Mergers and acquisitions in France

‘Excellent experience of the partners who participate in market files. High quality of young dynamic and motivated employees.’

‘Patrick Dziewolski has exceptional experience in complex cases, availability and ability to identify solutions.’

‘Exceptional responsiveness and commitment to client service, rare qualities for a firm of this level of reputation. Clarity appreciated in terms of invoicing.’

‘Sophie Cornette de Saint-Cyr, unlike many high-level lawyers in mergers and acquisitions, perfectly masters the financial aspects of subjects, and is very good with investment bankers, which gives her an exceptional double reading of M&A topics. The firm also has a real quality of recruitment and team, which allows to bring a human touch and to create confidence in addition to the remarkable technical mastery.’

‘Good understanding of our expectations, of the corporate culture and search for solutions adapted to our specificities. Efficient billing and collection procedures.’

‘Fluidity and simplicity of exchanges, responsiveness and great availability of interlocutors regardless of the quality of the speaker. Good communication within the team. Outstanding support and advice from Sophie Cornette de Saint Cyr.’

‘From receptionists to name partners, all the teams seem totally dedicated to the success of your project. Nothing seems impossible; everything seems easy. The most complex questions are answered simply, in language understood by all. This apparently easy simplicity is the mark of keen intelligence.’

‘Bredin Prat has an exceptional M&A team supported by strong practices in all areas of the law required to close an M&A deal.’

‘Sophie Cornette de Saint Cyr is an outstanding professional. She is smart, reactive and efficient. She is a problem solver and really good in negotiations. She is highly dedicated to her clients.’

‘The Bredin team has demonstrated great expertise, responsiveness and efficiency in our operation.’

‘DVMB is an exceptional firm in all its aspects.’

‘Marcus Billam, Jean-Baptiste de Martigny, Alexandre Durant are excellent lawyers, innovators, excellent knowledge of the market.’

‘Bertrand Cardi and Nicolas Mennesson are outstanding lawyers with a very practical and business-oriented mindset.’

‘Christophe Vinsonneau stands out for his qualities as a negotiator.’

‘An extremely expert and responsive, multidisciplinary team, demonstrating an undeniable sense of customer relationship, both in interpersonal relationships and in financial relationships.’

‘The availability of high-level managers in the firm is an undeniable asset. Bertrand Cardi and Christophe Vinsonneau perfectly combine expertise, quality of advice and customer relations.’

‘We have never experienced a combination of competence, deep client focus, intensity, commitment and clarity. We love the problem-solving, constructive approach.’

‘We would not been able to achieve the unique results we have achieved, without the extraordinary contribution of Benjamin Burman, whose skills, intensity and unrelenting professional involvement in all our major decisions.’

‘High availability and quality of work great understanding of client needs for the sake of efficiency, very high quality of work.’

‘The BDGS team is very available and able to mobilise the skills to deal with the various legal subjects of sometimes complex cases.’

‘Proven expertise in business law. Great finesse in analysing situations. Relevant conclusions systematically taking into account our characteristics and positioning.’

‘The firm has a policy of only acting for one client in the sector/industry, so takes its obligations in relation to potential conflicts very seriously indeed. The firm also takes the time to get a real understanding of their clients’ business, as well as their strategic priorities, making them better able to advise and provide effective advice and collaborative support to compliment the in-house legal team.’

‘I would call out Youssef Djehane as providing excellent commercial and practical advice, which shows a deep understanding of our business and our level of risk appetite.’

‘BDGS is a law firm with which we work very calmly, particularly because of the firm’s ability to identify the skills required to handle the case. The words we think of when it comes to the BDGS firm are rigour, in-depth knowledge, availability, proximity. Each file is treated with absolutely particular attention and nothing is left to chance. Calling on the BDGS firm means ensuring that you have very high-level skills.’

‘In my opinion, what makes BDGS practice unique is their skill to find and propose always constructive solutions in difficult M&A situations, solutions that are legally strong to protect the client’s interests and, at the same time, intelligent to allow the reach a constructive agreement. They understand very well the underlying business imperatives and strategic objectives of our organisation so that they can always propose solutions tailored to our business needs. It goes beyond being exceptional legal professionals, they really put their legal skills towards strategic objectives of the client.’

