BENOIT HUET

Lawyer at the Paris Bar

Benoit Huet has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2011, and co-founded the law firm Avrillon Huet in 2017.

He advises companies and executives on matters relating to corporate and business law, in particular in the context of business transfers (acquisition, mergers, takeovers, etc.), and financing transactions.

He also works with non-profit organizations and has a recognized practice in advising foundations, endowment funds, and associations, notably on issues relating to taxation, sectorization, the creation of subsidiaries, mergers, partial asset contributions, and transactions involving the transfer of share capital in companies to non-profit entities (“shareholder foundations”).

Benoit Huet has developed sector-specific expertise in the media industry and regularly publishes articles on issues of media ownership, governance, and regulation. He is a member of the Legal Committee of Reporters Without Borders, part of the European Commission’s expert group on SLAPPs, and also participated in the États Généraux de l’Information. His book, “Information Is a Public Good – Rethinking Media Ownership,” was published by Éditions du Seuil in February 2021 (reissued by Points in 2024).

After teaching for ten years at ESSEC on the Paris and Singapore campuses, Benoit Huet has been teaching since January 2026 two courses at Sciences Po Paris (Media Regulation, in French, and Law & Entrepreneurship, in English).

EDUCATION

  • Higher School Preparatory Classes, Lycée ND Grandchamp (2001-2003) 
  • Master of Science in Management, ESSEC Business School (2003-2007)
  • Bachelor’s degree in Private Law, University of Cergy-Pontoise (2006)
  • Master’s degree in in Private Law, University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2007)

PUBLICATIONS

Book

Articles

CONTACT

Paris office
Adress

30 avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt
75008 Paris

E-mail

courrier@avrillonhuet.com

Phone & Fax

Tél : +33 (0)1 88 24 12 56
Fax : +33 (0)1 84 10 48 93

Lyon office
Adress

20 Boulevard Eugène Deruelle
69342 Lyon

E-mail

courrier@avrillonhuet.com

Phone

Tél : +33 (0)4 28 29 74 74