Soulier Avocats Strategic Lawyering

A comprehensive range of legal services

With offices in Paris and Lyon and a representation office in Brussels, Soulier Avocats is an independent law firm that offers key players in the economic, industrial and financial world comprehensive legal services.

For more than 50 years, we have been assisting French and foreign clients with any legal and regulatory issues that may be faced by businesses and individuals.

Our clients, whatever their size, nationality and branch of activity, benefit from customized services that are tailored to their specific needs.

A full-service law firm with international reach

Serving a diversified and broad-based international clientele, we have developed and maintained a full-service approach and are thus capable of dealing at any time with virtually any French and EU law issues faced by entities that conduct operations in France.

Every day, we prepare and negotiate all types of commercial contracts, joint venture agreements, as well as M&A or divestiture documentation packages.

We also have extensive experience in the prevention and resolution of all types of disputes, and we regularly assist our clients before French judicial and administrative courts, and in national and international arbitration proceedings.

Multiple areas of expertise across a wide range of industries

Launch of our new partnership dedicated to comprehensive Sapin 2 compliance programs!

Soulier Avocats and FCconsulting, a consulting firm specialized in compliance, are excited to announce a joint service offering focused on compliance risk management.

By combining our legal expertise with the operational skills of FCconsulting,we are now able to offer our clients an all-inclusive Sapin 2 solution.

Our mission: Proactively and efficiently ensuring your company’s full compliance with the Sapin 2 Law at every stage of its growth.

Find out more about this new offering and our methodology.

Compliance & Regulatory

Today more than ever, any and all businesses must implement processes to ensure that their operations and the actions of their managers and employees comply with applicable laws, regulations and other legal and ethical standards. Compliance, as a key to risk prevention, has become a major challenge for all corporate and business functions. View all of our posts on this cross-cutting issue!

Foreign investments

Any foreign investment to be made in France in so-called “sensitive” business sectors, such as those related to national defense or likely to affect public order or activities that are essential to the protection of the country's interests, is subject to a prior authorization procedure by the French Minister of the Economy. Failure to comply with this procedure may have serious consequences. View all our posts on this subject!

RGPD, blockchain and personal data

With the emergence of digital technologies and the advent of "big data", the protection of personal data has become a major issue for all organizations, particularly because of the financial penalties incurred in the event of non-compliance with applicable legislation. View all our posts on the subject!