Cabinet SHEFET – Your Trusted International Law Firm in France
Cabinet SHEFET is a dedicated law firm specializing in supporting international clients navigating legal matters in France. We provide expert guidance to companies, individuals, and NGOs on complex cross-border issues.
Why Choose Cabinet SHEFET
In-depth Analysis
We prioritize a deep understanding of our clients' economic context and strategic objectives.
High-Value Solutions
Our legal advice goes beyond isolated issue analysis, offering comprehensive, high-value solutions.
Lasting Partnership
We strive to be a true partner, fully integrated with your team, investing time and resources to thoroughly understand your business.
Tailored Collaboration
Effective legal counsel stems from close collaboration tailored to your unique needs and challenges.

About our Firm
Established in 1989, Cabinet SHEFET initially focused on Franco-Danish business relations and has since evolved into a globally oriented law firm serving clients worldwide.
Our expertise lies in resolving practical legal challenges that often involve diverse legal systems and cultural perspectives, enabling us to deliver swift and efficient outcomes even in complex or prolonged cases.
By gaining an in-depth understanding of the client's business challenges and competitive environment, we provide pragmatic and actionable legal solutions.
The firm's core practice areas cover key fields of business law, including employment law, liability and damages claims, corporate law, contract law, IT law and data protection as well as dispute resolution before courts and arbitral tribunals.
We also advise individuals on international inheritance issues and all aspects related to the purchase and sale of real estate in France.
You may contact us in Danish, English, or French.
- Danish
- Dansk
- English
- English
- French
- Français
Global Expertise
Our expertise spans several key areas of law, offering strategic and operational solutions for a demanding international clientele.
Business & Corporate Law – Franco-Danish and international Matters
Our firm advises Danish and international companies, investors and entrepreneurs with business activities in France. We assist Danish and international groups in establishing and operating French subsidiaries and provide legal advice on a wide range of business law matters, including corporate law, commercial contracts, employment law and insolvency.
We combine knowledge of the French legal system with a deep understanding of Danish and Anglo-Saxon business cultures.
Dispute Resolution & Expert Determination
We represent international companies and investors in disputes arising in France, including commercial litigation before French courts and arbitration proceedings. Our services include dispute prevention, negotiation, expert determination procedures, litigation proceedings and international arbitration.
We also assist our clients in cross-border enforcement proceedings before French courts, including recognition and enforcement proceedings of foreign judgment and arbitral awards.
Privacy, Data Protection & IT Law
We assist international companies operating in France with compliance with French and European data protection regulations, including GDPR compliance, digital contracts and legal issues relating to IT and technology projects.
Our firm is also involved in strategic litigation in the digital sphere. We represent international NGOs in proceedings against major technology companies where algorithmic systems or platform practices may violate European Union law — including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Digital Services Act (DSA) — as well as French law, for example in cases involving discriminatory algorithmic outcomes or gender-based discrimination.
Real Estate Law – Investments in France
Our firm advises foreign individuals, investors and institutional clients – including pension funds – on the acquisition, management and disposal of real estate assets in France.
We assist with property transactions, structuring of investments, commercial leases and related disputes.
International Estate Administration
We assist foreign nationals owning assets in France in the administration and settlement of cross-border estates.
Our firm also coordinates the legal aspects between the French and foreign legal systems and works closely with its global network of specialised law firms.
Welcome to our Press section.
Here you will find a selection of articles, interviews, and publications featuring our Firm in the French, Danish, and international press. This section allows our clients, partners, and journalists to follow our latest news.

Fake News Is No News - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fake-news-is-no-news_us_589c81f9e4b061551b3e07e6

CYBERSPACE RESPONSIBILITY

Policy options and regulatory mechanisms for managing radicalization on the Internet

Policy Options and Regulatory Mechanisms for Managing Radicalization on the Internet

PROPOSITION DE LOI portant création d'un Ombudsman compétent pour qualifier le contenu sur l'internet de licite ou illicite

Dan Shefet: Creator of the Internet’s Ombudsman: Interview with an Expert

Can internet giants do more to tackle terror?

Google’s French arm faces daily €1,000 fines over links to defamatory article

Proposition de recommandation

Dan Shefet: An ombudsman for the internet

A SAFE SPACE ONLINE

Légiférer contre les fake news, quels risques pour la liberté d'expression

Understanding Citizen Rights in a Smart City

Fake news

PROPOSITION DE LOI visant à définir et sanctionner les fausses nouvelles ou « fake news »,

Democracy and accountability on the internet

U@live featuring Mr Dan Shefet

France plans internet ombudsman to safeguard free speech

Først fik han skovlen under Google. Nu vil han rense internettet for flere ulovligheder

Fake news : "Rien n'influence plus les êtres humains que la parole"

The impact of the Internet on Democracy and Democratic values: Fake News, Manipulation and Destabilization

Un pas de géant pour l'humanité

Google faces daily 1,000 euro fine in France if "right to forget" article is not taken down

Debate: Therefore, Sweden should be in the lead and introduce an Internet Ombudsman

Why A French Attorney Is On A Digital Privacy Crusade Against Tech Titans

How Two Obscure Court Verdicts In Europe Could Impact Americans' Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Taxes

A Question Over the Reach of Europe's "Right to Be Forgotten"

In Kiev at the international summit on disinformation discussed the problem of fake information

GOING DIGITAL IN A MULTILATERAL WORLD

Internet : de l'utopie au cauchemar

UNESCO MGIEP Dan Shefet's Speech

Keynote at UNESCO-Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development Conference 2018 in India

European Data Ethics Forum 2018 in Copenhagen

