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- Chairman: Timothy Mungovan International Offices: Boca Raton, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Paris, São Paulo and Washington, D.C. ### Firm Overview Clients turn to Proskauer when a matter demands excellence and innovation. With 900+ lawyers in key financial centres around the world, including more than 250 in London and Paris, the Firm is known for its pragmatic and commercial approach to a full spectrum of transactional and contentious practices. Since 1875, Proskauer has helped define — and helped clients navigate — nearly every emergent field of law. Proskauer is committed to excellence as a best-in-class, trusted advisor to prestigious clients as they navigate complex challenges and seek to capitalise on market opportunities. Lawyers work seamlessly across practices, industries and jurisdictions with asset managers, private equity and venture capital firms, Fortune 500 and FTSE companies, major sports leagues, entertainment industry legends and other industry-redefining companies. ### Main Areas of Practice ### Private Investment Funds Proskauer’s Private Investment Funds Practice has market-leading capabilities in fund structuring, offering and operations for closed-ended funds (including hybrid funds) in a wide range of asset classes, including private equity, buyout, venture/growth, credit, secondaries, real assets, and beyond. Proskauer also has a market-leading global secondaries team that has provided in-depth advice on all aspects of the secondaries market since the industry's inception. The Firm’s clients span a vast array of sectors and industries and include global institutions, mid-market and large buyout houses, boutique industry-specific sponsors, funds of funds, SWFs, family offices and new managers. ### Private Equity Proskauer’s highly regarded Private Equity team provides first-rate representation to private equity investment sponsors across all stages of the private equity life cycle, including leveraged buyouts, minority investments and co-invests, complex carve-outs, growth equity investments, secondary transactions, take-privates and the equity aspects of distressed situations. ### Mergers & Acquisitions Proskauer’s M&A team represents clients in mergers, acquisitions, management and other leveraged buyouts, dispositions, spinoffs, auctions, tender offers, proxy fights, joint ventures, partnerships and strategic alliances. Proskauer’s European transactional experience covers business services, chemicals, defence, entertainment, financial services, health care, infrastructure, life sciences, hospitality, manufacturing, publishing, real estate, retail, sports, technology and telecommunications. ### Private Credit Proskauer’s Private Credit Group is made up of cross-disciplinary finance and restructuring experts exclusively dedicated to private credit investors. It includes over 90 finance and restructuring lawyers focused on representing credit funds, business development companies and other direct lending funds in connection with “clubbed” and syndicated credits, preferred equity, special situations and alternative investments. ### Leveraged Finance Proskauer has been a pioneer in the evolution of the global finance industry and is uniquely placed to lead clients through the convergence of the bank-led syndicated finance and private credit markets. The European Leveraged Finance Practice comprises 10 dedicated lender-side leveraged finance partners across the London and Paris offices, combining deep experience in broadly syndicated leveraged loan financings and high-yield bond offerings with a market-leading private credit platform. The team works closely with the wider Proskauer Global Finance Group on product offerings, which, in addition to leverage finance, include fund finance, investment grade lending and capital markets, restructurings and workouts, infrastructure debt, structured products and sports financings. ### Restructuring Proskauer handles acquisitions of financially distressed assets, asset sales, insolvency litigation, corporate investigations, creditors’ rights issues, cross-border and insurance insolvencies, financial and operational restructurings, hedge fund fraud and distress, liquidations, securitisations and workouts. ### Tax Proskauer’s Tax lawyers work on all tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, structuring of inward and cross-border investments, establishment of investment funds, joint ventures, restructurings, capital markets and financing matters. ### Financial Services Regulation Proskauer handles UK and EU regulatory matters, including structuring and establishing private investment funds, FCA authorisations, perimeter issues, EU passporting, current and proposed EU and international laws and regulations, conduct of business, financial promotions and marketing, client assets, regulatory capital, market abuse, systems and controls, appointed representatives and tied agents, anti-money laundering, changes of control and close links, and approved persons. ### Technology, Media & Telecoms As primary counsel on a broad array of technology and e-commerce matters, Proskauer’s TMT Group offers commercial and strategic advice on AI, IP transfer and licensing, technology outsourcing and procurement programmes, practical privacy and data protection compliance issues, digital infrastructure, and M&A matters in which IP and technology assets are deal value drivers ### Antitrust & Competition Proskauer’s Antitrust & Competition team advises on global filing coordination, regulatory engagement, and substantive strategy, working closely with the Firm’s clients to identify and mitigate regulatory risks and achieve commercial objectives. ### Litigation The Litigation team advises clients in disputes arising from