Sophie de Beer
Europe Guide 2024
Band 6 : Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
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About
Provided by Sophie de Beer
Practice Areas
Sophie de Beer’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions as well as on general corporate, financial, and banking regulatory matters.
Her experience includes private and public cross-border merger and acquisitions, partnerships, and transactions involving financial institutions such as banks, asset managers, and insurance companies. She is advising clients on corporate and regulatory aspects of their transactions.
Sophie worked both in the Paris and New York offices of Cleary. She became counsel in the Paris office in 2005 and became partner in 2023.
Chambers Review
Europe
Sophie de Beer enters the rankings this year thanks to strong market recognition. She is well versed in handling a range of M&A, including investments and acquisitions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Sophie de Beer not only has the expertise and the technical knowledge, but also very good commercial and tactical sense. She demonstrates a very high level of availability and responsiveness."
"Sophie de Beer provides great advice, has deep and thorough knowledge of our business, and understands the specific culture we have in our deals very well."
"She is an experienced lawyer and is attentive to details."
"Sophie de Beer is very good technically, pleasant and hard-working."
"Sophie de Beer not only has the expertise and the technical knowledge, but also very good commercial and tactical sense. She demonstrates a very high level of availability and responsiveness."
"Sophie de Beer provides great advice, has deep and thorough knowledge of our business, and understands the specific culture we have in our deals very well."
"She is an experienced lawyer and is attentive to details."
"Sophie de Beer is very good technically, pleasant and hard-working."