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Séverine BRAVARD has developed recognized expertise in : mergers and acquisitions, on both the legal and tax aspects national and international restructurings of groups of companies, on both the legal and tax aspects financing and banking law on behalf of managers or banking institutions, in the context of the preparation and negotiation of banking documentation (structured financing – mezzanine debt – asset financing and others). She was elected by her peers as one of the ...
Delphine BRETAGNOLLE is a partner lawyer in the LYON office’s Employment – Social Security Law Department. Alongside standard services in labour law (in both advisory work and litigation), she has developed particular expertise in : advisory work and litigation during collective insolvency proceedings, mergers and acquisitions, company restructurings and reorganizations (company transfers, geographic and/or professional mobility plans, standardizing articles of association, collec...
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...
Alexis CHABERT is co-head of the LYON office’s Business litigation Department. A specialist in legal proceedings applied to commercial litigation, he has developed solid experience in conflicts between partners, liability of company directors, unfair competition, compliant delivery, defective equipment, etc. He has also developed particular expertise in criminal business law to assist company directors who are victims of crime (fraud, breach of trust, forgery and use of forgeries, etc.)...
Philippe Chassany is one of the two cofounders of the law firm Chassany Watrelot & Associés (1987). He mainly intervenes in the framework of collective or individual litigations before all French courts of justice dealing with employment law. His expertise is also much sought-after in the field of collective employment relations, restructurings and social plans. Philippe Chassany is a former member of the Lyon Bar Association Council. Education Post graduate degree in Tax and Busin...
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...
Xavier DELSOL is the founder and co-head of the Non-Profit Organizations Department. He has developed recognized expertise in both advisory work and litigation in : taxation of associations and non-profit organizations organization, management and restructuring of associations and non-profit organizations collective worship law tourism law sports law culture law education law patronage and sponsorship. He works primarily for associations, foundations, endowment funds, mutual structures, profe...
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...
Marie-Amélie Eudeline has been a lawyer since 2008 and has a solid experience in business law in the field of health and innovation. She obtained Master's degrees in Business Law in 2005 and in Public Health Law in 2007, then qualified to the French Bar in 2008. She started her career in the legal department of Novartis Pharma (Rueil-Malmaison), then joined the Life Sciences & Litigation department of the law firm Simmons & Simmons (Paris) in 2008. In 2014, Marie-Amélie ...
Before joining Chassany Watrelot & Associés in 2008, Franck Janin practiced for many years first as a bailiff and then as an associate attorney within Fromont Briens & Associés. Franck Janin has been a partner at Chassany Watrelot et Associés since 2011. He advises and assists companies during litigations on all employment and labour law and social security law matters, and especially on issues related to accidents at work and occupational diseases. Franck Janin a...
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...
Hubert started in the law in 1999 in the competition law team at what was then Archibald Andersen Legal, before joining the Paris office of the London law firm Bird & Bird in 2001. He was admitted as a partner in that firm in 2008. From there he went on to found Lexcase Avocats in May 2009. His practice at Lexcase, spanning a period of 12 years with a team of 4 lawyers, covered business litigation, competition law and an expertise in the field of regulated sectors of business in France. D...
Frédéric SUBRA is co-head of the LYON office’s "Wealth law & taxation" and "Corporate taxation" Departments. Alongside standard services in tax law (repeat advisory work and litigation management), he has developed recognized expertise in : taxation linked to mergers and acquisitions and more generally to company restructurings and transfers taxation of groups of companies, tax consolidation, global consolidation tax audits during closures of accounts or acquisitions, ...
Paulette TRILLAT is co-leader of the “Wealth law & taxation” department in LYON. She has developed recognized expertise in : tax Law (assistance at settlement of accounts, tax reviews and audits), tax inspections and disputes, taxation of company groups and their restructurings (contributions, mergers, demergers), taxation related to estate transfers. She intervenes mainly for industrial and services companies and for individuals. Paulette TRILLAT has a DESS postgraduate quali...
Inès SAINT-LARY operates in both advisory work and litigation. She advises a diverse clientele on individual and collective employment law and social security law. Before joining DELSOL Avocats at the beginning of 2021, Inès served as an associate in the law firm FROMONT-BRIENS. She was elected by her peers as one of the Lawyers « Ones To Watch » of the Year 2023 in « Labor and Employment Law » by Best Lawyers (in partnership with Les Echos). Education CA...
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