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Delsol Avocats Offices

Delsol Avocats
11 QUAI ANDRÉ LASSAGNE
69001 LYON
France
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Delsol Avocats > The Legal 500 Rankings

France > The regions Tier 1

With offices in Lyon, Paris and Brussels, Delsol Avocats has a strong national and international reach, whilst remaining strongly rooted in the business landscape of the Rhône-Alpes region. Helmed by corporate law expert Emmanuel Kaeppelin, the team offers a broad spectrum of expertise, including M&A and employment law. Séverine Bravard  specialises in mergers and acquisitions, on both the legal and tax aspects, as well as financing and banking law. Delphine Bretagnolle provides advisory and litigation services in collective insolvency proceedings, collective bargaining, compliance and risk audits. Brice Briel offers employment law expertise, whilst Xavier Delsol specialises in advisory and litigation matters for non-profits organisations.  

Practice head(s):

Emmanuel Kaeppelin

Other key lawyers:

Séverine Bravard; Delphine Bretagnolle; Brice Briel; Xavier Delsol

Key clients

Arkea Capital

Bpifrance

Euveka

Gruppo Aturia S.p.a

Gueydon Family

Holnest

Ikv Tribologie Ikvt

Ixo Private Equity

Loyalty Company

Origine Partners

Style Capital

Work highlights

  • Advised Holnest, Jean-Michel Aulas’ family office, on the acquisition of LDLC Arena.
  • Advised Euveka in the context of accelerated safeguard proceedings.
  • Advised the Gueydon family with a leverage-buy-out transaction to get back the control of King Jouet.

France > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences Tier 2

Delsol Avocats stands out due to its specialism in health data issues, including data warehouses and matters involving artificial intelligence. The group is also well equipped to handle healthcare asset acquisitions, in addition to advising on the regulations surrounding early access to medicines and e-health. Jeanne Bossi Malafosse is an expert in the full spectrum of issues relating to health information systems, particularly in relation to medical research and the sharing of health data within the medicosocial and healthcare industries. ‘Excellent technician’ Gaëlle Merlier‘s workload consists of compliance matters, M&A, and product liability claims concerning health products.

Practice head(s):

Jeanne Bossi Malafosse; Gaëlle Merlier

Testimonials

‘A team that listens, and is very technical and professional. It is a real pleasure to work with this team.’

‘Gaëlle Merlier is an excellent technician and is pragmatic.’

‘A very strong commitment from the team both on the legal level and in defending the interests of its clients.’

Key clients

Astrazeneca Docaposte

Takeda

Impact Healthcare

CNGE

CNOP

OWKIN

Rhisa

Bioptimus

Work highlights

  • Advising Rhisa on the setting up of a data warehouse hosting medical images from healthcare institutions to be anonymized and made available for research purposes.
  • Advising OWKIN on the French law aspects and European aspects of strategic matters regarding the valorisation of data.
  • Advising CNGE on the setting up of a data warehouse hosting general medical data called P4DP.

France > Construction Tier 3

Well-regarded in the hospitality, office, and warehouse sectors, Delsol Avocats is proficient in construction litigation. Benoît Boussier is noted for his expertise in commercial leases and real estate transactions, while Nathalie Peyron is knowledgeable of project management contracts. Adrien Williot is a key port of call for French family offices and property developers, and Pauline Torras is well-versed in rental management.

Practice head(s):

Benoît Boussier; Nathalie Peyron; Adrien Williot

 

Other key lawyers:

Pauline Torras

Key clients

Kopster Hotels

Lavorel Hotels

Work highlights

  • Advised Kopster Hotels on the drafting and negotiation of construction contracts.
  • Represented Lavorel Hotels litigation in litigation proceedings pertaining to the acquisitions of various hotel properties located in Paris suburbs.

France > Data privacy and data protection Tier 3

Delsol Avocats’ team has a particular niche advising on data protection as it relates to life sciences and health information systems but also regularly advises on GDPR compliance, CNIL dawn raids, compliance audits, DPO matters and data protection policies, among other matters. The team is led by Jeanne Bossi Malafosse, who also heads the firm’s life sciences department and advises on the protection issues and regulatory requirements of health data sharing.

Practice head(s):

Jeanne Bossi Malafosse

Other key lawyers:

Aura Braun

Testimonials

‘ Highly specialized expertise in the field of digital health and the protection of personal data.’

 

Key clients

ASTRAZENECA, DOCAPOSTE, TAKEDA AND IMPACT HEALTHCARE

BIOPTIMUS

CNOP (CONSEIL NATIONAL DE L’ORDRE DES PHARMACIENS)

FNSAFER

OWKIN

RHISA

SOLIHA

URBASOLAR

Work highlights

  • Advising FNSAFER on compliance with data protection regulations.
  • Advising Urbasolar on compliance with data protection regulations.
  • Advising Bioptimus on compliance with data protection and artificial intelligence regulations.