‘I work in particular with Jean-Emmanuel Skovron. He is a workaholic. He has a deep legal and literary culture that cannot be found elsewhere. He surrounds himself with the best, but does part of the work himself which creates confidence. It is greatly appreciated by all stakeholders.’

‘Fabrice Cohen is just exceptional!’

‘An excellent team, very good advice, and flawless workmanship.’

‘A very strong involvement alongside the client and a much appreciated advisory capacity, in particular the team led by Cédric Chanas.’

‘Great availability and great expertise in full service M&A firm, high-level associates and very experienced partners.’

‘Magali Masson is quite simply exceptional. Pragmatic, efficient, very good negotiator, we can trust her blindly. Stops at nothing.’

‘Guillaume Touttée is the lawyer we want to have by our side on M&A operations. In addition to his technicality and his remarkable skills in negotiation, Guillaume Touttée knows how to have a 360° strategic vision of transactions and perfectly masters the matters and related issues. Listening to his clients, he knows how to provide optimal support to legal departments and management.’

‘What is immediately striking are the fluid, complementary and constructive relationships that the M&A team seems to maintain with lawyers from other specialties within GIDE law firm. The excellent coordination of the various contributions under the leadership of the M&A team results in a very good overall work on complex projects.’

‘Alexis Pailleret is an exceptional lawyer. Rigour, efficiency and availability are just a few of its many qualities. He is very attentive and also knows how to strategically orient his clients towards pragmatic solutions integrating both the legal and commercial dimension. He is a clear communicator. Whatever the pressure, he always seems to be in control and remains, under all circumstances, pleasant. He leads without imposing. Alexis Pailleret forms a beautiful pair with the very discreet, but no less efficient Chloé Bouhours.’

‘The team led by Olivier Diaz, perfectly assisted by Charles de Réals, presents the best combination of technical excellence and experience.’

‘Charles de Réals combines strong technical expertise and extensive transactional experience (listed and unlisted, buying and selling, financial sectors and other industries). Charles proves to be extremely competent, available, concise and precise in his interventions, and always endeavors to deal well with all the problems of his clients, calling on other departments if necessary. Charles’s presence provides security in the quality/timing of the production of legal documentation. Very present during negotiation sessions, Charles demonstrates pedagogy and clarity to overcome many potentially conflicting situations. Charles leads a talented team (including Corentin Charlès), which is also very committed to client satisfaction.’

‘The practice is unique because it is tailored to the client while providing advice that goes far beyond the scope and size of the company. The consultancy offer is considered to be the best because it is linked to the reputation, excellence and size of the firm. We know that we have access to the best advice, and if necessary the firm allows us to access other specialized institutions with expertise in the matter, contributing to the success of the case.’

‘Relations with the Gide firm have always been human and close. Excellent relationship management and transmission of this relationship to other colleagues in charge of a specialty. Very good follow-up and fluidity in the exchanges. Trust and loyalty are essential to a good firm/client relationship and this has always been a characteristic of the firm.’

‘Excellent expertise, always relevant support.’

‘Partner Guillaume Rougier-Brierre supports us in difficult cases. Capable of mobilizing a good team around him, he ensures an efficient approach.’

‘A client-friendly team, extremely involved in the service of its clients with an availability and an unfailing commitment of the M&A partner.’

‘Guillaume Isautier successfully manages to combine a remarkable work force, protection of the interests of his clients, a very appreciable relational mode in terms of interactions and availability, all at very competitive prices.’

‘An excellent network of high-level lawyers.’

‘Claude Serra is fully available and attentive to the needs of clients in strategic as well as strictly legal advice Romain Ferla highly efficient and responsive on specific and pointed questions.’

‘Multidisciplinary team.’

‘Strong responsiveness and ability to adapt to contexts.’

‘Very good, solid and innovative team.’

‘Hugues Mathez: very solid and versatile. Alexis Hojabr is very good for complex situations.’

‘Jeantet is a client-focused firm that is always very responsive and is skilled at working across time zones and borders.’

‘Karl Hepp de Sevelinges is our go-to lawyer in France for complex commercial arrangements because he combines deep knowledge of the French market with a practical approach.’

