Advice before drafting
We discuss your shareholders, business plans and priorities, then explain the legal choices you need to make.
Lancier Avocats · French law firm
Expand Your Business to France.
With a French Lawyer by Your Side.
French company formation and ongoing corporate legal support for international entrepreneurs and growing businesses.
Work directly with a Paris Bar lawyer. Clear fees, tailored legal documents and practical support throughout your French expansion.
Paris Bar lawyer · English-speaking counsel · Clear scope and fees
Guillaume Prom ThiounnAttorney at the Paris Bar · Founder, Lancier AvocatsAdvice in English & French
FRENCH LEGAL EXPERTISE.WHEREVER YOU ARE.
A regulated French law firm
Advice & documents tailored to your project
Supporting clients worldwide
01 / Your legal partner
Personally advised.
Carefully structured.
Your lawyer helps you make informed decisions, prepares the legal acts and guides you through the agreed steps.
Documents prepared for you
You provide the facts. Your lawyer prepares and explains the acts, adapting governance, decision-making and share transfer rules to your project.
A regulated legal relationship
An identified Paris Bar lawyer, professional secrecy, professional liability insurance and an agreed engagement.
A lawyer as your business grows
Advice in English and French for clients worldwide, with continued support for contracts, shareholders and corporate decisions.
Legal advice and the professional drafting of legal acts for others are regulated activities in France. As a French law firm, Lancier Avocats provides these services within the rules of the legal profession. Our professional framework
AI, online tools & legal advice
Technology can assist.
Your lawyer takes responsibility.
AI can help explain general concepts and organise information. Your French business lawyer verifies the facts, identifies the legal issues and prepares the agreed documents for your particular project.
Why work with a French lawyer?02 / What we do
French legal expertise.
Your next chapter.
From your first decision to your first day of business, we help you navigate the legal and practical steps.
01
Set up a French subsidiary
Establish a French entity owned by your existing foreign business.
Explore this route02Start a French company
Create a new French business with an appropriate corporate structure.
Explore this route03Establish a French presence
Understand whether a subsidiary, branch or another arrangement deserves consideration.
Explore this route04Build your business in France
Ongoing support for corporate governance, contracts, investments and future transactions.
Explore this routeA French company is not always the starting point. We can help examine whether a subsidiary, branch or cross-border activity without an immediate French entity deserves consideration.
03 / A clear process
A new country.
A familiar point of contact.
You know what happens next, what we need from you and who is handling your file.
- 01
Tell us your plans
Share the activity, ownership and timing behind your French project.
- 02
Define the right setup
Review the options and agree the legal scope, deliverables and fees.
- 03
Prepare & register
Prepare the legal documents and complete registration where the agreed route requires it.
- 04
Start operating
Understand the next corporate obligations and the support available as you develop.
Good to know
Many projects can be handled remotely. Your timeline depends on document readiness, banking checks and registry processing. We review these points with you at the outset.
04 / Fees & packages
The right support.
A clear scope.
Foundation, Launch and Expansion offer different levels of French legal support and practical coordination. The scope follows your project.
The legal foundations01
Foundation
For a defined, straightforward French setup where the address and capital deposit arrangements are already organised.
From €1,800Legal fees · excluding VAT
- A scoping meeting with your lawyer
- Advice on your legal structure
- Articles tailored to your project
- Incorporation acts, legal notice & beneficial-owner filing
- Registration follow-up & delivery of your Kbis
- Explanation of your next legal obligations
Available to founders worldwide. You arrange the address and capital deposit; we provide the document checklist.
Discuss your company formationLegal advice & practical coordination02
Launch
For international entrepreneurs and businesses that need French legal advice and help coordinating the practical launch.
From €2,500Legal fees · excluding VAT
- Everything in Foundation
- Foreign shareholder & director document guidance
- Banking & capital deposit dossier assistance
- Help finding an independent registered office provider
- Coordination with the providers you select
- One post-incorporation meeting & obligations calendar
The banking, provider search and follow-up steps included are agreed in advance. Additional coordination is quoted separately.
Plan your international launchA scope built around your project03
Expansion
For growing businesses, subsidiaries, negotiated governance and linked corporate or transactional work.
Tailored quotationLegal fees agreed before work begins
- Subsidiary, branch & group structure review
- Foreign corporate ownership & authority review
- Governance tailored to shareholder arrangements
- Coordination with your existing advisers
- Multiple entities or additional acts where agreed
- A defined proposal with milestones & deliverables
A straightforward subsidiary may fit another package. We quote for the work your project actually needs.
Request a tailored proposalStarting fees apply to the stated scope. We agree the exact fixed fee in writing before work begins. VAT where applicable, registration, legal publication, banking, independent domiciliation provider and translation costs are additional.
Compare the scope & additional supportA continuing legal relationship
Your French legal partner
beyond incorporation.
Setting up your French company is only the first step. As your business develops, Lancier Avocats can continue to assist with governance, contracts, shareholder matters, investments, reorganisations and M&A.
- Formation
- Governance
- Contracts
- Investment
- Growth / M&A
Annual corporate approvals · Changes in capital or management · Shareholder arrangements
Commercial contracts · Fundraising · Reorganisations · Acquisitions and disposals
05 / The lawyer behind the service
Visit the law firm website (opens in a new tab)A personal approach.
A professional foundation.
Meet your legal partner06 / For international advisers
French counsel.
Alongside your expertise.
Are your clients setting up or doing business in France? Lancier Avocats works with international law firms, accountants, tax advisers and business advisers on French subsidiaries, corporate governance, contracts and transactions.
07 / Before you start
Good questions.
Clear answers.
The things international founders most often ask us.
Read all FAQsYour next step
Let’s make France
part of your story.
Wherever you are based, tell us what you’re building. Your lawyer will help you see the way forward.