Adaltys Avocats operates from its offices in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux and Rennes, as well as Beijing and Shanghai. The firm is highly specialised in public law, assisting clients with related matters across the energy, transport, healthcare, water and wastewater, telecoms and automotive sectors. Firm chairman Gilles Le Chatelier is based in the Lyon office and specialises in public procurement and energy law. Additional names to note include Bordeaux office lead Xavier Heymans, who specialises in construction law, urban planning and environmental law; Rennes office head Lucie Paitier, an expert in energy law and urban planning; and Marseille office lead Benjamin Boiton, a key contact for public contracts, PPPs and litigation.

Bird & Bird acts from its offices in Lyon and Paris and advises clients across a broad range of business law areas, namely corporate and M&A, labour and employment, intellectual property, compliance, dispute resolution, administrative law, competition and tax. Lyon-based partner David Malcoiffe focuses on corporate law, tax law and advising investment funds and start-ups on private equity and venture capital transactions. Also noted are Géraldine Arbant, who splits her time between Lyon and Paris and specialises in IP portfolio management and related litigation; Anne-Florence Raducault, noted for contractual, commercial and corporate dispute resolution; and employment law specialist Nathalie Devernay.

CMS Francis Lefebvre is well known for supporting clients in the gamut of tax mandates from its three French offices, located in Lyon, Strasbourg and Paris. The practice also offers advice on corporate and M&A, private equity, restructuring and employment law. Key practitioners include François Coutard and Guillaume Bossy, who specialise in employment and social security matters; Jean-Thomas Heintz, who advises on M&A, joint ventures and LBO transactions; real estate expert Guillaume Belluc; Jérémy Duret, who handles corporate and individual tax matters; and François-Xavier Awatar, a name to note for corporate law and insolvency proceedings. All named lawyers are based in the Lyon office.

Operating from offices in Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Paris and Rennes, Cornet Vincent Ségurel offers substantial business law expertise to family groups, SMEs, insurance companies, local authorities and associations. Core areas of expertise include banking and finance, corporate and M&A, employment, insurance, litigation, public law, real estate, restructuring and tax. Key names to note include Lille-based partner Thomas Deschryver, who handles commercial law, competition law and arbitration; Lyon-based litigator Alban Pousset-Bougère; Pierre Lamidon, who is based in Rennes and handles M&A transactions and tax work; and Frédéric Marchand, who is based in Nantes and focuses on public and environmental law. Hubert Biard left the firm in January 2025.

With offices in Lyon, Paris and Brussels, Delsol Avocats is well placed to assist clients with corporate and M&A, employment, tax, litigation, real estate, public law, life sciences and IP matters. Among the Lyon office's key contacts are Séverine Bravard (M&A and financing transactions); Delphine Bretagnolle (employment and social security matters); Brice Briel (labour and employment law); Jean-Baptiste Autric and Xavier Delsol (tax advisory and litigation); Emmanuel Kaeppelin (corporate and M&A); Alexis Chabert (civil and commercial litigation, white-collar crime, compliance); Renaud-Jean Chaussade (public law); and Amaury Dumas-Marze (restructuring and insolvency).

FIDAL operates an extensive network of 87 offices throughout France, underpinned by 12 regional head offices based in Aquitaine Atlantique, Normandie, Centre, Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Hauts de France, Rhône Alpes, Méditerranée, Grand Est, Val de Loire Océan, Bretagne, Midi Toulousain and Paris. Core areas of expertise for the firm include labour and employment, corporate and commercial law, litigation, private wealth, public law, environment and real estate. Key contacts include the Bordeaux-based Christophe Puel, who co-directs the Aquitaine Atlantique group and specialises in environmental law; the Marseille-based Christian Fournier, who leads the Méditerranée group; and Laurent Drillet and Manuella Fauvel, who co-lead the Bretagne group from Rennes.

Valoris Avocats operates from offices in Strasbourg, Lyon and Paris, providing a 'high-quality' service across corporate and commercial, tax and labour law, as well as assisting German-speaking clients with cross-border investments. Key contacts include the Strasbourg-based Cécile Puijalon-Radu and Alice Anderle (corporate and commercial law); and Catherine Wernert (insolvency proceedings, litigation); and the Lyon-based Oliver Wiesike, who focuses on corporate law.