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After working with an English firm, René-Pierre ANDLAUER created his own firm in partnership with André WATBOT, then joined Cornet Vincent Ségurel in January 2014 to join in the development of our Rennes Office.He mainly works in Mergers & acquisitions or private equity transactions (LBOs, MBOs, OBOs, management packages, capital investment). He advises in the long term privately-held companies or groups, family-owned or institutional.He has developed significant indu...
Arash Attar-Rezvani focuses on complex cross-border public and private M&A transactions, strategic alliances and business partnerships, international capital markets transactions and privatizations. His professional experience also includes corporate governance and shareholder activism. Mr. Attar-Rezvani was selected as one of 10 Rising Stars of the Paris bar by Décideurs Juridique for 2018, was named in The Best Lawyers in France 2021 and has repeatedly been listed as a Notable Pr...
M&A AND PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNER Delphine has extensive experience in business law, particularly M&A and private equity.Delphine serves a clientele of French and international industrial groups and family businesses, providing assistance with devising and implementing growth strategies, organising shareholder relations and addressing governance issues. She also regularly assists investment funds and management teams in strengthening or structuring their investments and organizing their ...
With 30 years’ experience, Thierry Brun is a recognised specialist in mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and company restructuring. His multi-sectoral activity is mainly focused on international transactions for high-end clients including corporates and investment funds, both French and foreign, to whom he offers support in their strategic growth and/or restructuring projects in France and abroad. He also manages strategic litigation and arbitration proceedings related to his ar...
Laurent BUTSTRAËN is co-head of the Non-Profit Organizations Department. He has developed recognized expertise in : legal and tax aspects of the incorporation and operation of associations and non-profit organizations (legal audits, tax, incorporation of structures relating to the implementation of complex projects, etc.) contractual undertakings (drafting of contracts, transactions, etc.) due diligence legal and tax audits, design and implementation of the reorganization and restructuri...
Louis de Gaulle is involved in matters requiring diverse and extensive legal experience both in litigation and transactions. He regularly appears before civil, administrative and arbitration courts. Louis de Gaulle’s legal strategy acumen and innovative capacity in the management of cases is praised by his clients. He specialises in intellectual property, new technologies, commercial law and public law.He is a certified specialist in Intellectual Property and Commercial Law at the Paris...
Henri-Louis DELSOL is co-head of the PARIS office’s "Merges & Acquisitions - Corporate law" Department. A lawyer with the PARIS and NEW YORK Bars, he has developed recognized expertise in : sales, acquisitions and restructurings (mergers, partial asset transfers, LBOs, etc.) ; stock-market transactions (particularly public offerings) ; fundraising amongst business angels, financial investors and manufacturers ; implementation of incentive mechanisms for staff and directors (manageme...
Jean-Philippe DELSOL , a tax lawyer, is co-head of the "Merges & Acquisitions - Corporate law" Department. Alongside standard services in tax and corporate law, he has developed recognized expertise in : mergers and acquisitions : audits, letters of intent, sales protocols, asset and liability warranties, etc. LBOs : issuance of complex securities, shareholders’ agreements, etc. company restructurings : mergers, demergers, contributions recovery of struggling companies : banking neg...
Yvon Dréano assists French and foreign clients, industrial businesses and investment funds in their merger & acquisition and complex restructuring operations. He also acts in relation to strategic alliances and joint ventures, operations concerning listed companies and governance issues. His expertise also includes judicial and arbitration litigation of equity transactions. Yvon is a member of the Jeantet Conseil des Associés (Board of Partners).
Philippe DUMEZ is co-head of the LYON office’s "Merges & Acquisitions - Corporate law" Department. Alongside standard services in Corporate Law (equity financing), he works from the LYON office in : restructurings, mergers, company transfers, leverage operations (LBOs, OBOs and fundraising), supporting external growth, etc. drafting specific contracts (industrial subcontracting, distribution, sales of client lists) struggling companies : preventive procedures (conciliation, ad hoc a...
Catherine Dupuy-Burin des Roziers is a partner since 1999 in the Corporate - Business Law team. She is mainly involved in the corporate structuring of projects and the financing of industrial operations, and supply contracts related thereto, especially in the field of energy. She provides her French and international clients assistance and expertise in the drafting and negotiation of development contracts, turnkey, operation and maintenance, financing contracts including direct agreement cont...
Emmanuel KAEPPELIN is co-head of the "Merges & Acquisitions - Corporate law" Department. Alongside standard services in corporate law (repeat advisory work and company management), he has developed more specific expertise in the following areas : company transfers and acquisition audits (acquisitions on behalf of French or international groups) equity financing and company restructuring (LBOs, MBOs, fundraising, mergers, demergers, partial asset transfers, agreements between partners, etc...
Guillaume Kessler, partner in the Paris office, is involved in public and private M&A, private equity transactions and takeover bids. He advises French and international strategic clients, both listed and unlisted, as well as investment funds, and covers a wide range of sectors of industry. Experience: Genesius HID : Advising this Belgian PE family office on a LBO transaction financed by BNP Paribas and Caisse d'Epargne and relating to the acquisition of La Clé Rapide and La Cl&eac...
Member of the Bar of : PARIS Philippe MALIKIAN is a partner and co-head of the "Merges & Acquisitions - Corporate law" Department. His expertise covers the following areas : mergers & acquisitions : advising French and international groups in the framework of national or cross-border sales, acquisitions and restructurings (mergers, demergers, partial asset transfers, etc.) ; private equity / capital risk : advising managers in the framework of LBOs, advising companies or investors in ...
