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Sophie de Beer

France 2026

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability

France

3 years ranked

About

Provided by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

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.

Career

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.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Bars of Paris and New York.

Personal

Columbia Law School

LL.M.

Ecole des Hautes Études Commerciales

H.E.C.

Université de Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne

Master II

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers France

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability - France

Band 5

Individual Editorial

Sophie de Beer is well versed in handling a range of M&A transactions, including investments and acquisitions.

Editorial individuel

Sophie de Beer a une grande expérience de la gestion d’un large éventail d’opérations de M&A, y compris les investissements et les acquisitions.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Sophie de Beer excels in drafting and regulatory issues and is very calm in negotiations. I rate her extremely highly and would go to her for anything in France as she is very consistent.
Corporate/M&A: High-end CapabilityChambers France
Sophie has a wide range of experience and expertise.
Corporate/M&A: High-end CapabilityChambers France
Sophie de Beer is an excellent negotiator and flexible in her client approach.
Corporate/M&A: High-end CapabilityChambers France
She is a bit of a war machine; always available, working very hard, and is both precise and practical. She is truly incredible, and I admire her both professionally and personally.
Corporate/M&A: High-end CapabilityChambers France
It is always a pleasure to count on Sophie on an M&A transaction. She has a very good knowledge of the financial industry and leads the legal aspects smoothly and efficiently.
Corporate/M&A: High-end CapabilityChambers France
Sophie a une vaste expérience et une grande expertise.
Corporate/M&A: High-end CapabilityChambers France