Legal news (2023)

DELSOL Avocats is delighted to announce the promotion to Counsel status of Vincent GUEVENOUX (Mergers & Acquisitions – Corporate law) and Damien REMY (Business litigation). Vincent GUEVENOUX is mainly involved in acquisitions, sales and restructurings, as well as fundraising. He has also developed a specific expertise in stock-market...

DELSOL Avocats is delighted with the individual ranking of 23 of its lawyers in the The Best Lawyers ™ in France ranking, especially as it reflects the recognition of our peers. Thomas AMICO Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice Jeanne BOSSI MALAFOSSE Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice Information Technology Law Privacy and Data...

A Ministerial reply of March 7, 2023 (RM Masson JOAN - n°4005) refuses to grant a regularization right to French or foreign companies owning real estate assets located in France that have filed incomplete or incorrect n°2746 tax return and reserves the administrative tolerance resulting from the Ministerial reply “Loncle” of March 13, 2000 to...

DELSOL Avocats is pursuing its development and growth strategy by appointing Raphaël ORY as a partner within the "Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate Law" team. Raphaël ORY advises companies on strategic acquisitions and disposals, capital transactions and shareholder structuring. He spent five years in Asia working for a leading French law...

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 Corporate law, Tax law, Mergers &...

DELSOL Avocats is proud to be ranked in 9 Legal 500 EMEA 2023 categories : Construction – Tier 3 Data privacy and data protection – Tier 3 Dispute resolution : White-collar crime – Tier 4 Employment – Tier 4 Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences – Tier 3 Mergers & Acquisitions – Tier 5 Private equity : venture/growth...

Over the past decade, European Member States and the European Commission have been pursuing thegoal of deploying electronic invoicing to facilitate business-to-business relations. France is leading and supporting these initiatives by implementing legal reforms and proposing mechanisms to facilitate this modernisation of exchanges. A new...

The CSRD was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 16 December 2022 and entered into force on 5 January 2023. The overall objective of the CSRD is to ensure that companies report reliable and comparable sustainability information, by introducing detailed and standardized norms. The key changes are : Extension of sustainability...

In order to benefit from the French tax reduction for sponsorship (up to 60% of the amount of the donation for legal entities and 66% for individuals, subject to certain taxable income limits), all donors, including henceforth legal entities, must be able to present tax receipts attesting to the reality of their donation at the request of the...

France, similarly as many other countries, has recently tightened its legal regime with respect to foreign direct investment in the name of national security, encouraging investors to be increasingly vigilant. This requires being aware of the fundamentals of the control procedure. There are three conditions for this procedure to apply : the...

DELSOL Avocats has once again been distinguished at the Palmarès du Droit organised in Paris by Le Monde du Droit and was awarded the "Customer Relations Prize". The expertise of our teams was rewarded in the following categories : Mergers - Acquisitions : transactions < €50M : Golden Trophy Tax Litigation : Golden Trophy Corporate Taxation...

French tax incentives remain a key point in the competitiveness of French research and development (“R&D”), thanks to three main items. Firstly, the research tax credit (“RTC”), which amounts to 30 % of the expenditures related to R&D up to 100 million euros and 5 % for the excess. The eligible expenses are quite broad and include in...

Since the Covid-19 epidemic and the democratisation of telework, more and more companies are facing requests from their employees to telework from their holiday location or even permanently from abroad. But is there an impact on the law applicable to the employment relationship ? According to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), in...

Brice Briel joins DELSOL Avocats’ "Employment Law - Social welfare law" practice as a partner with three associates : Marie-France Thuderoz, Kassia Pichanick, and Mélodie Seror. The "Employment Law - Social welfare law" team, led by Delphine Bretagnolle, Elsa Lederlin and Philippe Pacotte, now includes four partners, eleven associates and one...

A recent litigation pending before the French Council of State led to a preliminary ruling by which the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that Member States are allowed to enact restrictive measures relating to commercial practices and advertising of biocidal products, provided that those measures are justified by objectives of protection...

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the real estate wealth tax (“IFI”) mechanism applicable to non-French residents. However, it should be noted that each case is specific and must be analysed in details given the technical characteristics of this taxation. Read...