The Firm

Since its creation in January 2015, Walter Billet Avocats has positioned itself as a growth partner for companies and investment funds, providing them with expertise and tailor-made advice in the areas of corporate law (M&A, Private Equity), innovative technologies (in particular IT and Internet) and intellectual property.

With a corporate department positioned on all high-end legal issues, the firm meets the needs of companies of all sizes – from start-ups to SMEs and ETIs – and their financial shareholders, wishing to structure financing rounds, LBOs, external growth operations or mergers.

In IT-IP, the firm supports, in consulting and litigation, its clients in the world of IT and all sectors of activity, thanks to its know-how linked to the issues of innovative technologies (contract law, internet, GDPR compliance, etc.) and the management of brand portfolios.

Awards

Legal500 leading firm 2025
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The team

Areas of expertise

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Mergers / Acquisitions

  • Structuring acquisitions, sales and mergers;
  • Organisation of data-rooms and carrying out legal audits;
  • Drawing up and negotiating pre-contract documents (for example non-disclosure agreements, letters of intent, offers, MoU);
  • Drafting and negotiating contractual documents (e.g., SPA, representations and warranties, shareholder agreements, funding agreements).

Private equity

Assistance in minority or majority equity operations:

  • Letters of intent / Term-sheet;
  • Investment protocols / purchase agreements / Net worth guarantees;
  • Shareholder agreements;
  • Setting up management packages;
  • Company documentation in case of complex transactions.

Technologies (IT)

  • Drafting and negotiating contracts (e.g., Licences / maintenance/ Development / SaaS / Integration / Outsourcing / Public procurement and new technology;
  • Software and databases piracy;
  • Litigation: counterfeiting / IT projects;
  • Cybersecurity;
  • Unfair competition.

Intellectual Property

  • Trademark applications and portfolio management;
  • Counterfeiting and unfaire competion: Software and fashion articles;
  • Arts & entertainment (e.g., executive production, artists);
  • Transfer and licensing of rights (copyright, trademarks).

Data Protection / Privacy

  • Processing sensitive data (e.g., medical or banking);
  • Binding Corporate Rules («BCR»);
  • Transfer of personal data on an international scale;
  • AdTech & Digital Marketing (e.g., positioning, cookies, fingerprinting).

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Partners

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The Founders Program offers early-stage startups from anywhere in the world a full-time residency, a unique selection of workshops, experts and exclusive offers, all that at the core of STATION F campus.

As a partner of the Founders Program, Walter Billet Avocats dedicates time, energy and expertise, to make high-quality products and services accessible to young companies.

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This group was structured at the end of 2020 in mixing scientists, digital experts, association managers, lawyer and communication specialists together around a public utility cause: hyperconnexion.

As a natural partner of all digital economy players Walter Billet Avocats contributed to this collective’s launch and took part in developing ideas to raise everyone’s awareness as well as promoting responsible digital uses.

Clients

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Contact

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27 rue La Boétie – 75008 Paris
Tel : 01 85 09 00 00
Fax : 01 85 09 00 01
Mail : avocats@walterbillet.com