De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
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De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
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About
Managing Partner: Emmanuel Fatôme
Number of lawyers: 190 (including 42 partners)
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Firm Overview:
De Pardieu Brocas Maffei is one of France’s leading business law firms. The firm provides comprehensive legal services in France and internationally in all major business law practice areas. Its clients rank among the top French and international financial institutions, industrial and services companies, institutional investors and investment funds.
Main Areas of Practice:
- Corporate – M&A & Private Equity
- Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
- Real Estate & Real Estate Finance
- Restructuring & Insolvency
- Dispute Resolution
- Tax
- EU Competition, Distribution, Regulation
- Project development and finance
- IP-IT
- Employment
- Public
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity:
The M&A team is multidisciplinary and covers all corporate activities: M&A, stock market transactions, private equity, restructuring, joint ventures, issuance of equity or debt, mezzanine financings, etc. The team is on hand to support its clients during all phases of their development, whether they are planning a merger or acquisition, the sale of a business, a complex corporate transaction or a change of corporate governance structure.
Key M&A Clients: Areva, Altarea Cogedim, Axa, Carrefour, Crédit Agricole, Dalkia, Foncière des Régions, CNP Assurances, Caisse des Dépôts, Greenyellow, CIC, Groupe Soufflet, InVivo
Key PE Clients: 21 Centrale Partners, Five Arrows, Indigo Capital, Naxicap, Weinberg CP, CM-CIC, Siparex, Nixen, EMZ, Cathay Capital
Banking Finance & Capital Markets:
The banking and finance activity is divided across four specialisations: bank and bond financing, structured finance and securitisation, capital markets and derivatives, banking and financial regulations. The team assists clients with large and complex transactions in all types of financings. It advises a large number of French, European and non-European credit institutions acting as arrangers, lead underwriters, lenders and sub-lenders, as well as debt funds and other bond investors and sponsors.
Key Clients: Société Générale, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, LCL, Natixis, BPCE, ING, CDC, Deka Bank, Tikehau Investment Management.
Real Estate & Real Estate Finance:
The team assists clients in carrying out real estate sale and purchase transactions, setting up property funds, and financing real estate. The team also handles all transactions related to the development, management and optimisation of property portfolios, renovation/ restructuring works etc., and regularly advises and assists a wide variety of clients (insurance companies, listed and non-listed property companies, French and foreign property funds and partnerships, financing providers, developers and users). The firm is one of the field’s major players in and outside of France.
Key Clients: Altarea Cogedim, Aareal Bank, AXA Reim, BNP Paribas, Carrefour, Crédit Agricole CIB, Emerige, Foncière des Régions, Foncière des Murs, Gecina, ING Bank N.V, Dekabank, Norges Bank, Natixis and Tishman Speyer
Tax:
The tax team assists clients with corporate, real estate and financial transactions, working closely with the firm’s other specialty practice groups.
Key Clients: Tishman Speyer, Altarea Cogedim, Gecina, Carrefour, Foncière des Régions, Credit Agricole Assurances, Financière CEP, Kartesia
Restructuring & Insolvency:
The restructuring and insolvency team offers a full range of advisory and representation services to distressed companies, their shareholders or to creditors (lenders, bondholders, suppliers etc.)
Key Clients: Société Générale, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, LCL, CIC, Dexia, Crédit du Nord, BPCE, Natixis, Bank of Ireland, Kartesia, Farallon, Alchemy, Renault, Technicolor
Dispute Resolution:
De Pardieu’s litigators represent clients at all stages of the dispute resolution process before French civil, criminal and administrative courts as well as European jurisdictions.
Key Clients: Dexia, Société Générale, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, Valeo, Bayer, Eurofins, Havas, Timberland, Renault, Intesa, Amundi, Gecina
EU Competition:
De Pardieu’s team regularly assists clients before the French and EU competition authorities and courts, in all types of cases concerning anti-competitive practices and state aids. The practice is also focused on French and EU merger controls.
