A comprehensive approach
August Debouzy provides premier legal services and expert guidance for all your M&A needs; we advise on major transactions, including acquisitions, sales, mergers, and joint ventures.
Our team is comprised of lawyers with extensive experience in financing, taxation, competition law, employment law, IT and patents. With a multi-disciplinary toolkit and an international network, we offer our clients comprehensive bespoke services.
Building long-term strong client relationships is our top priority.
Our team is comprised of lawyers with extensive experience in financing, taxation, competition law, employment law, IT and patents. With a multi-disciplinary toolkit and an international network, we offer our clients comprehensive bespoke services.
Building long-term strong client relationships is our top priority.
Interventions
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M&A
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Acquiring and selling a business
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Employment and tax implications of M&A transactions
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Intra-group restructurings
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Corporate governance and corporate affairs
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Litigation
August Debouzy provides premier legal services and expert guidance for all your M&A needs; we advise on major transactions, including acquisitions, sales, mergers, and joint ventures.
Our team is comprised of lawyers with extensive experience in financing, taxation, competition law, employment law, IT and patents. With a multi-disciplinary toolkit and an international network, we offer our clients comprehensive bespoke services.
Building long-term strong client relationships is our top priority.
Our team is comprised of lawyers with extensive experience in financing, taxation, competition law, employment law, IT and patents. With a multi-disciplinary toolkit and an international network, we offer our clients comprehensive bespoke services.
Building long-term strong client relationships is our top priority.
Acquiring and selling a business
With decades of experience in both national and international transactions, we have a proven track record of securing optimal results for our public and private clients.
Our lawyers are equipped to work on a wide range of transactions, such as takeovers, sales, distressed M&A, joint ventures, partial asset contributions, mergers, spin-offs, and more.We support our clients throughout the transaction process with extensive legal services, including:
- Target Identification
- Risk audit
- Due diligence
- Drafting letters of intent
- Drafting confidentiality, exclusivity, and firm offer agreements
- Management of data room
- Strategic advisory
- Negotiation and drafting contracts (asset and liability guarantees, financing, shareholder agreements...)
- Notification to authorities
- Signing / Closing
- Compliance evaluations
Employment and tax implications of M&A transactions
Our team conducts a thorough evaluation of the social and tax implications before any merger or acquisition. This is to ensure our clients’ transactions are totally secure in the long term.We provide a wide range of critical services in the leadup to major transactions, including compliance and risk audits of potential targets, analysis of the collective agreements in place, and engagement procedures with employee bodies.
Intra-group restructurings
We support major corporations with their restructuring efforts, cross-border mergers, and subsidiary formation.
Corporate governance and corporate affairs
Our team provides constant support for any governance issues that may arise, including:
- Selecting tax and legal structure
- Drafting regulations and charters
- Preparing resolutions and for shareholders meetings
- Incident management
- Conflict of interest resolution
- Approval of annual accounts
- Management of corporate groups
- Assistance to Publicly Traded Companies
- Compliance and internal control audits
- Governance audits
Litigation
Our litigation team is widely recognized for its expertise on a wide range of corporate disputes, including shareholder disputes, post-acquisition litigation, enforcement of warranties and liabilities, and executive staff liability cases.
Rewards
August Debouzy's extensive work on several high-profile international transactions in 2019 helped establish the firm as a leading player in this space. We work with clients from various sectors, including: aerospace, defense, telecommunications, energy, commerce, healthcare, tech, and consumer credit. The firm specializes in major transactions and can mobilize a wide range of expertise to support our clients. Key figures in the team include Julien Aucomte, Julien Wagmann, Jérôme Brosset, and Valéry Denoix de Saint Marc.
“In addition to a strong handling of legal matters, August Debouzy are also very smooth when matters become tense and require a subtle mix of technical competence and psychology.”
