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Supporting you in your international challenges

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 reknowned 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 its Lyons office with Italy to create an « Italian desk » and thus inject dynamism into its transalpine activities relying on several bilingual partners and associates.

Actualités

Legal 500 EMEA 2024 rankings

DELSOL Avocats is proud to be ranked in 10 Legal 500 EMEA 2024 categories : Construction – Tier 3 Data privacy and data protection – Tier 3 Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation – Tier 4 Dispute resolution : White-collar crime – Tier 4 Employment –

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Chambers and Partners 2024 rankings

DELSOL Avocats is proud to be listed in 3 Chambers and Partners 2024 rankings : Corporate/M&A : Mid-Market - Band 3 Litigation : Highly Regarded - Band 3 General Business Law - Spotlight In addition to these collective rankings,Gaëlle MERLIER has been designated « Up and Coming » lawyer in « Pharma/Life Sciences : Product Liability » and...

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12/03/2024 - 2024 Brussels Pre Moot

Charles Price participated as an arbitrator in the 2024 Brussels Pre Moot organized by White & Case and Linklaters in preparation for the 31st Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot to be held in Hong Kong on 10 -17 March and in Vienna on 22 - 28 March. 👉 Information and...

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PRESS RELEASE - DELSOL Avocats advises EDF on the acquisition of upOwa

Electricité de France (EDF) has acquired a majority stake in the share capital of upOwa, which was founded in 2014 and specialises in supplying low-cost solar kits in Cameroon. upOwa has completed just over 60,000 installations in favor of 300,000 people in rural Cameroon. EDF plans to use its global expertise to help accelerate upOwa’s...

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Biosimilar medicines - Recent regulatory developments in the European Union and France

What is a biosimilar product ? A biosimilar is a biological medicine (i.e., a medicine whose active substance is made by a living organism) highly similar to another already approved biological medicine (the « reference medicine »EMA, [1]) . According to the European Medicines Agency (« EMA »), biosimilar medicines have become major therapeutic...

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European Union and digital platform workers : France rejects the presumption of salaried status !

Digital platforms are major players in our economy and this fact caught the attention of the European institutions. At the heart of their business model is the involvement of platform workers, to whom these companies subcontract all or part of a service. According to Brussels, there are 28 million platform workers in the Member States, 5.5...

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)

Before 2024, there was no uniform federal procedure in the United States for reporting beneficial ownership. As we step into 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) comes into effect, requiring a wide range of businesses to disclose their beneficial ownership details to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a division of the...

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Documents provided to French employees must be written in French

« Every man has two countries : his own and France. » – John F. Kennedy said that to Charles De Gaulle in 1961 while he was in Paris. This is particularly accurate when it comes to employment law. Indeed, Article L. 1321-6 of the French Labor Code provides that any document containing employee obligations or that is necessary for an employee to...

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Arbitration in post-acquisition disputes

Share and asset acquisitions can give rise to a series of post-transaction disputes, including claims with regard to alleged breaches in representations and warranties, earn-out provisions, post-closing purchase price adjustments and non-compete provisions. Arbitration is increasingly used to resolve such disputes and arbitration clauses are...

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DELSOL Avocats opens an office in Brussels, Belgium

Long established in Lyon and Paris, and after celebrating its 50 years, DELSOL Avocats has taken a new step in its development and has now opened an office outside France.

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IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2023

Jeanne BOSSI MALAFOSSE will be attending the Europe Data Protection Congress organised in Brussels by the IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals) on 15 & 16 November 2023. 👉 More information about this Congress

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PRESS RELEASE – DELSOL Avocats opens an office in Brussels, Belgium

For its 50th anniversary, DELSOL Avocats opens an office at 480, avenue Louise, marking a new step in the firm’s development. DELSOL Avocats assists clients daily with their international issues, whether they are French and developing projects abroad, or international with operations in Europe. The Firm was therefore keen to expand into...

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PRESS RELEASE - DELSOL Avocats assisted the US group DataBank (zColo) in the context of the acquisition by Etix Everywhere of five of its data centers

PRESS RELEASE - DELSOL Avocats assisted the US group DataBank (zColo) in the context of the acquisition by Etix Everywhere of five of its data centers located in and operated from France by zColo France SAS (one in Paris, one in Montpellier and one in Toulouse) with a maximum capacity of 5,4 MW. Initially DataBank had bought these assets in...

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Jurisdiction overview of the EU whistleblower directives

On 18 July 2019, the CNIL adopted a reference framework relating to the processing of personal data intended for the implementation of a whistleblowing system. Following the transposition into domestic law of the European directive on the protection of whistleblowers in 2022, the CNIL deemed it necessary to update this reference framework....

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The international teleworker and the thorny question of the law applicable to the employment relationship

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...

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International succession : the new compensatory levy

Since the law of August 17, 2015, the settlement of an international succession is : (i) whether governed by the law of the State in which the deceased had his habitual residence at the time of his death ; (ii) or by the law of the State of the nationality of the deceased if he had designated it before his death as the law applicable to the...