Key Clients: Booking.com, Société Générale, Areva, Néopost, Groupe Rubis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Shiseido, Axereal, Crédit Agricole, Altarea Cogedim, Havas Media, CNP Assurances, Basketball Professional League
IP:
De Pardieu’s IP team offers strategic advice, combining transactions and dispute resolutions, in a full range of IP and related areas (trademarks, copyrights, design, domain names and public names, protection of privacy, press law, personal data protection, e-commerce, unfair competition and related issues).
Key Clients: Shiseido, Timberland Group, VF Corporation, La Perla, Totes Isotoner, Eurofins Scientific, Valeo, France Brevets
Employment Law:
With its dedicated employment team, the firm provides advisory and dispute resolution assistance in the various areas of employment and social protection laws. The team advises large domestic and international groups of companies as well as public bodies in numerous business sectors.
Key Clients: Total, Vinci, Engie, RATP, TF1, Suez, Thales, CIC, Crédit Agricole, Malakoff Mederic
Project Finance, PPP:
The project finance team assists public and private clients with all types of PPP and energy projects, and with all phases of domestic and international projects.
Key Clients: Neoen, CDC, Société Générale, GreenYellow, Vinci Construction, LA BANQUE POSTALE, Longsol B.V.
Energy:
Lawyers in the energy practice group form a cross-disciplinary team of specialists in corporate – M&A, project finance / PPP, regulatory, as well as in commercial contracts and litigation. The firm regularly act on behalf of large corporations in the energy sector, lenders, investment funds and project developers in the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors.
Key Clients: Areva, EDF, Engie, Total, SNCF, CDC, GreenYellow, Voltalia, Dalkia, Veolia
Economic Public Law:
With thorough knowledge of the public and regulated sectors, the team’s specialised lawyers primarily advise on issues in regulated business sectors, such as energy, telecommunications or railways as well as in public services.
Key Clients: Areva, Enedis, Engie, SNCF, Antin Infrastructure Partners, CDC, RATP, Total, Canal Plus.
International: The firm has established long-term relationships with a number of preferred correspondents which are leading law firms in their respective jurisdictions.
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- Paris57 Avenue d'Iéna CS 11610 Cedex 16 , Paris, Paris, France, F-75773
- Web: www.de-pardieu.com
- Tel: +33 1 53 57 71 71
- Fax: +33 1 53 57 71 70
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De Pardieu advises Bpifrance on the entry of Capza in the share capital of Myrium
De Pardieu advises Bpifrance on the entry of Capza in the share capital of Myrium.
De Pardieu advises certain RCF lenders on the debt restructuring (€1.8 bn) of the Colisée group
De Pardieu has advised certain RCF lenders on the debt restructuring of the Colisée group, the fourth-largest European player in the dependent elderly care accommodation sector.
De Pardieu advises TotalEnergies on the organization of its employee representative elections
De Pardieu has advised TotalEnergies on the organization of the elections of the members of the social and economic committees (CSE) established within the “Socle Social Commun” perimeter which were held between September and November 2025.
De Pardieu advises the Altice group
De Pardieu advises the Altice group on the exclusive negotiation for the sale of its majority stake in Intelcia.
De Pardieu advises Meanings Capital Partners on its entry into the share capital of Suire-Sogeas
De Pardieu has advised Meanings Capital Partners, a leading unlisted investment platform in France, specializing in the Lower Mid Cap segment, on its entry into the share capital of Suire-Sogeas, further to the combination of Suire Vie & Patrimoine and Sogeas, two insurance brokerage specialists.
De Pardieu advises Excellence Imagerie and UI Investissement
De Pardieu advises Excellence Imagerie and UI Investissement on the reinforcement of the radiologists’ stakes in the group’s share capital.
De Pardieu advises Claire’s France on the transfer of its business activities
De Pardieu advises Claire’s France on the transfer of its business activities under a court-approved sale plan.
De Pardieu advises the lenders on JP Energie Environnement’s €430 million refinancing
De Pardieu advises the lenders on JP Energie Environnement’s €430 million refinancing of its portfolio of wind and solar project portfolio.
