Firm Profile > Delsol Avocats > Lyon, France

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.

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.

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.

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.

Private equity: venture/growth capital Tier 3

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Employment Tier 4

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Mergers and acquisitions Tier 5

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Tax Tier 5

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Client 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. That’s what DELSOL Avocats brought, and with Brexit in the background that wasn’t 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.