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Our global team excels in working with corporates, financial sponsors, investment banks, investors and others to successfully execute and deliver mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, takeovers, and corporate restructurings, regardless of size or complexity or the locations of the parties or assets.


We pride ourselves on applying our outstanding technical expertise in a practical manner to ensure our clients achieve their commercial goals and the service levels they expect of us.

Our reputation for the seamless execution of the most complex cross-border deals underlines the international scope and strength of our teams and the clients who call on us for these transactions.


Through a long-embedded sector focus we fully understand our client's specific industry drivers and risks and we combine that knowledge with deep seated transactional experience to navigate successful outcomes working with specialists across the world in key practice areas such as competition, employment, IP, data protection, tax and ESG, to address issues and challenges common to those industries.

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

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Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Herbert Smith Freehills' strong corporate team often handles international mandates, especially those with a European or African element, drawing on its global network of offices. The team's M&A expertise includes both public and private transactions, as well as reorganisation matters. The lawyers are highly experienced in handling both inbound and outbound transactions. The law firm assists clients from a range of sectors including energy, financial services, transportation and TMT.

Work Highlights

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  • Herbert Smith Freehills advised OneWeb on its proposed combination with Eutelsat.

Strengths

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"Herbert Smith Freehills performed very well, gave us very good advice and held our hands throughout."

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability respondent
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"The Herbert Smith Freehills team did everything to make it all smoother for us."

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability respondent
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"The reality is that Herbert Smith Freehills are outstanding and bring a lot of added value."

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability respondent
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"The team were smart in the way they negotiated and were creative when we faced any hurdles."

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

"The lawyers are excellent - efficient, warm and responsive."

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Notable Practitioners

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Edouard Thomas
5
Band 5

Edouard Thomas regularly acts for transportation and telecommunications clients on inbound and outbound transactions.

"I think Edouard Thomas has an excellent balance between technical skills and commercial abilities. He tries to see the client's options and move forward with commercial issues. He always tries to get the deal over the line. He is extremely hard-working and always available."

"Edouard Thomas is collected and strategic; that is the reason we picked him for our deal."

"Edouard Thomas was always extremely efficient."

"Edouard Thomas is a good lawyer with good commercial skills."

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6
Frédéric Bouvet
6
Band 6

Frédéric Bouvet enters the rankings thanks to strong market recognition. He is experienced in handling large-scale acquisitions and sales in the energy and real estate sectors.

"Frédéric Bouvet is very proactive, really explains the issues at hand and provides a plan of every step of the deal."

"Frédéric Bouvet managed the team and the legal issues very well."

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Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
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Edouard Thomas
5
Band 5
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Frédéric Bouvet
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Band 6
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