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Pierre Descheemaeker

Senior Counsel

Pierre Descheemaeker began his career as a legal adviser before being admitted to the Paris Bar in 1984. He works in the firm’s Corporate group, advising French and international companies on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, and real estate transactions. Pierre has solid expertise in banking and financial law, as well as in environmental law. He assists clients with their international transactions and with the exploration and production of oil and gas deposits and with mining operations.

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  • Environmental Law
  • Real Estate and Construction
  • M&A


Education

  • LLM Cornell University Law School, 1973
  • University of Paris II, Panthéon (1969)
  • Post-graduate degree, 1970
  • Graduate of Institut de Droit Comparé, University of Paris I, 1969


Admitted to the bar

Paris, 1984


Languages

French I English

BEST LAWYERS 2025
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2012)
Banking and Finance Law, Energy Law, Mining Law

DÉCIDEURS STRATÉGIE FINANCE DROIT 2024

BANKING & FINANCE
Banking & finance: recommended

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Operations worth between €75m & €500m: leading

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Renewable energy law: excellent

IFLR 1000 2023
M&A : Highly regarded


OPTION DROIT & AFFAIRES 2023
Fusions-acquisitions dont la majorité des opérations est supérieure à 200 millions d’euros: Tier 3/5

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    August Debouzy advises ATLAND on the acquisition of STAM Europe from Corestate Capital Holding.

    August Debouzy has advised French real estate group ATLAND on the signing of an agreement to acquire 100% of the share capital of STAM Europe from Corestat

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    August Debouzy advised Neuflize OBC on the sale of its equity interest in Cofiloisirs to BNP Paribas

    August Debouzy advised Neuflize OBC on the signing of an agreement with BNP Paribas on the sale of its equity interest in the financing company Cofiloisirs, an historic player in film financing created in 1972, and one of the French and European leaders in this sector, with a total amount of loans under management of EUR 680 million.

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    August Debouzy advised Tiger Global management on its acquisition of an equity interest in Qonto, which closes a €486 million D round

    August Debouzy advised Tiger Global Management on the new financing round of Qonto, a corporate financial management-focused company, now valued at €4.4 billion and becoming the largest French unicorn.

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    August Debouzy advised the Heycar Group in connection with the acquisition by the Renault Group and its subsidiary RCI Bank and Services of an equity interest in the Heycar Group

    August Debouzy and in particular its German Desk has advised, alongside the leading German law firm Noerr, Heycar Group (Mobility Trader Holding GmbH), an

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    L'équipe Corporate du cabinet August Debouzy récompensée par le classement anglo-saxon IFLR1000 - The Guide to the World’s Leading Law Firms.

    L'équipe Corporate du cabinet August Debouzy a été récompensée par le classement anglo-saxon IFLR1000 - The Guide to the World’s Leading Law Firms. Félicitations à Gilles August, Associé, Laurent Cotret, Associé, Pierre Descheemaeker, Associé, Julien Wagmann, Associé et Olivier Moriceau, Counsel.

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    21 partners are ranked in the 2015 Edition of Best Lawyers in France

    The Sixth Edition of the “Best Lawyers® in France” ranking published by the eponymous American legal guide can be found in the June 1, 2015 issue of Les Ec

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    21 associés d’August & Debouzy sont distingués par Best Lawyers in France

    ​La sixième édition du palmarès des avocats « Best Lawyers® in France » issue de la revue juridique américaine éponyme est parue dans les Echos du 1 juin 2015.

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    Orange entered into exclusive negotiations with Vivendi regarding the sale to Vivendi of an 80% stake in Dailymotion, the world’s second largest online video-sharing platform.

    Orange entered into exclusive negotiations with Vivendi regarding the sale to Vivendi of an 80% stake in Dailymotion, the world’s second largest online vid

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