Spinosi

What Spinosi does

Spinosi is a French boutique law firm founded in 2000 and based in Paris. It specializes in appellate litigation before the Conseil d'État and Cour de cassation, with a stated additional focus on constitutional and administrative law. Founded by Patrice Spinosi, the firm operates as a private partnership (SCP), is described as having approximately 22 listed team members, and previously operated as SCP Spinosi-Sureau with François Sureau from 2014 to 2020. The input discloses no platform, proprietary technology, or productized service.

The available data does not state client segments, named clients, pricing, case volume, revenue, or external funding. Its business is the provision of professional legal services, but the input does not provide enough information to specify fee structures or revenue mechanics.

Name

Spinosi

Legal name

Spinosi

Website

https://spinosi.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Spinosi is a Paris-based French boutique law firm founded in 2000, specializing in appellate litigation before the Conseil d'État and Cour de cassation, including administrative and constitutional law, for clients.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Billing: Professional legal services billed to clients requiring representation before the Conseil d'État and Cour de cassation. Revenue derives from legal fees for appellate litigation, advisory services, and representation in constitutional and high-stakes judicial matters.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Spinosi is a French boutique law firm (cabinet d'avocats) specializing as "avocat au Conseil d'Etat et à la Cour de cassation" — providing legal representation before France's highest administrative and judicial courts. The firm delivers advisory and litigation services across practice areas including criminal law, public law, private law, human rights, economic law, and constitutional matters. It serves clients requiring high-stakes appellate advocacy and specialist expertise in administrative and constitutional litigation.

Product overview

Spinosi is a French law firm (SCP - Société en Commandite Simple) specializing in litigation before the Council of State (Conseil d'État) and Court of Cassation (Cour de cassation). The firm offers legal services across multiple practice areas including criminal law, public law, private law, human rights, and economic law. The team consists of lawyers with diverse educational backgrounds from institutions including Sciences Po Law School, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas, and University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. The firm was co-founded by Patrice Spinosi in partnership with François Sureau (2014-2020) and provides both advisory and contentious legal services.

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Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• François SureauformerOthers · 1 January 2020François Sureau, a distinguished lawyer and writer, partnered with Patrice Spinosi in the SCP Spinosi-Sureau from 2014 until Sureau's election to the Académie française in 2020. This was a strategic professional partnership between two leading French lawyers specializing in constitutional and administrative law.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Direct peers

• Jeantet: Paris-based mid-size French law firm with strong public law, regulatory, and litigation practices. Comparable boutique-to-mid-size scale and French-market focus.
• Bredin Prat: Top-tier French law firm with strong litigation and public/regulatory law practice serving major French and international clients. Comparable as a French elite firm with concentrated contentious capability and high-end advisory work.
• August Debouzy: Paris-based boutique with strong administrative, public, and constitutional law expertise. Directly comparable in boutique positioning, French public law specialism, and elite client base.
• Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier: Elite Paris-based boutique law firm with comparable positioning in high-stakes French litigation and advisory work for major corporates and government entities. Closely mirrors Spinosi's boutique scale and premium practice model.

Broad incumbents

• Latham & Watkins: Global elite law firm with a substantial Paris office handling administrative, regulatory, and litigation matters. Comparable on French highest-court representation for institutional clients, though as a global full-service player.
• Hogan Lovells: Global law firm with established Paris office covering administrative, regulatory, and contentious matters at French highest courts. Overlaps on elite French representation but operates a full-service global model.
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: Global elite law firm with a substantial Paris office covering administrative, regulatory, and contentious matters. Comparable on French highest-court representation, though as a global full-service platform rather than a specialist.
• Gide Loyrette Nouel: One of France's oldest and largest law firms with deep administrative law and litigation practices. Overlaps Spinosi on Conseil d'État representation and high-stakes contentious matters, but operates as a broad full-service incumbent rather than a specialist boutique.
• White & Case: Global law firm with a large Paris practice including administrative and public law capabilities. Comparable on high-end French contentious work, though as part of a global platform rather than a French specialist.
• Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton: Premier global law firm with significant Paris-based administrative, EU, and litigation practice. Comparable elite positioning on complex French and EU matters, but as a global incumbent.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/spinosi-avocat-aux-conseils

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