‘Very pleased with the approach to cross-border M&A. Good understanding of process and transaction culture in multiple jurisdictions. Very pragmatic approach, light touch where possible, full-depth focus where needed.’

‘Karl Hepp de Sevelinges keeps a good overview of the entire deal and negotiations. Kept the process on track in a transaction with highly complicated dynamics. Anticipated our needs at every step and quickly became a trusted advisor.’

‘Ruben Koslar is knowledgeable professional, always calm, quick and precise, which is a great asset in those crunch moments that happen in every M&A process.’

‘Perrine Fuchs is thorough in due diligence, always helpful in summarising key aspects of contracts.’

‘Jeantet’s broad range of corporate services and a very sizeable team of experts, in the context of a critically time-pressured business opportunity, delivered flawless in-depth commercial, technical, and transactional sector knowledge.’

‘Jeantet’s M&A team is a top notch team. It is a very professional team which is also flexible and attentive to the expectations of clients or foreign law firms.’

‘Professionalism of the M&A team: review of technical aspects with the relevant specialists of the firm (as opposed to certain firms where the partner in charge wants to handle everything alone).’

‘They run a very capable and truly international team managed by Alexandre de Verdun. They have their own network of best friend firms across Europe and are able to assemble a perfect team for a specific transaction. They have unparalleled experience and an amazing M&A track record in financial services industries. They are our first choice.’

‘Alexandre de Verdun is one of the best international M&A lawyers that we came across internationally. He is a charismatic lawyer with top expertise in banking M&A, and his entire team has a very structured and efficient approach to deal management. Alexandre’s unique talent is to create trusted and respectful relationship between all persons engaged on the transaction, and to smoothly close even the most complex deals without major frustrations. Both clients and counterparties feel safe in his hands and have full trust and confidence in what he does.’

‘A team totally dedicated to its clients.’

‘Always attentive to his clients, with absolute availability, Alexandre de Verdun is an excellent negotiator, tenacious, but always courteous. Delphine Sauvebois-Brunel also demonstrates excellent negotiating skills.’

‘The Jones Day team has done an amazing job. Its primary qualities are its responsiveness, its strong technical expertise on complex projects and its ability to offer solutions when pitfalls are encountered.’

‘Audrey Bontemps has done a remarkable job cultivating three qualities highly appreciated in complex cases: a strong listening capacity, a remarkable quality of pedagogy on technical aspects and flawless reliability.’

‘Audrey Bontemps is a partner with a remarkable management of files/timing/issues, who knows how to convey the right messages to advise us on a given subject and accessible when necessary. Too bad we can’t always have her on our side.’

‘Flawless involvement of the teams. The partners Renaud Rossa and Serge Tatar follow the files perfectly and are very involved in all phases. The allocation of work within their team between the time of the partner and that of the associate is perfectly adjusted/reliable according to the files. Renaud and Serge take the time necessary to understand the project at stake. This desire to understand the in-depth business of their client is one of the remarkable qualities of this team.’

‘Responsiveness, availability and unique commitment on the Paris market, coupled with a first-rate quality of work.’

‘We work with Renaud Rossa and Serge Tatar, who are very experienced, reliable and very committed professionals for their clients.’

‘Excellent practice of real estate M&A, business oriented with very pragmatic and creative approach but always looking out for a secured solution.’

‘Nicolas Jüllich: very precise, excellent anticipation, very committed and straightforward communication’.’

‘Perfect legal expertise, great understanding of business subjects, adaptability, proactivity, responsiveness, pragmatism are the main qualities of the mergers-acquisitions department of Lacourte Raquin Tatar. Excellent communication skills.’

‘Serge Tatar and Guillaume Roche are dealmakers who know how to navigate complex transactions, especially with cross-border implications. Solution-oriented, they not only have the technical skills but also the macro vision necessary to get all those involved in these operations (investment bank, auditors, local councils) to work together and bring them to fruition.’

‘M&A expertise, pugnacious, perpetual search for solutions, responsiveness.’

‘A team that adapts to the needs and culture of its clients and actively participates in making deals a reality.’

