Lawyers in France

Mergers & AcquisitionsJoint Ventures+1

Pierre Thomet

Pierre specialises in private and public M&A, joint ventures as well as corporate law. He regularly advises large industrial groups, institutional investors as well as leading investment funds on their M&A transactions. Pierre lectures on “Group Corporate Strategies” at HEC.

Linklaters

Corporate / M&ARestructuring

Pierre Tourres

Pierre advises corporate clients on public and private M&A transactions and corporate restructurings. Pierre is co-head of the firm’s automobile sector and has significant experience in the pharma sector.

Linklaters

CorporateMergers and Acquisitions+4

Pierre Wolman

Counsel

Cohen & Gresser LLP

Competition / AntitrustMerger Control+3

Pierre Zelenko

Pierre advises on complex competition issues, including merger control, cartels, vertical restraints, abuses of dominant position, damage claims and State aid. Pierre’s experience spans many industry and business sectors, in particular the, energy, banking and food & beverage sectors. As a former top civil servant and administrative judge, Pierre has a good understanding of the way regulators (particularly the French Competition Authority) work and enjoys good relationships with them. Holding a PhD in Economics, Pierre also has in-depth understanding of competition economics. Pierre worked in the firm’s Brussels office and continues to have in-depth knowledge of the European Commission (EC) as well as longstanding relationships with key DG Comp members to assist clients in their representations in competition matters.

Linklaters

Banking and FinanceFinancial Services Regulation

Pierre d’Ormesson

DLA Piper

Real EstateCorporate / M&A+1

Pierre-Adrien Vibert

Pierre‑Adrien Vibert is a corporate and transactional lawyer active mainly in real estate and hospitality. Pierre-Adrien assists his clients with acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and strategic real estate transactions, as well as with the management of their real estate and hotel portfolios (negotiation of commercial and BEFA leases, hotel management contracts, asset management contracts, etc.). Pierre-Adrien advises all types of players in the real estate industry, and frequently work with hotel managers, investment funds, asset managers and portfolio management companies.

Bauhaus Avocats

LitigationCorporate / M&A+2

Pierre-Alain Marquet

Associate

Galembert Avocats

Employment / LabourRestructuring & Insolvency+1

Pierre-Alexis Dumont

Pierre-Alexis assists both domestic and international companies and groups, in particular the subsidiaries of large foreign groups to address HR issues, especially as regards collective bargaining as well as managing relations with employee representative bodies. Pierre-Alexis also acts on a regular basis as litigation counsel to handle reorganization, conversion and restructuring issues for companies, but also in support of and as representative of company directors and administrator in bankruptcy.

Actance

Pierre-Alexis Ramaut

Partner

Cornet Vincent Ségurel

Public LawEnvironment+6

Banking & FinanceLeveraged Buyouts+4

Pierre-Arnoux Mayoly

Pierre-Arnoux is widely recognised for his experience in leveraged buyout (LBO) transactions, debt restructuring, acquisition financing, general corporate financing, and is one of the few French experts acting in funds financing (equity bridge, NAV financing, GP financing). He has structured and negotiated the first Equity Bridge Financing made available in France at the end of 2012. Pierre-Arnoux represents financing providers –senior or subordinated– and sponsors and borrowers in deals with other high-ranking law firms and individuals.

Linklaters

FranceEnglish, French

Pierre-Benoît Pabot du Châtelard

Pierre-Benoît Pabot du Châtelard focuses on banking and finance, particularly cross-border leveraged transaction, syndicated lending, debt restructuring and project financing. Pierre-Benoît has represented many financial institutions, including private equity firms and banks on LBO, LMBO and other financial transactions.

Clifford Chance

Banking & FinanceLeveraged Finance+2

FranceEnglish, French +1

Pierre-Emmanuel Fonteilles

With over 20 years of experience and a solid base of both French and Anglo-Saxon clients, Pierre-Emmanuel Fonteilles specializes in real estate investments, M&A and Private Equity transactions. He advises institutional investors (insurance companies, investment funds), industrial and service groups as well as wealthy families. In addition to his M&A, real estate M&A and other transactional activities, Pierre-Emmanuel Fonteilles often intervenes in the field of partnerships (between investors, investors and managers, or investors and developers), in various industrial, trade or service sectors and notably, in the real estate sector (property development), hotel industry and health care.

Fairway A.A.R.P.I.

Real EstateCorporate / M&A+1

Pierre-Emmanuel Scherrer

Partner, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions - Tax Law

Bignon Lebray

Corporate / M&ATax Law+2

Restructuring & InsolvencyDispute Resolution+1

Pierre-Gilles Wogue

Partner

ADVANT Altana

Pierre-Henri Durand

Partner

Bredin Prat

TaxCorporate / M&A+1

Pierre-Jean Douvier

Pierre-Jean Douvier joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 1986 and became a partner in 1991. He is based in Monaco. He practices in tax law. He works on international relations, tax conventions and agreements, European community law, OECD rules (base erosion and profit shifting, mutual administrative assistance, and exchange of information), European tax law, property law, inheritance and gifts, wealth tax, criminal tax law and anti-money laundering, trusts and foundations, legal, regulatory and tax regimes in and related to Monaco, international tax litigation, regulatory and tax compliance, and taxation of cross-border transactions (financing and refinancing, hybrid transactions, structural reorganisation, transfer pricing, permanent establishment, and effective management). Pierre-Jean Douvier advises families, family offices, French, European, US, and Asian multinationals.

CMS Francis Lefebvre

TaxInternational Tax+6

Corporate / M&APrivate Equity

Pierre-Jean FERRY

Partner

Cornet Vincent Ségurel

Corporate / M&APrivate Equity+2

Pierre-Louis Périn

Partner

Bersay

Private EquityMergers & Acquisitions+1

Pierre-Marie Boya

Pierre-Marie Boya is a Private Equity M&A partner and a member of Proskauer's Private Capital industry group. Pierre-Marie’s practice focuses primarily on highly regulated industries, including technology and healthcare, as well as energy and infrastructure. His clients include private equity sponsors, venture capital firms, and public and private companies, which he supports throughout the full life cycle of their investments. Pierre-Marie advises clients on a wide range of complex, cross-border transactions, including acquisitions and disposals, take-private transactions, LBOs, fundraisings, and distressed situations. He is also well placed to advise on structured liquidity solutions and private equity secondary transactions, including GP-led transactions, LP stake sales, and strip sales.

Proskauer Rose LLP

LitigationCorporate / M&A+6

Pierre-Marie Durade-Replat

Pierre-Marie DURADE-REPLAT is co-head of the LYON office’s "Civil and commercial litigation" Department. He manages conflict, pre-litigious or litigious situations relating to: - civil liability law, disputes between partners, - unfair competition practices, - contract law, - recovery of non-commercial and commercial debt, - criminal business law, - assistance with arbitration, - collective insolve. He works primarily on behalf of French manufacturing and service SMEs.

Delsol Avocats