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Jean-Christophe CLEACH, a partner of CLEACH Avocats since 1998, heads the Corporate - Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity Law practice. He acts for French and foreign companies, providing them in particular with support in their sale or acquisition processes, efforts to raise equity, negotiation of shareholders' agreements, corporate restructuring and negotiations with creditors (banks and government-owned companies in particular) as well as assisting them more generally in defining th...

A graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, Philippe Montanier handles inquiries relative to corporate labour law and brings his expertise to bear more particularly on matters of social security law (retirement and provisions), employee savings schemes, civil service law and the relations with staff representative institutions. He heads the “Compensation & Benefits” team with Philippe Langlois and Juliana Kovac.

Valery Diaz, partner of the Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Department of the firm, is an experienced bankruptcy counselor and litigator who has practiced for more than 15 years in this field. Valery assists a broad range of clients around Europe, in Germany and Spain notably, in restructuring and litigation matters. She offers the highest quality legal advice coupled with tailored service to deliver outstanding results to her clients and help their businesses succeed. Valery's practic...

Philippe PACOTTE is co-head of the Paris office’s Employment – Social Security Law Department. He has gained solid experience in : restructuring operations and international projects, involving both the engineering unique to the area and awareness of the necessary synergies with the Corporate Law – Mergers and Acquisitions and Tax Law Departments : registered office transfers, mergers, LBOs, reorganization of activities, due diligence relating to acquisition or sale audits, ...

Marine Hardy is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation. Marine, who practices law in Paris, France, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Marine is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Matthieu Lampel is an M&A partner and a member of the firm's Private Capital industry group. Matthieu advises investment funds on leveraged buyouts, venture capital and development capital transactions, as well as domestic and international clients in a wide variety of M&A transactions. His practice focuses on a broad range of industry sectors, including financial services, healthcare, energy, technology and consumer goods & retail. Matthieu also advises managers in the negotiatio...

Alexandre Reynaud is a Member of the Paris and New York Bars and founder of TALMA Dispute Resolution. His practice focuses on international arbitration as well as commercial and corporate litigation. Alexandre has acted as counsel in numerous arbitration proceedings under the auspices of leading arbitral institutions (International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), International Center for Settlement of Inves...

Pierre GOUGÉ is co-head of the « Merges & Acquisitions - Corporate law » Department. His expertise extends to the following areas : mergers and acquisitions : advisory work with French and international groups in the framework of external growth operations, company transfers, mergers and demergers private equity : in the broadest sense, capital risk, capital development, LBOs stock markets / capital markets : IPOs, overseeing publicly listed companies, capital markets (...

Florent Prunet advises and assists businesses in various economic sectors with regard to anti-competitive practices (specialised advice and litigation, compensation litigation, visits and seizures, etc.), merger control (French and European), distribution and consumption (networks, distribution and representation agreements, advertising, commercial practices) and generally defends them in all their economic litigation cases.

Fabrice Grillo is Private Credit partner, member of the Global Finance practice and the firm's Private Capital industry group. Fabrice advises leading private equity sponsors, infrastructure investors, private credit funds and financial institutions on complex financing transactions and international investment structures. His practice focuses on acquisition financings, refinancings, structured transactions and liability management exercises, with particular experience in sophisticated, multi...