Chambers and Partners France 2025
Corporate/M&A : High-end Capability
Band 4
Chambers and Partners France 2025
Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability - Julien Aucomte
Band 5
Chambers and Partners France 2025
Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability - Julien Wagmann
Band 6
Chambers and Partners France 2025
Restructuring/Insolvency
Band 4
Chambers and Partners France 2025
Restructuring/Insolvency - Laurent Cotret
Band 4
Chambers and Partners France 2025
Banking & Finance - Jennifer Hinge
Band 4
Chambers and Partners Global 2025
Corporate/M&A : High-end Capability
Band 4
Chambers and Partners Global 2025
Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability - Julien Aucomte
Band 5
Chambers and Partners Global 2025
Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability - Julien Wagmann
Band 6
Chambers and Partners Global 2025
Banking & Finance - Jennifer Hinge
Band 4
Legal 500 EMEA 2025
Mergers and acquisitions
Tier 4
Legal 500 EMEA 2025
Private equity: LBO
Tier 3
Legal 500 EMEA 2025
Private equity: Venture/growth capital
Tier 3
Legal 500 EMEA 2025
Capital markets: Equity capital markets
Firm to watch
Legal 500 EMEA 2025
Industry focus: Energy
Tier 3
Legal 500 EMEA 2025
Insolvency
Tier 3
Legal 500 EMEA 2025
Insolvency - Laurent Cotret
Leading Partner
IFLR 1000 2024
M&A
Tier 4/6
IFLR 1000 2024
Banking
Tier 5/5
IFLR 1000 2024
Restructuring
Tier 4/5
IFLR 1000 2024
Laurent Cotret: Restructuring
Highly regarded
IFLR 1000 2024
Pierre Descheemaeker: M&A
Highly regarded
IFLR 1000 2024
Julien Wagmann: M&A, Corporate
Highly regarded
IFLR 1000 2024
Gilles August: M&A
Notable practitioner
IFLR 1000 2024
Julien Aucomte: M&A
Notable practitioner
IFLR 1000 2024
Etienne Mathey: M&A
Notable practitioner
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
- Distressed M&A: excellent | Julien Aucomte, Laurent Cotret, Etienne Mathey, Julien Wagmann
- Transactions worth between €75m & €500m: leading | Julien Aucomte, Gilles August, Jérôme Brosset, Valéry Denoix de Saint Marc, Pierre Descheemaeker, Etienne Mathey, Julien Wagmann
- Complex or high litigation-potential stock-exchange transactions: excellent | Julien Aucomte, Valéry Denoix de Saint Marc, Julien Wagmann
PRIVATE EQUITY
- Advising management teams: recommended | Julien Aucomte, Xavier Rohmer, Julien Wagmann
- Development capital transactions: excellent | Julien Aucomte, Julien Wagmann
- Mid-cap LBO transactions: highly recommended | Julien Aucomte, Jérôme Brosset, Etienne Mathey, Julien Wagmann
- Acquisition financing: highly recommended | Valéry Denoix de Saint Marc
- Venture capital: highly recommended | Julien Aucomte, Julien Wagman
BANKING & FINANCE
- Banking & finance: recommended | Valéry Denoix de Saint Marc, Pierre Descheemaeker
CAPITAL MARKETS
- DCM & ECM - Small to Mid-cap: highly recommended | Jérôme Brosset
AFRICA DESK
- Corporate/M&A: highly recommended | Valéry Denoix de Saint Marc
- Project financing: excellent | Valéry Denoix de Saint Marc, Ergen Ege
- Natural ressources and renewable energies: highly recommended | Valéry Denoix de Saint Marc, Ergen Ege
RESTRUCTURING & INSOLVENCY
- Advice to companies and shareholders - Upper mid & large-cap: excellent | Laurent Cotret
- Corporate/M&A: highly recommended | Valéry Denoix de Saint Marc
- Project financing: excellent | Valéry Denoix de Saint Marc, Ergen Ege
- Natural ressources and renewable energies: highly recommended | Valéry Denoix de Saint Marc, Ergen Ege
RESTRUCTURING & INSOLVENCY
- Advice to companies and shareholders - Upper mid & large-cap: excellent | Laurent Cotret
GILLES AUGUST
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Corporate Law, Energy Law, Government Relations Practice, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
JULIEN AUCOMTE
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2020)
Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law
JEROME BROSSET
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2020)
Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
LAURENT COTRET
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
VALERY DENOIX DE SAINT MARC
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
Corporate Law, International Arbitration, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
ETIENNE MATHEY
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
JULIEN WAGMANN
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
Corporate Law
PIERRE DESCHEEMAEKER
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2012)
Banking and Finance Law, Energy Law, Mining Law
JEAN-DAMIEN BOULANGER
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Capital Markets Law
JEROME THEROND
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2025)
Corporate Law
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Corporate Law, Energy Law, Government Relations Practice, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
JULIEN AUCOMTE
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2020)
Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law
JEROME BROSSET
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2020)
Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
LAURENT COTRET
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
VALERY DENOIX DE SAINT MARC
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
Corporate Law, International Arbitration, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
ETIENNE MATHEY
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
JULIEN WAGMANN
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
Corporate Law
PIERRE DESCHEEMAEKER
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2012)
Banking and Finance Law, Energy Law, Mining Law
JEAN-DAMIEN BOULANGER
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Capital Markets Law
JEROME THEROND
(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2025)
Corporate Law
OPTION DROIT & AFFAIRES 2025
RESTRUCTURING
- Insolvency proceedings (safeguard proceedings, receivership and liquidation): Tier 3/5 | Laurent Cotret
- Preventing financial distress and renegociating debt: Tier 3/5 | Laurent Cotret
OPTION DROIT & AFFAIRES 2024
M&A
- Mergers & Acquisitions where the majority of transactions exceed €200 million: Tier 3/5 | Julien Aucomte, Julien Wagmann, Etienne Mathey, Gilles August, Jérôme Brosset, Valéry Denoix de Saint Marc
PRIVATE EQUITY
- LBOs, the majority of which involve companies in the €50-300 million range: Tier 2/5 | Julien Aucomte, Julien Wagmann, Etienne Mathey
- Innovation capital: Tier 2/5 | Julien Aucomte, Julien Wagmann, Etienne Mathey
RESTRUCTURING
- Insolvency proceedings: Category 1 | Laurent Cotret
- Preventing financial distress and renegociating debt: Category 2 | Laurent Cotret, Catherine Le Manchec, Virginie Devos
- Insolvency proceedings: Category 1 | Laurent Cotret
- Preventing financial distress and renegociating debt: Category 2 | Laurent Cotret, Catherine Le Manchec, Virginie Devos
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