Cessez-le-feu

What Cessez-le-feu does

Cessez-le-feu is an online collective mediation platform that enables groups of French consumers facing the same dispute to negotiate jointly with a respondent business under a professional mediator. Launched on November 14, 2019 by the team behind the V pour Verdict collective action initiative and operated through SARL Lexprecia (a Paris Bar law firm managed by Me Arnaud Durand), it claims to be the first online collective mediation service in France. The platform comprises a secure chat-based mediation room (active for up to 30 days), a personal account space for document deposit and exchange, a 75% qualified-majority voting system for accepting settlement proposals, and document upload functionality; it is built on WordPress with a hardened security layer following a platform audit.

The business model is a success-based take rate: consumer participation is free, Cessez-le-feu funds all mediator and expert remuneration upfront, and the company retains 20% of the outcome only when mediation produces a settlement. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via the website, supplemented by content marketing, organic social channels, and earned press in French legal and consumer publications. Mediation cycles run 13–25 weeks from company enrollment to agreement signature. The platform has been deployed against at least five named respondent businesses spanning telecom (RED by SFR), insurance (SFAM), second-hand marketplaces (Vinted), trading education (Kuvera), and payment services (Prepaid Financial Services), indicating a vertical-agnostic, grievance-driven demand model rather than a sales-led acquisition motion.

Cessez-le-feu is a small (1–10 employee), privately held SARL with no disclosed external funding, no parent company, and no subsidiaries. Geographic scope is France-only operationally, though Lexprecia trademarks extend to EU territory. The company is structurally linked to sister platform V pour Verdict, which handles collective legal action when mediation fails, forming a two-stage pre-litigation/litigation funnel under shared founders (Bruno Aguiar Valadão, Arnaud Durand). No AI/ML capabilities, APIs, or third-party integrations beyond commodity infrastructure providers (OVH hosting, Brevo/Mailjet email, Thelem telephone, Validity verification) are evidenced.

Name

Cessez-le-feu

Legal name

SARL Lexprecia

Website

https://cessezlefeu.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cessez-le-feu is a French online collective mediation platform, operated by Paris law firm SARL Lexprecia, that enables groups of consumers with shared disputes to negotiate joint settlements with businesses via a professional mediator, earning a 20% commission only on successful outcomes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Success-Based Commission: Cessez-le-feu assumes all risk by covering mediator and expert remuneration. The platform only earns revenue when mediation succeeds, retaining 20% of the outcome/settlement reached.
2. Consumer Registration: Free for consumers to join mediation collective. No upfront costs for consumers to participate in mediation process.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cessez-le-feu operates an online collective mediation platform that enables groups of French consumers sharing a common dispute (telecom overcharges, unauthorized insurance enrollments, marketplace account blocks, subscription fraud) to collectively negotiate with the responsible business through a professional mediator. The platform provides a secure 30-day mediation chat room, document exchange, personal account spaces, and a 75% qualified-majority voting system for settlement acceptance, delivered entirely online.

Product overview

Cessez-le-feu is a single unified product — the first online collective mediation platform in France — developed by the legal professionals and web engineers of Cabinet Lexprecia and linked to the V pour Verdict collective action initiative. The platform enables groups of consumers sharing the same consumer dispute to resolve their conflicts with businesses through a professional mediator, entirely online. Its core components include the secure Online Mediation Room (chat-based dialogue space), the Personal Account Space for participants to manage their case, the Collective Voting System requiring 75% approval for acceptance, and a Document Exchange feature. There are no separate modules, sub-brands, or add-on products — the offering is the platform as a whole.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cessez-le-feu Collective Mediation Platform An online platform enabling groups of French consumers sharing the same consumer dispute to resolve conflicts with businesses through a professional mediator, using secure chat, document exchange, and a qualified-majority voting system. Free for consumers; the platform earns a 20% commission only on successful outcomes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Collective mediation completed in 13-25 weeks from company enrollment to agreement signature
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• V pour VerdictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRelated entity founded by the same team. V pour Verdict specializes in collective legal actions. Cessez-le-feu was created as a complementary pre-litigation phase to optimize collective mediation management. If mediation fails, cases may be forwarded to V pour Verdict for legal action. Both platforms share founders and strategic direction.
• OVH SASminorOthersData hosting provider for Cessez-le-feu's personal data. Located at 2 rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix, France.
• Brevo SASminorOthersEmail sending and tracking service provider. Located at 108 boulevard Haussman, 75008 Paris, France.
• Mailjet SASminorOthersEmail sending and tracking service provider. Located at 13-13 bis rue de l'Aubrac, 75012 Paris, France.
• Thelem SASminorOthersTelephone secretarial services provider. Located at 9 avenue Victor Hugo, 69160 Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, France.
• Validity Inc.minorOthersEmail tracking and verification service for following and validating emails. Located at 200 Clarendon St, 22nd Flr, Boston, MA 02116, United States. Data transfers protected by Privacy Shield and contractual clauses.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• V pour Verdict: Sister platform founded by the same team as Cessez-le-feu, specializing in collective legal actions. It is the direct downstream litigation counterpart to Cessez-le-feu's mediation offering and shares founders, strategic direction, and customer pipeline.
• Demander Justice: French legaltech platform that helps consumers initiate legal claims and find lawyers for individual and small-group disputes. Directly comparable in audience (French consumers with business disputes) and digital-first delivery model.
• Justice.cool: French online mediation and amicable dispute resolution platform connecting consumers with mediators. Closely comparable in offering (online ADR) and target customer (French parties seeking out-of-court resolution).
• Litige.fr: French consumer-claims platform that helps individuals resolve disputes with companies, often through standardized legal letters and claim processes. Comparable in serving French consumers facing business disputes through a digital channel.
• Avostart: French legaltech connecting consumers with lawyers for various disputes and claims. Comparable in serving French consumer claimants via a digital platform, with a similar transactional legal-services model.

Broad incumbents

• Captain Contrat: A leading French legaltech platform offering automated legal document creation and access to lawyers for SMBs and individuals. Comparable as a French digital legal-services incumbent, though broader in scope than dispute mediation.
• Tyler Technologies Modria (ODR): Tyler Technologies' Modria is one of the most established online dispute resolution platforms globally, used by courts and organizations. Comparable as a category leader in ODR, serving as a strategic benchmark for scalable mediation technology.
• Doctrine: French legaltech providing legal information, case-law analytics, and tools for legal professionals. Adjacent in operating within the French legal technology ecosystem serving lawyers and disputing parties.

Regional players

• Case Law Analytics: French legaltech focused on litigation analytics and predictive outcomes for legal professionals. Adjacent peer in the French legaltech ecosystem serving lawyers and dispute-resolution stakeholders.

Emerging players

• Smartsettle: International online dispute resolution platform offering automated and mediator-assisted negotiation. Comparable in providing online ADR technology, with a cross-border rather than purely French consumer focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cessez_le_feu
• Facebookfacebook.com/cessezlefeumediation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cessez-le-feu

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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