Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier

Name

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier

Legal name

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier AARPI

Website

https://darrois.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Law Advisory Services

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Capital Markets Advisory (IPO Readiness, SPAC, ECM/DCM Advisory) (BPAHAOAL)

Keywords

• M&A legal advisory
• Capital markets law
• Litigation arbitration
• Competition law
• Corporate restructuring

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: The firm generates revenue through professional legal services fees, primarily advising on M&A transactions, capital markets, litigation, arbitration, competition law, public law, financing, tax, and restructuring matters for corporate clients, family groups, and investment funds.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier is an independent French business law firm that provides high-end legal advisory services to large corporations, family groups, and investment funds. Its core offering covers M&A and capital markets transactions, litigation and arbitration, competition law, public and regulatory law, financing, tax, and restructuring, delivered through partner-led multidisciplinary teams.

Product overview

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier is a leading French M&A law firm founded in 1987, providing legal advisory services across multiple practice areas including M&A and Capital Markets, Competition Law, Litigation and Arbitration, Public and Regulatory Law, Financing, Tax, and Restructuring. The firm offers legal services rather than technology products or software solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• M&A and Capital Markets Advisory Legal advisory on mergers and acquisitions, public takeovers, securities offerings, and corporate governance for listed and unlisted companies. Engagements include large-scale transactional work such as advising on acquisition protocols and bond issuances.
• Litigation and Arbitration High-stakes civil, commercial, and stock market litigation before French and international courts and arbitration tribunals, including securities litigation and M&A-related disputes.
• Competition Law Legal advisory on merger control, cartels, abuse of dominant position, and follow-on damages claims, in advice and representation before French and European competition authorities and courts.
• Public and Regulatory Law Counsel on public law, regulatory matters, and banking and financial regulatory issues, leveraging expertise of former Conseil d'État members including regulatory navigation in sectors such as energy, telecommunications, and banking.
• Financing Legal advisory on financing transactions including debt and equity securities offerings for private and publicly-listed companies.
• Tax Advisory Tax structuring for French and cross-border M&A transactions, complex reorganizations, and real property transactions, covering all taxation issues.
• Restructuring Advisory on complex out-of-court, safeguard, reorganisation, and liquidation proceedings, both domestic and cross-border.

Quantifiable outcome

• Consistently ranked Band 1/Elite by Chambers & Partners Europe for litigation and arbitration since 2024
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• VGG & AssociésminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel on Banijay Group's strategic partnership with All3Media alongside RedBird IMI, providing tax and structuring advice
• Deloitte Société d'AvocatsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel on Banijay transaction providing tax and structuring advice
• BDGS AssociésminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel on Banijay transaction providing antitrust law advice
• Kirkland & Ellis LLPminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel on Banijay transaction providing financing advice
• Macfarlanes LLPminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel on Banijay transaction providing UK law advice
• StibbeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel on Banijay transaction providing Dutch law advice
• Gibson Dunn & CrutcherminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdvised RedBird IMI on the Banijay-All3Media strategic partnership transaction

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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