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

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Freshfields' Paris corporate/M&A team is highly skilled in regulatory and transactional corporate work. The lawyers combine excellent cross-border capabilities with strong domestic expertise. The team also provides clients with a multidisciplinary service thanks to its cooperation with the firm's tax, antitrust and finance departments. The law firm boasts diverse industry expertise, with a strong footprint in construction, TMT, energy and finance.

Work Highlights

  • Freshfields advised BNP Paribas Group on its acquisition of 100% of AXA Investment Managers, valued at EUR5.1 billion.

Strengths

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Freshfields has the ability to bring together a wide range of expertise.

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The Paris team is highly experienced in large-cap industrial transactions and in structuring carve-out deals. I appreciate that they can anticipate issues and propose effective solutions.

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Freshfields' main strengths are the quality of analysis, the pragmatism of the solutions provided and the availability of teams and partners.

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability respondent
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Freshfields' bench strength is top-notch, from the most senior to the most junior and across areas of expertise.

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability respondent
Global

The team provides thoughtful, technical and in-depth analysis of the risks combined with a commercial approach.

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Notable Practitioners

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Hervé Pisani
2
Hervé Pisani
2
Band 2

Hervé Pisani has a wealth of experience acting on strategic M&A. His client roster includes multinationals, financial institutions and state-owned companies.

Hervé is one of the most well-known M&A lawyers in France. We call on him to find a solution to our problems.

He displays great availability and responsiveness, clarity, consideration of our internal complexities and gives quality advice.

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4
Benoit Marpeau
4
Band 4

Benoit Marpeau offers experience assisting domestic clients with a broad range of M&A mandates, including acquisitions, divestments and strategic partnerships. His client base is composed of retail, agriculture and infrastructure companies.

Where Benoit is different from others in that he is pragmatic in the way he sees things, he understands difficult discussions and we find a way to work together.

Benoit Marpeau is an outstanding negotiator, pragmatic and always friendly.

Benoit Marpeau always knows how to strike the right tone with the opposing party.

Benoit Marpeau is understanding, ultra supportive and provides extremely reliable advice. In my opinion, he is a star.

Benoit is easy to contact, totally available and unfailingly loyal.

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Guillemette Burgala
5
Guillemette Burgala
5
Band 5

Guillemette Burgala assists multinational and French clients with cross-border mandates including joint ventures, carve-outs, mergers and acquisitions. She is regularly involved in transactions in the energy, financial services and automotive sectors.

It is impossible to convey how invaluable Guillemette's advice is to me and my team. She is smart, practical, no-nonsense and the perfect partner on a complex deal.

Guillemette Burgala is very hands-on, client-oriented and easy to work with.

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Hervé Pisani
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Hervé Pisani
2
Band 2
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4
Benoit Marpeau
4
Band 4
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Guillemette Burgala
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Guillemette Burgala
5
Band 5
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