Dare to Grow with the Right Legal Partner
Every startup begins with a bold idea, a strong vision, and the ambition to reshape the market. But while innovation may be at the core of your DNA, the path to growth is filled with challenges: legal structuring, fundraising, international expansion, intellectual property protection…
What if you could move faster and with greater confidence, backed by the best experts?
Our Legal Expertises for your Startup
- Corporate Structuring & Entity Formation: Legal feasibility assessments, shareholder agreements, and founder agreements; negotiation and drafting of commercial contracts (client and supplier agreements).
- Fundraising: Structuring of equity and debt financing, tax optimization strategies, issuance of convertible instruments (BSA AIR, OC, ADP, AO, ORA…), investor negotiations, and drafting of subscription agreements, shareholder agreements, and transaction documentation—covering all stages from pre-seed to Series B.
- Employee Incentive Plans (Management Package): Structuring and implementation of stock option plans (BSPCE, RSU, stock warrants) and other equity-based compensation schemes to attract and retain key talent.
- Exit Strategies & Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A): Legal support for investor exits, share transfers, asset sales, trade sales, mergers, and acquisitions, including due diligence, regulatory compliance, and transaction structuring.
- Public Grants & Government Funding: Assistance in identifying and securing state aid, innovation grants, and public financing mechanisms for startups.
- Employment Law and HR Compliance : drafting and negociation of employment contracts, structuring of compensations, compliance with employee representative bodies, collective bargaining agreements, and workplace policies, development of internal regulations, remote work policies, and IT gouvernance charters.
- Intellectual Property (IP) & Data Protection: Trademark registration, patent filins, domain name protections, drafting negotiation of e-commerce, SaaS, and software development agreements, data privacy compliance, legal structuring of big data operations and emerging technology regulations.
Our Network of Partners for your Startup
We connect you with the right resources to strengthen your project and expand your ecosystem. We collaborate with insurance providers, consulting firms, and startup-focused accounting experts to support your growth.
Why should you work with us
For over 50 years, we have advised companies through every stage of their growth. Today, we bring this expertise to startups, offering a one-stop legal hub to help you navigate legal complexities and accelerate your expansion.
With specialized startup lawyers in France and across our international offices, we provide tailored legal solutions with in-depth knowledge of your industry’s challenges.
At DS Avocats, we believe in innovation—and in the people driving it. That’s why we go beyond being just a law firm. We are your true partner for growth.