all aspects of their business, including post-M&A, shareholder, employment, contractual, partnership or JV-related. The team also advises on fund disputes, disputes involving portfolio companies and other related issues. Additionally, the Firm handles both private and public disputes in connection with a broad range of investigations and enforcement actions. ### Compliance Proskauer’s Corporate Investigations and Compliance Practice has a geographic scope that spans the globe and covers the full spectrum of investigation and compliance-related advice and assistance. The team has advised U.S., European and Chinese multinationals on FCPA and international anti-bribery issues around the world – from South America to Eastern Asia. Proskauer advises clients on governance and compliance issues and supports multinational organisations on a wide range of regulatory matters, with a particular focus on compliance with international anti-bribery laws. The team assists clients in developing and improving appropriate policies and procedures, conducting extensive due diligence in the context of mergers and acquisitions, and involving various third parties, conducting complex internal investigations and carrying out proactive internal audits. ### International Arbitration Proskauer’s International Arbitration team handles complex international arbitration and litigation proceedings involving joint ventures, acquisitions, construction projects, licensing and distribution relationships, as well as a variety of other international commercial agreements. ### Languages - English - French - Spanish - German
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Proskauer Rose LLP 374 Rue Saint-honoré 75001 Paris Paris France
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Lawyers in this office
Agnès Rossi
Agnès Rossi is a partner in Proskauer's Private Funds Group and a member of the firm’s Private Capital Industry group. With nearly 20 years of experience, she is a leading expert in international fund structures and regulatory matters, including AIFM and ELTIF approvals. Throughout her career, Agnès has worked extensively on private investment funds across France, London, and Luxembourg. She advises both European and global asset managers on the structuring, establishment, and operation of private investment funds, spanning a wide range of strategies such as infrastructure, energy, buyouts, venture capital, debt, and real estate. Agnès also specializes in GP-led fund restructurings and liquidity solutions transactions. Additionally, she has in-depth expertise in pan-European carried interest and co-investment schemes, with a particular focus on the specificities of French regulations. Agnès is a regular speaker at leading industry seminars and conferences, a member of the legal committee of France Invest, and participates in INSEAD’s courses on the Future of Private Equity twice a year. · Private Funds
Ana Vermal
Ana Vermal is a partner in Proskauer's Litigation Department and co-head of the firm’s International Arbitration Group. Ana Vermal is a seasoned quadrilingual lawyer with extensive experience in both common law and civil law. With over 20 years of experience, she represents corporations from around the world on complex arbitrations arising from cross-border business transactions including acquisitions, joint ventures, distribution and licensing agreements. Ana handles arbitral proceedings under the rules of all major arbitral institutions, and is frequently appointed to serve as an arbitrator. In addition, she represents clients before courts in France and the United States in legal proceedings related to the enforcement or annulment of arbitral awards. From 2018 to 2024, Ana served on the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). In that capacity, Ana participated in the Court’s judicial supervision of ICC arbitrations, including the appointment of arbitrators, decisions on challenges against arbitrators and the scrutiny and approval of ICC arbitral awards. Ana is currently a member of the Arbitration Council of the DIS (Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit), in which she participates in the Council’s supervision of DIS Arbitrations. Ana is an immediate past Vice Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association, co-heads the IBA’s Task Force on AI in International Arbitration and serves as the Argentine representative to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. Additionally, she is a frequent speaker on international arbitration topics. Ana's wealth of legal and cultural experience is highly sought after by our clients. An Argentine and Spanish national, she has lived in Germany, Spain, the United States and France, and is fluent in English, French, Spanish and German. Ana is qualified to practice law in both New York and Paris. · Litigation
Aymeric Robine
Aymeric Robine is a Private Equity M&A partner and a member of Proskauer's Private Capital industry group. · Private Equity
Bruno Valenti
Bruno Valenti is a Private Credit counsel and member of Proskauer's global Finance practice and Private Capital Team. Bruno acts as an adviser in acquisition finance (leverage and corporate), representing lenders (mainly debt funds), French and foreign private equity funds and borrowers, from the set-up of the financing and throughout its lifecycle. · Corporate
Bryan Sillaman
