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Chair of Winston & Strawn's Paris Corporate Practice, Jérôme Herbet has advised French and foreign private and public corporations as well as private equity funds in connection with various domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and stock exchange transactions. He also regularly advises companies for the purposes of corporate finance transactions, including private placements and complex financing structures. Over time, he has participated ...

Yves Mondellini joined the Corporate Law/Mergers & Acquisitions department of UGGC Avocats in 2005. In his practice, Yves endeavours to smooth the progress of the transactions entrusted to him and to provide true added value to the clients. Aside from the problems and/or risks he can identify, Yves is always intent on being attentive and on looking for ingenious solutions while obviously ensuring the legal security and protecting the interests of our firm’s clients. MERGERS & AC...

Pierre-Jacques Castanet is the managing partner of In Extenso Avocats Ile de France, a firm that provides advice in the fields of labor and employment and tax law. He runs the firm’s labor and employment law department with his partner, Stanislas Dublineau. He specialises in employment and social welfare law. Before joining In Extenso Avocats, Pierre-Jacques was a partner at IDAvocats and Idrac & Associés. With more than 30 years’ experience at the Paris Bar, Pierre-Jac...

Laurent Ayache is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative Law, Public Law and Regulatory Practice. Laurent, who practices law in Paris, France, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Laurent is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Xavier Marchand is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Public Law. Xavier, who practices law in Paris, France, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Xavier is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Adrien Fourmon is in charge of our Public Law, Energy, and Environment practice and brings extensive regulatory experience in this area. He was a partner at Huglo-Lepage & Associés from January 2014 to December 2017, before becoming legal head of structured finance in the Energy, Environment, and Real Estate Financing Department at BPIfrance Financement from 2018 to 2020. Adrien Fourmon mainly acts on advisory and audit matters as well as litigation advice in public economic law an...

Michel Ponsard is one of the partners in charge of the UGGC Avocats Competition Law Departement, present since the law firm's inception after an experience in Brussels. His practice mainly focuses on competition law and distribution, but also on the law of commercial contracts and commercial practices, as well as to the right of promotion and publicity. More precisely he works for a French and international clientele in fields as diverse as the automotive sector, the pharmaceutical sector, pe...

Julia Minkowski was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2006 when she joined Hervé TEMIME, before becoming a partner of TEMIME. She mainly acts in business criminal law, general criminal law and business litigation, as well as in press law and art market matters. She has developed an in-depth mastery of international cases, in particular those in English-speaking countries.Julia Minkowski holds a Master’s degree in Business Law and a DEA [postgraduate diploma] in General Private Law fro...

François Couhadon is specialised in mergers and acquisitions, stock exchange and private equity. He advises listed and non-listed companies and investment funds in the context of national and international transactions, including acquisitions and assignments, public offerings, delisting, securities issues, restructuring, implementations of joint-ventures and shareholders agreements.

Matthieu Grollemund is a Private Equity M&A partner and a member of the Firm’s Private Capital industry group. Triple-qualified in French, U.S., and U.K. law, Matthieu has over two decades of experience advising on complex cross-border transactions in highly regulated sectors, including technology and healthcare. Matthieu advises private equity sponsors, venture capital firms, public and private companies, as well as boards and special committees, on high-stakes investments, public ...