Grant Thornton Société d’Avocats

What Grant Thornton Société d’Avocats does

Grant Thornton Société d'Avocats is a French business law firm headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, founded in 1978, that delivers legal, tax, and IP/IT advisory services to enterprise clients. The firm operates as the French member of Grant Thornton International, a global network spanning 150+ countries, which provides cross-border referral flow and brand affiliation. With approximately 68 employees across offices in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Lille, and Toulouse, the firm is led by Managing Partner Anne Frede, who has held the role since 2012.

The firm's service offering spans corporate legal advisory, tax advisory, and — following the October 2022 creation of a dedicated IP/IT Department — intellectual property and technology-related legal services. The 2025 acquisition of Akilys signals further inorganic expansion of capabilities beyond the traditional law-firm perimeter. Senior partner hires (Sahra Hagani, Natalia Moya-Fernández, Robin Maubert) indicate active investment in specialized expertise to support new practice areas.

Revenue mechanics follow the standard professional services model: billable hours and fixed-fee engagements on legal, tax, and IP matters delivered to corporate clients, with cross-border mandates routed through the Grant Thornton network. Recognition in Le Point rankings and the Legal 500 directory serves as intangible capital supporting client acquisition. The firm does not disclose pricing, contract structures, or revenue figures in the available data.

Name

Grant Thornton Société d’Avocats

Legal name

Grant Thornton Société d'Avocats

Website

https://avocats-gt.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Grant Thornton Société d'Avocats is a French business law firm providing legal, tax, and IP/IT advisory to enterprise clients, headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine with offices in Lille and Toulouse, operating within the global Grant Thornton network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Neuilly-sur-Seine

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: Professional legal services billed on fee arrangements including hourly rates, fixed fees for specific services, and retainer agreements for ongoing advisory relationships. Services span corporate law, tax law, employment law, economic law, international mobility, intellectual property, and VAT/international trade matters.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Grant Thornton Société d'Avocats is a French law firm providing multidisciplinary legal and tax advisory services to businesses. The firm offers practice areas covering corporate tax, transaction tax, transfer pricing, VAT/indirect taxation, patrimonial taxation, economic law, employment law and HR engineering, corporate law, international mobility, and intellectual property and IT law. Services are delivered through offices in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Lille, and Toulouse, with cross-border support via the Grant Thornton International network operating in over 150 countries.

Product overview

Grant Thornton Société d'Avocats is a French law firm providing multidisciplinary legal and tax services to businesses. The firm operates as a unified platform organized into practice areas covering Corporate Tax, Transaction Tax, Transfer Pricing, VAT/Indirect Taxation, Patrimonial Taxation, Economic Law, Employment Law & HR Engineering, Corporate Law, International Mobility, and Intellectual Property & IT. The firm has offices in Neuilly-sur-Seine (headquarters), Lille, and Toulouse. In 2025, the firm expanded through acquisition of the law firm Akilys.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fiscalité Générale des entreprises (Corporate Tax)

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AkilyscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 May 2025Akilys, a law firm, joined Grant Thornton Société d'Avocats in May 2025. This acquisition strengthens Grant Thornton's legal practice and expands its team capabilities. Akilys was recognized and received an award before joining the network. The integration represents the firm's strategy to accelerate growth through acquiring established legal practices.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Bredin Prat: Bredin Prat is a top-tier Paris-based law firm specializing in corporate, M&A, and finance matters. As a leading French incumbent, it competes for the largest domestic corporate mandates that are beyond Grant Thornton Société d'Avocats' typical mid-market focus.
• Dentons: Dentons is a major global law firm with a substantial Paris office offering legal and tax services. As a much larger and globally established player, it competes with Grant Thornton Société d'Avocats for cross-border mandates and large French enterprises.
• Hogan Lovells: Hogan Lovells is a major global law firm with a sizeable Paris office serving French and international clients on corporate, tax, and cross-border matters. It competes with Grant Thornton Société d'Avocats for international mandates involving French parties.
• Gide Loyrette Nouel: Gide is one of the leading French law firms with a strong international practice and offices across multiple continents. It represents the top-tier incumbent competitor for high-end French corporate, M&A, and tax mandates.

Direct peers

• Fidal: Fidal is the largest French business law firm by headcount, offering integrated legal and tax advisory to enterprises. It is the closest direct competitor to Grant Thornton Société d'Avocats in the French mid-market, with similar multi-disciplinary legal/tax service lines and comparable client segmentation.
• CMS Francis Lefebvre: CMS Francis Lefebvre is the French member firm of global law network CMS, offering legal and tax advisory services. Its positioning as a network-affiliated French firm with international reach closely mirrors Grant Thornton Société d'Avocats' business model.
• KPMG Société d'Avocats: KPMG's French legal and tax affiliate offers legal, tax, and advisory services combining local expertise with KPMG's global network. It competes directly with Grant Thornton Société d'Avocats for French enterprise and mid-market clients seeking integrated professional services.
• PwC Société d'Avocats: PwC's French legal affiliate provides combined legal and tax advisory services to mid-market and large enterprises, leveraging PwC's global network. It directly competes with Grant Thornton Société d'Avocats for clients seeking a multi-disciplinary professional services approach with international reach.
• EY Société d'Avocats: EY's French legal and tax practice combines legal expertise with the EY global network. As another Big 4 legal affiliate in France, it is a direct competitor for corporate, tax, and cross-border advisory mandates.
• Baker Tilly France: Baker Tilly is an international accounting and advisory network with a French legal affiliate, competing directly with Grant Thornton Société d'Avocats in the SME-ETI segment for combined legal, tax, and advisory services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grant-thornton-societe-avocats

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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