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Delsol Avocats
4 BIS, RUE DU COLONEL MOLL
75 017 PARIS
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Delsol Avocats > The Legal 500 Rankings

France > The regions Tier 1

Well-established in the Rhône-Alpes region, Delsol Avocats offers a wide range of capabilities with national and international reach. The group has a broad spectrum of expertise from M&A to intellectual property. Lyon-based practitioner Emmanuel Kaeppelin, steers the group and is particularly knowledgeable of company transfers, acquisition audits and equity financing. Séverine Bravard specialises in M&A, company restructurings and financing law, while Delphine Bretagnolle focuses on collective insolvency proceedings, collective bargaining and risk audits. Brice Briel specialises in employment and social welfare and Delphine Bretagnolle has experience in legal and tax structures with regards to non-profits and community orientated structures.

Practice head(s):

Emmanuel Kaeppelin

Other key lawyers:

Séverine Bravard; Delphine Bretagnolle; Brice Briel; Laurent Butstraen

Key clients

BIG/Loyalty Company

Boostheat

Capelia

Comptoir Rhodanien / Siparex

Copas

Dimotrans

Fortify

Holnest

Maped

Work highlights

  • Advised Dimotrans Group on the acquisition of a stake in its capital by Crédit Mutuel Equity, a subsidiary of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale
  • Advised Holnest on the sale of Olympique Lyonnais to Eagle Football Holdings.
  • Assisted Maped with the acquisition of Juratoys.

France > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences Tier 2

Noted for its ‘perfect’ mastering of GDPR and health data-related issues, the team at Delsol Avocats frequently handles the setting up of data warehouses, whilst also advising on CNIL authorisations. The group acts in a number of product liability disputes and clinical trials, notably advising networks of biologists, nurses, and physicians, in addition to funds and companies seeking to invest in networks. ‘Extremely competent’ practice head Jeanne Bossi Malafosse is known for her deep expertise in health information systems, particularly in relation to the conditions necessary for accessing health data for medical research purposes, and the new regulations governing the sharing of health data. Gaëlle Merlier has broad contentious expertise, regularly acting in product liability disputes, and advising on health authority inspections, investments into the health care sector, and compliance programmes.

Practice head(s):

Jeanne Bossi Malafosse; Gaëlle Merlier

Other key lawyers:

Bastien Pavec

Testimonials

‘The team is particularly competent, and is recognised in the field of data protection.’

‘Jeanne Bossi Malafosse is extremely competent and collaborative.’

‘The team has perfect mastery of all the regulations surrounding GDPR and health data. Their advice is always pragmatic and allows us to progress.’

‘The team is very professional, available and attentive to its customers. We received very good support for very complex subjects.’

‘An efficient, flexible, available team that met our expectations despite a very tight schedule. A very professional collaboration with high added value. ’

‘We are delighted with the support provided by DELSOL’s team, due to its versatility, pragmatism, good understanding of our challenges, and availability.’

‘The team we work with has mastered the regulations relating to the GDPR, particularly as applied to the pharmaceutical/health sector.’

‘Jeanne Bossi Malafosse is very responsive, and gives good advice. We are very satisfied with her analysis. ’

Key clients

Astrazeneca Docaposte

Takeda

Impact healthcare

CNOP (Conseil National de l’Ordre des Pharmaciens)

Owkin

Rhisa

Santé Cie

Unilabs

Viatris

Urgencemed

Insmed

Parquest

Eurazeo

Ipsen Pharma

Ipsen Consumer Healthcare

CNGE (National College of Teaching General Practitioners)

Work highlights

  • Advising Parquest on the healthcare regulatory aspects surrounding the creation of Imaneo, a network of radiologists in the south of France (publication in the LJA).
  • Advising Astrazeneca, Docaposte, Impact Healthcare and Takeda in the implementation of new data bases in the data lake Agoria Santé.
  • Advising Owkin on French and European law, and strategic matters regarding the valorisation of data. The firm is also acting as a partner for Owkin on several multi-jurisdictional studies.

France > Construction Tier 3

Delsol Avocats's group advises domestic clients on demolition, renovation and construction projects in France, particularly those involving hospitality, office and warehouse properties. The team also offers clients assistance with risk analysis, contractual negotiations and litigation. The practice is co-led by Benoît Boussier; Nathalie Peyron, who specialises in transactional mandates and the negotiation of related contracts; and construction and real estate all-rounder Adrien Williot.

Practice head(s):

Benoît Boussier; Nathalie Peyron; Adrien Williot

Key clients

Lavorel Group

Work highlights

  • Represented Lavorel Group in litigation proceedings pertaining to the acquisitions of various hotel properties.

