The prestigious Legal 500 EMEA ranking has reaffirmed our firm's position as a leader in the international market in its 2025 edition
Bignon Lebray is positioned in the following categories
Department rankings:
Media and Entertainment: Sports – Tiers 2
"Bignon Lebray is consistently engaged by top professional rugby clubs in France, as well as acting for clients within golf and football. The team recently gained FIFA as a client, as well as the Canadian and Moroccan Olympic Committees for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, on top of a longstanding involvement with Golf de Maisons Laffitte. Neil Robertson leads the team, advising sports clubs, professional sportsmen and event organisers on sponsorships agreements, employment contracts and services agreements. Matthieu Bultel is also noted."
Testimonials
"Real knowledge of disciplinary processes, particularly before the European body."
Work highlights
- Advised Brive Rugby on fund raisings through subscriptions for shares.
- Advised professional rugby players in disciplinary proceedings.
- Advised FIFA on agreements relating to Paris offices.
Neil Robertson Matthieu Bultel
Intellectual Property: Patents – Tiers 2
"Hosting a solid practice, the team at Bignon Lebray has a strong balance between advising on patent litigation, which includes infringement proceedings, IP-related contract drafting, audits, and strategic advice. The team is led by Nicolas Moreau, who advises clients in English, French, Spanish, and German, and he is ably supported by life sciences expert Barbara Bertholet. The firm is regularly instructed by start-ups, small to medium-sized businesses, multinational corporations, investment funds, and public sector entities."
Nicolas Moreau Barbara Bertholet
Private equity: venture/growth capital – Tiers 3
Data privacy and data protection – Tiers 4
Testimonials
"Quality expertise, availability and support which allowed us to achieve compliance quickly and without difficulty."
Work highlights
- Management on a monthly basis of the compliance of a global hotel real estate investor and owner, with GDPR worldwide. -Assisting a leading international healthcare company as an external DPO with all issues relating to GDPR, with a focus on health data management and patient consent with respect to medical studies.
- Conducing cross-border advice to a leading company specializing in customer loyalty and engagement solutions, regarding GDPR compliance in Europe + implementation of their Solution in the USA to BENEFIT / BEAUTY TECH .
Nicolas Moreau Barbara Bertholet Benjamin Mourot
Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences – Tiers 4
"Bignon Lebray houses a broad offering known for handling unfair competition cases and data protection matters. In Lyon, Barbara Bertholet leads the team with her longstanding experience assisting a diverse client list of medical device and cosmetic manufacturers, and laboratories. Paris’ Caroline Cazaux often draws on her broad antitrust and competition expertise to advise on distribution issues surrounding healthcare and food products."
Testimonials
- "The team knows the health/biotech sector very well and knows how to adapt to the client's needs."
- "We worked with Barbara Bertholet and Rachel Devidal who were very efficient."
- "All members of the firm are experts and provide very good legal advice adapted to biotechs. The firm is very responsive to deadlines and very professional. The quality of interaction and discussions with this firm are above other competitors. The team is dynamic."
- "Barbara Bertholet obviously has senior experience but also a rare human dimension that is very appreciated and which makes the difference in the relationship with the client (discussion, support, understanding)."
Work highlights
- Assisted with organising regular training sessions for members of a non-profit organisation, which includes CROs and investigator centres, to address questions on regulatory issues related to clinical trials (pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and IVDs).
- Assisting a medical technology company specialising in innovative software solutions for the planning and treatment of neurovascular diseases, particularly aneurysms, with contracts involving its US subsidiary to manage data flows and protect intellectual property related to its software.
- Assisting a French company that specialised in the production of food supplements, regarding the termination of its relationship with an influencer, mainly after the publication of a controversial position that may have a negative impact on its image.
Barbara Bertholet Caroline Cazaux Nicolas Moreau Rachel Devidal
Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs– Tiers 4
Private equity: LBO– Tiers 4
Testimonials
- "Very responsive, competent and, moreover, very friendly team."
- "Very responsive, competent and, moreover, very friendly team."
Work highlights
- Advised Tikamoon on its acquisition by the LFPI group.
- Advised Aventim, its founder, and its key executives on its €25m fundraising from Omnes Capital.
- Advised one of the founders and majority shareholder of Pacte Novation on its sale of part of the share capital to Highfi.
Lawyers rankings:
Leading Partners – Industry Focus: Telecoms - Christophe Fichet
Leading Associates – Industry Focus: Telecoms - Adrien Morisse
We would like to warmly thank our clients and peers for their valuable feedback and trust !
A huge congratulations to the Bignon Lebray Team on these results.
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