Expertises
Advice
M&A
Our team provides its counsel and assistance to companies for the success of their M&A and private equity operations in France and abroad at all stages of their development such as:
LBO, MBI, MBO, OBO
Sale or purchase of companies or branches of activities
Sale or purchase of assets, of business and commercial or industrial sites
Restructuring
Group reorganization
Foreign investments in France
Setting-up of French companies abroad and foreign companies in France
Cross border joint ventures, setting up common subsidiaries
Issuance of complex securities (BSA, BSPCE, free shares, preferred shares…) and implementation of management packages
We advise and accompany companies from their financial, fiscal and legal initial structuring to the negotiation and execution of the legal documentation:
Non-disclosure agreement and letter of intention
Due diligence / legal, fiscal and employment audit
Preparatory acts and operations
Drafting of share purchase agreement and Declarations and Warranty agreement
Shareholders agreement
Corporate – Governance
We provide advice on, as well as set-up and follow the various legal entities used by our clients for their businesses and activities.
We assist shareholders and managers and prepare the legal documentation and all instruments necessary to ensure and protect the benefits of the structure of these entities: management decisions, shareholders ‘meetings, etc…
We have developed expertise in the development and implementation of management packages, including issuance of securities giving access to capital (BSA, BSPCE, free shares, preferred shares, etc…) notably as part of private equity operations.
Our team assists its clients involved in shareholders disputes and post-acquisition matters.
Litigation
Our Firm advises its clients during the pre-litigation and litigation stages of their disputes integrating the client's business and commercial issues in the conception of its strategy.
Cost efficiency, foreseeability and business constituency characterize the solutions that we recommend.
We represent our clients before all French civil, commercial and administrative courts and in international arbitration.
In particular, we advise in the following areas:
Debt recovery
Contract litigation in connection with a termination or breach of contract, a breakdown in negotiations or post-acquisition claims
Corporate litigation, including shareholder disputes, abuse of minority or majority rights, officers’ liability, enforcement of warranties and post-acquisition disputes
Tort law
Unfair competition
Retailing
White-collar criminal law
Commercial leases
Civil enforcement procedures, including protective and enforcement measures, as well as enforcement of judgments
The litigation our firms deals with often involve foreign clients or opponents which cases raise cross borders issues.