the shareholders agreement were right for our specific situation. We felt totally guided through managing the transaction.
CLIENT: Stéphane VALAT
COMPANY/FIRM: Sun Power
TESTIMONIAL: Our company has formed a close, trust-based relationship with DELSOL Avocats, which has assisted us with many corporate/M&A, contractual and litigation issues for almost ten years. The cases are handled efficiently, accurately and responsively with a good understanding of business challenges.
CLIENT: François NOVAT
COMPANY/FIRM: ISS
TESTIMONIAL: The added value DELSOL Avocats provides over other law firms we have consulted is the overview they take of the case, not confining themselves to purely financial considerations. In such a context, while we may be defending the employer’s interests, we are also keen to learn lessons as regards risk prevention. We especially appreciate the continuity of our relations with the team members, thanks to their low turnover.
CLIENT: Diane NUNES
COMPANY/FIRM: ISS
TESTIMONIAL: We see our working relationship with DELSOL Avocats as a true partnership, built up on both sides through regular reviews and weekly dialogue.
An information-sharing platform has been introduced to give us direct access to our data. This real-time dispute reporting tool is invaluable, making our work easier and giving us full transparency.
Fast responses from teams who have no hesitation in giving their opinion is yet another advantage of working with DELSOL Avocats.
International Capabilities
DELSOL Avocats’ international strategy relies on :
- qualified teams from top French and foreign universities and schools, operational in various languages and registered with foreign bars.
- extensive experience in negotiating and drafting international contracts.
- access to reliable networks representatives renowned in their fields of expertise and sectors.
DELSOL Avocats assists its clients facing international issues, either French clients with international projects or foreign clients involved in operations in France. We are able to :
- coordinate their projects (multi-country due diligence or acquisition of targets operating in several countries)
- help them understand international (for our French clients) and French (for our international clients) legal practices and assist them in negotiating and drafting investment contracts and industrial or business partnerships
- settle litigation or pre-litigation issues
- act as an intermediary for their own international advisors.
DELSOL Avocats is an active member of two international networks (TELFA and PARLEX) and has therefore made strong connections with their « best-friend » located in Europe, the USA, South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. There are now nearly 100 law firms, or about 7000 lawyers around the world.
DELSOL Avocats has built on the proximity of his Lyons office with Italia to create an « Italian desk » and thus inject dynamism into its transalpine activities relying on several bilingual partners and associates.
Témoignages de clients
CLIENT: Jean-Sébastien DEGOUVE, Co-fondateur et Président
COMPANY/FIRM: Opéra Energie
TESTIMONIAL: Je savais que DELSOL Avocats connaissait bien le secteur de l’énergie pour avoir fait appel au cabinet lorsque j’exerçais des responsabilités au sein du groupe SUEZ (Engie). C’est donc tout naturellement que nous nous sommes à nouveau tournés vers Emmanuel KAEPPELIN lorsque nous avons eu des besoins en M&A.
CLIENT: Kal LADHA, Directeur Général
COMPANY/FIRM: MediaSchool Group
TESTIMONIAL: Dans le cadre de notre double activité, nous sommes fréquemment confrontés à des problématiques de droit du travail (collaborateurs permanents, intervenants occasionnels, journalistes …), de droit de l’immobilier (avec la nécessité de disposer pour nos écoles de locaux aux normes ERP – Etablissement Recevant du Public), de droit fiscal (notamment sur des questions d’exonération de TVA inhérentes à la formation) et de droit des sociétés (créations, fusions-acquisitions, transformations). Nous sommes très satisfaits, depuis plusieurs années déjà, de l’accompagnement de DELSOL Avocats et notamment d’Henri-Louis DELSOL, Séverine BRAVARD et Vincent GUEVENOUX dans nos opérations d’acquisitions successives, où la pertinence des conseils du cabinet dans des délais souvent très courts et la capacité des avocats à se glisser dans la peau du client entrepreneur nous furent précieuses tout au long desdites opérations et ce, pour le spectre complet des problématiques qui nous occupent
CLIENT: Nicolas POTEL, General Counsel, France & West Mediterranean Region
COMPANY/FIRM: 3M
TESTIMONIAL: Nous travaillons avec DELSOL Avocats depuis plusieurs années et plus spécifiquement avec Stéphane PERRIN, qui connaît parfaitement notre entreprise, ses produits et ses problématiques juridiques depuis près de 30 ans. Nous avons établi avec lui un mode de fonctionnement sur mesure combinant réactivité et compétence. Cet
accompagnement est essentiel tant sur les contentieux du groupe en France que sur des problématiques contractuelles complexes.
CLIENT: Sophie DOSTERT, Directeur Général
COMPANY/FIRM: Hôpital Européen and Hôpital Saint Joseph de Marseille
TESTIMONIAL: Notre expérience récente confirme en tout point les grandes compétences de Xavier DELSOL et ses équipes, qui ont permis de rapidement mettre en place le cadre juridique du montage en passant en revue les différents scénarios possibles.