Laurent Marville

Partner - Paris Bar

Laurent, a lawyer primarily specializing in mergers and acquisitions, commercial law, and distressed business law, focuses on the food and pharmaceutical industries.

He has represented the interests of numerous large companies as well as professional associations in these sectors in France, notably working with national and EU authorities. In coordination with our North American correspondants, he represents European companies wishing to enter the U.S. market. Laurent also assists Canadian and American companies seeking to establish themselves in Europe.

Laurent has been a member of the CIRL (Independent Chamber for Dispute Resolution by Mandatory Third-Party Decision Maker), a Belgian dispute resolution organization, since 2023.

Experience

Laurent began his career as a cultural attaché in West Africa. Having practiced law since 1989, he started in London at the firm Stephenson & Harwood before joining the firm in 1994.

Practice areas

CORPORATE

Mergers & Acquisitions
Restructurings and LBOs
Judicial Recovery
Financing and Credit

HEALTHCARE

DATA PROTECTION

Education

DEA in Private International Law – Paris II Panthéon-Assas
Languages: French / English / Italian

Recent matters

Advising Paris Football Club on a new round of financing from existing shareholders.
Supporting Communauto Group in acquiring a 45% stake in a carpooling company, coupled with the establishment of a long-term joint venture partnership.
Assisting the partners of Healthmark Industries in the sale of shares to the Swedish company Getinge, for the French aspects and concerning the subsidiary LTA MEDICAL. The total value of the transaction is approximately 320 million dollars.
Supporting Smart Ecopark in the mandatory refinancing of the group for a value of 12 million euros.
Advising the founder of Prolog Ingénierie in the sale of the company to Infranéo.

Publications

“Individual tracking or Huxley’s victory!”, L’Opinion, April 2020, View the article

Awards

Legal 500 2023 - Mergers & Acquisitions
“Reinhart Marville Torre handles mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. The firm assists companies, sports associations, entrepreneurs, and investment funds.”

Décideurs - 2024