About us

For more than 50 years, Cornet Vincent Ségurel has been supporting companies, senior executives, public authorities and associations in their transformations and litigation.

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Attorneys & Lawyers

€ 49M

Turnover

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French Cities

Established in Nantes in 1972, Cornet Vincent Ségurel has become one of the leading independent French law firms. Its 200 attorneys and lawyers are located in 6 of the most dynamic cities in the country: Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Paris and Rennes. At the international level, the Firm is part of 3 networks covering almost 80 countries worldwide.

Attorneys empowering your ambitions

We advise industrial and service groups, intermediate-sized companies (entreprises de taille intermédiaire – ETI), small- and medium-sized companies (petites et moyennes entreprises – PME), financial institutions, investment funds, public authorities and public bodies, associations and foundations as well as senior executives with a modern vision of legal expertise. Our objective: to make law an asset in order to realise their projects and defend their interests by meeting their needs in a precise and operational manner .

Law in a changing world

In a rapidly changing world, we support our clients to achieve major transitions. At the centre of the most dynamic regional territories, as well as a key player in several international networks and with experts specialised in our clients’ business sectors, we facilitate their transformations.

A Strategic Business Partner

We see ourselves as our clients’ partners, attuned to the challenges they face. Structuring and developing organisations, building partnerships, managing human capital, innovating: we seek to devise legal solutions to ensure the secure implementation of all projects. Exchange and sharing are at the core of our work, aimed at jointly developing legal strategies which respond to our clients’ objectives.

Breaking deadlocks

We are also committed to supporting our clients to achieve positive outcomes in the most difficult situations. Our strong conflict management and negotiation culture is one of the Firm’s major assets. Our advisory and litigation practices are mutually reinforcing, contributing to the development of inventive strategies and the identification of solutions to our clients’ disputes and difficulties.

Multi and Cross-Disciplinarity

We are organised into groups with specialist expertise, who work in synergy as and when necessary. The cohesiveness and collective experience of our teams enable us to adopt an effective multidisciplinary approach. Where required by our clients, we have the capacity to rapidly mobilise a network of partners with whom we have developed long-standing relationships: academics, financial and accounting firms, notaries, asset managers, real estate agents and developers, reconciliation firms, crisis managers and consultants, etc.

Close to our clients

In France and abroad, Cornet Vincent Ségurel is the preferred partner of clients in a wide range of sectors who trust our firm for all their legal issues. We understand their specific business issues and support them in their day-to-day management as well as at the most strategic moments in their development. Each client has a dedicated and permanent contact person, offering individualised case tracking and close and constant communication.

Our History

1972

Creation of the firm: Establishment of the first Société Civile Professionnelle by Joël Cornet and Alexandre Vincent when the professions of barrister and solicitor merge. Gérard Ségurel’s legal consultancy firm is established in parallel in 1979 in Nantes.

1984

Establishment in Paris of Gérard Ségurel’s legal consultancy firm

1992

Cornet Vincent and Ségurel firms join forces through an economic interest grouping (GIE), leading to a merger in 2001, and move into shared premises.

2010

Rennes : office opening.

2011

Lille : office opening.

2016

Bordeaux : office opening.

2017

Lyon : office opening.

2022

50th anniversary of the firm.

Our values

Our values are shared by all members of the firm and form the foundation of our culture and actions.

Demanding human qualities

Commitment

Commitment is one of our driving forces. Internally, it manifests in a culture of mutual support, complementarity, and involvement in our firm’s collective projects. Towards our clients, it takes the form of unwavering tenacity, constant dynamism, and proactive creativity in addressing the challenges of their cases. As lawyers and legal professionals, we are also deeply committed to our community and society.

Humility

We cultivate a culture of listening and intellectual humility. Our vision of the profession is to serve our clients. This value allows us to articulate individual excellence with collective success. In carrying out our missions, humility combines with lucidity and foresight and a deep commitment to delivering results.

Thoughtfulness

We attach fundamental importance to this ethical principle. Thoughtfulness is evident in our understanding of the human dimension in the often sensitive situations in which we are called upon to intervene, but also in our daily interactions across the firm. We ensure attentive listening to preserve harmonious relationships, and we maintain constructive partnerships, particularly with our colleagues, in line with our values.

Humor

For us, humor is the art of remaining serious without taking ourselves too seriously. It allows us to take a step back in delicate situations, so that we can approach challenges with the clarity needed to find the best solutions.
Within the firm, humor plays a key role in fostering a friendly working atmosphere and strengthening team cohesion. Humor is also a tool that must be used with subtlety, but which can be very useful in human relations, negotiations, and pleadings.

The strength of the collective

Otherness

We cultivate a collective enriched by otherness – respecting individuality and difference as core to who we are. The longevity of our firm rests on the harmonious coexistence of varied profiles, each contributing the richness of their experiences and perspectives.
We also attach great importance to our civic and environmental commitments, essential to our collective responsibility. Otherness enables us to adapt and work effectively with all kinds of clients.

Collegiality

Collegiality is one of our founding principles. We have deliberately chosen collective governance, convinced that cross-disciplinary and collaborative intelligence is an essential lever for success.
This mutual respect for diverse perspectives is what enables us to maintain cohesion and unity across our teams. For our clients, collegiality means co-creating legal solutions that are robust and tailored to their needs.

Transmission

We implement knowledge transfer on two levels. First, through the active transfer of expertise, with training and mentoring at the heart of our culture. Second, through intergenerational continuity, our model, built on internal promotion, ensures the firm’s sustainability and constant evolution.

Boldness

At the heart of our model lies boldness, our collective courage to challenge the status quo and advance the firm. It drives us to continuously question ourselves and push the boundaries of our practice. As an expression of our entrepreneurial spirit, boldness fuels our ambition for continuous and dynamic development and enables us to understand our clients, who are themselves reinventing their businesses.

A commitment to serving our clients

Excellence

Every day, we cultivate an unwavering commitment to excellence, both personally and collectively. This is reflected in our constantly cutting-edge legal expertise in our areas of practice, combined with rigorous, precise, and responsive delivery designed to fully meet our clients’ expectations. High-performing support services enable our lawyers and legal experts to work in optimal conditions.

Vision

We approach the practice of law with a broad perspective that transcends legal expertise alone. We grasp the human, economic, financial, and strategic dimensions underlying our clients’ challenges. By combining this holistic approach with the cross-disciplinary scope of our expertise, we create innovative and tailored solutions.

Pragmatism

We act as true facilitators for our clients. We strive to understand their environment in order to implement the chosen solutions in a concrete and effective manner to achieve their objectives.
We know how to be flexible in order to adapt to changing situations and seize opportunities.

Proximity

Proximity, to our clients and within our territories, constitutes the heart of our identity. We prioritize long-lasting, trusting relationships built on mutual understanding and long-term commitment. Thanks to our local presence, we grasp the specific challenges of each territory and interact effectively with key players in each region. Internally, this value is reflected in the strong bonds between our teams.