Corporate and M&A

Our team of about fifteen lawyers, led by six partners, provides top-tier expertise in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Corporate Law, and corporate governance.

The Corporate – M&A team supports a wide range of clients, including public and private companies, at all stages of their development, directors and officers, entrepreneurs, as well as investment funds and other investors.

The team also covers our practices in Securities Law and Capital Markets (see our expertise), in Finance (see our expertise) and in distressed companies and shareholder disputes.

The team handles cross-border transactions and supports foreign groups in their establishment in France.

The firm also provides broader assistance to clients in preventing and resolving disputes related to M&A transactions (see our practice).

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

We support our French and foreign clients in their M&A, Private Equity, and capital development transactions, both domestically and cross-border:

Structuring and preparing transactions
Conducting legal, tax, and social audits
Drafting and negotiating acquisition, investment, and financing documentation
Providing assistance on the application of specific regulations (merger control, subsidies, foreign investment control, sector-specific regulations), and coordinating relations with administrative authorities
Post-acquisition follow-up

Corporate Law and Corporate Governance

We assist our clients at every stage of the company’s development and in the regular monitoring of its corporate life:

Legal structuring, corporate governance, shareholder agreements, employee incentive plans (free shares, warrants, BSPCE, stock options)
Structuring and carrying out reorganization and restructuring operations (mergers, contributions, demergers)
Fundraising and financing through equity, quasi-equity, and bank, bond, or hybrid debt
Assistance and advice for executives and shareholders on issues specific to their status.

Distressed companies and shareholder disputes

We also intervene for companies in difficulty and in shareholder disputes:

Analysis and prevention of difficulties
Debt restructuring, drafting and implementation of collateral guarantees
Support and structuring of liability buyback operations
Organization and oversight of preventive procedures: ad hoc mandates, conciliation, safeguard, etc.
Enforcement of shareholder agreements and other shareholder contracts
Assistance in setting up solutions for the debtor’s capital restructuring or recovery

Cross-border transactions – Establishment in France

For international transactions, we collaborate with top-tier partner law firms and benefit from our membership in the International Lawyers Network (voir l'association).

We assist foreign groups with their establishment and investments in France, as well as French investors with their operations abroad.