De Pardieu advises Carrefour on the sale & leaseback of 20 supermarkets and hypermarkets to Supermarket Income REIT.
De Pardieu advises TPG Real Estate
De Pardieu advises TPG Real Estate on the setting-up of a partnership with Virtuo Industrial Property and a financing from Cheyne Capital.
De Pardieu advises Satlink on the acquisition of nke Group
De Pardieu has advised Satlink, a company specializing in ocean technology solutions, on the acquisition of nke GROUP, a company that designs, manufactures and markets instruments intended for water quality measurement and monitoring in oceans and fresh waters as well as navigation instruments.
De Pardieu advises on the acquisition of Chérie 25 by RMC-BFM from NRJ Group
De Pardieu and BDGS Associés advise on the acquisition of the television channel Chérie 25 by RMC-BFM from NRJ Group.
De Pardieu advises Aareal Bank AG on the financing of the acquisition of the Pullman Montparnasse
De Pardieu advises Aareal Bank AG on the financing of the acquisition, by a pool of investors, of the premises and business of the Pullman Montparnasse Hotel.
De Pardieu advises lenders on financing of a partnership contract between Marseille Port and Persée
De Pardieu advises the lenders on the financing of the partnership contract entered into between le Grand Port Maritime de Marseille and Persée (Eiffage).
De Pardieu advises TotalEnergies on the sale of 50% of a renewable energy assets portfolio in France
De Pardieu has advised TotalEnergies on the sale of 50% of a 270 MW wind and solar portfolio in Franch to an investment fund managed by Eiffel Investment Group.
De Pardieu advises Elyan Partners on the acquisition of M-Energies Group
De Pardieu advises Elyan Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake by ERES IV in M-Energies Group.
De Pardieu advises next step influence on the acquisition of the agency Madame Bovary
De Pardieu advises next step influence (ADIT Group) on the acquisition of a majority stake in the agency Madame Bovary.
De Pardieu advises Bpifrance on the €100 million fundraising of WAAT
De Pardieu has advised Bpifrance, public investment bank, on the €100 million fundraising of WAAT, a French pioneer in private electric vehicles charging infrastructures.
De Pardieu advises FREY on the creation of a joint-venture
De Pardieu advises FREY on the creation of a joint-venture for the acquisition of outlets in Italy and Germany.
De Pardieu advises Promeo Groupe on the acquisition of Accessite
De Pardieu has advised Promeo Groupe, a major player in the new-build real estate market in France, on the acquisition from Nexity, a property developer, of Accessite, an independent full-service operator specializing in the value enhancement of retail assets on behalf of third parties.
De Pardieu advises Blackstone on the acquisition of the Paris Trocadero Business Center
De Pardieu has advised Blackstone on the acquisition of the Paris Trocadéro Business Center, a 41,000 sq.m asset located on Place du Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, formerly owned by Union Investment Real Estate.
De Pardieu advises Bpifrance on its upcoming equity investment in Ciril GROUP, alongside Carlyle
De Pardieu has advised Bpifrance on its upcoming equity investment in Ciril GROUP, a data hosting and software publishing company founded, managed and developed by the GRIVEL family, alongside Carlyle Europe Technology Partners (“CETP”).
De Pardieu advises SFR on the entry into exclusive negotiations with PTI for the sale of Infracos
De Pardieu has advised SFR on the entry into exclusive negotiations between SFR, Bouygues Telecom and Phoenix Tower International (PTI), with a view to selling to PTI, jointly with Bouygues, the entire share capital of Infracos.
De Pardieu advises Makao on the acquisition by Florac of a minority stake in its share Capital
De Pardieu has advised David Jankowski, majority shareholder of the Makao Group – a company specializing in premium packaging solutions for high-end artisanal brands – on the acquisition by the Florac group of a minority stake in its share capital.
De Pardieu advises LCL on the entry into exclusive negotiations with AnaCap
De Pardieu advises LCL on the entry into exclusive negotiations with AnaCap regarding the acquisition of Milleis.