‘Excellent understanding of our challenges, our businesses and our expectations.’

‘Great team and internationally great coverage.’

‘Olivier Jouffroy is tech savvy, accessible and hardworking.’

‘Georges Rigo is a great professional with exceptional finesse. Very nice, hyper responsive. An iron fist in a velvet glove!’

‘Professionalism in all areas of law, thoroughness, availability, negotiation skills, multilingual skills.’

‘The Orrick team is distinguished by many aspects, but especially by its ability to adapt and its ability to manage complexity in due diligence and negotiations. The names to mention are George Rigo and Gergana Rodriguez.’

‘Great capacity for work and execution, power with the mobilisation of teams when necessary, responsiveness, and precision in the opinions delivered.’

‘Gabriel Flandin is a partner particularly oriented towards business and the conclusion of transactions, preferring simple and effective solutions rather than theorizing. Pure and perfect legal solutions. Very appreciable in a transactional logic.’

‘Extremely professional and involved team with great human qualities and understanding, client-oriented and able to adapt to changing situations and environments, imaginative and flexible.’

‘They are covering a large scope of services in a small team, so the time spent on a dossier can be significantly reduced, they are great people and client-focused.’

‘An efficient and complementary pair between Jean-Nicolas Soret and his associates.’

‘Jean-Nicolas Soret is a brilliant above average lawyer, but I also appreciate his pragmatism and ability to complete the transaction. A real business and relational sensitivity not so common in the profession!’

‘Jean-Nicolas Soret has excellent technical skills. His approach to negotiation resulted in an agreement being reached quickly. In short: pragmatic, friendly and professional quality.’

‘Excellent support in M&A project by Bruno Nogueiro and Geraldine Malfaite. Very hands-on advice. Highly responsive and deal-driven.’

‘Constructive with a tenacity to find solutions.’

‘Dedicated, available and therefore responsive.’

‘Apart from being good as M&A counsels, CMS people know that each business is special (tailor-made approach coupled with the specifics of M&A peculiarities) and what other law fields specialists can be useful to assist.’

‘Jean-Robert Bousquet is available, listens carefully to what clients have to say and is always straightforward in his advice. He also delivers the goods efficiently and adequately. His negotiation skills have been very useful to us.’

‘Responsive, competent team with all the required skills.’

‘Good English-speaking lawyers we could communicate with.’

‘Dechert delivered an exceptional level of service, both perfect from a point of view of the legal fundamentals associated with M&A operation, knowing how to bring an extraordinary creativity and experience throughout our project.’

‘Professionalism, experience and creativity constitute an alloy of skills, incredibly powerful, at a unique level in the place of Paris from my point of view, and absolutely decisive in a context of M&A operation.’

‘Ermine Bolot offers tailor-made support by taking into account and anticipating the specificities and needs of her client. At each stage of a project, the team is always responsive and a source of proposals to iron out difficulties.’

‘Ermine Bolot is an excellent professional. She always brings pragmatic solutions, she is very knowledgeable and always available and makes sure that the services rendered meet our high expectations.’

‘Delphin Boucher: very reliable and diligent. Strong understanding of client needs.’

‘Well-composed team with good coordination, efficient and rapid execution.’

‘Great mastery for each lawyer in his field. Alain Decombe is very business-oriented which makes things easier. Very good network that he puts to the benefit of his clients so that they develop more business.’

‘Catherine Joffroy is an excellent lawyer, very responsive, business-oriented and very attentive to her clients.’

‘The practice is unique insofar as, in particular, the sense of listening is exceptional. This makes it possible to apprehend and understand the problems always in a relevant, efficient and sometimes creative way. The dematerialisation of processes and invoices are innovative and appreciated measures.’

‘Jean-Marc Grosperrin is a committed, precise and rigorous person. Available and straightforward, he is an excellent professional in his field. His technique and practice in M&A are impeccable.’

‘Competent, fast, reliable and persistent.’

‘The team is extremely competent, proactive, resolves all problems, has specialists in all subjects. A pleasure to work with them.’

‘A very useful ability to coordinate cross-border teams.’

‘Catherine Joffroy has the energy, the taste and the availability to effectively assist her clients.’