France > Data privacy and data protection Tier 3

The personal data department at Delsol Avocats offers a range of expertise that includes advising on GDPR compliance, providing assistance in audits by data protection authorities and advising on issues connected to big data and AI. Jeanne Bossi Malafosse heads up the practice and is equipped to advise on the exchange and sharing of health data. Apolline Lefaure is singled out for her experience pertaining to data protection issues in new technologies.

Practice head(s):

Jeanne Bossi Malafosse

Other key lawyers:

Apolline Lefaure

Testimonials

‘The team has experience and seniority in health law and more particularly GDPR-related health data matters.’

‘The team demonstrates expertise and great responsiveness on this subject. The legal advice is formulated in a clear manner with a systematic search for solutions that are simple to implement.’

‘Our relationship with Jeanne Bossi Malafosse was established very easily, Jeanne is also always available and follows our case carefully.’

‘An ultra-specialised and competent team which can advise on specific and general subjects. Invoicing is based on the issues involved in the case and is generally very reasonable.’

Key clients

Astrazeneca

Docaposte

Takeda

Impact healthcare

CNOP (Conseil National de l’Ordre des Pharmaciens)

FNSAFER

Owkin

Rhisa

Soliha

Work highlights

  • Provided assistance to SOLIHA in order to comply with GDPR and appointed as DPO.
  • Advising RHISA with the setting up of a data warehouse.
  • Advising OWKIN on all issues regarding the use and reuse of data, in particular to develop new algorithms for AI matters.

France > Private equity: venture/growth capital Tier 3

Practice head(s):

Séverine Bravard; Henri-Louis Delsol; Philippe Dumez; Pierre Gougé; Emmanuel Kaeppelin; Philippe Malikian; Raphaël Ory

Testimonials

‘Competence, listening and availability.’

Key clients

Ademe Investissement

BNP Développement

Boostheat

Capelia

CDC (Banque des territoires)

Comptoir Rhodanien

Demeter

Dimotrans

Evolem

Facil’iti

Fortify

Framatome

France Nucléaire

Garibaldi Participations

GL Events

Hesus

La Fée Maraboutée

Naldeo Group

Raise Sherpas

Réalités

Runa Capital

Silamir

Siparex

Work highlights

  • Advised Dimotrans on the acquisition of a stake in its capital by Crédit Mutuel Equity.
  • Advised GL Events on the early refinancing of its RCF and on obtaining a new financing line.
  • Advised Fortify on the new stage of development with UI Investissement

France > Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation Tier 4

Delsol Avocats

Practice head(s):

Thomas Amico; Alexis Chabert; Pierre-Marie durade-replat; Stéphane Perrin

Testimonials

‘Competent, responsive team that knows its files perfectly.’

‘Expertise and responsiveness,’

‘Efficiency and ingenuity.’

Key clients

Patrick Bardinon

Work highlights

  • Representing Patrick Bardinon in multiple disputes relating to the succession of his father, Pierre Bardinon, comprised of a collection of Ferrari Sport Cars.

France > Dispute resolution: White-collar crime Tier 4

Practice head(s):

Thomas Amico; Alexis Chabert

Testimonials

‘The combination of technical legal expertise and perfect knowledge of procedural issues coupled with an acute business acumen allows the team to find the most effective solutions.’

‘Thomas Amico is highly reactive. He has an exceptional grasp of the law and unmatched network and relationship with judges and prosecutors. His exceptional discretion has also to be noted. ’

‘The lawyers are fluent in English and provide excellent advice in a timely fashion. They are knowledgeable.’

‘Thomas Amico is exceptional for white collar work and general litigation advice. Calm in a crisis and with a superb knowledge of criminal procedure and the working of the courts.’

‘A cohesive and multidisciplinary team which makes it possible to entrust them with complex files. ’

‘Thomas Amico has become a major player in international criminal law in France.’

‘Available, attentive, very technical and oriented towards solving customer problems.’

‘Very efficient, thinking forward and provide solution in a fast manner.’

Key clients

Abdullah Al Malki

Aymeri de Montesquiou

Pierre-Henry LEROY

Xavier KEMLIN

Work highlights

  • Advised Abdullah AL MALKI in his battles with the Qatari state.
  • Advised Aymeri de MONTESQUIOU in a case of influence peddling.
  • Advising Pierre-Henry LEROY & Xavier KEMLIN with their criminal complaint against the distribution group CASINO and its CEO.

France > Employment Tier 4

Practice head(s):

Delphine Bretagnolle; Brice Briel; Elsa Lederlin; Philippe Pacotte

Other key lawyers:

Anna Milleret-Godet

Testimonials

‘Loyal and responsive’

‘Very competent and creative team’

‘Strong customer orientation, responsiveness, availability, understanding and take into account customer issues and constraints, simplicity and decision support, etc. are the major traits of Delsol.’

‘We have an excellent resource and partnership in Delsol Avocats.’