De Pardieu advises PGIM and Alderan on the sale of a logistics portfolio comprising 4 assets
De Pardieu has advised PGIM Real Estate and Alderan on the sale of a French industrial and logistics portfolio to M7 Real Estate for an amount of approximately €80M.
De Pardieu advises Savills IM on the sale of a 30,420 sq.m logistics platform located near Paris
De Pardieu advises Savills IM on the sale of a 30,420 sq.m logistics platform located in the Paris region, to Aberdeen
De Pardieu advises the Crédit Agricole lending branches
De Pardieu advises the Crédit Agricole lending branches under a senior financing on the restructuring of the Réside Etudes group’s debt.
De Pardieu advises the INDIGO Group on its entry into CORSALIS’ capital
De Pardieu has advised INDIGO, the world leader in parking, individual mobility and urban services on its entry into CORSALIS’ capital through the acquisition of the equity stake previously held by Altaréa.
De Pardieu advises UI Investissement and MACSF on their investment in ADIT Group’s Capital
De Pardieu has advised UI Investissement and MACSF on their investment in the capital of the ADIT Group, the European leader in strategic intelligence and operational support for companies and the State internationally.
De Pardieu advises Bpifrance on the entry of Capza in the share capital of Myrium
De Pardieu advises Bpifrance on the entry of Capza in the share capital of Myrium.
De Pardieu advises certain RCF lenders on the debt restructuring (€1.8 bn) of the Colisée group
De Pardieu has advised certain RCF lenders on the debt restructuring of the Colisée group, the fourth-largest European player in the dependent elderly care accommodation sector.
De Pardieu advises TotalEnergies on the organization of its employee representative elections
De Pardieu has advised TotalEnergies on the organization of the elections of the members of the social and economic committees (CSE) established within the “Socle Social Commun” perimeter which were held between September and November 2025.
De Pardieu advises the Altice group
De Pardieu advises the Altice group on the exclusive negotiation for the sale of its majority stake in Intelcia.
De Pardieu advises Meanings Capital Partners on its entry into the share capital of Suire-Sogeas
De Pardieu has advised Meanings Capital Partners, a leading unlisted investment platform in France, specializing in the Lower Mid Cap segment, on its entry into the share capital of Suire-Sogeas, further to the combination of Suire Vie & Patrimoine and Sogeas, two insurance brokerage specialists.
De Pardieu advises Excellence Imagerie and UI Investissement
De Pardieu advises Excellence Imagerie and UI Investissement on the reinforcement of the radiologists’ stakes in the group’s share capital.
De Pardieu advises Claire’s France on the transfer of its business activities
De Pardieu advises Claire’s France on the transfer of its business activities under a court-approved sale plan.
De Pardieu advises the lenders on JP Energie Environnement’s €430 million refinancing
De Pardieu advises the lenders on JP Energie Environnement’s €430 million refinancing of its portfolio of wind and solar project portfolio.
De Pardieu advises Carrefour on the sale & leaseback of 20 supermarkets and hypermarkets to Supermarket Income REIT.
De Pardieu advises TPG Real Estate
De Pardieu advises TPG Real Estate on the setting-up of a partnership with Virtuo Industrial Property and a financing from Cheyne Capital.
De Pardieu advises Satlink on the acquisition of nke Group
De Pardieu has advised Satlink, a company specializing in ocean technology solutions, on the acquisition of nke GROUP, a company that designs, manufactures and markets instruments intended for water quality measurement and monitoring in oceans and fresh waters as well as navigation instruments.
De Pardieu advises on the acquisition of Chérie 25 by RMC-BFM from NRJ Group
De Pardieu and BDGS Associés advise on the acquisition of the television channel Chérie 25 by RMC-BFM from NRJ Group.
De Pardieu advises Aareal Bank AG on the financing of the acquisition of the Pullman Montparnasse
De Pardieu advises Aareal Bank AG on the financing of the acquisition, by a pool of investors, of the premises and business of the Pullman Montparnasse Hotel.
