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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

  • Clifford Chance advised Exclusive Networks on its take private by a consortium led by Permira and CD&R.

Strengths

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Clifford Chance has excellent ability to understand the business drivers of the deal and to get into the commercial complexity of the case.

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Clifford Chance's strengths are its full-service nature and international footprint.

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The lawyers are pragmatic and very precise in the most complex situations.

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The Clifford Chance team is good at seeing beyond the purely legal aspects and into the more commercial related elements.

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The team has excellent expertise, allowing it to handle multi-component cases including M&A, capital markets and tax.

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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.

Matthieu is strong in negotiations when protecting our interests.

Matthieu Remy is very solution-driven.

He is very technical and responsive.

Matthieu Remy provides high-quality, hands-on advice, delivered with a rare humility at this level.

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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.

Marianne Pezant is an outstanding lawyer who secures many advantages for us in negotiations. She provides excellent support and demonstrates strong interpersonal skills.

Marianne Pezant is an excellent professional, innovative and with a thorough knowledge of her clients.

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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 is a very knowledgeable lawyer who is very responsive, agile and has good commercial awareness

Laurent Schoenstein is very good at advising on technical aspects of French law.

I have complete confidence in Laurent Schoenstein's advice. He has a very good commercial sense, a great capacity for reflection and effective representation of the organisation.

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Mathieu Remy
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Mathieu Remy
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Band 3
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Marianne Pezant
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Marianne Pezant
5
Band 5
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Laurent Schoenstein
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Laurent Schoenstein
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