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DELSOL Avocats has once again been distinguished at the Palmarès du Droit organized in Paris by Le Monde du Droit. The expertise of our teams was rewarded in the following categories : Life Sciences - Healthcare : GoldenTrophy Real Estate - Construction : Silver Trophy Public Business Law : Silver Trophy Compliance : Bronze Trophy These...

DELSOL Avocats is proud to be ranked in 11 Legal 500 EMEA 2026 categories : M&A : Smaller deals – Tier 1 The regions – Tier 1 Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences – Tier 2 Construction – Tier 3 Data privacy and data protection – Tier 3 Private equity : venture/growth capital – Tier 3 Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation – Tier 4...

On March 4, 2026, Decree No. 2026-153 [1] (“Decree”) was published, defining the procedures under which the Minister of Health may impose financial penalties on publishers of digital health services (services numériques en santé - "DHS") in the absence of a certificate of compliance with the interoperability, ethics, and security standards...

The CNIL and the French National Authority for Health ("HAS") signed a partnership agreement on 10 March 2026 aimed at strengthening best practices in personal data protection and promoting fundamental rights relating to digital tools in the healthcare, social and medico-social sectors [2]. The partnership is intended to enable both...

In Circular No. 6519/SG [3] dated 5 February 2026, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu sets out the framework for the State’s digital public procurement and reiterates the requirement to rely on the SecNumCloud qualification for hosting data of particular sensitivity, including health data. The circular establishes digital sovereignty as the...

In 2023, the CNIL established a dedicated service for the economic analysis of issues related to personal data, with the aim of strengthening its expertise and informing its decisions through impact assessments, sectoral analyses, and quantitative studies evaluating the economic effects of its rulings. It is indeed essential for a data...

DELSOL Avocats is proud to be listed in 6 Chambers and Partners 2026 rankings : Construction - Band 3 Corporate/M&A : Mid-Market - Band 2 Corporate/Commercial Litigation : Highly Regarded - Band 2 Pharma/Life sciences - Band 3 Tax - Band 6 General Business Law - Spotlight In addition to these collective rankings, Jeanne BOSSI MALAFOSSE...

On 27 December 2025, Decree No. 2025-1335 [5] (the “Decree”) was published in the French Official Journal. In particular, this Decree : sets out the arrangements for monitoring and supervising compliance with the periodic certification obligation applicable to healthcare professionals ; specifies the procedures applicable in the event of a...

DELSOL Avocats is delighted to have been included in 35 categories in the first edition of the Best Law Firms™ – France rankings (by Best Lawyers). Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice Construction Law Corporate Law Information Technology Law Insolvency and Reorganization Law Litigation Mergers and Acquisitions Law Private Equity Law Real...

In a judgment dated September 4th, 2025 [9] , the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) provided major clarifications regarding the concept of personal data. In this case, the Court was asked to rule, in particular, on the qualification, in terms of the definition of personal data, of comments made by individuals to a controller (the...

On 9 September, in accordance with the Regulation on artificial intelligence (“AI Act”) [10], the French Ministry of Economy and Finance unveiled the list of national authorities responsible for artificial intelligence and the division of their respective powers [11]. The diagram presented by Bercy distinguishes between the authorities...

In a ruling dated September 3, 2025 [12] , the General Court of the European Union (“GCEU”) dismissed the appeal brought by the French member of parliament Philippe Latombe, seeking annulment of the “Data Privacy Framework” established by the European Commission’s adequacy decision of July 10, 2023, allowing the transfer of personal data from the...

DELSOL Avocats has advised the AGORiA Santé consortium, in partnership with BIOGROUP, on obtaining the CNIL’s (French data protection authoritys) first authorization to combine biology and SNDS (French national health data system) data in a health data warehouse. Created in 2021, the AGORIA Santé consortium comprises AstraZeneca France, Takeda...

On July 1st 2025, the Minister for Health and Access to Care, Yannick Neuder, presented the national strategy for artificial intelligence (AI) and healthcare data [14] ("Strategy") at an exceptional Strategic Committee meeting. Set up to take advantage of the development of AI in the healthcare field (e.g., improving the quality of care,...

On June 6, 2025, the European Commission launched a public consultation to gather feedback from stakeholders (e.g. providers and deployers of high-risk AI systems, industry organisations, independent experts, public authorities) on the implementation of the provisions applicable to high-risk AI systems (“Consultation”), as set out in Regulation...

DELSOL Avocats advised the Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Toulon - La Seyne-sur-Mer (CHITS) on the takeover of the Sainte-Marguerite clinic in Hyères (south of France) by Almaviva Santé, a group specialising in private hospital services in France and owned by the Kuwaiti Wren House fund. This takeover is part of a disposal plan approved by...

The magazine Le Point has published its ranking of law firms in France, which is based on recommendations. General counsels were able to rate the firms they work with and lawyers were able to indicate which firms they would recommend to their clients. DELSOL Avocats’ expertise is recommended in Compliance Healthcare law Commercial, business...

DELSOL Avocats is proud to be ranked in 8 Legal 500 EMEA 2025 categories : Construction – Tier 3 Data privacy and data protection – Tier 3 Employment – Tier 4 Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences – Tier 2 Mergers & Acquisitions – Tier 5 Private equity : venture/growth capital – Tier 3 Tax - Tier 5 The regions – Tier 1 DELSOL Avocats...

The decree of February 7, 2025, published in the Official Journal on March 1, expands the list of databases included within the « catalog » of the French National Health Data System (hereinafter referred to as « SNDS »). As a reminder, in accordance with Articles L1461-1 and following of the French Public Health Code, the SNDS is a centralized...