Vincent Denoyelle
Vincent specialises in internet and information technology law.
He has extensive experience in the digital sector, including IT contracts, domain names, data protection, cloud, cryptology, fintech, e-commerce and social networks. He is a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and AFNIC.
Vincent is a lecturer in Internet law and SaaS contract law at the University of Paris Panthéon-Assas. He advises companies in various industries, with a particular focus on cloud service providers and new technologies applied to financial services.
Vincent worked in-house for several years including as a secondee for a leading US cloud service provider and CA-CIB.
Vincent is recognised as Notable Practioner for Managing IP by IP Stars 2025 and "Best Lawyer" in France for Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Privacy and Data Security Law and Technology Law by Best Lawyers 2025. Legal 500 IT & Internet, France 2024 also stated: "Vincent Denoyelle demonstrates sharp and wide‑ranging expertise across the various fields related to IT and always has a solution at hand to resolve complex situations."
Accolades
- Recognised as a Best Lawyer for Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Privacy and Data Security Law and Technology Law in France by Best Lawyers 2024
- Recognised as Notable Practioner for Managing IP by IP Stars 2024
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- Ardonagh, a leading UK insurance broking group, on its acquisition of Groupe Leader Insurance, one of the top 10 wholesale and multi-specialist brokers in France
- Société Générale, on the sale of Société Générale Madagasikara, the leading bank in Madagascar, to Bred Banque Populaire
- Crux Football, a company founded by a former New Zealand professional football player, as part of its acquisition of the Montpellier women's football club
- DWS on the investment in WAAT, a French pioneer in electric vehicle charging infrastructure in private environments, on the occasion of the €100 million fundraising
- Alten on the IP/IT/data aspects of the acquisition of Worldgrid business from Atos, including IT separation and migrations
- Teamsystem on several M&A projects, notably the acquisition of Clicdata and including the assessment of the use of AI systems by a French data hosting company in the context of its potential acquisition
- BNP Paribas with IT/fintech contract negotiations (software licences (on premise and SaaS), maintenance, professional services (integration, specific developments), cloud migration agreements, EBA guidelines remediation, telecom contracts, hardware supply agreements, partnership agreements including with Fireblocks on digital asset custody*
- Cognizant with the submissions and negotiation of several IT services RFPs including in relation to a large ERP implementation project for an international publishing company*
- Bolt with the development of new products and assessing the feasibility (mainly from a data privacy standpoint) of making specific features available*
- a major French transport company with the development and design of a Mobility as a Service platform looking at specific data protection aspects*
- a Danish brewery and beverage group with their GDPR compliance in France*
- Danone with the successful recovery of infringing domain names*
- several clients on the new cloud sovereignty rules in France (SecNumCloud 3.2) and associated constraints and opportunities*
* Experience gained prior to joining the firm
Background
Vincent is a graduate of Oxford University in English and Comparative Law (1998-1999), with a DEA in European Law from Panthéon Assas University (1999-2000) and an LLM in Intellectual Property and Technology Law from King's College (2001-2002).
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