Expertise at the Service of Your Growth
Every mandate is handled with the precision of a specialist and the vision of a strategic partner.
Strategic Counsel
Comprehensive support on key structural decisions: business model structuring, regulatory anticipation, integration of legal, financial, and operational dimensions.
Corporate Governance
Structuring management bodies, shareholders' agreements, allocation of powers. Balance and clarity.
Corporate Law & Capital Markets
Company formation, transformation, restructuring. Corporate secretarial services, general meetings, statutory amendments. Support for listed companies: disclosure obligations, threshold crossings, regulated information, and AMF relations.
M&A, External Growth & Financing
Acquisitions, disposals, mergers, joint ventures: from due diligence to closing. Fundraising (seed, Series A/B), bank and bond financing. Management packages and key employee incentives.
Contract Engineering & IP
Negotiation and securing of commercial agreements, service contracts, and strategic partnerships. Protection of intangible assets: trademarks, patents, know-how. Dispute prevention and amicable resolution.
Legal Operations & Compliance
Outsourced general counsel, compliance, deployment of AI solutions for contract automation and risk management: regulatory mapping, AI governance, legal function organization.
Flash Audit
An expert look at your structure
A targeted legal diagnostic. Ideal before a transaction, a fundraising, or simply to secure what needs securing before it costs more.
Flash Audit: Startups & Small Businesses
Revenue below €1MFlash Audit: Mid-size & Scale-ups
M&A Ready Audit
Pre-saleCo-pilot for business owners
A/PCD Law does not claim to know your business better than you do. What we bring is an outside perspective at the moment it matters most: a major transaction, a sale, a fundraising round. Founders and executives of SMEs and mid-sized companies often face these milestones alone, up against counterparties (acquirers, investors, bankers) who are not. Our role is to help you step back, weigh your strengths against your vulnerabilities, and benchmark your position against what the market accepts. The work is legal, but it is entirely in service of your business model and the value of what you have built.
Questions fréquentes
The Flash Audit is a targeted legal assessment carried out on a fixed-fee basis within a short timeframe. It identifies structural weaknesses (articles of association, governance, key contracts) and delivers concrete recommendations without committing to a lengthy engagement. Ideal before a fundraising round, a business sale, or a new shareholder joining the company.
A/PCD Law offers two fixed-fee packages: the Flash Audit for Startups & Small Businesses at €1,500 excl. VAT, and the Flash Audit for SMEs, Mid-Caps & Scale-ups at €3,500 excl. VAT. For full transaction support (due diligence, negotiation, closing), the M&A Ready Audit is quoted individually based on the complexity of the deal.
As early as possible, ideally 12 to 18 months before the planned sale. That is the time needed to secure governance, clean up problematic contracts and structure the data room. A late intervention limits your negotiating position and may reduce the value perceived by the acquirer. Beyond timing, it is also a question of posture. In a transaction, small and mid-sized companies often face better-resourced counterparties. We help the business owner identify their value drivers, understand what the other party is looking for, and negotiate from a position of strength rather than reacting to the process.
A standard due diligence is conducted by the acquirer, for the acquirer. The Flash Audit is a proactive step taken by the selling business owner: it identifies the friction points the acquirer will find anyway, so they can be addressed or reframed as strengths ahead of time. It is a preparation tool, not a verification exercise.
The scope and price of each engagement are defined and agreed before work begins. No variable hourly billing, no surprises at the end of the mandate. This pricing transparency applies to all services: Flash Audit, standalone advisory, or outsourced general counsel.
Yes. The M&A Ready Audit covers the full transaction: NDA, due diligence (buy-side or sell-side), audit report, negotiation, letter of intent and transaction documents through to closing. A/PCD Law can step in at any stage or manage the entire process.
Fixed fee or retainer: you choose the model
A bespoke outsourced legal function, adapted to your size, maturity level, and business model: SME, scale-up, family office, large group. First conversation always without commitment.
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