Fidal was established in 1922. With €285 M in annual revenue in 2020, 90 offices throughout France and over 1,350 lawyers, jurists and consultants, Fidal is France’s largest business law firm and, as such, a strategic partner to businesses, institutions and organizations.

Our approach is transversal and comprehensive:

To assist our clients to go as far as possible in their projects, we have built a true entrepreneurial ecosystem composed of notaries, HR consultants, patent engineers, trustees, banks and venture capital investors.

Our multi-faceted expertise enables us to provide insightful and enterprising advice which is also strategic and pragmatic.

Our practices are notably as follows:

• Corporate law / Mergers & Acquisitions, Intellectual property law, Information technology law, Financial law and financial services, Labor / social security law, Litigation and alternative dispute resolution, Corporate tax strategy, etc ;

Our multi-sectoral approach enables our lawyers to work closely with their clients, be aware of their concerns and understand their challenges. For us, this specialization means a combination of high value-added technical expertise and in-depth knowledge of a business sector. Our practice areas are constantly evolving to satisfy the needs of our clients.

We assist our clients notably in the following sectors: Aeronautics, Automotive / Mobility, Banking / finance, Pharmaceuticals, Distribution, Energy / natural resources, Health, Telecommunications, media and technologies.

Fidal’s CSR policy:

Fidal is committed to actively fulfilling its social responsibility and has implemented various measures in the four main CSR areas:

Social endeavors, human rights, health & safety at work,

Ethics, including pro bono actions,

Environment,

Responsible purchasing approach.

Diversity and parity:

Believing that there is strength in diversity, we recruit lawyers and consultants with diverse profiles, expertise and professional experience. We favor candidates with dual qualifications in law and business because the legal environment is increasingly driven by economics and finance.

Parity:

The firm’s 2020 global gender equality index is 65. It must be emphasized that the proportion of women in nearly all of the employment groups is slightly higher than that of men.

We encourage working together in harmony, sharing knowledge and experience so that our talents can provide astute, professional and experienced advice. We are committed to providing strategic advice to our clients.

Nearly 1,000 people providing administrative, IT, communication or marketing support work together with the legal professionals to provide the best quality of service possible.

Why work with us

Fidal has been a partner to “Choose Paris Region since 2019”.

Within the Ile de France region, Fidal is located in La Défense which is the largest Europe Business Center.

Fidal is independent of any network of statutory auditors, thereby avoiding any risk of incompatibility that may result from combining the roles of advisor and auditor.

As the largest leading French business law firm, Fidal assists its French and foreign clients in all areas of business law, including tax law, both in France and internationally.

Fidal offers a wealth of multicultural teams representing over 17 nationalities and speaking over 14 languages to facilitate dialogue.