Pierre-Louis Cléro

Practice Areas

Pierre-Louis Cléro is a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department and the Deputy Office Managing Partner for the firm’s Paris office. He represents corporate buyers and sellers in complex cross-border strategic transactions. Pierre-Louis is the former Regional Chair of Latham & Watkins' Corporate Department in Continental Europe.

Pierre-Louis has more than two decades of experience advising clients on:

- Large-cap mergers and acquisitions

- General corporate and commercial law matters

- Publicly listed companies and corporate governance

- Joint ventures

- Venture capital and private equity

- Stock exchange-related transactions

- M&A-related litigation

He draws on a keen business sense and extensive experience navigating strategic negotiations in large, multijurisdictional transactions. Pierre-Louis focuses on prioritizing his clients’ interests by leveraging his understanding of their commercial objectives and internal dynamics.

Pierre-Louis helps clients make decisions within challenging and multicultural transactional environments, guiding them through effective risk analysis and mitigation.