The firm
FIRSH was founded by Claire POIRSON, member of the Paris Bar since 2006, who who trained and practised for nearly 20 years in leading Anglo-Saxon and French law firms.
Drawing on this extensive professional experience, in both advisory and litigation, as well as a strong client-focused business approach, she founded FIRSH in 2023. The firm was born from a desire to be even closely aligned with her values of freedom, equality and justice, and from the conviction that a different form of governance for a business law firm should be developed: one closer to the common good and designed to promote the collective intelligence of all the firm’s stakeholders.
For this reason, FIRSH is an “entreprise à mission”, a mission-driven company under French law, serving law and innovation.
The firm also includes FIRSH LAB, a laboratory working on governance, collective intelligence and the common good, and helping to prepare the law of tomorrow in the firm’s areas of expertise: intellectual property, tech, data, AI, NFTs and the metaverse.
Convinced that the law frames progress, and that lawyers not only a duty of vigilance but also a role in driving change, FIRSH has developed strong expertise in legal issues connected with societal, digital, and ethical challenges.
Léa Monel
A member of the Paris Bar since January 2019, Léa Monel works in all areas of intellectual property, new technologies and data protection, as well as in commercial contracts.
She advises and represents tech startups as well as French and foreign corporates in various sectors such as technology, publishing, audiovisual, luxury.
Léa graduated from Poitiers University (Master II in intellectual property – business law) and Magistère in technology, information and communication law.
Before joining Firsh, Léa Monel carried out several internships, working with the law firm De Pardieu Brocas Maffei and with the Brand Department of the L’Oréal Group. She also worked as an IP / IT / Data protection and commercial contracts associate within Bersay for 5 years.
Samuel Brami
Member of the Paris Bar since January 2024, Samuel Brami works in all areas of intellectual property, media, new technologies and data protection, as well as in commercial contracts.
He advises and represents tech startups as well as French and foreign corporates in various sectors such as technology, publishing, audiovisual, luxury.
Samuel holds a Master’s degree in Literary and Artistic Property Law from Université Paris Panthéon-Assas and a Diploma in Legal Studies from the University of Oxford.
Before joining Firsh, he developed significant expertise in intellectual property law through numerous internships in international institutions and law firms, including Baker McKenzie, Jones Day, and Nomos, as well as within the Accor Group and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).
Since obtaining his French Bar qualification (CAPA), he has also deepened his expertise in audiovisual, media, and entertainment law by working with leading law firms in these fields, such as Taylor Wessing and Simon & Associés.
Drawing on his experience in IP and media, he will strengthen the team in charge of AI, media & entertainment projects.
Our DNA
Accompanying, adapting and anticipating legal needs in light of today’s and tomorrow’s challenges.
FIRSH is the law firm for all those who undertake innovation and progress.
In both consulting and litigation, we offer our clients the possibility of being accompanied in their entrepreneurial approach, with the objective of using the rule of law as a performance tool in the service of Innovation and progress.
Our ecosystem
Law is often only one component of a strategic project.
FIRSH has built a solid network of legal, financial, and strategic experts, specialists in CSR, the Circular Economy, and climate and energy issues, both in France and internationally.
This ecosystem is the common property of our clients and becomes the FIRSH community.
FIRSH, at the center, interacts, protects and multiplies this ecosystem tenfold at the service of the community, which enriches and helps each other
Our
purpose
Law is at the heart of human activities and interactions. Innovation goes faster than law.
Law is at the service of innovation.
This is why FIRSH is “entreprise à mission” (a French legal framework in which businesses pursue a set social and environmental purpose with specific sustainability goals).
Dignity, conscience, independence, probity and humanity. These principles of the lawyer’s oath are a valuable aid in developing a policy of corporate social responsibility that is at the heart of our daily work.
FIRSH is committed to several causes necessary for a more just and peaceful society.
Through its actions within three associations – the French Association of Women Lawyers (AFFJ), the European Women Lawyers Association (EWLA), the Gender and Governance Action Platform (2GAP) – equality between women and men is at the heart of the firm’s commitments.
The firm has participated and still participates in the evacuation of Afghan women and families threatened by the Taliban since the capture of Kabul. This action continues in France through mentoring assistance via 2GAP’s female and mixed professional networks.
The firm is part of the Tech For Good movement and is committed to taking a stand on responsible, inclusive and ethical artificial intelligence
To reduce its environmental impact on the web, the website is eco-designed, its design is uncluttered, the site contains few photographs and does not host any video to reduce energy consumption.