‘Elsa Lederlin – perfect.’

Key clients

Ademe

Admedia Group

Banque des Territoires (CDC)

Boostheat

Capelia

Comptoir Rhodanien

DataBank

Delachaux

Demeter

Dimotrans

Groupe Mondial Protection

Maped

Neoma Business School

Siparex

Work highlights

  • Assisted DataBank in the context of the acquisition by Etix Everywhere of five of its data centres located in and operated from France.
  • Advised Dimotrans Group on the acquisition of a stake in its capital by Crédit Mutuel Equity, a subsidiary of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale.
  • Advised Maped on the acquisition of Juratoys.

France > Mergers and acquisitions Tier 5

Practice head(s):

Séverine Bravard; Henri-Louis Delsol; Philippe Dumez; Pierre Gougé; Emmanuel Kaeppelin; Philippe Malikian; Raphaël Ory

Testimonials

‘Innovative and available.’

‘Henri-Louis Delsol: available, always finds a solution.’

‘Responsiveness, a well-sized team that knows how to respond to emergencies.’

‘Henri-Louis Delsol: flawless involvement and availability.’

‘Professionalism, sound advice.’

‘Accurate answers, professionalism, listens to clients.’

‘Technical excellence and tailored services.’

‘Great professionalism, great responsiveness. High negotiating skills.’

Key clients

Admedia Group

Aeroprotec

BMG

Cap Vert

CDC (Banque des territoires)

Comptoir Rhodanien

Copas Systemes

Databank

Holnest

La Poste Immo

Maped

Neoma business school

Neyco

Njuko

Valgo

Work highlights

  • Advising DataBank in the context of the acquisition by Etix Everywhere of five of its data centres.
  • Advising Holnest on the sale of the French football club Olympique Lyonnais to Eagle Football Holdings LLC.
  • Advising Framatome on the acquisition of Cyberwatch.

France > Tax Tier 5

Practice head(s):

Jean-François Defudes; Mathieu Le Tacon; Julien Monsenego; Frédéric Subra

Testimonials

‘availability and expertise’

‘They are very attentive, very reassuring and very professional. they put themselves at our level and answer very complicated questions in a simple way. I recommend them 100% to the people around me. They responded to every area I needed’

‘Benoit Boussier: excellent on real estate issues. really very good Mathieu letacon. very good as a conductor. When I have a problem he is there to direct me to a specialist specialized in this subject. ’

Key clients

BNP Développement

Boostheat

Capelia

Comptoir Rhodanien

Dimotrans

France Nucléaire

Garibaldi Participations

Holnest

Maped

Warner Music

Zalando

Siparex

Work highlights

  • Advised HOLNEST on the sale of the Olympique Lyonnais to Eagle Football Holdings LLC.
  • Advised the sellers of Njuko in the context of its acquisition by the Japanese equipment manufacturer ASICS.
  • Advised France Nucléaire, BNP Développement and Garibaldi Participations in the context of a MBO over F2A.

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 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 Email Telephone
Dispute resolution Thomas AMICO tamico@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69
Not-profit organisations - social and solidarity-based entrepreneurship Alexis BECQUART abecquart@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69
Personal data Jeanne BOSSI MALAFOSSE jbossimalafosse@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69
Real estate Benoît BOUSSIER bboussier@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69
Mergers & acquisitions - Corporate law Henri-Louis DELSOL hldelsol@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69
Not-profit organisations - social and solidarity-based entrepreneurship Lionel DEVIC ldevic@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69
Mergers & acquisitions - Corporate law Pierre GOUGÉ pgouge@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69
Tax law Mathieu LE TACON mletacon@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69
Mergers & acquisitions - Corporate law Philippe MALIKIAN pmalilkian@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69
Life sciences Gaëlle MERLIER gmerlier@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69
Employment law - Social welfare law Anna MILLERET-GODET amilleretgodet@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69
Tax law Julien MONSENEGO jmonsenego@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69
Employment law - Social welfare law Philippe PACOTTE ppacotte@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69
Dispute resolution Stéphane PERRIN sperrin@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69
Real estate Nathalie PEYRON npeyron@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69
Competition - Distribution Hélène VEY-MORIT hveymorit@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69
Real estate Adrien WILLIOT awilliot@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69
Restructuring Manuel WINGERT mwingert@delsolavocats.com +33 1 53 70 69 69

Meet The Team(s)

