Scotto Partners

Managing Partners: 1

Number of partners: 8

Number of lawyers: 30

Languages: French, English, German, Spanish

FIRM OVERVIEW:

Scotto Partners is an independent law firm dedicated to accompanying executives, managers and family shareholders during the crucial moments in the course of their business in France and internationally. With about 40 lawyers, the firm covers corporate, tax and employment matters.

MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE:

Corporate: Public & Private M&A

Capital Markets & Stock Market Regulations

The firm's M&A team headed by Coralie Oger assist management teams, family shareholders and their groups, whether listed or not, on a wide range of transactions (mergers and acquisitions, venture, IPOs, restructuring, implementation of partnerships and JV, corporate governance, and daily corporate questions, etc.) thanks to a unique approach combining state-of-the-art strategy and negotiation in a highly technical legal and financial environment.

The M&A team has a strong reputation and experience in transactions involving the acquisition or disposal of securities or assets. It understands each deal in its entirety, analyses – as early as possible – the strategic and financial issues of the proposed transaction in order to understand and refine a global strategy: legal, tax and financial. It then defines – always in support of its clients – the main objectives to be achieved and the axes of the negotiations to be carried out.

Scotto Partners' expertise covers in particular the following operations:

- M&A transactions

- Internal restructuring operations: merger, demerger, partial contribution of assets and any operation on the capital

- Setting up of agreements between shareholders: shareholder agreement (especially for family groups), OBO / MBO, implementation of partnerships and JV

- Corporate governance issues (listed and unlisted): remuneration, executives' liability

- Public offers: delisting (public to private) or minority investments (private investment in public equity

Contact: Coralie Oger

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Adrien Badelon

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Lionel Scotto le Massese

Email: [email protected]

Private Equity/Management Equity Programs:

Scotto Partners' private equity team has a unique track record in Paris. In addition, it is the only team on the Paris market that can deal with all legal and tax issues of LBO transactions for the managers (and in particular a large group of managers). In this respect, the private equity team often works with the corporate team, the tax team and the employment team to cover issues in connection with, for example, employee shareholdings (FCPE), IPOs (as an exit for LBO), or tax issues which are crucial for this kind of transactions.

Finally, the private equity team is well-known for understanding and mastering the financial issues in connection with management packages (including modeling the MEP).

The firm's recent deals include the majority of the large domestic and cross-border transactions of the last three years in France as well as significant deals abroad (Germany, Belgium, Switzerland):Equans, Siaci Saint Honore, Cooper-Vemedia, Gerflor, Armacell, Indigo Group, Comexposium, as well as highly regarded mid-cap transactions:Rydoo, Babcock Wanso, EidosMedia, Omni-Pac, Kandelium (ex-Solvay division), Lapeyre, Pyrex.

Contact: Lionel Scotto le Massese

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Claire Revol-Renié

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Isabelle Cheradame

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Adrien Badelon

Email: [email protected]

Tax: Corporate Tax, Wealth & Estate Tax Planning:

Headed by Jérôme Commerçon and Emilie Renaud, Scotto Partners' tax team is highly regarded. It has a strong track record and is particularly renowned for handling complex tax matters.

The tax team assists clients on its corporate transactions (involving highly complex tax and corporate structure and issues) and has built over the years a particular expertise on tax issues relating to private equity transactions, corporate restructurings and management packages; the team has also developed its own practice, in particular in complex tax litigation.

The firm's tax team also has a strong private client practice encompassing the assistance of French and international family groups, family businesses – listed or not – and high net worth individuals, living in France or abroad. More particularly, it assists clients and their families on the tax structuring of their financial and private equity investments, real estate investments and estate planning. Scotto Partners deals with every tax and legal matters on a French and international basis such as income tax, wealth tax, estate tax, civil law, family and corporate governance.

The team has a strong experience in these fields and a well-known and highly-recognised reputation and know-how for French and crossborder situations.

Scotto Partners's unique position offers its clients a very responsive and high-level assistance.

Contact: Jérôme Commerçon

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Emilie Renaud

Email: [email protected]

Employment: Employment, Pensions & Benefits:

Headed by Bertrand Thibaut, Scotto Partners' employment law practice is particularly recognised for advising its clients on all aspects of corporate employment law matters, including dealing with information and consultation process of the staff representatives, negotiating tailor-made corporate officer status (under LBO or not) or termination package but also managers complementary remuneration packages (free shares plans, differed salary/LTI plans, expatriation packages, top-hat pension schemes).

The team also advises its clients in their administrative steps and issues with the French administrations (more particularly with the URSSAF and the unemployment funds, either public “Pôle-Emploi” or private “GSC”).

On top of their large expertise in the labour aspects of private equity transactions Bertrand and Alban build on their recognised capabilities in handling restructuring plans / collective dismissal (including preparation and negotiation of social plans, monitoring negotiations with employee and union representatives and with governmental labour authorities) and resolution of related disputes before all jurisdictions and advising clients in a pragmatic way on optimizing their organisation post downsizing.

They have further developed a strong practical experience dealing with critical situations such as strike or lockout.

The firm's assistance extends to representing its clients before civil, administrative and criminal jurisdictions.

In all events, the employment team focuses on finding concrete and inventive solutions taking into account the clients' practical needs, culture and business sector, in accordance with their tight time constraints. In order to respond to the demands of our clients, being based in France or abroad, the department has a strong international experience and is able to swiftly combine cross-border multi practices and jurisdictional skills thanks to a very efficient international network of "Best Friends" law firms.

Contact: Bertrand Thibaut

Email: [email protected]

OFFICE:

PARIS: 12/14 Rond-PointdesChamps-Elysées, F-75008Paris

Tel: +33 1 83 92 38 38

Fax: +33 1 83 92 38 39

Email: [email protected]