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Pierre-Marie Boya is a Private Equity M&A partner and a member of the Firm’s Private Capital industry group. Pierre-Marie’s practice focuses primarily on highly regulated industries, including technology and healthcare, as well as energy and infrastructure. His clients include private equity sponsors, venture capital firms, and public and private companies, which he supports throughout the full life cycle of their investments. Pierre-Marie advises clients on a wide range of co...

Laurence Vanderstraete is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Mining Law and Natural Resources Law. Laurence practices law in Paris, France Best Lawyers has recognized Laurence Vanderstraete since 2027. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Laurence Vanderstraete is held by other lawyers.

Delphine Baudouin specializes in banking and finance law, and assists credit institutions, private equity firms, debt funds and borrowers in arranging senior, mezzanine and unitranche debt financing for leveraged and unleveraged domestic and cross-border acquisitions. She also advises her clients in connection with transactions of real estate finance, trade finance, and project finance in Africa. Furthermore, she has recently advised clients on structured finance deals and debt restructuring,...

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.

Gaëlle MERLIER is co-head of the Life Sciences Department. Gaëlle’s expertise spans advisory work on regulatory and contractual matters as well as the management of complex, serial litigation in commercial matters and health product liability. She also assists her clients during criminal investigations and in their dealings with the health authorities (particularly in the context of ANSM, DGCCRF, DDPP inspections, etc.). Furthermore, Gaëlle advises her clients on mergers-...

Jeremy Scemama is an M&A partner and member of the firm's Private Capital industry group. Jeremy has been working for more than 20 years with listed and non-listed industrial and services groups on their corporate finance operations, restructuring and external growth operations. Jeremy also advises investment funds on leveraged buyouts, venture capital and development capital transactions. While working for corporate groups and investments funds, he has developed an extensive experience i...

Jacques-Henry de Bourmont represents French and international clients, companies and investment funds, in all their tax issues (tax and criminal advice and litigation, transfer pricing, management of intangible assets, asset optimization, structuring of management packages, executive compensation, real estate taxation, etc.). Admitted to the Paris and Frankfurt Bars, he has developed a recognized experience in the Franco-German sphere. He taught real estate taxation at ESSEC and was a French ...

François Herpe is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Privacy and Data Security Law and Technology Law. François practices law in Paris, France Best Lawyers has recognized François Herpe since 2022. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which François Herpe is held by other ...

Mathieu LE TACON is co-head of the « Wealth law & taxation » department. He has developed recognized expertise in asset taxation and taxation of family-run companies : taxation of restructuring operations (mergers, transfers of all assets and liabilities, founding and activation of French and foreign holding companies, active or inactive) taxation of company transfers (LBOs, OBOs, etc.) organization and optimization of asset transfers (implementation of DUTREIL agreements, man...

Maria acts as lead counsel in investor-state and commercial arbitration and litigation across a variety of industrial sectors, including oil and gas, renewable energy, utilities, infrastructure, banking, aviation and manufacturing. She also serves as arbitrator.