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Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability

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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 4

What the Team is Known For

Herbert Smith Freehills' 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.

À propos de l’équipe

L’équipe corporate d’Herbert Smith Freehills s’occupe souvent de mandats internationaux, en particulier ceux comportant un élément européen ou africain, en s’appuyant sur son réseau mondial de bureaux. L’expertise de l’équipe en matière de fusions et acquisitions comprend aussi bien les opérations publiques que privées, ainsi que les questions de restructuring. Les avocats sont très expérimentés dans les transactions entrantes et sortantes. Le cabinet d’avocats assiste des clients issus de divers secteurs, notamment l’énergie, les services financiers, les transports et les TMT.

Work Highlights

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  • Herbert Smith Freehills advised Danone on the sale of Michel et Augustin to CTH Invest.

  • Herbert Smith Freehills a conseillé Danone dans le cadre de la cession de Michel et Augustin à CTH Invest.

Strengths

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The team are very committed and responsive. We can contact the lawyers whenever and they are always willing to respond in the best way possible and propose solutions in line with our strict deadlines.

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

Thanks to the team, I feel like we were always ahead in the negotiations. 

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

Herbert Smith Freehills have a very good ability to understand and handle complex and sophisticated matters.

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

Herbert Smith Freehills peut très bien comprendre et traiter des questions complexes et sophistiquées.

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

Grâce à l’équipe, j’ai l’impression que nous avons toujours été proactifs dans les négociations. 

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

Nous pouvons contacter les avocats à tout moment et ils sont toujours prêts à répondre de la meilleure façon possible et à proposer des solutions en respectant nos délais.

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

Notable Practitioners

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Edouard Thomas
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Band 5

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

He is commercial and understands our needs in negotiations.

Edouard Thomas is a very pragmatic lawyer, very responsive and available. He provides very good customer service.

Edouard provides solutions tailor-made to each situation and is strongly adaptable, even in challenging environments. Edouard makes my life easier as a client.

Edouard Thomas intervient régulièrement pour le compte de clients du secteur des transports et des télécommunications dans le cadre d’opérations inbound et outbound.

Il est commercial et comprend nos besoins lors des négociations.

Edouard apporte des solutions sur mesures pour chaque situation et fait preuve d’une grande capacité d’adaptation, même dans des environnements difficiles. Il me facilite la vie en tant que client.

Edouard Thomas est un avocat très pragmatique, très réactif et disponible. Il offre un très bon service à ses clients.

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Frédéric Bouvet
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Band 6

Frédéric Bouvet is experienced in handling large-scale acquisitions and sales in the energy and real estate sectors.

Frédéric is a very good lawyer - pragmatic and helpful in finding solutions to ensure the deal gets done.

He is a lawyer you want to have on your side for his sense of anticipation, his global vision and his commercial mind.

Frédéric Bouvet a de l'experience dans les acquisitions et ventes dans les secteurs de l’énergie et de l’immobilier.

C’est un avocat que l’on a envie d’avoir à ses côtés pour son sens de l’anticipation, sa vision d'ensemble et son esprit commercial.

Frédéric est un très bon avocat, pragmatique et pertinent qui trouve des solutions et s’assure que l’affaire se concrétise.

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Edouard Thomas
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