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Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability - France

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Clifford Chance's highly regarded corporate team benefits from a large international network. The lawyers are experienced in a variety of different industries including the energy, consumer goods, banking and infrastructure sectors. The law firm acts on a range of deal types, such as disposals and public M&A. The team works in close collaboration with complementary departments such as banking and finance, tax and antitrust. The lawyers advise an impressive roster of clients, including French and international corporates as well as investment firms.

Work Highlights

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  • Clifford Chance assisted La Banque Postale with the acquisition of La Financière de l'Échiquier.

Strengths

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Clifford Chance has an extremely deep team and wide expertise leveraging exceptional individuals' experience.

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They have always been one step ahead in ensuring that everything needed for the deal is done efficiently and with the best possible outcome for our business.

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Clifford Chance is a very high-quality firm capable of handling the most complex cases.

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They are 100% dedicated to the project.

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Clifford Chance provided outstanding involvement and understanding of the business by the partners, backed up by a very well-organised senior lawyer team.

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Notable Practitioners

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Mathieu Remy
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Mathieu Remy
3
Band 3

Managing partner of the Paris office, Mathieu Remy represents domestic and international clients and routinely assists with a range of corporate mandates, including sales and acquisitions. He is frequently sought out by financial institutions and asset managers for his expertise.

Mathieu is leading the France team like a real coach. He is able to gather the best team for a given topic to make sure his client gets the best advice. 

He is an outstanding leader who had an impact in a very sensitive case.

He is a very experienced lawyer with a perfect knowledge of our group and practices.

Mathieu was very present on all aspects of the deal. He was tough when needed and soft when needed in negotiations.

Mathieu has assisted us with complex M&A deals over the past years successfully.

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Fabrice Cohen
4
Fabrice Cohen
4
Band 4

Fabrice Cohen has extensive experience in domestic and cross-border matters, including acquisitions, disposals and corporate reorganisations.

He is very empathetic. He's very into listening, which is a good attribute for a lawyer, and he really wants to understand what the real problem is. He is very impressive.

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Marianne Pezant
5
Marianne Pezant
5
Band 5

Marianne Pezant regularly handles cross-border acquisitions for large corporations from a range of sectors including energy and life sciences.

She is a good lawyer with a bright future in front of her.

Marianne took the lead on difficult negotiations under severe time pressure, but consistently provided well thought-out and commercially astute solutions.

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Laurent Schoenstein
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Laurent Schoenstein
6
Band 6

Laurent Schoenstein acts on domestic and cross-border sales and acquisitions. He is also particularly popular with clients hailing from the pharmaceutical, technology and consumer goods sectors.

Laurent Schoenstein is very good. He is easy to work with and super business-oriented.

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Mathieu Remy
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Mathieu Remy
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Fabrice Cohen
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Fabrice Cohen
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Marianne Pezant
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Marianne Pezant
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Laurent Schoenstein
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Laurent Schoenstein
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