A partner in the Proskauer's International Investigations and Compliance practice, Bryan has over 20 years of experience advising clients on a variety of governance and compliance matters. His practice focuses on advising multinational organizations on a host of compliance and regulatory issues, with particular focus on complying with international anti-corruption laws. His expertise includes assisting clients in developing and enhancing fit-for-purpose policies and procedures, conducting extensive due diligence in the context of mergers and acquisitions and involving various third parties and joint venture partners, leading complex internal investigations, and performing proactive internal reviews and audits of global operations. Bryan also assists clients with the intricacies of cross-border governmental investigations, prosecutions and monitorships. Bryan's work has spanned numerous global jurisdictions, including Angola, Brazil, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mozambique, the Middle East, Nigeria, Russia, Uganda, and Venezuela. In addition to his anti-corruption experience, Bryan advises clients and publishes and speaks regularly on broader ESG-related topics affecting multinational enterprises. Prior to entering private practice, Bryan was an attorney in the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement, where he earned a Division Director Award. · International Investigations
Gwenaël Kropfinger
Gwenaël Kropfinger is a tax partner and a member of both Proskauer's Private Funds and Private Equity M&A Groups, as well as the firm’s Private Capital industry group. Gwenaël has extensive experience advising private equity funds and multinational groups on the tax structuring of M&A transactions, including leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and capital markets deals. In addition to his transactional work, Gwenaël is highly experienced in the formation and structuring of French and pan-European private equity funds. He is also regularly involved in general reorganisation projects for corporate groups, providing comprehensive tax advice across the full spectrum of private capital activity. · Tax
Jeremy Scemama
Jeremy Scemama is a Private Equity M&A partner, with particular expertise in leveraged buyouts (LBOs), and a member of Proskauer's Private Capital industry group. For more than 25 years, Jeremy has advised some of the most prominent French and international investment funds and their management teams on high-profile private equity transactions, including MBOs, LBOs, exits and secondary deals, investments, public-to-private transactions, build-ups and growth capital. He also regularly counsels leading listed and unlisted industrial and service groups on their most complex domestic and cross-border transactions, spanning acquisitions, disposals, mergers, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, financings, restructurings and external growth operations. Jeremy’s practice covers a wide variety of sectors, including financial services, hospitality and leisure, technology, media and entertainment, sports, and healthcare/life sciences. Over the course of his career, Jeremy has developed top-tier expertise in securities-related transactions, such as takeover bids, PIPE deals, squeeze-outs, delistings and privatizations. Jeremy's clients include market-leading investment funds and corporates such as Montefiore Investment, PAI Partners, The Carlyle Group, MML Capital, Alpha Private Equity, Latour Capital, Meanings Capital Partners, European Camping Group, Worldline, Groupe Premium and Qualcomm. · Private Equity
Laura Bavoux
Laura Bavoux is a partner in Proskauer's Restructuring and Special Situations practice in Paris. Laura advises listed and unlisted companies, industrial groups, investment funds, shareholders, debt funds and investors, both French and international, in the context of financial or operational restructurings, whether amicable or judicial. She also deals with governance conflicts or disputes with company lenders, as well as LBO debt restructurings. · Corporate
Laurent Asquin
Laurent Asquin is a Private Equity M&A partner and a member of Proskauer's Private Capital industry group. Laurent has been working for more than 10 years with clients on all types of corporate transactions, including domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring, private equity transactions, leveraged buy-outs and management packages. Laurent acts for corporations of all sizes, start-ups, private equity funds and management teams in a broad range of sectors. · Corporate
Marcela Moraru
Marcela Moraru is a partner in Proskauer's Private Funds Group and a member of the firm’s Private Capital Industry group. Marcela has significant experience in all aspects of international complex fund structures and regulatory advice having focused on private investment funds in France, UK and Luxembourg over the last 15 years. Marcela acts for asset managers in relation to the structuring and establishment of mid-market and large private equity funds, infrastructure funds, debt funds, real estate funds and carried interest/co-investment arrangements. · Corporate
Matthieu Grollemund
Matthieu Grollemund is a Private Equity M&A partner and a member of the Proskauer's Private Capital industry group. Triple-qualified in French, U.S., and U.K. law, Matthieu has over two decades of experience advising on complex cross-border transactions in highly regulated sectors, including technology and healthcare. Matthieu advises private equity sponsors, venture capital firms, public and private companies, as well as boards and special committees, on high-stakes investments, public and private M&A transactions, IPOs, and both negotiated and contested acquisitions. · Private Equity
Matthieu Lampel
