Comparative Guide
Acquisition Finance
France
Contribution fromJeantet02 February 2026
M&A: large to mid-market deals (above €100m)
Rankings
- 1
Bredin Prat
Sector knowledge - 1
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 1
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
Sector knowledge
Tier 1
- 2
BDGS Associés
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiency - 2
Clifford Chance
Sector knowledge - 2
Freshfields LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 2
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.
Billing & efficiencySector knowledge - 2
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Tier 2
- 3
Baker McKenzie
- 3
De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
Sector knowledge - 3
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Sector knowledge - 3
Latham & Watkins
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 3
Linklaters
Lawyer & team quality - 3
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Sector knowledge - 3
White & Case LLP
Sector knowledge - 3
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledge - 3
A&O Shearman
- 3
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Tier 3
- 4
August Debouzy
- 4
Goodwin
- 4
Jeantet
- 4
Jones Day
- 4
Lacourte Raquin & Associés
Sector knowledge - 4
Orrick
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiency - 4
Gibson Dunn
- 4
Norton Rose Fulbright
Tier 4
- 5
Ashurst Perkins Coie
- 5
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
- 5
Dentons
- 5
Eversheds Sutherland
Lawyer & team quality - 5
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
- 5
King & Spalding LLP
- 5
Mayer Brown
Billing & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 5
McDermott Will & Schulte
- 5
Osborne Clarke
- 5
Paul Hastings LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 5
Proskauer Rose LLP
Billing & efficiency - 5
Ropes & Gray France AARPI
- 5
Sekri Valentin Zerrouk
Lawyer & team quality - 5
VGG & Associés