Chammas & Marcheteau

Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/company/chammas-marcheteau/

Managing Partners: Christophe Sevennec and Denis Marcheteau

Number of partners: 16

Number of lawyers: 57: 16 partners, 3 counsels, 30 associates, 8 paralegal/trainees

Languages: French, English, German, Spanish, Italian and Turkish.

Firm Overview:

Founded in 2004 by Lola Chammas and Denis Marcheteau, Chammas & Marcheteau originally focused solely on private equity and transactions. Today the firm counts more than 60 legal professionals and has 11 practice areas. The firm is one of the only independent law firms in Paris to provide a “full-cycle private equity offering” with expertise ranging from fund formation and regulatory, tax planning, management packages and employment law, capital raises and venture capital, M&A, consolidations and other strategic transactions, LBOs, IP/IT, distressed and turn-around, corporate law, real estate and business litigation. Chammas & Marcheteau advises start-ups, SMEs, and large listed and unlisted groups, investment funds and managers, family offices and entrepreneurs in a broad range of business sectors.

The firm has extensive experience in cross-border transactions, notably in Europe and North America. It developed a strong international network of prominent correspondent firms, ensuring its clients seamless and coordinated delivery of international expertise. The firm's lawyers actively support legal education through teaching, publications and participation in professional organisations.

Main Areas of Practice:

Private Equity:

7 partners; 18 fee earners

Chammas & Marcheteau's partners have been leaders in this practice area since before the founding of the firm. In the past year, the firm's PE team closed over 60 capital raises, buy-out and growth capital transactions in all stages of the private equity cycle. The firm's PE covers a wide range of industries, notably new technologies, life sciences, mobility, cleantech and energy.

Key Clients: Funds: Azulis, Amundi PE, Arkéa Capital, BPI, Extens, Innovafonds, Iris Capital, Open CNP, Raise, Supernova, XAnge, Yotta Capital Partners. We also advise many corporates in their private equity transactions.

Contacts: Lola Chammas; Denis Marcheteau; Pierre-Louis Sévegrand; Christophe Blondeau

Tel: +33 6 07 28 77 95; +33 6 85 12 81 44; +33 6 10 53 74 25; +33 6 07 67 41 57

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Mergers & Acquisitions:

8 partners; 18 fee earners

• Advised the sellers – Cohort’s founders and investors Iris, Axeleo, Kima Ventures, and Hexa – on the sale of Cohort to Brevo (Denis Marcheteau)
• Advised the Alboran group on its acquisition of a portfolio of 8 hotels in Bourges, alongside Extendam, GV Hospitality and Alhotel Hospitality (Christophe Blondeau)
• Advised Koesio on its majority acquisition of Solitium (Christophe Blondeau)
• Advised Imagine Human, a portfolio company of Extens, on its acquisition of Fletchr, a French SaaS provider (Nicolas Lecocq)

Contact: Denis Marcheteau; Nicolas Lecocq; Christophe Blondeau; Lola Chammas

Tel: +33 6 85 12 81 44; +33 6 29 90 60 33; +33 6 07 67 41 57; +33 6 07 28 77 95

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

International Transactions:

All 16 partners and legal professionals

• Advised Koesio Groupe on the sale of its Heliaq branch to the Chevrillon family office and the Arkéa investment fund (Switzerland, Monaco) (Christophe Blondeau)
• Advised Italian company Cyber Guru on its acquisition of Mantra, a French cybersecurity startup (Italy) (Denis Marcheteau)
• Advised Supernova Invest, co-lead investor alongside US-based At One Ventures, on Stellaria’s €23 million fundraising (US) (Lola Chammas)
• Advised Tikehau Capital on the acquisition of Kep Metal Solutions (Spain, Morocco) (Pierre-Louis Sévegrand)
• Advised the management team and historical investors of Shippingbo on the entry of Main Capital Partners (Netherlands) (Jérome Chapron)

Key Clients: Iris Capital, EIT Health (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) and several other funds and corporates (notably US, UK and Italian).

Contacts: Denis Marcheteau; Nicolas Lecocq; Christophe Sevennec

Tel: +33 1 53 42 42 50; + 33 6 29 90 60 33; +33 6 08 05 18 58

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Funds and Financial Services:

3 partners; 6 fee earners

Chammas & Marcheteau is recognized as a leader in the legal and tax aspects of funds formation (AIF and Ucits). The firm also advises French and international asset managers and investors notably for their investments in funds, secondary transactions and in regulatory issues (liaising with the AMF and other regulators and professional organisations).

