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Sébastien Legrix de la salle (Partner), Edouard Schoenke (Associate) et Romane Spannaccini (Associate) join Squadra Avocats.

07/04/25

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Legal 500

07/04/25

  🏆 Legal 500 EMEA 2025 | Squadra Avocats has been ranked in 6 practice areas in the latest edition of Legal 500 EMEA 2025. A warm thank you to our clients for their trust and to our teams for their commitment and team spirit.

Monitoring of corporate anti-corruption programmes

04/03/25

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Newsletter march 2025

01/03/25

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Squadra Avocats advises FERPECTION on its acquisition by UNGUESS

09/10/24

Squadra Avocats has recently advised FERPECTION, a start-up specializing in user experience (UX) optimization and quality assurance, on its acquisition by UNGUESS (unguess.io), Italy’s leading crowdtesting platform. This transaction will enable UNGUESS to establish itself as a European leader in the fields of quality assurance and UX research, bolstered by the integration of FERPECTION’s portfolio […]

Squadra Avocats assists DETECTIVE BOX in a strategic €2 million fundraising.

30/09/24

Squadra Avocats recently advised DETECTIVE BOX, an innovative startup in the immersive games sector, in a successful €2 million fundraising. This operation will enable DETECTIVE BOX to strengthen its development and position itself as a key player in the board games market, inspired by escape games. With this fundraising, the startup will accelerate the production […]

Squadra advises MAASH group in the takeover of METEX NOOVISTA

16/07/24

Squadra Avocats has recently advised MAASH group in its takeover of METEX NØØVISTA. A subsidiary of METabolix Explorer and a leader in the production, by fermentation, of naturally sourced ingredients for use in animal feed, cosmetics, and the biopolymer industry, Metex Nøøvista has been taken over by the Belgian company, Maash, as part of a […]

Squadra Avocats supports GRAFTYS and BIOLOGICS 4 LIFE in their insolvency proceedings

26/06/24

Squadra (Charles Morel et Emilie Rosier) has recently supported the companies GRAFTYS and BIOLOGICS 4 LIFE in their insolvency proceedings before the Aix-en-Provence Commercial Court. Graftys specialises in the development of bioresorbable synthetic bone grafts for orthopedic surgery. After carrying out research on biomaterials, the company created a new type of synthetic bone graft, that […]

Morgane Mondolfo Interview with Décideurs RH

06/06/24

Morgane Mondolfo, partner at Squadra Avocats, has been interviewed by Décideurs Magazine about the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CRSD). This episode of HR Makers, hosted by Elsa Guérin and broadcasted by 4Change and DÉCIDEURS RH, considers the regulatory framework of the directive and examines how it will be implemented by HR departments. Morgane appeared […]

Squadra Avocats strengthens its M&A / Private Equity department with the arrival of Olivier Mourain.

27/05/24

A few months after the promotion of Camille Mirabel-Chambaud to partner, Squadra Avocats seeks to strengthen its M&A / Private Equity department by welcoming a new partner, Olivier Mourain, to the team. Accompanied by a senior associate, he will support the six-person team of lawyers. Olivier works with small and mid-cap clients, both French and […]

DEAL – We are delighted to share the news of recent investment into Siello.

10/05/24

Squadra Avocats (François Lan, Camille Mirabel-Chambaud et Clément Salaün) has supported Siello in negotiating and securing pre-seed funding of €500.000. These funds will allow for an acceleration in Siello’s development and progress towards its goal of creating custom technology to facilitate real estate transactions 🏘 Congratulations to Siello and its founders on this great deal! […]

DEAL – We are delighted to share the news of recent investment into KaryonFood.

10/05/24

Squadra Avocats (François Lan, Camille Mirabel-Chambaud) has supported KaryonFood in negotiating and securing seed funding of €1.3 million. KaryonFood has created software to facilitate the exchange of data between food-processing companies (small, mid, and large cap) and distributors (large retailers or companies in the food service industry). Congratulations to Claire Guillet, founder of KaryonFood, on […]

Squadra Avocats (Camille Mirabel-Chambaud) has assisted TEREOS in brokering a major partnership with FUTERRO

10/04/24

Tereos and Futerro have paired up to develop, in Normandy, a circular and sustainable bio-industrial platform, committed to green chemistry. The aim is to extract dextrose from sustainably-produced French wheat, before then transforming it, in the same geographical region, into bio-sourced, industrially compostable, and recyclable plastic. It’s in the industrial-port area of Port-Jérôme-Sur-Seine (76) that […]

