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Elise Bénéat is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Labor and Employment Law. Elise practices law in Paris, France Best Lawyers has recognized Elise Bénéat since 2025. 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 Elise Bénéat is held by other lawyers.

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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...

Stéphanie Guedes da Costa focuses particularly on relations with employee representative bodies, professional elections, collective bargaining, as well as restructuring operations (including employee transfers, voluntary departure plans, and employment protection plans). She advises both French and international companies, providing support in both advisory and litigation matters (covering individual and collective issues). For many years, she has also assisted entities with mixed-stat...

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 ...

Merav Griguer is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Privacy and Data Security Law and Regulatory Practice. Merav practices law in Paris, France Best Lawyers has recognized Merav Griguer since 2020. 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 Merav Griguer is held by other lawyers.

Alexandre Koenig is the partner heading the restructuring and insolvency practice within the Paris office of Stephenson Harwood LLP. He is a restructuring and insolvency and dispute resolution specialist. Alexandre advises and assists a wide range of French and international clients, including the various stakeholders faced with an insolvency situation or crisis (distressed companies, shareholders, creditors, debtors in difficulty, investors, purchasers, insolvency practitioners, etc.) on all...

Before joining UGGC Avocats, Alison Leroy worked for 7 years at Carakters, then at Franklin from 2020, and recently at Bersay, where she opened the “Life Sciences, Biotech and Pharma R&D” department. Her experience covers regulatory affairs, site and production unit management, and the negotiation and management of R&D and business development contracts (collaborative research contracts, co-development contracts, clinical trial contracts, French and European consortia, etc...

Founding partner of BG2V (2010) Admitted to the New York Bar in 2003, Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2000 Practice areas : Litigation Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity Companies in difficulty Experience : BG2V, Jones Day (Paris and New York), Viguié Schmidt Education : Graduate of New York University Law School (LL.M. Corporations), Magistère in Business Law, University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, DJCE - DESS in Business and Tax Law, University of Paris II Panth&e...

Lionel is the founder and managing partner of Galion Société d'Avocats , a Paris-based law firm advising French and international clients in Employee Benefits Law and Labor and Employment Law . He advises companies on individual employment relations , employment litigation, dispute resolution, corporate transactions, reorganizations and restructuring matters . Lionel also assists clients with Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), including mediation. Admitted to the Bar in 1997,...