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Bersay > The Legal 500 Rankings

France > Industry focus: Telecoms  Tier 2

The telecoms team at Bersay is well versed in advising public sector clients on rollouts of public networks across France. The practice is jointly led by Bradley Joslove and telecoms expert Martin Tissier, who has a solid track record in assisting French regional bodies with digital development mandates. In a recent highlight, Tissier is leading the advice to the Société du Grand Paris on the deployment of a fibre optic infrastructure for new Parisian metro lines. Claire Poirson left the firm in March 2023.

Practice head(s):

Martin Tissier; Bradley Joslove

Key clients

Bordeaux Métropole

Société du Grand Paris

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (Guyane)

Toulouse Métropole

Collectivité de Corse

Rennes Metropole

Metz Metropole

Département du Loiret

Communauté d’Agglomération Paris-Saclay

Département de Mayotte

Work highlights

  • Assisted Société du Grand Paris with setting up a fibre optic network infrastructure to be incorporated into the new metro network.
  • Acted as counsel to Rennes Métropole on the expansion of its Internet of Things LoRaWan network.

France > Industry focus: IT and internet  Tier 3

Bersay offers a broad spectrum of legal services, including advice on contracts, AI matters and cybersecurity issues, to an expanding network of local and international clients. Bradley Joslove leads the practice alongside Frédéric Lecomte.

Practice head(s):

Bradley Joslove; Frédéric Lecomte

Testimonials

‘The team was very good at tracking all open items as well as having the right in-house experts for the different areas needed.’

‘They were very communicative and tried to explain the different options very clearly. ’

‘Bradley Joslove – very responsive and helpful.’

France > Employment Tier 4

Practice head(s):

Nathalie Cerqueira; Anne-Lise Puget

Testimonials

‘The team communicates well and is thorough.’

‘Very technical team, a lot of monitoring and therefore very anticipatory Excellent knowledge of the business which allows them to advise in a very proactive and extremely relevant way Very fluid mode of cooperation ’

‘Anne-Lise Puget: anticipation, deepening and monitoring of the subject, she doesn’t give up’

‘I I still feel a real dynamic, and a celebration with each new file, with a desire to win and win. ’

‘Anne Lise Puget: she is dynamic, always in a good mood, very determined and accessible, she follows her files impeccably.’

‘Nathalie Cerqueira: she is also very accessible.’

Work highlights

France > Private equity: LBO Tier 4

Practice head(s):

Jérôme Bersay; Pauline Darmon; Anya Hristova; Pierre-Louis Périn

Key clients

Perspecteev

Frédéric Jousset / Quadia

METabolic Explorer

EureKARE

3.6.2 Participations

Entrepreneur Invest

Quadient

Work highlights

  • Assisted Entrepreneur Invest in the MBO of CEMOM, a French-Polish group specialised in the production and distribution of door and window hinges.
  • Advised the 3.6.2 Participations fund on its acquisition of Garella Mode & Design.
  • Assisted Quadient with the divestiture of one of its business units – Shipping Technology Products – to some of its managers through a MBO.

France > Administrative and public law Tier 5

Practice head(s):

Martin Tissier

Testimonials

‘Skilled, attentive.’

Key clients

Bordeaux Métropole

Société du Grand Paris

Rennes Métropole

Toulouse Métropole

Département de la Savoie

Collectivité de Corse

Sivom Villefranche-sur-Mer

SIEDA Occitanie

Metz Metropole

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (Guyane)

Communauté d’Agglomération Paris-Saclay

Département de Mayotte

Work highlights

  • Advising Société du Grand Paris with the deployment of a fibre optic network infrastructure that will be incorporated into the new Paris metro infrastructure.
  • Advising the Savoie Department on an audit mission.
  • Assisting Caisse des dépôts et Consignations with setting up a joint venture in French Guyana with Collectivité territoriale de Guyane (French Overseas local authority) and TDF (French broadcast/mobile player) in French Guyana.  

France > Mergers and acquisitions Tier 6

Practice head(s):

Jérôme Bersay; Stéphanie Benmoussa-Molkhou; Pauline Darmon; Anya Hristova; Pierre-Louis Périn

Testimonials

‘Pauline Darmon shows  constant commitment.’

Key clients

Chemical Computing Group

Entrepreneur Invest

Leto Partners

Metabolic Explorer

Perspecteev

Quadient

Tholitek

TotalEnergies

362 Participations

New André

Suez Organique

Nexity

Work highlights

  • Advised METabolic EXplorer (METEX) in connection with financing operations for the company’s 2023-2024 strategic plan.
  • Advised Chemical Computing Group, a Canadian company, on the acquisition of Discngine.
  • Advised NEW ANDRE in the context of the takeover of the assets and activities of the company 1MONDE9 (the brand André).

France > Insurance

Bersay launched its practice, focusing on the insurance aspects of industrial and real estate projects, in June 2023 with the arrival of Xavier Marchand and his team from Franklin.

Bersay > Firm Profile

The firm
Founded in 1995, Bersay brings together around 50 highly qualified lawyers, offering strateging expertise in the main areas of business life in contentious an non-contentious matters, for a wide variety of private and public entities and investment funds in an international and national context.

