HELORY Avocats

Name

HELORY Avocats

Legal name

HELORY AVOCATS

Website

https://helory.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Strasbourg

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: HELORY Avocats provides legal advisory services to businesses, entrepreneurs, and liberal professionals. Revenue is generated through professional legal fees, likely billed hourly, by project, or through retainer arrangements for ongoing client relationships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

HELORY Avocats is an independent Strasbourg-based business law firm (cabinet d'avocats) that advises companies, executives, liberal professionals, startups, and investors on corporate, M&A, private equity, and general business law matters. The firm sells five interconnected legal service areas covering the full lifecycle of a business — from formation and growth financing through to sale, acquisition, restructuring, and dispute resolution.

Product overview

HELORY Avocats is an independent law firm specializing in business law, offering five interconnected legal service areas: Cession-Acquisition (M&A transactions), Capital-investissement (private equity), Start-up (startup legal advisory), Professions libérales (regulated professions), and Droit des affaires (general business law). These services collectively address the full lifecycle of business operations, from formation and growth financing through to sale, acquisition, and restructuring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cession – Acquisition d'entreprise (M&A) Legal advisory services for business sales, acquisitions, and mergers, including due diligence, deal structuring, negotiation support, and transaction completion. Intended for SMEs, mid-market companies, and shareholders involved in ownership transitions.
• Capital-investissement (Private Equity) Legal counsel for private equity and venture capital operations, including investment structuring, management packages, LBO transactions, and exit strategies for SMEs and mid-market companies. Targeted at investment funds, VC firms, business angels, and family offices.
• Start-up Legal services tailored to innovative startups, covering company formation, shareholder agreements, funding rounds (seed, Series A), investor relations, and equity incentive plans (BSPCE, free shares). Intended for startup founders and early-stage innovative companies.
• Professions libérales (Regulated Professions) Specialised legal advisory for regulated liberal professions including healthcare providers (doctors, dentists, pharmacists), legal professionals (lawyers, notaries), accountants, architects, and veterinarians. Covers practice structuring, association, client/customer transfer, inter-partner relations, and regulatory compliance with ordinal bodies.
• Droit des affaires (General Business Law) Comprehensive business law services including daily legal secretariat, statutory modifications, corporate governance, commercial contracts, and restructuring or liquidation proceedings. Provides ongoing legal counsel for SMEs, mid-market companies, and executives.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Broad incumbents

• Fidal: Fidal is one of France's largest business law firms with strong regional presence including Strasbourg. They compete with HELORY across most practice areas but at much larger scale, with broader bench depth and national brand.
• August Debouzy: August Debouzy is a major Paris-based business law firm with a broad practice covering M&A, private equity, and corporate law. While much larger and based in Paris, they compete with HELORY for the same Grand Est and Eastern France clients on larger and more complex mandates.
• CMS Francis Lefebvre: CMS Francis Lefebvre is the French arm of the international CMS network, offering a broad range of corporate, M&A, and tax services. They compete with HELORY for mid-market and large-cap transactions in Eastern France and have the international network HELORY lacks.
• Bredin Prat: Bredin Prat is one of France's leading business law firms, with deep M&A and private equity practices. They represent the Big-Firm competitive threat for HELORY's clients when transactions scale beyond regional boutique capacity.

Direct peers

• PDGB Avocats: PDGB Avocats is an independent Paris-based business law boutique with comparable size and focus on M&A, PE, and corporate law for SMEs and mid-market companies. Similar boutique positioning and client profile as HELORY.
• KGA Avocats: KGA Avocats is a French business law boutique comparable in size and practice mix to HELORY, focused on M&A, corporate law, and PE for SMEs and mid-market companies. Similar boutique positioning and target client profile.
• Lexcase Avocats: Lexcase Avocats is an independent French business law firm specializing in M&A, PE, and corporate law. Comparable in size and boutique positioning to HELORY, with similar client segments in the SME/mid-market space.
• Vaughan Avocats: Vaughan Avocats is a French independent business law firm with comparable size and focus on M&A, corporate, and PE work for SMEs and mid-cap companies. They target the same client segments as HELORY and compete for similar mandates.
• Brandeis Avocats: Brandeis Avocats is a similarly-sized independent business law boutique based in Strasbourg with a comparable focus on M&A, private equity, and corporate law for SMEs and mid-market companies. They compete head-to-head with HELORY for the same Grand Est client base and practice mix.
• Stroe & Associés: Stroe & Associés is an independent French business law firm with strong M&A, PE, and corporate practices serving SMEs and mid-cap companies. Comparable in size, boutique positioning, and target client segments to HELORY, particularly in mid-market transactional work.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 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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