De Pardieu advises lenders on financing of a partnership contract between Marseille Port and Persée
De Pardieu advises the lenders on the financing of the partnership contract entered into between le Grand Port Maritime de Marseille and Persée (Eiffage).
De Pardieu advises TotalEnergies on the sale of 50% of a renewable energy assets portfolio in France
De Pardieu has advised TotalEnergies on the sale of 50% of a 270 MW wind and solar portfolio in Franch to an investment fund managed by Eiffel Investment Group.
De Pardieu advises Elyan Partners on the acquisition of M-Energies Group
De Pardieu advises Elyan Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake by ERES IV in M-Energies Group.
De Pardieu advises next step influence on the acquisition of the agency Madame Bovary
De Pardieu advises next step influence (ADIT Group) on the acquisition of a majority stake in the agency Madame Bovary.
De Pardieu advises Bpifrance on the €100 million fundraising of WAAT
De Pardieu has advised Bpifrance, public investment bank, on the €100 million fundraising of WAAT, a French pioneer in private electric vehicles charging infrastructures.
De Pardieu advises FREY on the creation of a joint-venture
De Pardieu advises FREY on the creation of a joint-venture for the acquisition of outlets in Italy and Germany.
De Pardieu advises Promeo Groupe on the acquisition of Accessite
De Pardieu has advised Promeo Groupe, a major player in the new-build real estate market in France, on the acquisition from Nexity, a property developer, of Accessite, an independent full-service operator specializing in the value enhancement of retail assets on behalf of third parties.
De Pardieu advises Blackstone on the acquisition of the Paris Trocadero Business Center
De Pardieu has advised Blackstone on the acquisition of the Paris Trocadéro Business Center, a 41,000 sq.m asset located on Place du Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, formerly owned by Union Investment Real Estate.
De Pardieu advises Bpifrance on its upcoming equity investment in Ciril GROUP, alongside Carlyle
De Pardieu has advised Bpifrance on its upcoming equity investment in Ciril GROUP, a data hosting and software publishing company founded, managed and developed by the GRIVEL family, alongside Carlyle Europe Technology Partners (“CETP”).
De Pardieu advises SFR on the entry into exclusive negotiations with PTI for the sale of Infracos
De Pardieu has advised SFR on the entry into exclusive negotiations between SFR, Bouygues Telecom and Phoenix Tower International (PTI), with a view to selling to PTI, jointly with Bouygues, the entire share capital of Infracos.
De Pardieu advises Makao on the acquisition by Florac of a minority stake in its share Capital
De Pardieu has advised David Jankowski, majority shareholder of the Makao Group – a company specializing in premium packaging solutions for high-end artisanal brands – on the acquisition by the Florac group of a minority stake in its share capital.
De Pardieu advises LCL on the entry into exclusive negotiations with AnaCap
De Pardieu advises LCL on the entry into exclusive negotiations with AnaCap regarding the acquisition of Milleis.
De Pardieu advises PGIM and Alderan on the sale of a logistics portfolio comprising 4 assets
De Pardieu has advised PGIM Real Estate and Alderan on the sale of a French industrial and logistics portfolio to M7 Real Estate for an amount of approximately €80M.
De Pardieu advises Savills IM on the sale of a 30,420 sq.m logistics platform located near Paris
De Pardieu advises Savills IM on the sale of a 30,420 sq.m logistics platform located in the Paris region, to Aberdeen
De Pardieu advises the Crédit Agricole lending branches
De Pardieu advises the Crédit Agricole lending branches under a senior financing on the restructuring of the Réside Etudes group’s debt.
De Pardieu advises the INDIGO Group on its entry into CORSALIS’ capital
De Pardieu has advised INDIGO, the world leader in parking, individual mobility and urban services on its entry into CORSALIS’ capital through the acquisition of the equity stake previously held by Altaréa.
De Pardieu advises UI Investissement and MACSF on their investment in ADIT Group’s Capital
De Pardieu has advised UI Investissement and MACSF on their investment in the capital of the ADIT Group, the European leader in strategic intelligence and operational support for companies and the State internationally.