Areas of intervention

The firm supports companies on all aspects relating to governance, group reorganization, corporate and contractual arrangements.

• Corporate legal arrangements: audit of structures, group restructuring, shareholder agreements, intra-group agreements, joint ventures
• Support for company directors: management package, start-up agreement, stock options/BSPCE, termination agreement (good leaver/bad leaver)
• Drafting/Auditing of main commercial contracts (partnership, distribution, provision of services, etc.)

Mergers and acquisitions, regardless of a company's size, are highly varied in nature: fundraising, transfer of stake/control, IPO, and business transfer. The firm regularly handles these types of transactions.

• Implementation, due diligence and audit of planned transactions: Private equity, LBO, over-the-counter transactions; advice, drafting and negotiation of various documents: letter of intent, offer, SPA (sale contract), GAP, GAPD, etc.
• Internal financing operations/corporate engineering: capital increases, simple or complex bond issues (Private debt), issues of preferred shares (Preferred Shares)
• Compliance – analysis of regulatory compliance: competition law (risk of concentration/convention), accounting consolidation (delimitation of scope) and stock market regulations (concerted action, crossing of thresholds, takeover bids, etc.)
• Post-transaction support: reinvestment/transfer strategy, advice on re-employment opportunities, management of post-acquisition litigation (GAP and manager exit)

The firm regularly assists its clients in civil and commercial courts and offers fast, comprehensive, and efficient handling of each case. A case-specific approach is preferred to develop the appropriate strategy based on the desired objectives and possible solutions (amicable and/or contentious).

• Corporate law litigation: conflicts between partners, liability of the company director, post-acquisition litigation, governance crises
• Domestic and international commercial law disputes: wrongful termination of established commercial relationships, debt recovery, contractual disputes

The firm has developed specific expertise in non-profit organizations.

• Choice of the appropriate structure based on the desired governance model, the tax environment and the assigned mission (Association under the 1901 law, Endowment fund, Foundation recognized as being of public utility, Mission company, etc.); monitoring of the creation procedure with the authorities
• Annual monitoring: routine operations (approval of accounts, annual report, membership management), sponsorship operations, audit of the main day-to-day management contracts, assistance in the context of disputes (conflicts between members, governance, etc.)
• Support for any structural development project: structural transformation, merger, transfer of headquarters, federation project, etc.

The firm has established privileged links with renowned professionals in order to complete its range of services in all areas of business law, in particular in the following areas: Financing, Intellectual Property, Real Estate Law/Commercial Leases