Jacques Graas

Practice Areas

Jacques advises on a wide range of domestic and cross-border public and private M&A, restructurings, IPOs and other strategic corporate transactions across all sectors. His clients include private equity/real estate funds, financial institutions (including insurance), corporates, and public sector entities. Jacques is also a regular adviser on corporate governance matters and liability management to board of directors and senior executives.

Prior to joining Allen & Overy, Jacques worked in different law firms in New York and Paris and qualified as a member of the bar in both cities. He was a lecturer in corporate law at the University of Paris II-Assas and has published various articles on the subject. He is a graduate of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and Harvard Law School.