France, the second largest tech market in Europe, is consistently home to over a fifth of the 100 most promising scaleups in Europe. Recently Orrick was involved in 16 of the 21 French companies considered most likely to become future unicorns, acting on behalf of both clients and investors. We have dominated the European venture capital market since 2015, ranked No.1 by deal volume (PitchBook), advising early-stage and emerging fintech and biotech companies, future unicorns and scaleups, at the cutting edge of their field on seed to growth capital financings, cross border M&A and IPOs.