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Bloomberg Tax Transfer Pricing Forum Fall 2021

Julien MONSENEGO and Céline VIAULT sign an article entitled « Transfer Pricing for the International Practitioner » published in the « Tax Transfer Pricing Forum Fall 2021 » edition of Bloomberg Tax. Read the article

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DELSOL Avocats advises APi Group with the acquisition of Chubb Fire & Security for $3.1 Billion

DELSOL Avocats advises APi Group Corporation with the acquisition of Chubb Fire & Security from Carrier Global Corporation for $3.1 Billion. APi is a market-leading business services provider of safety and industrial services in over 200 locations worldwide. Chubb is a fire safety and security provider relying on 13,000 employees...

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DELSOL Avocats assisted King Jouet with Maxi Toys shops takeover pursuant to the approval of the Competition Authority on the transaction

DELSOL Avocats assisted King Jouet with Maxi Toys shops takeover pursuant to the approval of the Competition Authority on the transaction with a team including Pierre Gougé, partner and co-head of the « Mergers-acquisitions - Corporate law » department, as well as Anaïs Faury and Edouard Pique,...

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DELSOL Avocats attends at the last TELFA conference in Oslo

The last TELFA (Trans-European Law Firm Alliance) conference was held in Oslo on 30 September, 1st and 2nd October 2021. It focused on legal marketing, the issues it entails and the benefits it generates. What a time of sharing and what a joy to meet again !

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DELSOL Avocats assisted Hesus in the acquisition of the entire capital of the Swedish platform Fleaty

Hesus, “Greentech” partner of construction sites, specialized in the management of incoming and outgoing flows of land and building materials, continues its expansion in Europe through the acquisition of the entire capital of the company Fleaty, a Swedish platform that optimizes and digitizes transport in the construction sector. This...

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DELSOL Avocats assisted BOLLINGER with the acquisition of a vineyard in the USA

DELSOL Avocats assisted the BOLLINGER family, owner of the BOLLINGER champagne house, in the context of the acquisition of Ponzi Vineyards located in Oregon, where the group will produce a range of chardonnay and pinot wines in order to develop its activities on the other side of the Atlantic. DELSOL Avocats provided assistance in corporate...

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The new IP Box regime in France

For several decades, France has applied a favorable tax regime to license income and capital gains from patents and some associated intangible assets. This system has been reformed in the 2018 Finance Bill to bring it into line with EU and OECD standards. It is now codified in Article 238 of the French General Tax Code, applicable to fiscal...

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PRESS RELEASE – DELSOL Avocats assisted Hesus with their interest acquisition in the Swedish platform Fleaty

Hesus, a "Greentech" partner for construction and public works projects specialising in the management of inflows and outflows of earth and materials, are pursuing their expansion in Europe by acquiring an equity interest in Fleaty, a Swedish platform that optimises and digitizes transports in the construction sector. This new location abroad...

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Cybersecurity : an issue that calls for reflection... fast !

The Covide-19 epidemic and the development of home-working multiply vulnerabilities and prompt cybercriminals to take advantage of this unprecedented situation.

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PRESS RELEASE – DELSOL Avocats advises the TELEGRAMME Group on its partnership with AUTOUR DU MONT BLANC

French media group TELEGRAMME has strengthened its partnership with the company Autour du Mont Blanc, organizer of the UTMB (Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc), via its subsidiary OC Sport (Route du Rhum, The Transat, Geneva and Nice–Cannes Marathon, Hautes Routes cycling events). The group first partnered Autour du Mont-Blanc in 2016 amidst the...

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DELSOL Avocats attends at the last TELFA conference in Warsaw

The last TELFA (Trans-European Law Firm Alliance) conference was held in Warsaw on 13,14 and 15 June 2019. It focused on compliance issues and the rise of artificial intelligence in legal services. More than 70 members of the TELFA and USLAW networks attended the conference. 27 juridictions were represented. Read the press...

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Legal 500 EMEA 2019 rankings

DELSOL Avocats is proud to rank in 6 categories of the Legal 500 EMEA 2019 : The Regions - Tier 1 « Originally founded in Lyon, Delsol Avocats is one of France’s most well known regional firms, with a reputation that is well established at national level. Its resources are now almost equally split between its Paris and Lyon offices. The firm...

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DELSOL Avocats attends the latest TELFA conference in Copenhagen

In its capacity as TELFA member firm, DELSOL Avocats took part in the latest TELFA (Trans-European Law Firm Alliance) conference which took place in Copenhagen on 8, 9 and 10 November 2018. TELFA was founded in 1989. The member firms have known each other and worked together for years. TELFA now has an affiliation with USLAW giving all TELFA...

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PRESS RELEASE – DELSOL Avocats takes part in the Spring TELFA Conference

The Spring TELFA (The Trans-European Law Firm Alliance) Conference took place in London on 24, 25 and 26 May 2018 TELFA was founded in 1989. The member firms have known each other and worked together for years. TELFA now has an affiliation with USLAW giving all TELFA clients access to the same quality of service in the United States. TELFA...

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PRESS RELEASE – DELSOL Avocats oversees RIBIERE’s acquisition by senior executives

DELSOL Avocats has advised RIBIERE’s management on acquiring the company from its sole shareholder and Chairman and CEO since 2004, Daniel LOUISE. A team of four led by Joseph CHANLIAUD, who joined as CEO a year ago, acquired the business specializing in public-sector construction projects and private-sector civil engineering. RIBIERE, which...

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