Bredin Prat appoints two new partners from its Digital Law – Intellectual Property and Tax teams

Bredin Prat is pleased to announce that Juliette Crouzet, head of the Digital Law – Intellectual Property practice, and Adrien Soumagne from the Tax Law team, have been appointed partners of the firm.

Senior Partner, Didier Martin, has commented: “Soon after joining the firm, Juliette and Adrien stood out for their expertise and professionalism, and their commitment to our clients. Their ability to tackle the most complex cases with rigour and creativity has been noted for several years. Seeing them be made partners today is a fitting recognition of their accomplishments and the contributions they make to our firm.

I congratulate them both and wish them continued fulfilment and success in this new phase of their careers”.

• Juliette Crouzet, Partner | Digital Law – Intellectual Property

Juliette Crouzet has been appointed partner of the firm’s Digital Law – Intellectual Property practice which she has headed for several years.

She assists the firm’s clients on the legal issues relating to new technologies and data. She notably advises on the structuring and deployment of projects involving technology-related assets, as well as complex data protection and cybersecurity issues.

Juliette’s practice also includes intellectual property matters, assisting the firm’s clients in managing, protecting and defending their IP rights.

Her work includes both transactional matters – drafting and negotiating contracts, structuring tech partnerships, product launches, advising on the technology aspects of M&A transactions – as well as contentious matters – notably in disputes relating to data protection and defending intellectual property rights.

For example, Juliette has recently worked on the following matters:

• Advising IN Groupe in connection with drafting and negotiating a series of complex technology-related agreements regarding chip design and advanced software as part of IN Groupe’s acquisition of IDEMIA Smart Identity to reinforce its positioning in secure digital identity solutions;
• Assisting a family-owned company in putting in place a strategy for the protection, surveillance and defence of its rights and online identity, notably to avoid infringement and identity theft by third parties;
• Advising an association in relation to litigation concerning the “right to be forgotten” before the Judicial Court of Créteil;
• Assisting SAUR in deploying a major IT project and putting in place and negotiating the required contractual framework with the designated service provider.

Prior to joining Bredin Prat, Juliette practised for four years in the Technology/IP department of an international law firm in Paris.

She has been recognised by Best Lawyers for Privacy & Data Security Law for many years and by ManagingIP^® for Intellectual Property.

Juliette was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2014 and holds a Master’s Degree in the Law of e-Commerce and the Digital Economy from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and is also a graduate of EDHEC Business School.

• Adrien Soumagne, Partner | Tax Law

Adrien Soumagne, a member of the firm’s Tax Law team, has been appointed partner.

His practice focuses on advising on the tax aspects of transactions, advising companies as well private equity funds.

He also assists corporate clients and individuals in connection with tax audits and inspections, as well as tax controversy and litigation matters.

Adrien also has gained particular expertise in the tax issues concerning digital assets and related activities.

For example, Adrien has recently worked on the following matters:

• Advising Nicolas Béraud, Betclic founder and CEO, and his holding company Kostogri, in connection with the acquisition by Banijay, a global entertainment content producer-distributor, also specialised in sports betting, of a majority stake in Tipico, a sports betting and online gaming provider;
• Advising OVH Groupe, a leading European cloud services provider, in connection with its €350 million share buyback offer in respect of up to 20.41% of its share capital, with a view to a reduction in its share capital;
• Advising Eurazeo in connection with Blackstone providing €400 million of financing equity to Groupe Premium;
• Advising a major US tech company in obtaining and renewing a bilateral transfer pricing agreement.

He has authored several articles and lectures at the French business school HEC and at the University of Bordeaux.

He has been recognised by Best Lawyers for Tax Law in recent years.

Adrien was seconded to the New York office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in 2024.

He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2017 and is a graduate of the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Master’s Degree in Business Law and Tax, 2016 – Magna Cum Laude), of the business school HEC (Grande Ecole programme, 2016 – Dean’s List) and of UNIL/HEC Lausanne (Executive Programme in Transfer Pricing, 2023).