France > Private equity: venture/growth capital Tier 3

Practice head(s):

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

Testimonials

‘Responsiveness, competence, ability to create a collaborative climate with the parties.’

Key clients

Bpifrance

BNP Paribas

CDC (Banque Des Territoires)

Club Holnest

CTA

Demeter

Dimotrans Group

Global Data Centre

Gueydon Family (King Jouet)

Ixo Private Equity

Kyutai

Maison Worms

Opera Energie

Origine Partners

Pi Labs

Plastic Omnium

Starquest

Style Capital

Work highlights

  • Advised Global Data Centre Group on its agreement to sell its stake in Etix Everywhere.
  • Advised Starquest on Heliup’s fundraising.

France > Employment Tier 4

Delsol Avocats

Practice head(s):

Delphine Bretagnolle; Brice Briel; Philippe Pacotte

Testimonials

‘Delsol is a full service firm, with a strong employment practice group.’

‘Responsive and professional.’

‘Great competence, listening, proactivity.’

‘Technical mastery, responsiveness, availability, listening to customer needs, understanding of issues, customer orientation, independence of mind.’

‘The team is very efficient in social law, both pragmatic in its approaches and professional.’

‘Brice Briel: excellent lawyer in social law, attentive, with advice that is always very concrete and effective. Able to accurately assess risks and determine the best strategy to apply. Also very available.’

‘The teams combine a very great technical knowledge and expertise backed by a strong experience of the firm but above all they associate an operational or contextual intelligence which gives all the value to their advice. They know how to start from the technical to get as close as possible to the specificity of each client and their environment or even their temperament!’

Key clients

Assigraph International

BNP Paribas

Brasserie Du Mont Blanc

CDC (Banque Des Territoires)

Global Data Centre

Gueydon Family (King Jouet)

Holnest

Invess Ile-de-france

Ixo Private Equity

Kyutai

Novasys Ingenierie

Spacetec Partners

Starquest

Work highlights

  • Advised Holnest, Jean-Michel Aulas’ family office, on the acquisition of LDLC Arena.
  • Advised Global Data Centre Group on its agreement to sell its stake in Etix Everywhere.
  • Advised the Gueydon family with the acquisition of a majority stake in their company.|

France > Mergers and acquisitions Tier 5

Practice head(s):

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

Testimonials

‘The team has an excellent level and their involvement is complete.’

‘Great work capacity, availability, quality of response.’

‘Philippe Malikian is excellent in every way.’

‘A good understanding of international cross border transactions and can manage clients outside of France well ’

‘Philippe Malikian has experience working outside of France, has a good understanding of international transactions and standards; he has a calm and thorough approach .’

‘Excellent knowledge of the healthcare sector and its regulatory aspects; the teams are precisely calibrated to address smi-cap transactions with responsiveness and an appropriate level of seniority, where the partner in charge remains involved.’

Key clients

APAVE

BMG GROUP

CHIRON Sylvain

DOLIN

Garibaldi Participations

DATABANK

EDF

EDUSIGN

FARENEIT

FONTANA GROUP

FRAMATOME

GRUPPO ATURIA S.P.A

HOLNEST

IKV TRIBOLOGIE IKVT

LOYALTY COMPANY

PACTE NOVATION

SOFISE

Work highlights

  • Advised Holnest, Jean-Michel Aulas’ family office, on the acquisition of LDLC Arena.
  • Advised the sellers of Brasserie du Mont Blanc to Belgian brewer Duvel Moortgat.
  • Advised the Italian company GRUPPO ATURIA S.P.A in the sale of 100% of the Franco-Swiss group Rütschi.

France > Tax Tier 5

Practice head(s):

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

Testimonials

‘The team is very personable, always available, very professional and shows great humility.’

‘Great responsiveness and flexibility in the relationship.’

‘Jean François Defudes stands out for his rich and varied experience, client focus and management of tax litigation.’

Key clients

ARKEA CAPITAL / BPIFRANCE

CDC (BANQUE DES TERRITOIRES) / BNP PARIBAS / INVESS ILE-DE-FRANCE

FORTIFY

GARIBALDI PARTICIPATIONS / BNP DEVELOPPEMENT

GUEYDON FAMILY (KING JOUET)

HOLNEST

IXO PRIVATE EQUITY

OPERA ENERGIE

PACTE NOVATION / ASSIGRAPH INTERNATIONAL / NOVASYS INGENIERIE

SOFISE

SPACETEC PARTNERS

STYLE CAPITAL

Work highlights

  • Advised Holnest, Jean-Michel Aulas’ family office, on the acquisition of LDLC Arena.
  • Advised PACTE NOVATION in the context of HIGHNORMA’s acquisition of a majority stake.
  • Advised the GUEYDON family on the acquisition of a majority stake in their company, King Jouet.

