Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
Europe Guide 2024 : France
Band 4
Email address
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+33 1 53 57 71 71About
Provided by De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
- M&A (sales, acquisitions)
- Complex corporate transactions
- Joint-ventures, mergers
- Restructuring
- Stock-exchange transactions
- Private Equity
- Distressed M&A
The M&A team assists French and international clients during all the phases of their transactions. It works closely with other practice areas of the firm, such as the Real Estate and the Financing teams on large deals and also draws from the resources of our Competition, Tax, Employment, Restructuring & Insolvency and Dispute Resolution
lawyers.
Our M&A team has an in-depth experience and expertise in relation to Investment especially in Financial and Insurance Institutions Group and Real Estate sectors for institutional clients that we have been advising for many years. This provides us with an extensive knowledge of the issues and actors of such sectors (Investors, Advisors, Banks, Regulators) and allowing us to anticipate on our client’s expectations and develop a pragmatic and deal making approach of the transactions.
Chambers Review
De Pardieu Brocas Maffei is adept at handling a broad range of matters in the corporate sphere including takeovers, sales, restructurings and tender offers. The firm has wide-ranging knowledge of the insurance, energy and TMT industries, with market-renowned expertise in real estate deals. The lawyers often collaborate closely with the firm's tax, competition and finance departments.
Guillaume Touttée, Cédric Chanas, Nicolas Favre and Jean-François Pourdieu are key client contacts in the practice.
Work Highlights
- De Pardieu Brocas Maffei acted for Exor on signing a memorandum of understanding in connection with the EUR7.8 billion sale of PartnerRe to Covéa.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"De Pardieu understand deals and can take a pragmatic and business view."
"The team are highly available and very competent, always putting their clients' needs first."
"The deal was handled amazingly. Had De Pardieu not been with us, I think we would not have got through to this point today."
"The De Pardieu team are very reactive and creative in terms of the solutions to be put in place. It is very comfortable to work with the team."
"De Pardieu's skills are their availability, responsiveness, expertise and pragmatism."
"De Pardieu understand deals and can take a pragmatic and business view."
"The team are highly available and very competent, always putting their clients' needs first."
"The deal was handled amazingly. Had De Pardieu not been with us, I think we would not have got through to this point today."
"The De Pardieu team are very reactive and creative in terms of the solutions to be put in place. It is very comfortable to work with the team."
"De Pardieu's skills are their availability, responsiveness, expertise and pragmatism."
Members
Provided by De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
Cédric Chanas
Eric Muller
Etienne Boursican
Frédéric Keller
Grégoire Balland
Guillaume Touttée
Jean-François Pourdieu
Magali Masson
Nicolas Favre
Patrick Jaïs
Sandra Aloui
Thomas Bréart de Boisanger
Clients
Provided by De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
Accorinvest
Altarea
Altice
Axa
Batipart
Big mamma
Carrefour
Cdc habitat group (ampere gestion)
Cnp assurances
Covivio
Credit agricole assurances
Credit mutuel
Edf energies nouvelles
Exor
Frey
GIC
Groupe pierre et vacances - center parcs
Groupe soufflet
La banque postale
Looping group
Mbws
Natixis
Saint-gobain
Scor
Technicolor
Terrena
Transdev group
Veolia
Industries
Provided by De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
Agri-business / food
Energy
Financial services (banking, insurance)
Healthcare
Industry
Infrastructure
Real estate
Technology-media-telecoms (TMT)
White & spirits industry