LEXT is a business law firm with offices in Paris and Le Mans.
It has founded in 2013 and is born from a common will of partners coming from French or international magic circle law firms who wanted to keep their quality standards while having the required flexibility to assist their clients in the development of their projects with creativity and responsiveness. LEXT is composed of several legal practices that are represented in all of its offices in France, which allows our firm to provide legal advice and litigation assistance to its clients in these various areas of law.
LEXT may organize at its clients’ premises legal seminars in addition to its offer of legal advice. Short or long term lawyer secondment may also be provided by our Firm on the basis of half or full-day secondment at a cost effective price.
LEGAL 500 - EDITION 2025
The international guide LEGAL 500 recommends in its 2025’s edition the practices of LEXT in (i) Intellectual Property: Trade marks and designs and (ii) in Employment.
- LEXT ranked Band 4 in Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs - Legal 500 EMEA Rankings - 2025 Edition
Practice heads: Anne Bourdu, Gaëlle Leroy.
- LEXT ranked Band 4 in Employment - The Legal 500 EMEA Rankings - 2025 Edition
Practice heads : Marc Patin, Isabelle Quenet-Chabrun.
The specificity of the Lext Avocats employment law team lies in the in-depth expertise that the teams have in the field. It is an available team, which has the capacity to respond quickly to our requests, which is an undeniable major asset.
I work in particular with Marc Patin, who has extensive experience in employment law, with whom we have been working for several years in a close and trusting relationship.
LEGAL 500 - EDITION 2024
Based in Paris and Le Mans, Lext Avocats has a robust distribution law practice, which includes advising on the setting up of distribution agreements and networks, and also assists with EU regulatory issues relating to food and tobacco products. Sylvain Beaumont, Anne Bourdu and Gaëlle Leroy jointly lead the team.
The international guide LEGAL 500 recommends in its 2024’s edition the practices of LEXT in (i) EU, Competition and Distribution and (ii) Intellectual Property (Trade marks and designs).
- LEXT ranked Tier 5 in EU, Competition and Distribution - Legal 500 Rankings - Edition 2024
Practice heads: Sylvain Beaumont, Anne Bourdu, Gaëlle Leroy.
The lawyers of the competition and distribution team are proactive, open minded and very well trained.
Sylvain Beaumont is outstanding. He provides pragmatic advice on virtually any issue related to competition and distribution.
The firm has completely adapted with a lot of reactivity for all the practices concerned with our company, its specificities, its invoicing rules, its training proposals dedicated to one or two employees only. We progressed much more quickly and efficiently, for much less than with the firms usually used in the group thanks to the time they initially took to get to know us and our functions.
- LEXT ranked Tier 4 in Intellectual Property: Trade marks and designs - The Legal 500 Rankings - 2024 Edition
Practice heads : Anne Bourdu, Gaëlle Leroy.
A very dynamic, friendly team and attentive to needs. Professional and dedicated.
All team members are high-level professionals.
Anne Bourdu has an excellent understanding of the issues in their subtleties. Very good analysis and perception of the issues.
LEGAL 500 - EDITION 2023
LEXT Avocats centres its work on distribution law and litigation regarding unfair termination of commercial relationships. Headed by Sylvain Beaumont, Anne Bourdu, Gaëlle Leroy and Pierre-Lucas Thirion, the practice covers disputes regarding anticompetitive practices and distribution issues, as well as advising on distribution, franchising, supply and commercial agency agreements. With industry expertise in the tobacco, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, electronic products and supermarket sectors, the team also provides consumer law and product regulation advice.
The international guide LEGAL 500 recommends in its 2023’s edition the practices of LEXT in (i) EU, Competition and Distribution and (ii) Intellectual Property (Trade marks and designs).
- LEXT ranked Tier 5 in EU, Competition and Distribution - Legal 500 Rankings - Edition 2023
Partners in charge: Sylvain Beaumont, Anne Bourdu, Gaëlle Leroy.
The lawyers of the competition and distribution team are proactive, open minded and very well trained.
Sylvain Beaumont is outstanding. He provides pragmatic advice on virtually any issue related to competition and distribution.
The firm has completely adapted with a lot of reactivity for all the practices concerned with our company, its specificities, its invoicing rules, its training proposals dedicated to one or two employees only. We progressed much more quickly and efficiently, for much less than with the firms usually used in the group thanks to the time they initially took to get to know us and our functions.
- LEXT ranked Tier 4 in Intellectual Property: Trade marks and designs - The Legal 500 Rankings - 2023 Edition
Partners in charge: Anne Bourdu, Gaëlle Leroy.
I have known this firm for many years and, in particular, I have been able to appreciate in nearly twenty years of knowledge the skills of Anne Bourdu. With technical expertise, the firm carries values that make relationships between partners and young lawyers stimulating and productive.
Anne Bourdu is a tireless lawyer, competent, attentive and always available.
LEGAL 500 - EDITION 2022
The international guide LEGAL 500 recommends in its 2022’s edition the practices of LEXT in (i) EU, Competition and Distribution and (ii) Intellectual Property (Trade marks and designs).
- LEXT ranked Tier 5 in EU, Competition and Distribution - Legal 500 Rankings - Edition 2022
Partners in charge: Sylvain Beaumont, Anne Bourdu, Gaëlle Leroy, Pierre-Lucas Thirion.
Lext’s competition and distribution team offers the quality of service of a large firm in a firm on a human scale. The partners have a lot of experience and handle their cases themselves. The employees are competent and committed.
Sylvain Beaumont is particularly brilliant. We feel that he has a wealth of experience in economic law. He knows how to offer pragmatic solutions to all the questions in his field of intervention. A very great professional.
Efficient collaboration and the team is always available with a treatment of your questions within an hour.
