Expanding internationally is a major growth opportunity for industrial SMEs and mid-sized companies — but also a significant source of risk: unbalanced distribution contracts, poorly anticipated local taxation, overlooked compliance requirements.
Without legal structuring, companies face double taxation, cross-border disputes and regulatory blockages.

Legal Growth secures your international expansion and partnerships by protecting your financial flows, your contracts and your reputation.

+50%

of exporting SMEs lose margin due to poorly anticipated foreign taxation

50K to €150K

average cost of direct legal fees in cross-border disputes

10%–20% loss of profitability

resulting from poorly drafted international distribution contracts

1. Securing international contracts

Distribution, commercial agents, joint ventures: every market comes with its own contractual risks.

Legal Growth drafts and negotiates your contracts to ensure balance, anticipate disputes and protect your margins.

2. International expansion & market entry

Subsidiary creation, joint ventures, local acquisitions: without a solid framework, companies lose time, money — and sometimes control over their projects.

Legal Growth structures the legal and tax foundations of your international expansion to safeguard your investments.

3. Local compliance & taxation

Every country applies its own tax and regulatory rules (withholding tax, transfer pricing, anticorruption compliance, ESG).
A single negligence leads to double taxation, sanctions or exclusion from tenders.

Legal Growth ensures compliance, optimises your flows and reduces the risk of reassessments.

4. Unique French-German expertise

Legal Growth offers full competence in German law and EU law — a rare asset for French companies operating in Germany.
This ensures secure cross-border operations (contracts, tax, compliance) without the need for two separate advisors.

Areas of expertise

Legal Growth - Concrete results

25% tax savings over 3 years for a US subsidiary thanks to adapted tax structuring.

€3M in funding secured through a Canadian joint venture with compliant governance and tax clauses.

Secure joint venture in Côte d’Ivoire through an OHADA-compliant shareholders’ agreement, preserving the French investor’s control while attracting a €2M local co-investment.

20% margin preserved for a mechanical SME after renegotiating a distribution agreement in Germany.

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