QUALITY AT THE HEART OF OUR APPROACH
As the first parisian law firm to be ISO 9001 certified, bersay builds and adapts its internal procedures to respond the needs of its clients. The firm’s constant goal is to achieve excellence.

REGULARLY RECOGNIZED
In each Bersay’s practice areas, our attorneys are regularly recognized in leading French and International rankings.

A MULTI-SPECIALIST LAW FIRM
Bersay brings together around fifty lawyers offering deep specialized experience and expertise in the main areas of business life. Our lawyers began, their careers within the firm or joined us after practicing in prestigious French or International structures.

Areas of practice: The firm handles international deals as well as French deals, and is particularly active in:

  • Corporate law/capital markets: Mergers and acquisitions, private equity, issuance of mixed securities, (for listed and unlisted companies), IPO, bankruptcy and restructuring.
  • Banking/finance: Regulatory advice and representation before financial regulatory agencies, advice on financing for acquisitions, bridge loans, recapitalization, and other corporate purposes.
  • Fund structuring: Structuring of French and Luxembourg private equity, real estate, infrastructure and debt funds, co-investment funds, funds of funds and dedicated funds. Incorporation and approval of portfolio management companies and investment companies, as well as any issues relating to their operating conditions (interest scheme, co-investment arrangements and the distribution in France of their investment funds or structured products).
  • Tax: International and domestic acquisitions, private equity, reorganisation, joint ventures.
  • Litigation/Arbitration: Corporate, securities, competition and distribution, real estate and construction, white-collar crime, international and domestic arbitration.
  • Labour and employment: Collective, individual, white-collar crime.
  • IP/IT/telecoms/media/entertainment/data protection: Intellectual property (trademarks, patents, copyright, designs infringement (counterfeiting/passing-off)/unfair trading), information technology, internet, data protection, cybercrime, telecommunications, media, sports law.
  • Fintech: blocktchain, compliance, payment services, crowdfunding.
  • Real estate/construction/environment: Transaction, commercial leases, construction, development, urbanism, environment.
  • Competition and antitrust: French and European competition law (merger control, restrictions of competition, cartels, abuses of a dominant position), distribution, including franchise, commercial contracts, R&D and cooperation agreements, technology transfer agreements, licensing agreements, regulatory law, advertising.
  • Public and administrative law: Government contracts (public tenders), outsourcing of public services, public-private partnerships.
  • Industrial risks:  Risk prevention; assistance to project managers, management of indusrtial diasters; managment of serial body injury claims, liability for defective products.
  • Insurance: risk mapping; assistance for the realisation of industrial projects; damage insurance’s management; liabiliry insurance’s mnagement; disasters’ management.
  • Energy Law: management of authorizations, construction and exploitation of energy production units; Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CCPA)
  • Life Sciences, R&D and Pharma: advice and litigation, in regulatory matters and in the context of the negotiation and management of contracts, research and development contracts, partnerships and consortiums, or in the design and implementation of their industrial projects.

INTERNATIONAL APPROACH
Sinc its creation, bersay has had the goal of serving its clients abroad as well as in France. International work is a very significant part of the firm’s activity. All our lawyers  work in French and in English and most of them work in at least a third language (Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Hebrew).

 

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Corporate M&A, Litigation Jérôme Bersay, Managing Partner, jbersay@bersay.com +33 (0)156883000
Tax Manuela Bitton, Counsel mbitton@bersay.com +33 (0)156883000
Restructuring Juliette Bour, Counsel jbour@bersay.com +33 (0)156883000
Labour and employment Nathalie Cerqueira, Partner ncerqueira@bersay.com +33 (0)156883000
Litigation Mathilde Cousteau, Partner mcousteau@bersay.com +33 (0)156883000
Litigation/arbitration, Restructuring, Real Estate Frédéric Flatrès, Partner fflatres@bersay.com +33 (0)156883000
Corporate M&A Anya Hristova, Partner ahristova@bersay.com +33 (0)156883000
Real Estate Charles Koskas, Partner ckoskas@bersay.com +33 (0)156883000
Tax Alain Jouan, Partner ajouan@bersay.com +33 (0)156883000
Corporate M&A Stéphanie Benmoussa-Molkhou, Partner sbm@bersay.com +33 (0)156883000
Corporate / Private Equity Pierre-Louis Périn, Partner plperin@bersay.com +33 (0)156883000
Labour and employment Anne-Lise Puget, Partner apuget@bersay.com +33 (0)156883000
Public Martin Tissier, Partner mtissier@bersay.com +33 (0)156883000
IP-IT-Data Protection Frédéric Lecomte, Partner flecomte@bersay.com +33 (0)156883000
Corporate M&A / Private Equity Pauline Darmon, Partner pdarmon@bersay.com +33 (0)156883000
Funds Structuring Stéphanie Alexandrino, Partner salexandrino@bersay.com +33 (0)156883000
IP-IT-Data Protection Bradley Joslove, Partner bjoslove@bersay.com +33 (0)156883000

Languages

English
French
Hebrew
Italian
Japanese
Portuguese
Spanish
Greek
Georgian
Bulgarian
Russian

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Contacts : Jérôme Bersay (jbersay@bersay.com)