Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
France
4 years ranked
LAWYER PROFILE
Pascale Girard
France 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
About
Provided by VGG & Associés
France
Practice Areas
Mergers & Acquisitions | Capital Markets | Corporate governance
Pascale Girard has a strong experience in M&A transactions, including complex tender offers, squeeze out and other transactions involving listed companies.
She advises on a day to day basis listed and family owned group on governance challenges. She also advises on capital market transactions.
Career
She is a cofounder of VGG & Associés. She has been a partner at Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, of which she headed the capital market practice between 2006 and 2012, after having been an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton for 6 years in New York and Paris.
Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1998 and the New York Bar in 2002, she holds an LLM from Harvard Law School, a DESS-DJCE in business law and taxation and a DEA in international private law from the Panthéon-Assas University Paris II.
She is a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris.
Professional Memberships
Paris Bar (1998)
New York Bar (2000)
Experience
27 years
Education
Harvard Law School
Panthéon-Assas University Paris II
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
Industry Sector Expertise
Public and private M&A, corporate governance, capital market, family owned groups
Expert in these Jurisdictions
France
Languages Spoken
French, English
Chambers Review
Provided by Chambers
Chambers France
Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability - France
Band 5
Individual Editorial
Pascale Girard is widely recognised for her work advising French clients on a range of corporate transactions, including acquisitions, sales, investments and reorganisations.
Editorial individuel
Pascale Girard est reconnue pour son travail de conseil aux clients français sur une grand nombre d’opérations corporate, notamment des acquisitions, des ventes, des investissements et des réorganisations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
Pascale Girard is very reactive, proactive, solution-oriented and provides alternatives. She is always very transparent throughout the process.
Corporate/M&A: High-end CapabilityChambers FranceWhenever we have any question regarding M&A deals we call Pascale Girard and she is always really reactive. Her advice is really valuable for us.
Corporate/M&A: High-end CapabilityChambers FrancePascale Girard est très réactive, proactive, orientée solutions et propose des alternatives. Elle est toujours très transparente tout au long du processus.
Corporate/M&A: High-end CapabilityChambers FranceDès que nous avons une question concernant les opérations de M&A, nous appelons Pascale Girard et elle est toujours très réactive. Ses conseils nous sont très précieux.
Corporate/M&A: High-end CapabilityChambers France
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