DEAL – We are delighted to share the news of recent investment into PERIPHERAL

02/04/24

Squadra Avocats (Camille Mirabel-Chambaud et Marine Despres) has supported PERIPHERAL in negotiating and securing this funding. PERIPHERAL channels visual information into the user’s peripheral vision, where it is subconsciously picked up by the brain’s subcortical nervous system and used to guide or inform people moving around under intense stress or cognitive load (like firefighters, for […]

FLASH – Droit Social – Jeux Olympiques à Paris Morgane Mondolfo

29/02/24

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Squadra Avocats has advised OVOL USA, world leader in paper supplies, in its acquisition of EFP CHAVASSIEU

16/01/24

Squadra Avocats has advised OVOL USA, world leader in paper supplies, in its acquisition of EFP CHAVASSIEU Squadra Avocats has advised OVOL USA (GOULD PAPER CORPORATION), a world leader in the supply of paper and paper pulp, in its acquisition, via OVOL HOLDINGS FRANCE, of a majority stake in EFP-CHAVASSIEU, a leading paper distributor in […]

DEAL – Squadra Avocats advises Heroes Media on the acquisition of the press title PUBLIC from CMI France. Charles Morel

10/01/24

Squadra Avocats has advised Heroes Media on the acquisition of the press title PUBLIC from CMI France. PUBLIC, a major force in the “People” weekly press, joins the other titles published by HEROES MEDIA and its subsidiaries (MOTO HEROES, AUTO HEROES, MONTRE HEROES, VSD, etc.). Charles Morel and Camille Mirabel-Chambaud (partners) and Emilie Rosier advised […]

Newsletter October 2023

30/10/23

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Squadra Avocats advises the FA KROSNO group in the takeover of DEFTA AIRAX

22/06/23

Our restructuring (Charles Morel and Emilie Rosier) and corporate (Camille Mirabel-Chambaud) teams advised the Polish group FA KROSNO (the European leader in gas spring production) in its takeover of DEFTA AIRAX, a subsidiary of the Defta Group (one of France’s leading automotive equipment manufacturers). This sale will help to preserve strategic industrial activity for European […]

Squadra advises CARTOL Industrie and its managers in the receivership phase

19/04/23

Established in 2013, Cartol specialises in the design and production of bodywork and sheet metal parts. It is based in part of the Cerizay premises previously occupied by Heuliez SAS. Cartol, which is considered a strategic company by the General Directorate of Armaments, has faced various difficulties that have forced it to request the opening […]

Squadra advises Heroes Media on the takeover of VSD Magazine Charles Morel

17/04/23

VSD (Vendredi, Samedi, Dimanche) Magazine was founded in 1977 by Mr Siegel, former General Manager of Europe 1, and sold 400,000 copies per month. In 1996, the magazine was taken over by Prisma, which in turn sold it to Georges Ghosn in 2018. Complications in this transfer led to the company being placed in receivership, which […]

Newsletter Q1 2023 – Intellectual Property, Contracts, Distribution

31/03/23

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Newsletter Q1 2023 – Data Protection

31/03/23

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Squadra Avocats assisted KARYON FOOD in its fundraising Camille Mirabel-Chambaud

22/02/23

Squadra Avocats accompanied KARYON FOOD and its partners in a new round of fundraising to support the startup’s growth and development. KARYON FOOD is a collaborative platform that allows agri-food professionals to retrace the history of their products and communicate it to their consumers. KARYON FOOD was advised by Squadra Avocats, whose Corporate-M&A team was […]

Newsletter Q4 2022 – Intellectual Property, Contracts, Distribution

31/12/22

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Newsletter Q4 2022 – Data Protection

20/12/22

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Article by Daniel Fasquelle published in the Concurrences magazine Daniel Fasquelle

21/10/22

An article written by our Of Counsel Daniel Fasquelle has been published in the edition N°3-2022 of the Concurrences magazine. In this article, Daniel discusses competition law and digital giants, in the wake of the Antitrust and Digital conference held in Paris in March 2022. To read the article, click here.      

