We assist French and international companies and SMEs in the evolution and expansion of their business by covering the full range of essential M&A, private equity and restructuring practices, in the most varied sectors of activity.
As part of a comprehensive approach, we assist them in the following areas:
As part of a comprehensive approach, we assist them in the following areas:
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Carrying out due diligence, analysis, and recommendation for the legal and tax structuring of M&A transactions,
- Organization of data rooms and performance of pre- or post-acquisition legal audits,
- Negotiation and drafting of pre-contractual documents (indicative offer, final binding offer, term sheet) and contractual documents (promise to purchase and sell, liability guarantee, specific guarantees, guarantees in the form of insurance, pledges, other securities, closing certificate, reiterative deed),
- Capital or quasi-equity fundraising, complex securities issuance operations,
- Assistance and coordination with administrative authorities and market authorities,
- Financing arrangements.
Private equity
- Acquisition of majority or minority stakes, at all stages of maturity (venture capital, growth capital, disposal, etc.), through the issuance of shares, preferred shares, redeemable shares, debt securities, convertible or exchangeable bonds, etc.
- LBO, LMBO, BIMBO, OBO transactions, including assistance in setting up financing (senior and/or mezzanine), structuring (equity, debt, tax, and funds flows), and management packages.
Restructuring
- Assistance to shareholders and managers to optimize the governance of the company or group, resignation, or dismissal of directors (aspects of labor law),
- Regularization of inter-company financial flows, simplification of the group's organizational chart through transfer of shares, merger-absorption of subsidiaries, revaluation of assets, write-off of intra-group debts, etc.
- Creation of a holding company with a view to structuring a group taking into account tax implications,
- Financial backing or sale of the company or entry into the capital of an investor or industrialist,
- Advice and assistance in insolvency proceedings: declaration of claims, representation of creditors, assistance with auditors' missions, representation of debtors, their managers, or shareholders,
- Creation of a holding company with a view to structuring a group considering tax implications, Financial backing or sale of the company or entry into the capital of an investor or industrialist,
- Advice and assistance in insolvency proceedings: declaration of claims, representation of creditors, assistance with auditors' missions, representation of debtors, their managers, or shareholders,