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Mermoz Avocats Offices
45 RUE DE COURCELLES
75008 PARIS
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Mermoz Avocats > The Legal 500 Rankings
France > Private equity: LBO Tier 3
Practice head(s):
Thomas Hermetet; Gilles Roux; Tristan Segonds
Testimonials
‘Availability, clarity of explanations, good quality.’
Key clients
Amundi Private Equity Funds
Andera Acto
Andera Partners
Apax Partners (Now Named Seven2)
Banque Populaire|Cic, Credit Agricole Societe Generale
B&Capital
Bnp Paribas Développement
Bpi
Ciclad
Docoon
Eurazeo
Idico (Ex Omnes Capital)
Isai
Momentum Invest
New Alpha
Nci
Ouest Croissance
Pictet
Pinson Paysages
Seven2 (Ex Apax Partners)
Siparex
Unigrains
Work highlights
- Advised Amundi on its investment in ADIT’s capital, enabling it to become one of the group’s main shareholders alongside Bpifrance, Parquest and Amundi.
- Advised lender Banque Populaire du Nord in the LBO of Juliette Has a Gun (perfumes), led by Cathay Capital and Weinberg Capital Partners.
- Advised Omnes Capital on its acquisition of a stake in Eclairion, the first containerised supercomputer hosting centre in Europe.
France > EU, competition and distribution Tier 4
France > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences Tier 4
France > Tax Tier 5
Practice head(s):
Philippe Rolland; Nicolas Privat; Laurent Ragot
Key clients
PAPETERIE ZUBER RIEDER
ANDERA ACTO
GROUPE BERTRAND
GROUPE PÉNÉLOPE (GROUP LFPI)
ANDERA PARTNERS
MOMENTUM INVEST
OMNES
NCI, RE-SOURCES CAPITAL
CICLAD
OUEST CROISSANCE, BPI FRANCE INVESTISSEMENT, CAPITEM PARTENAIRES, BFC CROISSANCE & INNOVATION, BDR INVEST
XOS LEARNING
UNIGRAINS
LONSDALE
SYLQ
VITRINEMEDIA
Work highlights
- Advised Groupe Pénélope (Group LFPI) on the acquisition of FMG Sales and Marketing through the holding Ithaque Investissements.
- Advised Amundi Private Equity Funds, UI Investissement and Société Générale Capital Partenaires on the LBO of the Cyllene group.
- Assisted Andera-Acto with the LBO (sponsorless) of NG Travel Group.
France > Mergers and acquisitions Tier 6
Work highlights
Mermoz Avocats > Firm Profile
HPML and MERMOZ join forces and become MERMOZ Avocats.
Mermoz Avocats is the favoured partner of companies’ managers and shareholders, of business angels as well as French and international investment funds, in all main areas of business law in both advisory and litigation aspects.
The team, led by five partners and four counsels, provides to its clients expert advice to structure, realise and monitor their business development in France and internationally.
Mergers and acquisitions: Mermoz Avocatshas significant and highly specialized experience in mergers and acquisitions. The responsiveness and creativity of its team make it possible to offer support for all types of transactions, both on the buyer’s and the seller’s sides, in the context of joint venture agreements, group structuring operations, etc.
Private equity: Mermoz Avocats is one of the undisputed leaders of private equity in France. Its team’s expertise and experience give it a recognized legitimacy to carry-out the legal, labour and tax structuring related to all kinds of operations of this sector (such as LBO, MBO, OBO, etc), entry or exit of partners, management packages, fundraising, etc.
Corporate law: Mermoz Avocats provides a rigorous tailored legal support and follow-up to its clients (small businesses, SMEs and French or international groups)..
Mermoz Avocats provides its clients an access to a secure and personalised online platform in order to make their usual documents available anytime.
Tax: Mermoz Avocats’s tax team has a recognized expertise in the field of corporate taxation (private equity, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring etc) and personal taxation (income tax, transmission of assets, shareholding etc).
Our tax team advises French and international clients operating in a wide range of sectors, such as real estate, manufacturing, broadcasting, press etc.
Mermoz Avocats’ tax team provides both advisory and litigation services, relying on the combined experience of its partners and associates in dealing with tax authorities. Its knowledge in the field of taxation also leads Mermoz Avocats’s tax team to defend its clients in criminal courts.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Corporate-Private equity-M&A | Thomas HERMETET | thomas.hermetet@mermoz.law | +33 (0) 1 40 98 20 45 |
Corporate-Private equity-M&A | Nada SBAÏ | nada.sbai@mermoz.law | +33 (0) 1 40 98 20 45 |
Corporate-Private equity-M&A | Aurélie BONSCH | aurelie.bonsch@mermoz.law | +33 (0) 1 40 98 20 45 |
Corporate-Private equity-M&A | Gilles Roux | gilles.roux@mermoz.law | +33 (0) 1 40 98 20 45 |
Corporate-Private equity-M&A | Tristan Segonds | tristan.segonds@mermoz.law | +33 (0) 1 40 98 20 45 |
Corporate-Private equity-M&A | Arnaud Levasseur | arnaud.levasseur@mermoz.law | +33 (0) 1 40 98 20 45 |
Corporate-Private equity-M&A-Financing | Martin Kyuchukov | martin.kyuchukov@mermoz.law | +33 (0) 1 40 98 20 45 |
Tax | Philippe ROLLAND | philippe.rolland@mermoz.law | +33 (0) 1 40 98 20 45 |
Tax | Nicolas PRIVAT | nicolas.privat@mermoz.law | +33 (0) 1 40 98 20 45 |
Tax | Laurent ragot | laurent.ragot@mermoz.law | +33 (0) 1 40 98 20 45 |
Litigation - Restructuring-Insolvency | Olivier Péchenard | olivier.pechenard@mermoz.law | +33 (0) 1 40 98 20 45 |
EU Competition | Leyla Djavadi | leyla.djavadi@mermoz.law | +33 (0) 1 40 98 20 45 |
EU Competition | Jean-Louis Fourgoux | jean-louis.fourgoux@mermoz.law | +33 (0) 1 40 98 20 45 |
Employment | Catherine Nahmias | catherine.nahmias@mermoz.law | +33 (0) 1 40 98 20 45 |
IP/IT/Commercial agreements | Régis Mahieu | regis.mahieu@mermoz.law | +33 (0) 1 40 98 20 45 |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Marina Llobell | Counsel | View Profile | |
Augustin Billot | Partner | View Profile | |
Aurélie Bonsch | Partner | View Profile | |
Claire Bourgeois | Counsel | View Profile | |
Leyla Djavadi | Partner | View Profile | |
Virginie Florance | Counsel | View Profile | |
Jean-Louis Fourgoux | Partner | View Profile | |
Wahib Geagea | Counsel | View Profile | |
Thomas Hermetet | Partner | View Profile | |
Martin Kyuchukov | Partner | View Profile | |
Gaspard Le Pomellec | Senior associate | View Profile | |
Arnaud Levasseur | Partner | View Profile | |
Régis Mahieu | Partner | View Profile | |
Alexandra Merlet | Partner | View Profile | |
Catherine Nahmias-Ferrandini | Partner | View Profile | |
Olivier Péchenard | Partner | View Profile | |
Nicolas Privat | Partner | View Profile | |
Laurent Ragot | Partner | View Profile | |
Philippe Rolland | Partner | View Profile | |
Gilles Roux | Partner | View Profile | |
Nada Sbaï | Partner | View Profile | |
Tristan Segonds | Partner | View Profile |