Matthieu Lampel is an M&A partner and a member of Proskauer's Private Capital industry group. Matthieu advises investment funds on leveraged buyouts, venture capital and development capital transactions, as well as domestic and international clients in a wide variety of M&A transactions. His practice focuses on a broad range of indu Matthieu Lampel is a Private Equity M&A partner and a member of the Firm's Private Capital industry group. Matthieu advises (i) investment funds on leveraged buyouts, venture capital and development capital transactions, (ii) general partners in secondary transactions, including asset transfers to continuation funds, (iii) domestic and international clients in a wide variety of M&A transactions, as well as (iv) managers in the negotiation of their status and their remuneration, as well as in the context of operations with investment funds. Matthieu's practice focuses on a broad range of industry sectors, including financial services, healthcare, energy, technology and consumer goods & retail. Matthieu also has significant experience advising industrial and private equity clients in obtaining clearance from the relevant authorities in connection with French foreign investment regulations. Matthieu’s clients include Ardian Expansion, Bridgepoint, The Carlyle Group, Dentressangle, Experienced Capital and Eurazeo PME. stry sectors, including financial services, healthcare, energy, technology and consumer goods & retail. Matthieu also advises managers in the negotiation of their status and their remuneration, as well as in the context of operations with investment funds. Matthieu also has significant experience advising industrial and private equity clients in obtaining clearance from the relevant authorities in connection with French foreign investment regulations. Matthieu’s clients include Bridgepoint, The Carlyle Group, Experienced Capital and Eurazeo PME. · Corporate
Maud Manon
Maud Manon is a Private Credit partner, member of Proskauer's Global Finance practice and the firm's Private Capital industry group. With 25 years' experience, Maud's practice focuses on LBOs and leveraged acquisition finance, representing financial institutions (mainly debt funds) as well as sponsors and borrowers. Maud’s experience extends to the acquisition finance of listed companies, public offerings and block acquisitions. She also advises debtors, creditors and/or sponsors in the context of complex leverage debt restructuring operations. Maud’s clients include in particular ICG, Barings, Eurazeo, Pemberton, BlackRock, BOI, Bridgepoint, Bridgepoint Credit, The Carlyle Group, Marlin Equity, Tikehau, BNP Paribas, Capza, Artemid and Montefiore. · Private Credit
Peter J.W. Sherwin
Peter Sherwin is a partner in Proskauer's Litigation Department, head of the International Arbitration Group, and head of the Commercial Real Estate Litigation Group. Peter counsels clients in complex cross-border disputes, often involving a joint venture, a licensing or distribution relationship, or an acquisition, most of which are resolved in international arbitration and the rest in federal and state courts in the United States. He has significant experience in the real estate, lodging, pharmaceutical and sports industries and, when necessary, regularly takes cases through evidentiary hearings. Peter also regularly serves as an arbitrator in proceedings before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR). He is the U.S. member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and the Chair of the ICC U.S.A. Arbitration Committee. · International Arbitration
Pierre Tardivo
Pierre Tardivo is a Private Credit counsel and member of Proskauer's Global Finance practice and Private Capital Team. Pierre acts as an adviser in acquisition finance (leverage and corporate), representing financial institutions - senior banks, debt funds and mezzanine lenders, as well as sponsors and borrowers, as well as an adviser in restructurings of LBO (leverage buy out) debt. · Acquisition Finance
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. · Private Equity
Stephanie Martinier
Stéphanie Martinier is a Private Equity M&A partner and a member of Proskauer's Private Capital industry group. Stéphanie advises French and international clients regarding cross-border transactions and commercial matters. She represents private equity funds and corporate entities in business acquisitions, sales and joint ventures, as well as in the negotiation of complex commercial contracts and in corporate restructurings. Stéphanie focuses in particular on the industrial sector, and on technology and financial services companies. Stéphanie also represents clients in litigation matters relating to M&A transactions and shareholders’ disputes, and regularly counsels clients regarding compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and French data privacy regulations. In addition, Stéphanie manages the pro bono work of the Paris office and, as part of this commitment, provides legal training on business creation to young entrepreneurs through the not-for-profit Yes Akademia. Having attended law school in both France and the United States, Stéphanie holds a master of law from University Lyon III as well as a LL.M. degree from the University of Minnesota. Stéphanie is located in the Paris office and licensed to practice law in both France and New York. She has been with Proskauer for the duration of her legal career. · Private Equity
Xavier Norlain
Xavier Norlain is a Private Equity and M&A partner, Head of the Paris office, and a member of Proskauer's Private Capital industry group. Xavier brings longstanding experience advising leading investment funds and family offices on leveraged buyouts and growth capital transactions. He also regularly represents industrial and services groups on a broad range of corporate matters, including restructurings and M&A transactions. In addition, he has significant experience advising founders and managers on the negotiation of their status and remuneration, particularly in connection with transactions involving investment funds. Xavier’s practice spans a wide range of industries, including technology, telecom, aerospace and defense, cybersecurity, healthcare, and childcare and homecare. · Corporate