Interview by Benoît Javaux in Le Point magazine Benoît Javaux

18/10/22

Our Partner Benoît Javaux was interviewed by Le Point on the freedom of the press, specifically in the context of the Court’s decision to ban the publication of information derived from hacked data. The complete interview is accessible on the Le Point website , and the first page can be read here.

Squadra Avocats assisted CLIKING in its fundraising François Lan

06/10/22

Squadra Avocats assisted CLIKING and its Founding partners in the consolidation of its shareholdings from private investors, to support the startup’s growth and development. CLIKING is a solution for monitoring customer satisfaction and retention. It carries out on-the-spot customer satisfaction surveys in order to improve customer communication and the customer centric strategy. CLIKING was advised […]

Squadra Avocats assisted ESTALE in its fundraising François Lan

30/09/22

Squadra Avocats assisted ESTALE and its founding partners in the consolidation of its shareholdings from private investors to support the startup’s growth and development. ESTALE is an all-in-one management platform for trade unions. ESTALE was advised by Squadra Avocats, whose Corporate-M&A team was led by François Lan, partner, with Camille Mirabel-Chambaud, associate.

Squadra Avocats assisted ETHYPIK in its fundraising Camille Mirabel-Chambaud

21/09/22

Squadra Avocats assisted ETHYPIK and its founding partner in the consolidation of its shareholdings from Business Angels in BSA Air, to support the startup’s growth and development. ETHYPIK specialises in inclusive ‘street’ recruitment, and goes out in pursuit of new talents. ETHYPIK was advised by Squadra Avocats, whose Corporate-M&A team was led by Camille Mirabel-Chambaud, […]

Squadra Avocats assisted POLLEN in its fundraising Camille Mirabel-Chambaud

21/09/22

Squadra Avocats assisted POLLEN in the consolidation of its shareholdings from Business Angels in BSA Air to support the startup’s growth and development. POLLEN provides a locally-sourced, zero-waste food delivery service, championing food that is both healthy and full of flavour. POLLEN was advised by Squadra Avocats, whose Corporate-M&A team was led by Camille Mirabel-Chambaud, […]

Study by Benoît Javaux and Eve Arcelin-Boyer

20/09/22

A study written by our partner Benoît Javaux and his associate Eve Arcelin-Boyer has been published in the Legal Week General Edition of LexisNexis France. This article addresses the law on trade secrets, and its practical application for businesses. Here is the link to the first page of the article.      

Talk by Benoît Javaux at La Rochelle Université Benoît Javaux

15/09/22

Benoît Javaux will be giving a talk on the 7th October, as part of a study day organised by the Centre d’Etudes Juridiques de La Rochelle. In this seminar, Benoît will reflect on the place of Alternative Dispute Resolution methods in class action suits. For those interested, all information on how to participate remotely in […]

Squadra Avocats assisted KABAUN in its fundraising Camille Mirabel-Chambaud

13/09/22

Squadra Avocats assisted KABAUN and its founding partners in the consolidation of its shareholdings from Business Angels in BSA Air to support the startup growth and development. KABAUN’s ambition is to enable all companies to engage easily and effectively in order to collectively lead the fight against global warming, with the simplification of the entire carbon […]

Squadra Avocats assisted Sophie D’Agon in its fundraising (safe agreement) Camille Mirabel-Chambaud

07/09/22

Squadra Avocats assisted Sophie D’Agon and its founding partner in the consolidation of its shareholdings from private investors to support the startup growth and development. Sophie D’Agon is a committed, poetic and colourful jewellery brand. Sophie D’Agon was advised by Squadra Avocats, whose Corporate-M&A team was led by Camille Mirabel-Chambaud, François Lan and Diane Buzenet.

Squadra Avocats assisted DETECTIVE BOX in its fundraising Camille Mirabel-Chambaud

05/09/22

Squadra Avocats assisted DETECTIVE BOX in the consolidation of its shareholdings from private investors to support the startup growth and development. DETECTIVE BOX is a new type of game designed to awaken the investigator in all of us. Located at the crossroads between the home escape game and the detective series, mix suspense and immersion […]

Benoît Javaux’s “Heurts Numériques” Benoît Javaux

07/07/22

It is our pleasure to share with you our Partner Benoît Javaux’s personal work. His dystopian novel features four characters evolving in a high-tech, dehumanised and totalitarian society. A Non-Productive straining away in the S-21 Solidary Work Bloc. An outdated and ageing priest. An ambitious and secretive political woman. And a senior employee at Mimdplant, […]