Lawyer Profiles

Photo Name Position Profile
Thomas AMICO photo Mr Thomas AMICO Thomas AMICO is a Partner and co-head of the Litigation Department. Specialised… View Profile
Alexis BECQUART photo Mr Alexis BECQUART Alexis BECQUART is co-head of the PARIS office’s Non-Profit Organizations and Social… View Profile
Jeanne BOSSI MALAFOSSE photo Ms Jeanne BOSSI MALAFOSSE Jeanne BOSSI MALAFOSSE is head of the Personal Data Department and co-head… View Profile
Benoît BOUSSIER photo Mr Benoît BOUSSIER Benoît Boussier is co-head of the Real Estate Law department in the… View Profile
Lionel DEVIC photo Mr Lionel DEVIC The co-head of the Paris-based team specializing in non-profit sector organizations, Lionel… View Profile
Henri-Louis Delsol photo Mr Henri-Louis Delsol Henri-Louis DELSOL is co-head of the PARIS office’s “Mergers & Acquisitions –… View Profile
Pierre GOUGÉ photo Mr Pierre GOUGÉ Pierre GOUGÉ is co-head of the « Mergers & Acquisitions – Corporate… View Profile
Mathieu LE TACON photo Mr Mathieu LE TACON Mathieu LE TACON is co-head of the « Wealth law & taxation » department.… View Profile
Philippe MALIKIAN photo Mr Philippe MALIKIAN Philippe MALIKIAN is a partner and co-head of the ” Mergers &… View Profile
Gaëlle MERLIER photo Ms Gaëlle MERLIER Gaëlle MERLIER is co-head of the Life Sciences Department. Gaëlle’s expertise spans… View Profile
Anna MILLERET-GODET photo Ms Anna MILLERET-GODET Anna MILLERET-GODET is a partner in the firm’s “Employment law – Social… View Profile
Julien MONSENEGO photo Mr Julien MONSENEGO Julien MONSENEGO is partner and co-head of the « Corporate taxation » department. He… View Profile
Philippe PACOTTE photo Mr Philippe PACOTTE Philippe PACOTTE is co-head of the Paris office’s Employment – Social Security… View Profile
Stéphane PERRIN photo Mr Stéphane PERRIN Stéphane PERRIN is co-head of the PARIS office’s “Civil and commercial litigation” … View Profile
Nathalie PEYRON photo Ms Nathalie PEYRON Nathalie PEYRON is co-head of the Property Department with Benoît BOUSSIER. She… View Profile
Hélène VEY-MORIT photo Ms Hélène VEY-MORIT Hélène VEY-MORIT is a partner in the firm’s « Competition – Distribution » and… View Profile
Manuel WINGERT photo Mr Manuel WINGERT Manuel WINGERT is a partner and a specialist in companies in difficulty. He works… View Profile
Adrien Williot photo Mr Adrien Williot Adrien WILLIOT is co-head of the « Real Estate Law » department. He advises… View Profile

Staff Figures

Partners in the Paris office : 18
Associates in the Paris office : 50+

Languages

French
English
Italian
Spanish
German

Memberships

TELFA
The Parlex Group

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. The firm has therefore made strong connections with « best-friends » 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.

Client Testimonials


CLIENT: Jean-Sébastien DEGOUVE, Chairman
COMPANY/FIRM: Opéra Energie
TESTIMONIAL: I knew that DELSOL Avocats was well grounded in the energy sector, as I had called on the firm’s services during my time with the Suez Group (Engie). Therefore it was only natural for us to turn to Emmanuel KAEPPELIN for our M&A needs.

CLIENT: Kal LADHA, CEO
COMPANY/FIRM: MediaSchool Group
TESTIMONIAL: Because of the dual nature of our activity, we often come up against issues of employment law (permanent employees, occasional lecturers, journalists etc.), real estate law (the need for our school premises to comply with public access building (ERP) standards), tax law (particularly as regards VAT exemptions for training) and company law (company creations, M&A, transformations). We are highly satisfied with the advice we have received from DELSOL Avocats over a number of years, and particularly that of Henri-Louis DELSOL, Séverine BRAVARD and Vincent GUEVENOUX. In the course of successive acquisitions, the pertinence of the firm’s counsel within often tight timescales and its ability to identify with the position of the business client have proved invaluable throughout such operations, across the whole spectrum of the issues we face.

CLIENT: Nicolas POTEL, General Counsel, France & West Mediterranean Region
COMPANY/FIRM: 3M Group
TESTIMONIAL: We have worked with DELSOL Avocats for a number of years, and more specifically with Stéphane PERRIN, who has been familiar with our business, its products and its legal issues for close on 30 years. We have built up a bespoke working relationship with him that combines responsiveness and competence, and this support and advice is essential in both Group litigation in France and in complex contractual issues.

CLIENT: Sophie DOSTERT, General Manager
COMPANY/FIRM: Hôpital Européen and Hôpital Saint Joseph de Marseille
TESTIMONIAL: Our recent experience comprehensively confirms the considerable skills of Xavier DELSOL and his teams, who swiftly helped to set up the legal framework for the merger process by reviewing the various possible scenarios.