Corporate - M&A

Our lawyers act in a wide variety of transactions for listed and unlisted companies (public tender offers, disposals, distressed M&A, joint ventures, partial asset transfers, mergers, spin-offs, etc.), both at a national and international level. They assist their clients throughout the process:

• Identification of targets
• Auditing of risks
• Due diligence
• Drafting of letters of intent
• Drafting of confidentiality, exclusivity, and firm agreements
• Management of data room monitoring
• Advice on strategy
• Negotiation and drafting of contracts (warranties of assets and liabilities, financing, shareholders’ agreements, etc.)
• Notification of the competition authorities
• Signing/closing transactions
• Post-closing compliance assessments

Before any merger or acquisition, it is essential to conduct a review of its employment and tax impacts. We offer a range of full packages including but not limited to audits of the target’s compliance and risk, analysis of collective agreements and their potential harmonization, and handling the procedures for informing staff representative bodies.

We work with major French and international companies to facilitate their restructuring, cross-border merger, spin-off and subsidiarisation transactions.

Our teams work alongside companies in the daily management of their businesses, and assist them with any governance and structural issues that they might encounter:

• Advice on the choice of tax and legal structure
• Drafting of regulations and charters
• Preparation of General Meetings and resolutions
• Management of matters arising at General Meetings
• Conflicts of interest
• Approval of the annual accounts
• Management of groups of companies
• Assistance to state-owned companies
• Audits of compliance and internal control mechanisms
• Audits of governance

Our litigation team has recognized expertise in the handling of corporate litigation in areas as diverse as disputes between shareholders, post-acquisition litigation, the enforcement of warranties of liabilities, and directors’ liability.