A law firm aligned with your values
Business law for entrepreneurs taking action against climate change and biodiversity loss
The purpose of beeyana avocat: I founded beeyana avocat to put my expertise and passion at the service of entrepreneurs who are working every day to make sure our children can live on a habitable planet by 2050.
Beeyana is a helping hand for those entrepreneurs — you are not alone! I can handle your legal matters so you can focus on your business and scale your impact!
My DNA
A pragmatic outlook
With 20 years of experience advising businesses — including two years as general counsel at Ganymed Robotics — I understand your commercial and strategic needs. My goal is to find practical, legally sound solutions that move your business forward.
A holistic, project-based approach
I’ve built close ties with skilled, like-minded lawyers who can support your company across all key areas of law — tax, intellectual property, employment, and more.
I coordinate their expertise just as an outsourced general counsel would, ensuring seamless, long-term legal support.
A deep ecological commitment
Environmental and biodiversity issues aren’t simply professional topics — they are personal values that shape both my life and my work. I bring the same energy and purpose to my clients’ challenges.
Areas of law covered
Start-up & formation
- Choosing the right legal structure, incorporation, registration
- Safeguarding your project’s confidentiality
- Drafting shareholders’ agreements for shared ventures
- Seed, pre-seed or business angel fundraising
- With a dedicated IP attorney: protection of your trademarks and other intellectual property
Growth
- Fundraising: series A, B, C, and beyond
- Structuring governance between founders and investors (I can serve as board secretary)
- Reviewing key operational contracts (clients, suppliers, freelancers, etc.)
- With a labor law specialist: hiring and managing employees
- Employee shareholding plans
- Bank or bond financing
- With an IP attorney: filings of patents, trademarks, etc.
- With a litigation specialist: dispute and claims management
- Creation of subsidiaries, mergers or joint ventures — in France and abroad
Transmission
- Selling your company or business assets
- Founder exit
- Adapting governance along the way
My commitments to doing my part
A low-carbon footprint
- Mobility: I travel by bike, used electric car, or train — never by plane
- Website: designed by Frédéric Caffin – Parler Web with minimal digital impact
- IT: my computer, screens and printer are over five years old; my (new) phone is a FairPhone; my keyboard and mouse were bought second-hand
- Food: I follow a flexitarian diet
- Banking: my firm’s account is held with Green-Got1, one of the French banks with the smallest carbon footprint
- Continuous improvement: I will measure my firm’s carbon footprint annually starting after the first fiscal year
Supporting biodiversity
- I eat organic, seasonal food
- I don’t use any pesticides or herbicides
- My garden is certified as an LPO (Bird Protection League) refuge
Giving back
- my firm provides one year of free legal support to the winner of the You & beeyana competition, dedicated to start-ups tackling climate change and biodiversity loss
- I also provide pro bono legal assistance to selected organic farmers based in the Mayenne region
- Carbon intensity of financing by French banks: 145 tCO₂e/M€ for Green-Got (Green-Got 2023 Carbon Report) vs. 652 tCO₂e/M€ for Société Générale and 600 tCO₂e/M€ for BNP Paribas (Carbon4Finance data cited by Oxfam France, Oct. 2020) ↩︎
Who am I?
After 15 years at top international law firms, two years running my own practice, and two years as general counsel of the start-up Ganymed Robotics, I founded beeyana avocat to support entrepreneurs committed to addressing climate change and biodiversity loss.
I am based in Mayenne, having chosen to leave Paris for more flexibility — and to offer my clients high-quality legal advice at fair rates thanks to efficient, low-overhead operations.
I assist a select group of high-growth companies, in France and abroad, with both strategic transactions and day-to-day legal matters — much like an outsourced general counsel — helping founders focus on what truly matters.
I work closely with trusted colleagues who bring complementary expertise in other fields of law, ensuring a seamless and comprehensive legal service.
In 2018, Décideurs Magazine recognized me among the Top 50 Business Lawyers – “Rising Stars.” The same publication later interviewed me when I launched my independent practice in 2021 (article available online).
I have also been ranked several consecutive years as a Notable Practitioner in M&A by IFLR1000, the global guide to leading business law firms.
I frequently publish legal articles in academic and professional journals — see my LinkedIn profile to learn more.
Professional background
Founding partner, beeyana avocat – 2026 – present
General counsel, Ganymed Robotics – 2023 – 2024
Founding partner, Loget Avocat – 2020 – 2022
Counsel, Davis Polk – 2015 – 2020
Associate, Davis Polk (Paris 2009–2011; New York 2011; Paris 2011–2015)
Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Paris 2007–2009)
Academic background
C.A.P.A., Ecole de formation des Barreaux (EFB – Paris), 2007
DESS, Université Paris-Sud XI in partnership with HEC, 2005
Master’s degree in French and German law, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2004
LL.M., Universität zu Köln, 2004
Get in touch
8 rue Léon Bonnat, 75016 Paris
+33 6 83 99 49 82
juliette@beeyana.law