‘Very high quality expertise and business-oriented which make it possible to think (and win) a deal. The execution that follows is also very rigorous.’

‘Robust global coverage.’

‘Paris-based partner Simon Charbit fully understands our way of working and consistently delivers value.’

‘The DLA Piper team is very responsive and very reliable in their advice and guidance. This team guides you in your operations and you really feel advised and guided.’

‘Incredible availability. Very strong relationship of trust. Relevant and responsive advice. Pragmatic.’

‘The lawyers are very available and have good knowledge of our activity and technical competence.’

‘Hervé Castelnau is always very attentive to his clients.’

‘Strong expertise and understanding of the law. Well-reasoned and clear advice which is concise and to the point. Commercial approach to transactions.’

‘Pierre Lafarge was a pleasure to work with. He was extremely knowledgeable and able to convey his points clearly. He has a commercial mindset and was able to balance business interests and legal risks.’

‘The Latournerie Wolfrom Avocats M&A team offers unique quality, availability and operational understanding of issues, particularly in the telecoms, media and IT industries.’

‘The people of the M&A team who stand out are Thibaut Kazemi and Hervé Castelnau. Their expertise and experience in M&A is first rate. What is different: their understanding of operational and financial issues, allowing the documentation and legal sequencing to be adapted in all circumstances, and their availability.’

‘The team is very solid, always available and the quality of its work is excellent. Very pragmatic and always in a good mood. Prices in the market, but without excess.’

‘Benoit Marpeau is quite simply amazing: always available, capable of an enormous workload, true leader of his team, very pragmatic with a high negotiation capacity and persuasive, the work done is always of a high level and finally very nice and full of humor which allows him not to take himself too seriously. For me one of the very best advocates of the Paris market practice.’

‘Highly available and efficient team. Lawyers who handle a very wide range of cases, from the simplest to the most complex, with a lot of commitment and rigour.’

‘Very high responsiveness and intelligence to deal with complex subjects.’

‘Small, but very complementary team, with a seamless service.’

‘The partner Benoit Marpeau is very available and accessible and has an excellent mastery of M&A subjects. He is effectively supported by his staff, including Solène Thomas, who demonstrates calm and efficiency.’

‘Benoit Marpeau’s team has become essential in a few years in Paris. Their technicality and responsiveness are at the level of the best teams in the market, and they add an excellent relationship with clients.’

‘Benoit Marpeau manages to reconcile in a rare way the qualities of a formidable negotiator and a very sharp technician.’

‘Recommended for their knowledge and experience in the field of M&A and also the importance that they direct to the finer details in their negotiation strategy.’

‘Independent firm offering quality services.’

‘Proximity of teams – Continuity of relationships – expertise and network.’

‘They were were decisive in the negotiations and the outcome of any strategic issues.’

‘Impeccable responsiveness, availability, technicality, whatever the complexity of the file (listed/unlisted, international, foreign rights).’

‘Relationship of trust with Fabrice Veverka who knows how to support a corporate over time.’

‘Efficient, motivated professionals.’

‘In a complex situation the team demonstrated exceptional tenacity and a remarkable capacity for initiative to move the file forward. This made a transaction possible, the action of our board was decisive.’

‘Daniel Villey is a high-class professional, combining a lively intelligence and an extraordinary knowledge of files. He also knows how to tell his client what he doesn’t want to hear, arguably the most valuable quality in a lawyer.’

‘Very pragmatic and efficient team. Business vision, which I consider very important, in the analysis of legal documentation, and not just from a legal point of view.’

‘We particularly appreciate Fréderic Grillier.’

‘High availability of partners, ability to become personally involved in files.’

‘VGG’s mergers-acquisitions team combines very high-level technical qualities, on all aspects of an acquisition transaction, including financial aspects, with a real method of identifying the major points to arbitrate in negotiations with the opposing party. This pragmatic and rigorous approach allows rapid progress in the negotiation of deals, in total security.’

‘Frédéric Grillier combines great availability with perfect technical ease. He knows perfectly how to prioritise negotiation points and anticipate with the opposing party what will pose a problem for his client and what can be discussed. He is therefore both an excellent technical expert and an indispensable partner in negotiations.’