Key Clients: BPI, CNP, Edmond de Rothschild, Amundi, Iris, Epopée Gestion, Orange Ventures, Paluel Marmont Capital, Groupe Bel, Extens Conseil, Africinvest, Franklin Templeton

Contacts: Lola Chammas and Christophe Sevennec

Tel: +33 6 07 28 77 95; +33 6 08 05 18 58

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Corporate, Reorganisation and Corporate Governance:

8 partners; 18 fee earners

Chammas & Marcheteau advises clients in their day-to-day corporate issues (compliance with permanent and periodic requirements, both legal and contractual), governance, capital markets, equity-based incentive plans, strategic transactions, and pre- and post-transaction reorganisations (merger, carve-out, contribution of assets and de-merger).

Key Clients: Maltem Consulting, Medincell, JobTeaser and Groupe Le Monde, and other French and international private and listed companies.

Contacts: Isabelle Prodhomme; Stéphanie Bréjaud

Tel: +33 6 83 72 42 96; +33 6 84 74 08 33

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Restructuring and Turn-Around:

1 partner; 3 fee earners

Advised clients in restructuring and insolvency proceedings, including the receivership of Primavista (321 employees). Advised a group for digital transformation and innovation (600 employees, an €90million turnover, €45m debt) in connection with preventive proceedings (restructuring of its financial debt) and TIKEHAU CAPITAL on its strategical acquisition of the Metal division of the KEP TECHNOLOGIES group (300 people, €31 million turnover), showcasing expertise in complex turnaround cases across various industries.

Key Clients: Primavista, TIKEHAU CAPITAL, a consulting group for digital transformation and innovation, an expert in the medico-social sector offering support services for seniors.

Contact: Stéphane Cavet

Tel: +33 6 83 23 55 38

Email: [email protected]

Tax and Private Client:

1 partner; 4 fee earners

Chammas & Marcheteau advises on all tax aspects of strategic transactions, fund formation, international group issues (consolidation, transfer pricing, VAT, and intangible assets), international tax planning, and assistance in fiscal audits and litigation.

Key Clients: Sopra Steria, CS Group, Immobilière Dassault, Neoxam, Orange, Snap On (NYSE), Epopée Gestion, Supernova Invest, Extens, Yotta Capital, Iris Capital.

Contact: Christophe Moreau

Tel: +33 6 89 94 12 52

Email: [email protected]

Employment Law:

2 partners; 4 fee earners

Key Clients: Global American consultancy firm; global American IT company, global American Metallurgy company; global UK wine & spirits group, international UK insurance and reinsurancer, and clients in the insurance, banking and healthcare sectors.

Contacts: Coline Bied-Charreton; Caroline Canavese

Tel: +33 6 48 21 31 98; + 33 6 09 85 57 88

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Real Estate, Construction:

1 partner; 2 fee earners

Our Real Estate team has developed a strong expertise in the acquisition and sale of all types of real estate assets (offices, logistics platforms, retail, hotels, data centers, etc.), as well as in the negotiation of commercial leases in various activity sectors (retail, food & beverage, industry, luxury, leisure, etc.). Our team assists French and foreign companies.

Our team also has a recognized expertise in construction law and can assist our clients in drafting and negotiating all kind of construction contracts.

We support our clients in both advisory and litigation matters on construction and real estate law.

Key Clients:SERRIS REIM/SOGENIAL IMMOBILIER, an iconic American multinational technology company, TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING, a five-star luxury hotel.

Contact: Eric Métais

Tel: + 33 6 60 64 95 11

Email: [email protected]

Intellectual Property, Information Technologies:

1 partner; 2 fee earners

Chammas & Marcheteau IP/IT department advises clients in a wide-range of areas notably protection of intellectual and industrial property; data protection and GDPR compliance; license (SaaS / on premise), maintenance, hosting and other IT agreements; due diligence of IP/IT and data protection issues; contractual, advisory and litigation work in the areas of copyright, trademark, patent, know-how, life science, IT, e-commerce/Internet and cinema.

Key Clients: Software editors, IT service providers, cinema producers/authors, communications/advertising agencies, influencers, AI, higher education group, biotech companies.

Contact: Aude Spinasse

Tel: + 33 6 86 93 67 09

Email: [email protected]

Business Litigation:

1 partner; 2 fee earners

Our litigation team has the depth of experience required to ensure expert guidance on the full range of contentious and restructuring-related issues faced by clients doing business in France and abroad. Our partner, Antony Martinez, is a leading practitioner and a member of the Paris and New York bars. He is also a certified mediatorwith the Center for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR, London).

Our dedicated team has been advising international group beIN Media, via its French subsidiary beIN Sports France on multiple complex and high-profile disputes involving the French Football Ligue (LFP), Groupe Canal + and Amazon.Our partner, Antony Martinez, has been acting as the leading counsel for the Qatari group handling three major proceedings related to the conditions of the performance of 1,3-billion-euro licensing contract.

Key Clients:beIN Media Group, QSI, NGE, Commerzreal, Moove, Altawest, Marie Laure PLV, DCT, Sna Europe, DELEO, Dielle.

Contacts: Antony Martinez

Tel:+33 6 87 63 59 76

Email:[email protected]