The fashion and luxury industry is driven by fast-moving product cycles, durability, heritage, trends and style organization. As attention to detail is paramount, Dentons' Luxury, Fashion and Beauty team in Europe has developed an in-depth understanding of these features.

Whether designers, fashion houses, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, luxury hotel owners, models or photographers, our clients share the same appetite for preserving what makes their business fashionable. Your brand is your core asset: you have to be alert to counterfeiting and to copyright and trademark infringements. You also have to organize a global manufacturing and supply chain, and to navigate import, certification and retailing laws.

We service your end-to-end operations. We advise on real estate, tax structuring, employment and business or reputation protection.

Our team includes lawyers covering general advisory, transactional and regulatory work, as well as arbitration and litigation before national and EU authorities and jurisdictions.

It is our priority to understand your sector and your business to deliver innovative, authoritative and tailor-made solutions.

Key service areas

• Intellectual property
• Distribution
• Consumer and retail licensing
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Litigation (including trademark and patent litigation) and arbitration
• Customs and trade
• Labor
• Competition
• E-commerce
• Real estate
• Tax law

Insights

Martial law - impact on labor relations in Ukraine

March 30, 2022

On March 24, 2022, the Law of Ukraine “On Organization of Labor Relations under Martial Law,” dated March 15, 2022, entered into force.

Manufacturing in Europe guide

December 11, 2019

Dentons has published its first Manufacturing In Europe guide. This comprehensive guide gives foreign investors a high-level summary covering everything you need to know about a given country, from establishing appropriate business vehicles, operating, buy side and sell side key checkpoints, and moving your production.

News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons Paris advises REVOLVE Group, Inc. on the acquisition of the prestigious French Haute Couture and luxury fashion brand, Alexandre Vauthier

July 2, 2024

Dentons Paris advised REVOLVE Group, Inc. (NYSE: RVLV), the online fashion destination for the next-generation consumer, on the acquisition of a majority stake in the prestigious French Haute couture house and luxury fashion brand, Alexandre Vauthier. 

Dentons advises Verlinvest on its acquisition of a stake in Cible Skin

February 16, 2024

Dentons Paris advised Verlinvest in its acquisition of a minority stake in the French luxury skincare brand, Cible Skin.

Former startup founder Christiane Zedelius to strengthen Dentons’ distribution and trade capabilities in Munich

May 20, 2020

Global law firm Dentons has bolstered its Munich office with the recruitment of partner Dr. Christiane Zedelius, an experienced lawyer for distribution and trade law, and former startup founder. She joins with immediate effect.

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