THE FIRM’S
AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Mergers & acquisitions

The Business Law department works on mergers & acquisitions and similar transactions for numerous French or foreign companies or groups of companies with subsidiaries in France and abroad.

In this field, we assist business leaders, senior managers, shareholders and investors with acquisitions and transfers of companies and company securities as well as with restructuring, partnership and joint-venture transactions.

We offer concrete solutions to assist our clients with the decision-making process and the adoption of strategic positions.

The Business Law department also works in close collaboration and synergy with the firm’s other teams, drawing on their expertise in tax and property law.

Our services, in French or English, cover

  • Conduct of audits and data room management
  • Internal reorganisation and preliminary restructuring (spin-offs, reclassifications, etc.)
  • Mergers
  • Negotiation of the essential terms of planned operations and drafting of the corresponding legal instruments (non-disclosure agreement, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, asset and liability guarantee, shareholders’ agreement, etc.)
  • Definition of ancillary conditions (support, non-competition, etc.)
  • Organisation of meetings to sign/close deals, including electronically

Examples of
the firm’s recent activities

  • Advising a group specialising in outdoor holiday accommodation on its various external growth operations
  • Advising a buyer on its acquisition of a majority stake in a 1er Grand Cru Classé wine estate
  • Advising a manufacturer in the cardboard and paper sector on the merger of several of its operational sites
  • Advice on a merger carried out following the acquisition of one trading company by another
  • Assisting an association specialising in HVAC and energy engineering on its acquisition of a continuing education centre

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