BG2V
Headquarters: Paris, France
Headquarters: Paris, France
PRACTICE AREAS: 9
THE BEST LAWYERS IN FRANCE AWARDS: 12
BEST LAWYERS: ONES TO WATCH IN FRANCE AWARDS: 1
BEST LAW FIRMS® AWARDS: 20

Firm Details

BG2V is an independent French business law firm founded in 2010.

With nearly 70 lawyers, including 17 partners, 7 counsels, all from major Parisian business law firms, BG2V provides its clients with high quality, tailored services in business law.

Renowned for their expertise and personal commitment, BG2V’s partners and their teams of lawyers are active in the main areas of business law: mergers & acquisitions/private equity, distressed companies, tax law, intellectual property and new technologies, litigation, commercial law, criminal law, labour law, real estate and public law.

Combining an advisory role and litigation practice gives BG2V’s lawyers’ a multi-disciplinary perspective, which is essential for effectively responding to its clients' needs.

BG2V is a member of IR Global, the world's most innovative multi-disciplinary professional services network that provides advice to companies and individuals across 150 jurisdictions and is the French representative of the "Foreign direct investments" section of IR Global.

All of BG2V’s lawyers share the firm’s values:

  • Professionalism,
  • Trust,
  • Commitment, and,
  • Flexibility.

These values are the shared bedrock that units all of the firm’s lawyers. They also form the basis of both BG2V’s strategic positioning and of its services.


PRACTICE AREAS: 9
THE BEST LAWYERS IN FRANCE AWARDS: 12
BEST LAWYERS: ONES TO WATCH IN FRANCE AWARDS: 1
BEST LAW FIRMS® AWARDS: 20
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Awards & Focus

Areas of Practice
  • Corporate Law
    • Mergers and acquisitions
    • Private equity
    • Venture capital
    • Capital markets
    • Governance and compliance
  • Criminal Defense

    • Advising and representation:

    • investigations, criminal proceedings, criminal courts, regulatory authorities and specialized courts

    • Corporate and senior executive liability: stock market and financial offenses

    • Liability of online operators
  • Intellectual Property

    • Protection and enforcement of intellectual and industrial property rights

    • Drafting and negotiation of contracts: assignments of rights and licenses, content creation and software

    • E-commerce, online communications and payment and personal data

    • Administrative and judicial litigation before civil, commercial and criminal courts, customs procedures

    • Intellectual property: trademark, design, patent, and copyright infringement; unfair competition and parasitism

  • Labor and Employment Law

    • Individual employment relations

    • Labor relations – Collective bargaining

    • Employment audits – Reorganizations – Restructuring

    • Internal investigations: harassment and discrimination

    • Individual and collective litigation

    • Employee savings and share ownership schemes

    • Working-time management

  • Litigation

    • M&A litigation: warranty claims, termination of negotiations

    • Corporate law: governance, shareholders, majorities, liability

    • Contract law: termination of commercial relationships, breach of contract

    • Real estate: commercial leases, construction, expert assessments

    • Protective and interim measures

  • Public Law

    • Planning and zoning permits and documentation

    • ICPE (classified facilities), contaminated sites and soils, waste management

    •Public procurement and public property law

    • Regulated sectors (energy, telecoms, transportation,  etc.)

    • Foreign investment

    • Administrative, constitutional, and European litigation

  • Real Estate
    • Acquisitions & disposals of real estate assets
    • Acquisitions and disposals of real estate-dominated companies / equity investments / joint ventures
    • Asset management (leases & various other contracts)
    • Development/construction projects
    • Real estate financing
  • Restructurings

    • Advising investors and buyers in acquiring distressed companies

    • Crisis prevention and turnaround strategies

    • Insolvency and restructuring proceedings

    • Directors' liability

  • Tax Law
    • Corporate and transactional taxation
    • Taxation of mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, LBOs, OBOs
    • Real estate taxation
    • Taxation of senior executives

Jurisdictions

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