Squadra Avocats assists the shareholders of Mobeye in a sale to Roamler François Lan

07/01/22

Squadra Avocats assisted MOBEYE in the sale of all its shares to the Dutch company ROAMLER. MOBEYE is an application that allows individuals to earn money by collecting information about their products in shops for brands. By joining ROAMLER, MOBEYE makes its Europeanisation possible and will cover the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the […]

Squadra Avocats assists the shareholders of Biologics4life in the swap of their shares with shares of Graftys François Lan

07/01/22

Squadra Avocats assisted BIOLOGICS4LIFE and its shareholders in the negociation for the swap of all their shares in exchange with shares of GRAFTYS. BIOLOGICS4LIFE’s purpose is the design, development, manufacture and sale of innovative therapeutic solutions for orthopaedic and spinal surgery indications. BIOLOGICS4LIFE was advised by Squadra Avocats, whose Corporate-M&A team was led by François […]

Squadra Avocats assisted the partners of Altawak for the sale of all their Altawak shares to a purchaser François Lan

07/01/22

Altawak is active in the design, production and marketing of computer-controlled photo-video studios. The partners of Altawak were advised by Squadra Avocats, whose Corporate-M&A team was led by François Lan, partner, with Arnaud Bourdelat, associate

Squadra Avocats assisted the partners of Rousselon Freres for the sales of all their Rousselon Frere shares to the industrial financial group Edify François Lan

07/01/22

Rousselon Frères is a French cutlery manufacturer based in Thiers, the cradle of this industry in France, which produces and markets the historical brands Lion Sabatier and 32 Dumas. The partners of Rousselon Frères were advised by Squadra Avocats, whose Corporate-M&A team was led by François Lan, partner, with Arnaud Bourdelat, associate.

Squadra avocats assisted Amphastar France Pharmaceuticals François Lan

07/01/22

Squadra avocats assisted amphastar france pharmaceuticals in connection with the refinancing and closing by its us parent company amphastar pharmaceuticals of a usd 140 million loan with a banking syndicate led by capital one bank, national association Amphastar Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company that is engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of generic and […]

Squadra Avocats assisted Karyon Food in the consolidation of its shareholdings François Lan

11/10/21

Squadra Avocats assisted KARYON FOOD and its Founding partners in the consolidation of its shareholdings from private investors to support the startup growth and development. The purpose of KARYON FOOD is a collaborative platform that allows agri-food professionals to reconstruct the history of their products and communicate it to consumers. KARYON FOOD was advised by […]

Squadra Avocats advises Meet In Class in the acquisition of a minority stake by edits holding François Lan

08/09/21

The firm assisted MEET IN CLASS in the acquisition of a minority stake by EDITIS HOLDING. MEET IN CLASS aims to enable as many students as possible to benefit from high quality tutoring by experienced and certified teachers. MEET IN CLASS was advised by Squadra Avocats, whose Corporate-M&A team was led by François Lan, partner, with […]

Squadra avocats advises Art Graphique et Patrimoine in the strategic partnership and minority stake with an industrial group François Lan

16/07/21

The firm assisted Art Graphique et Patrimoine (AGP) in the acquisition of a minority stake by a tier one industrial group. AGP aims to consolidate its leading position in the digitization and enhancement of French historical heritage, strengthen its international presence and accelerate the deployment of its cultural mediation solutions. AGP was advised by Squadra […]

Squadra Avocats assisted Conic, Maison Mer, and its partners in the sale of their interests to Groupe Alliance. François Lan

06/07/21

Squadra Avocats assisted the partners of Conic and Maison Mer in the sale of all Conic and Maison Mer shares to Groupe Alliance. Conic and Maison Mer, located in La Rochelle, are specialized in the fish trading industries and fish and seafood processing. The sellers were advised by Squadra Avocats, whose Corporate/M&A team was led […]

Mobility platform workers: organizing social dialogue in an uncertain legal context Morgane Mondolfo

24/06/21

On April 22, 2021, order n°2021-484 of April 21, 2021 was published in the Journal Officiel, creating articles L.7343-1 to L.7345-6 of the Labor Code relating to the terms and conditions for the representation of workers using a digital transport platform (driving and delivery). This ordinance, taken in application of the so-called “LOM” law (Law […]