- LEXT ranked Tier 4 in Intellectual Property: Trade marks and designs - The Legal 500 Rankings - 2022 Edition
Partners in charge: Anne Bourdu, Gaëlle Leroy, Pierre-Lucas Thirion.
Great listening, quality of advice and exceptional responsiveness.
We work with Anne Bourdu, who is both available and advise us with seriousness and efficiency.
Very good, proactive follow-up of files. The client feels surrounded and supported by the team.
LEGAL 500 - 2021 EDITION
LEXT ranked in the 2021 edition of Legal 500 EMEA in following practices:
- Tier 5 in EU, Competition and Distribution - Legal 500 Rankings - 2021 Edition
- Tier 4 in Intellectual Property: Trade marks and designs - Legal 500 Rankings - 2021 Edition
LEGAL 500 - 2020 EDITION
The skills and expertise of LEXT, with offices in Le Mans, Paris and Rennes, have been recognized by the international guide LEGAL 500 that recommends, in its 2020’s edition that has just been released, the practices of LEXT in (i) EU, Competition and Distribution and (ii) Intellectual Property (Trade marks and designs).
- LEXT ranked Tier 5 in EU, Competition and Distribution - The Legal 500 Rankings - 2020 Edition
Lext Avocats' practice is based in its Paris, Le Mans and Rennes offices. The firm has a staff of around ten lawyers who assist several major retail chains and brands in managing their commercial and distribution law issues. In particular, the firm handles numerous disputes relating to the termination of established commercial relationships. Sylvain Beaumont and Anne Bourdu are mainly recommended.
Partners in charge: Sylvain Beaumont, Anne Bourdu, Gaëlle Leroy, Pierre-Lucas Thirion.
The team is very responsive and can assist in complex negotiations of international framework service agreements.
Sylvain Beaumont is as committed, passionate and accomplished as one can be when it comes to defending his clients. He is very sharp in negotiating complex commercial projects and thanks to his extensive trial experience, he easily anticipates the consequences of contractual provisions in the worst case scenario. He also has great people skills.
- LEXT ranked Tier 4 in Intellectual Property: Trade marks and designs - The Legal 500 Rankings - 2020 Edition
Lext Avocats has a team of seven lawyers based in Paris, Le Mans and Rennes. The firm handles trademark and design cases. It assists numerous SMEs. Anne Bourdu, Gaëlle Leroy and Pierre-Lucas Thirion co-manage the practice.
Partners in charge: Anne Bourdu, Gaëlle Leroy, Pierre-Lucas Thirion.
In addition to their responsiveness and availability, Lext Avocats aims to find a strategy adapted to the resources and needs of the clients. In addition to their responsiveness and availability, Lext Avocats aims to find a strategy adapted to the resources and needs of the clients. The team is very creative in its analysis.
Anne Bourdu is in charge of IP, and her natural empathy enhances exchanges as well as the client's understanding of the client's needs, and the client's understanding of the case.Anne Bourdu is in charge of IP, and her natural empathy enhances exchanges as well as the client's understanding of the needs, and the client's understanding of the case.
LEGAL 500 - 2019 EDITION
LEXT ranked Tier 4 in EU, Competition and Distribution and Intellectual Property: Trade marks and designs.
- EU, Competition and Distribution - The Legal 500 Rankings - 2019 Edition
Lext Avocats' competition and antitrust offering is spread across Paris, Le Mans and Rennes and provides both advisory and contentious legal advice to an enviable client roster. In recent highlights, Paris-based Sylvain Beaumont and senior associate Cécile Maugère continue to provide day-to-day compliance and regulatory advice to a major international corporation and recently assisted this client with the restructuring of a number of international relationships. Gaëlle Leroy, who is based in Le Mans, handled merger control and commercial contract negotiations, while Pierre-Lucas Thirion is the name to note in Rennes. Anne Bourdu is also based in Paris and is a key name to note.
- Intellectual Property: Trade marks and designs - The Legal 500 Rankings - 2019 Edition
Based in Paris, Rennes and Le Mans, Lext Avocats' team of ten lawyers is 'competent', 'accessible' and 'goes beyond the usual expectations of clients'. The firm advises French and international clients including SMEs and several well-known commercial brands. The team handles a wide variety of cases in both advisory and litigation matters. In particular, it assists its clients in contractual negotiations and in the transfer of rights. It also handles disputes relating to trademarks, designs and copyrights. The practice is co-managed by Anne Bourdu, Gaëlle Leroy and Pierre-Lucas Thirion.
LEGAL 500 - 2018 EDITION
LEXT ranked Tier 4 in EU, Competition and Distribution.
- EU, Competition and Distribution - The Legal 500 Rankings- 2018 Edition
Ranked in the Tier 4 of European law firms 2018 in the category EU, COMPETITION AND DISTRIBUTION, the comments made about LEXT by Legal 500 are laudatory. They are a great reward for the work carried out for almost 5 years by all the members of the firm with its clients, and for its pragmatic and committed way of working.
Lext Avocats is "a high quality firm with a very responsive team" which "provides advice expected from the best international firms with the flexibility of a boutique. The group has a strong track record in handling disputes arising from the abrupt termination of commercial relationships and other issues surrounding distribution contracts.
PALMARES DES AVOCATS - 2017 EDITION
During the PALMARES DES AVOCATS 2017, our firm has received the award of the “RISING STAR OF THE YEAR”. We are proud to announce that the PALMARES DES AVOCATS 2017, organized by Le Monde du droit/Legal news in partnership with AFJE (Association of French In-house lawyers) has distinguished our firm that that has been granted the:
- award of the “rising star of the year” that is granted to the best new lawfirm (with less than five years of creation)
- the Bronze Award in Intellectual Property (2017).