Belgium > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Delsol Avocats‘ M&A corporate team in Belgium is headed by Sébastien Popijn, combining the firm’s experience of the French market with Popjin’s longstanding transactional and regulatory expertise in Belgium.

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 a 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
Not-profit organisations - social and solidarity-based entrepreneurship Jean-Baptiste AUTRIC [email protected] +33 4 72 10 20 30
Financing Séverine BRAVARD [email protected] +33 4 72 10 20 30
Employment law - Social welfare law Delphine BRETAGNOLLE [email protected] +33 4 72 10 20 30
Employment law - Social welfare law Brice BRIEL [email protected] +33 4 72 10 20 30
Not-profit organisations - social and solidarity-based entrepreneurship Laurent BUTSTRAËN [email protected] +33 4 72 10 20 30
Civil and commercial litigation / White-collar crime - Compliance Alexis CHABERT [email protected] +33 4 72 10 20 30
Public law Renaud-Jean CHAUSSADE [email protected] +33 4 72 10 20 30
Corporate taxation Jean-François DEFUDES [email protected] +33 4 72 10 20 30
Not-profit organisations - social and solidarity-based entrepreneurship Xavier DELSOL [email protected] +33 4 72 10 20 30
Distressed companies- Restructuring Amaury DUMAS-MARZE [email protected] +33 4 72 10 20 30
Mergers & acquisitions - Corporate law Philippe DUMEZ [email protected] +33 4 72 10 20 30
Civil and commercial litigation Pierre-Marie DURADE-REPLAT [email protected] +33 4 72 10 20 30
Mergers & acquisitions - Corporate law Emmanuel KAEPPELIN [email protected] +33 4 72 10 20 30
Tax law Frédéric SUBRA [email protected] +33 4 72 10 20 30

Meet The Team(s)

Lawyer Profiles

Photo Name Position Profile
Jean-Baptiste Autric photo Jean-Baptiste Autric Jean-Baptiste Autric is partner and co-head of the « Non-profit organisations –… View Profile
Delphine BRETAGNOLLE photo Ms Delphine BRETAGNOLLE Delphine BRETAGNOLLE is a partner land co-head of the Employment – Social… View Profile
Laurent BUTSTRAËN photo Mr Laurent BUTSTRAËN Laurent BUTSTRAËN is co-head of the “Non-Profit Organizations – Social and solidarity-based… View Profile
Séverine Bravard photo Ms Séverine Bravard Séverine BRAVARD has developed recognized expertise in : mergers and acquisitions, on both… View Profile
Brice Briel photo Mr Brice Briel Brice BRIEL is a partner and co-head of the Employment law –… View Profile
Renaud-Jean CHAUSSADE photo Mr Renaud-Jean CHAUSSADE He has developed recognized expertise in: – property law and public-sector contracts… View Profile
Alexis Chabert photo Mr Alexis Chabert Alexis CHABERT is the co-head of the Civil and commercial litigation and… View Profile
Philippe DUMEZ photo Mr Philippe DUMEZ Philippe DUMEZ is co-head of the LYON office’s “Mergers & Acquisitions –… View Profile
Pierre-Marie DURADE-REPLAT photo Mr Pierre-Marie DURADE-REPLAT Pierre-Marie DURADE-REPLAT is co-head of the LYON office’s  “Civil and commercial litigation” … View Profile
Jean-François Defudes photo Mr Jean-François Defudes Jean-François DEFUDES is partner and co-head of the “Corporate taxation” department. He… View Profile
Xavier Delsol photo Mr Xavier Delsol Xavier DELSOL is the founder and co-head of the Non-Profit Organizations Department.… View Profile
Amaury Dumas-Marze photo Mr Amaury Dumas-Marze Amaury DUMAS-MARZE is a partner within the « Distressed companies – Restructurings » department.… View Profile
Emmanuel KAEPPELIN photo Mr Emmanuel KAEPPELIN Emmanuel KAEPPELIN is co-head of the “Mergers & Acquisitions – Corporate law” … View Profile
Frédéric SUBRA photo Mr Frédéric SUBRA Alongside standard services in tax law (repeat advisory work and litigation management),… View Profile

Staff Figures

Partners in the Lyon office : 14
Associates in the Lyon office : 30+

Languages

French
English
Italian
Spanish
German

Memberships

TELFA
The Parlex Group

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.