French desk

Advice with the accent on France

We established our French law team in the City of London specifically to meet the needs of French businesses looking to invest or export to the UK and to provide legal services to UK companies doing business in the French-speaking world.

Our team will support you with their comprehensive understanding of the legal, commercial and cultural environments of both France and the UK. We can offer our full range of legal services in French and we can introduce you to our wide network of French contacts, who will provide their specialist advice.

Ready to help, whether it’s business or personal

We bring a wealth of knowledge on cross-border issues, to give you informed, practical specialist advice on investment coming into or out of the UK. Our experience includes:

business acquisitions, mergers and disposals
company migration and employment law
commercial contracts and property purchases
intellectual property and international infringement of rights
debt collection and arbitration.

If you’re an individual looking to expand into the UK, we can help with legal advice on your personal tax, immigration, estate planning and succession.

Comfortably familiar with both cultures

We have been working on Franco-British matters since 1997 and are recognised by Chambers Global legal directory. Sherrards is a corporate member of the French Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain. Several members of our French team are also active in a range of organisations involved with the Franco-British community in the UK.

Exploring new business opportunities

Following Brexit, in collaboration with the HM Government Department now known as the “Department of Business and Trade” (formerly known as the “Department for International Trade”), we published the Sherrards “Export for Growth” guide on increasing exports. This was aimed at businesses wanting to be in the best possible position, to take advantage of the opportunities offered by international trade.

At Sherrards, we have always had a global perspective.

We have a multilingual team that can speak fluent German, Italian, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Czech, Japanese and Mandarin.

We are also longstanding members of the Alliott Global Alliance (AGA). Alliott is an alliance of law firms and accountancy firms. This impressive network enables us to connect you with the best local specialists in over 100 countries around the world. Click here to access the full list of our international lawyers and accountants.

All of this puts us in an excellent position to assist our French-speaking clients who are increasingly working in an interconnected world and in a multinational environment.