Emmanuel MANSILLON holds a Master's degree in business law and taxation from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and a DJCE-DESS in business law and taxation from the University of Poitiers as well as a Certificate of Higher Studies in tax law from the University of Montpellier. He worked as an associate at Thomas & associés, then at NomoS and then at Hoche Avocats. In 2010, he became a partner at Victor Avocats, where he met up with former members of NomoS. In 2019, h...
Frank Martin Laprade is a corporate law specialist, with a particular focus on listed companies in Paris. He has been a lecturer and researcher at the University of Paris Sud (XI) and a member of the Ansa legal committee for over 15 years. His expertise includes advising on takeover bids, issuance of securities giving access to capital, listing and delisting of companies on the stock exchange, as well as litigation (administrative sanctions, market abuse, shareholder disputes). He is also the...
Diane Mouratoglou has been a lawyer since 1995 and a partner of BCTG Avocats since 2004. She is involved in private business law, mainly real estate and litigation matters, in the field of industrial and energy projects. She has a strong experience in litigation and dispute resolution within the specific context of industrial and renewable energy issues and currently follows more than 100 pre-litigation processes (mediation, legal expertise in respect of industrial or construction damages) or...
Vincent Schmitt’s area of practice covers tax advice and tax litigation regarding both corporate and individual clients. He is mainly involved in international operations (including transfer pricing) and complex corporate structuring, domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions. He also advises international families with their investments in France or abroad and for international private tax planning. His practice area also covers all aspects of French tax litigation (defence fo...
Corporate Law Definition
Corporate law defines the legal rules and practices concerning the life of a company.
This branch of the law affects (i) all types of companies, whether their form and/or business activity is non-commercial, whether they are a limited liability company, whether they are listed or unlisted and more globally (ii) all businesses, groups, economic and lucrative patrimonial organizations which can be linked to a company through, for example, assets, profit-sharing, savings, or an authorization to act on its behalf.
Corporate law covers all stages in the life of a company from its incorporation to its dissolution, via the daily business organization, governance, and important stages such as operations in share capital, mergers, splits, and investments.
Corporate law is transversal by nature and is often applied together
with other branches of the law, notably tax, social, and economic law. Thus tax
regulations and fiscal laws may have a direct impact on a company’s type of
incorporation or on the choice of an operation. The company’s business activity
also determines the specific rules that may be applicable and have an
implication in regards to corporate law. It is advisable to keep an open mind
when analyzing a situation with regard to corporate law.
Corporate law is applicable in mergers and acquisitions and entails the business operations of the concerned companies.
Corporate law also defines the rules and practices applicable to the relations between partners or shareholders and with the company itself.
Finally, corporate law is used in conflicts or litigations with regard to the company and its business activity, its relations with managers, partners or shareholders as well as with other companies with whom a business operation has been implemented under the rules of corporate law.
The lawyer is the company’s partner in its corporate social life, setting up rules and practices under corporate law. The lawyer analyzes, advises, and assists the company and its managers.
The lawyer also offers legal secretarial services. The lawyer generally liaise directly with the general manager, the legal manager and/or the CFO.
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Le droit des sociétés est l’ensemble des règles et pratiques de droit qui concernent la vie des sociétés.
Cette branche du droit concerne (i) toutes les forms de sociétés, qu’elles soient ou non commerciales par leur forme ou leur activité, qu’elles soient ou non à responsabilité limitée, qu’elles soient cotés ou non cotés, et plus globalement (ii) toutets les entreprises, groupements ou organisations économiques ou patrimoniales lucratives pouvant se rapprocher d’une société dés lors qu’elles peuvent par exemple disposer d’un patrimoine propre, permettre le partage d’un bénéfice ou d’une économie ou agir en leur nom.
Le droit des sociétés couvrent toutes les étapes de la vie de la société de sa constitution à liquidation, en passant par son fonctionnement quotidien, sa gouvernance, les grandes étapes de sa vie (opérations sur le capital, fusions, apports, scissions,…).
Le droit des sociétés est par nature transversal et est souvent mis appliqué en liaison avec d’autres branches du droit et notamment le droit fiscal, le droit social ou le droit économique. Ainsi les régles fiscales peuvent avoir une incidence directe sur la forme de la société ou le choix d’une operation. L’activité de la société déterminera également les régles spécifiques qui peuvent lui être applicables et avoir une implication au regard des règles de droit des sociétés. Il est conseillé d’avoir une vision ouverte lors de l’analyse d’une situation au regard du droit des sociétés.
Le droit des sociétés intervient dans les opérations de fusions-acquisitions dans ses implications sur la vie des sociétés concernées
Le droit des sociétés concernment également les régles et pratiques de droit applicables aux relations entre les associés ou actionnaires entre eux et avec la société. Le droit des sociétés sera enfin utilize lors de situations conflictuelles ou contentieuses concernant la société dans son fonctionnement, ses relations avec ses dirigeants o uses associés ou actionnaires et les autres sociétés avec les quelles une operation a été mise en œuvre en application de règles de droit des sociétés.
L’avocat est le partenaire de l’entreprise au regard de sa vie sociale pour la mise en œuvre des régles et pratiques de droit des sociétés. Il analyse, conseille et assiste l’entreprise et ses associés et dirigeants. Une pratique dédiée au secrétariat juridique est également proposée par l’avocat. Son interlocuteur est généralement le dirigeant, le directeur juridique ou le directeur administratif et financier.
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