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SJ Berwin

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What we say about the firm's legal practice in France

Banking and finance

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Capital markets

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EU competition and distribution

Within EU competition and distribution Other recommended firms

Insolvency

Within Insolvency Other recommended firms

Mergers and acquisitions

Within Mergers and acquisitions Other recommended firms

Private equity

Within Private equity, SJ Berwin LLP is a first tier firm,

SJ Berwin is the ‘absolute market leader on mid-cap transactions’, according to clients, while the firm is also increasingly retained to advise on big tickets. The team includes Maxence Bloch, Christophe Digoy, Jérôme Jouhanneaud and Pierre-Louis Périn. Highlights included advising Lion Capital on the acquisition of Picard Surgelés, and IK Investment Partners and the sellers on the sale of Cerba.

Private equity: Fund formation

Within Private equity: Fund formation, SJ Berwin LLP is a first tier firm,

SJ Berwin retains a dominant market position through a strong team including Georges Pinkham, Benjamin Aller, Nathalie Duguay, Arnaud David and tax expert Sylvie Vansteenkiste. The team advises all types of investment funds.

Real estate

Within Real estate Other recommended firms

Tax

Within Tax, tier 5

SJ Berwin’s fund structuring practice is highly regarded in the market. The team, led by ‘the dynamic’ Fanny Combourieu and Sylvie Vansteenkiste, has sound knowledge of private equity transactions. The department assisted the sellers on the acquisition of Cerba by PAI.


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Legal Developments by:
SJ Berwin LLP

  • Ofcom publishes review of the wholesale broadband access market

    On 3 December 2010, Ofcom published its final statement setting out its analysis of the state of competition in the wholesale broadband access (WBA) market and the measures it is taking to protect consumers in situations where competition alone is insufficient. 

    - SJ Berwin LLP

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  • CHINA - PERSONAL TAXATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY : CHINESE AND FOREIGN NATIONALS ON AN EQUAL FOOTING

    The People's Republic of China has initiated an overhaul of its social security system, reformed the personal taxation regime and has extended the scope of these laws to foreigners residing in China.
  • MOROCCO TO BECOME THE LEADING FINANCIAL PLACE IN AFRICA

    The Kingdom of Morocco is supporting the ambition of becoming the leading financial place for Africa. In this context, a wave of draft laws is to be passed and implemented within the following months, amongst which, the Law No. 53.08, setting up a new financial authority, and the Law No. 54.08, reforming public offering rules, are of paramount importance to Moroccan and foreign issuers, and financial institutions.
  • ACQUISITIONS IN CHINA : ASSET OR SHARE DEAL?

    The opportunities offered to foreign investors by the Chinese mergers and acquisitions market are increasing every year: in 2010, transactions involving foreign companies came to 60.1 billion euros, an increase of 21.2% compared with 2009. Seen from the West, where markets are declining, all sectors of the Chinese economy seem to be undergoing promising development and the statistics indicate that the Middle Empire will be a lasting springboard for growth.
  • Prime de Partage des Profits

    Le dispositif L’article 1er de la loi de financement rectificative de la Sécurité sociale pour 2011 oblige les sociétés commerciales de 50 salariés et plus, dont les dividendes par part sociale ou par action sont en augmentation par rapport à la moyenne des deux années précédentes, à verser une prime à l’ensemble de leurs salariés
  • BULGARIA MARKET OVERVIEW

    Types of investors The private equity (PE) funds that are active in Bulgaria are not raised or registered in the country. Some Bulgarian PE funds were raised recently, but there are no statistics as to the sources of their funding, their number, the funds that were accumulated, etc.
  • RECENT DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING COMMITMENTS

    THE PROCEDURE IS CLARIFIED, BUT MAY COMMITMENTS APPLY WITHOUT LIMIT?
  • Landmark decision by French Competition Authority in conditioned LPG case

    cartel case closed after discovery that leniency application was largely based on forgeries and rejection of collective dominant position objection.
  • 2012 supplementary budget

    The second supplementary budget published in the Official Gazette September 19, 2011 provides for two key measures that affect the deferral of tax losses and taxation of capital gains realized on the sale of equity securities .
  • Actualité législative fiscale

    Au delà des mesures applicables à l’ensemble des contribuables (telles que la limitation du report des déficits ou la réforme du mode de calcul des plus values sur cessions de participations),le plan de réduction des déficits annoncé le 24 août dernier par le gouvernement comprend des mesures qui intéressent spécifiquement les acteurs du secteur financier.
  • Réforme fiscale

    À la une Parmi les mesures annoncées par le Premier Ministre dans le cadre du plan de réduction des déficits, deux d’entre elles sont susceptibles d’affecter de nombreuses entreprises