Bird & Bird France has a team of over 95 bilingual (French and English) lawyers and tax experts ready to combine their in-depth knowledge and legal expertise to advise their clients at a local or global level on any issues your business may be facing.
For over a decade, we have achieved a leading position in the fields of communications, information technology, privacy & data protection, media, aviation and intellectual property, including trademarks, domain names, copyright and patents.
Along with our sector-based approach, we provide a full range of legal services including:
- Arbitration
- Banking -Finance (including Project Finance)
- Commercial
- Corporate
- Dispute Resolution
- EU & Competition Law
- Employment Law
- IT law
- Outsourcing
- Public Law ( including PPP )
- Real Estate
- Restructuring & Insolvency
- Tax
The value of this focus to clients in any of the relevant sectors is that the Bird & Bird lawyers with whom they work will be fully conversant with the business issues that arise in the sector, enabling us not just to act on instructions but also to work in partnership with the client to define what approach should be adopted to complement critical business issues.
The French offices (Paris and Lyon) are headed by Managing Partner Frédérique Dupuis-Toubol. Feel free to contact us to discuss your challenges.
Recent highlights of work
● Advising various African state entities on regulatory frameworks as well as Caribbean authorities on underwater cable networks for high-speed internet access.
● Assisting companies on various IT contracts and outsourcing transactions.
● Advising industrial operators and other sponsors, lenders, governments and public authorities, investment banks and construction developers on various PPP agreements.
● Advising LeGuide.com in the context of the unsolicited tender offer initiated by Groupe Lagardère.
● Coordinating anti-counterfeiting programs for numerous well-known brands.
● Assisting a French software publishing company in a development agreement with l’AP-HP regarding a 3D organs imaging application to improve communication with patients and between practitioners involved.
● Assisting a renewable energy research company in the drafting and negotiation of a research and development agreement and licensing program regarding a bio-fuel manufacturing process.
Accolades
“The lawyers are innovative and creative on challenging topics. There is nothing we are not happy with.”
Chambers Europe 2012
"It has been successful in all the cases that it handled for us."
Chambers Europe 2012
"The team is proactive and understands both our needs and the wider market."
Chambers Europe 2012
“Bird & Bird France has received the GOLDEN AWARD: best team 2011 in Trademark and Patent”
Les Trophées du Droit
Sources say: “The lawyers are innovative and creative on challenging topics.”
Chambers Europe 2012
“Clients appreciate the team’s responsiveness, thoughtful preparation of cases and strong performances in court”
Chambers Europe 2011