Sandra Cabanne & Alexandre Nappey

Sandra Cabanne and Alexandre Nappey are the founding partners of SCAN Avocats, a French law firm specialising in intellectual property, digital law and data protection. At the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025, the firm was recognised as Internet & E-Commerce Law Firm of the Year in France, an award that reflects its concentrated expertise in the legal questions raised by online commerce, technology and the digital economy.

Founded in 2017, SCAN Avocats was created by two partners who share a professional vision built on innovation, technicality and pragmatism. Both are described as recognised professionals who seek to grasp the challenges and specificities of economic actors so that they can deliver counsel of genuine value. The firm has grown into a practice with offices in Paris, Lyon and Strasbourg, supported by a network of more than one hundred international correspondents, giving it both a strong French presence and the ability to serve clients operating across borders.

Internet and e-commerce law sits at the heart of the award-winning practice. The firm advises on the full range of legal issues that arise when businesses operate online, from the structuring of e-commerce platforms and the drafting of terms and conditions to the regulation of digital services, information-technology contracts and the protection of personal data. Its combined expertise in digital and ICT law, in internet and e-commerce matters, and in data protection and personal-data rights allows it to address the interlocking questions of compliance, contract and risk that confront any company selling goods or services on the internet. Sandra Cabanne's individual recognition as Internet & E-Commerce Law Expert of the Year in France in 2025 underlines the depth of the firm's authority in this field.

The practice serves a strikingly diverse clientele across sectors including transport, food service, healthcare, luxury goods, sport, real estate and the digital industries themselves. Its clients range from multinational corporations and mid-market enterprises to start-ups and public-sector organisations, and the firm advises them both in France and internationally. This breadth reflects the reality that virtually every modern business now has an online dimension, and that the legal challenges of e-commerce cut across traditional industry boundaries, from consumer protection and advertising to platform liability and cross-border data flows.

SCAN Avocats supports its advisory work with proprietary tools, including a domain-name management platform and a trademark database, that help clients monitor and protect their digital assets in a systematic way. This investment in technology mirrors the firm's own positioning at the frontier of the digital economy and its conviction that effective counsel in this area depends on combining legal rigour with practical, technically informed solutions. The partners' methodology is characterised by technical precision, creativity and a determined defence of their clients' interests.

Through SCAN Avocats, Sandra Cabanne and Alexandre Nappey have built a practice that speaks fluently to the needs of businesses operating online, pairing specialist knowledge of internet and e-commerce law with wider strengths in intellectual property and data protection. The Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025 recognition as Internet & E-Commerce Law Firm of the Year in France affirms the firm's standing among the businesses and institutions it advises. For companies navigating the legal complexities of digital commerce, from platform design and IT contracts to data compliance and consumer regulation, the firm offers experienced, innovative and pragmatic counsel grounded in a deep understanding of the digital economy.