Walter Billet Avocats > Paris, France > Firm Profile
Walter Billet Avocats Offices

27 RUE LA BOETIE
PARIS 75008
France
Walter Billet Avocats > The Legal 500 Rankings
France > Private equity: venture/growth capital Tier 3
Practice head(s):
Fabien Billet
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Walter Billet has strong expertise in this area, with complementary profiles, which allows us to deal with the most complex scenarios and to solve them quickly. Its main strengths and assets are experience, responsiveness, proactivity, good human management and their strength of proposal during negotiations.’
‘We work in particular with Fabien Billet, who accompanied us on three capital increases. Fabien has always given us good advice on these operations, particularly on the legal level (negotiation of the clauses of the shareholders’ agreement). Depending on the situation, he can be directly involved in discussions with our partners and their legal advisors, which facilitates discussions and makes the fundraising process faster. His experience in this area guarantees us that our positions will be acceptable to the investment funds with which we interact.’
‘Christophe Cussaguet assists us in drafting the capital increase documentation. Christophe demonstrates great rigor and perfectly manages voluminous, long and complex documentation. His great expertise in this area allows us to calmly manage several fundraising operations.’
‘The Private Equity team: venture capital and development capital within the firm Walter Billet has strong expertise in this area, with complementary profiles, which allows us to deal with the most complex scenarios and to solve them quickly. Its main strengths and assets are experience, responsiveness, proactivity, good people management and their strength of proposal during negotiations.’
‘Proximity and total availability of the teams, with an ability to adapt the discourse and the advice according to the profile and the opposing parties.’
‘Strengths and assets of the team: – Expertise, perfect mastery of the problems encountered by our company – Efficiency – Integration into the team of complementary services: labor law, GDPR, intellectual property.’
‘The people who stand out within the team: – Mr Fabien Billet, true expert in his profession, reactive and reassuring.’
Key clients
Balderton Capital
Entrepreneur Invest
Red Alpine
Kard
Standing Ovation
Iconoclaste
Bureaux à Partager
Akur8
Syclef
Absiskey
Ipsilon
Energysquare
Koyeb
Virtuo Technologies
Yellow Korner
Frontline Media
France > Industry focus: IT and internet Tier 4
Walter Billet AvocatsPractice head(s):
Alan Walter
Other key lawyers:
Fabien Billet
Testimonials
‘It is particularly pleasant to work with Alan Walter, who demonstrates great responsiveness and pedagogy, synonymous with perfect efficiency. The team’s legal expertise and practical knowledge of the market are standout.’
‘Walter Billet’s team is reactive and strategic.’
‘Alan Walter is reactive and gives good advice and helps us choose the right strategies in countries where trademark registration is more complex. Walter Billet has a network of international partners, who help us manage complex trademark registration cases if necessary.’
‘The Walter Billet team is very dynamic, responsive and flexible. In addition, the longevity of the relationship between the founding partners ensures a 360 degree analysis on the corporate, IP and IT data aspects in a concerted manner.’
‘The two founding partners have longstanding experience working together, which allows them to immediately analyse the subjects related to their own respective practices, but also the issues that will require the involvement of the other side of the team. Alan Walter masters the law applicable to his subjects and the underlying technologies, which makes him an essential interlocutor and professional.’
‘There is high availability across the team and a strong responsiveness.’
‘Alan Walter has great expertise on the scope of IP and IT, is very responsive and has an apparent ability to blend in and adapt to the organisation of large company clients.’
‘Alan Walter shows a great understanding of IT issues, which allows him to approach cases in a pragmatic way and, as such, provide effective advice both operationally and legally.’
Key clients
Unify
Experimental Group
Woonivers
Vestiaire Collective
Nutravalia
OneRagtime
ITS Integra
Unique Entertainment Experience (Powder)
Virtuo Technologies
Peerspace
VSB Energies Nouvelles
Yellow Korner France
Mayday
Aerys
Akur8
Alliance Automotive Group
Antevenio
Axionable
Babel France (Babel Tech)
Beauty Blend (Jolimoi)
Biolog-ID
Chéri Chéri
Digiteka
E-axess
Elyse
Energysquare
Entrepreneur Invest (Entrepreneurs Venture)
Etudes Studio
Fairmint
Fintel (Fydem)
France Horizon
Frontline Media
Fuzzy Logic Robotics
Groupe Rocher
Hôtel des ventes de l’orléanais
Kard
Koyeb
LawGo
LittleBigCode
MADP
Malherbe Paris
Make Fashion Studio
Phantombuster
Pickyourskills
Pierre Fabre
PortAdhoc
Piano
SmartData (SociétéInfo)
Picsellia
Prométhée
SalesPath
Spinergie
Trusty
Mes Meilleurs Clients
Work highlights
- Advised Standing Ovation on the drafting and negotiation of a strategic partnership contract with a major French group related to the production of cheese without using animal products.
- Advised Golem in the negotiation of a software agreement with Thalès in the course of a global contract for the French Ministry of Defence.
- Advised Vestiaire Collective on all aspects related to its e-commerce activities, in particular, in contractual negotiations with its suppliers.
Walter Billet Avocats > Firm Profile
Walter Billet Avocats is dedicated to assisting companies and investment funds in the fields of corporate law (M&A, Private Equity), innovative technologies (in particular IT and Internet), intellectual property and employment law.
Walter Billet Avocats is based on a global understanding of the innovation ecosystem and is positioned as a gateway to companies that have developed their corporate venture department, startups, investment funds and investment banks.
Besides its expertise and know-how dedicated to innovative firms, the Firm has been assisting large companies, in advice as in litigation, on their concerns dealing with employment law and social security law (URSSAF risks, restructuring, collective agreements), data protection compliance (GDPR), brands portfolios’ management and external growth operations.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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IP - IT Law | Alan Walter | alan@walterbillet.com | +33 (0)1 85 09 00 00 |
Corporate Law | Fabien Billet | fabien@walterbillet.com | +33 (0)1 85 09 00 00 |
Employment Law | Carine Cohen | carine.cohen@walterbillet.com | +33 (0)1 85 09 00 00 |