About

Provided by Eversheds Sutherland

Our French corporate / M&A law team in Paris team is comprised of 15 lawyers and 3 paralegals, led by 7 partners. They constantly deal with large-scale projects involving multiple jurisdictions as well as countless day-to-day activities that help our clients manage their operations.


In Paris, we offer a full service for all types of transactions, supported where appropriate by teams in tax law, banking, competition, IP, IT, and employment. Our corporate/M&A team assists on all type of business set-ups transformation to create efficiencies, maximize use of invested capital, simplify corporate structures and entity management, or improve fiscal and regulatory compliance. We have also set up a team assigned to our clients’ corporate secretarial services.


Our assistance in M&A, whether buying or selling, includes:

  • managing the legal audit (due diligences, international coordination and remedial actions before exits and after completion of acquisitions),
  • drafting and negotiating contractual documentation (together with the client the strategy for the sale, purchase or co-investment, binding and non-binding offer letters, acquisition agreements and, if applicable, guarantee agreements, shareholders’ agreements, financing documentation, assistance with the implementation of indemnity/compensation clauses - parties and/or insurers)
  • managing the closing procedure in its entirety


Members

Provided by Eversheds Sutherland

Audran-Proca Cristina

Bourgeois Franck

Bousquet Jean-Robert

Detalle Catherine

Head of Department

Elies Gautier

Knai Eric

Morel Alexandre

Clients

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Acciona Energía

Advanced Medical Solutions (AMS)

Butagaz Group

Cofidis

Cube Infrastructure

Piraeus Bank

SYSTRA

Safran

Sprecher Berrier Group of Companies (SBGC)

Veoneer

Wärtsilä

the European Innovation Council (EIC)

Industries

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Aerospace & Defence

Consumer

Energy

Financial services

Industrials

Technology, Media & Telecom

Transport