‘W&S lawyers specialising in M&A have great business acumen and a global vision of cases. They are very involved and devoted to their clients, making them real partners of the companies they support. The success of operations is very important to them. A recent sale was carried out brilliantly, to my greatest satisfaction.’

‘Jérôme Herbet is very client-oriented. He is intelligent, pragmatic, available and sympathetic.’

‘Friendly team and close to its clients. Good analysis.’

‘Jérome Herbet is very talented, with rare intellectual flexibility. He finds solutions to any problem.’

‘Edouard Waels brings a pragmatic approach to cases.’

‘The team demonstrates impressive speed of analysis and execution. The challenges and needs are well integrated, in a dynamic dealmaker fashion that is much appreciated.’

‘Numa Rengot, Yam Atallah and Antoine Fouassier in particular are intellectually able to integrate all business issues. Their negotiating and analytical skills are very strong and highly appreciated during negotiations.’

‘Sébastien Pontillo and his team provide high-quality, creative, sharp, domestic & cross border support to their clients within very short timelines. Things cannot go wrong with him.’

‘Young team, experienced, eager to get market share in the competitive French market. Has a good deal flow from their international network.’

‘Raphael Bloch is experienced, flexible on pricing, well structured and available 24/7. Great professional to work with.’

‘Very proactive and attentive in the follow-up and negotiations of the cases in which we are supported. A real pleasure to have been able to collaborate with them and to have been able to benefit from their experience.’

‘Raphael Bloch is a partner who is not only an expert in his field, but also a true business partner. He directly understands the needs of our business, and only stops when we reach our goals! A real asset.’

‘A tight team in terms of staff, but very versatile, able to intervene in classic M&A as well as in private equity.’

‘Cécile Davanne-Mortreux relies on flawless technique to identify the practical solutions most suited to her clients. Edgard Nguyen is an excellent negotiator, extremely pragmatic.’

‘Almain is an excellent choice of firm for small/mid-size operations. Hourly rates are reasonable and the assistance provided is of a high standard. The team is very responsive and extremely invested alongside its clients.’

‘We work with Cécile Davanne-Mortreux, who demonstrates great technical expertise and mastery of M&A operations, she also has an excellent ability to understand and apprehend our business challenges, which makes her a strategic partner for our M&A operations.’

‘Almain’s M&A team meets all the expectations of a legal director: expertise and responsiveness at reasonable hourly rates. The work provided is of high quality, with a remarkable ability of the team to listen and adapt to the constraints of his client to achieve the objectives he seeks.’

‘Cécile Davanne-Mortreux is impressive in the quality of her advice and the production of contractual documents. Her perfect mastery of acquisition operations allows her to provide expert advice that precisely guides his client towards the right choices.’

‘Availability, very professional teams, and ‘straight to the point’.’

‘Edgard Nguyen is an outstanding negotiator who knows the practice of the market. He is also very creative on the files, and always finds the appropriate solutions so that the operations can succeed.’

‘Speed. Efficiency. Good commercial sense.’

‘The BG2V team and especially Hervé de Kervasdoue are very competent, responsive and understandable. In addition, he understands all the subtleties of Anglo-Saxon law. He only charges a fair price for the work done and always makes himself available.’

‘Very good mastery of files and autonomy in monitoring. Good contact and responsiveness.’

‘Carole Bodin – deal maker; good technique and very good contact; careful follow-up of the file; reasoned and efficient delegation.’

‘The team is pragmatic and client-oriented as well as attentive to our requests.’

‘The people care about a job well done and their clients’ satisfaction.’

‘Recognised expertise is provided by Philippe Dumez and his associates.’

‘The Delsol team is a particularly competent, committed and efficient team. In a complex and highly regulated process, we felt confident and benefited from very proactive support which guided us, giving us a clear view of the stages and deadlines. We particularly appreciated not having any surprises on the aspect managed by the Delsol team.’

‘The Delsol team was particularly committed and supportive, making us feel confident throughout the process. Their mastery of the various subjects allowed us to avoid surprises and to finalise the project as initially planned (excluding surprises from other actors). I particularly appreciated the support and competence of Maître Pierre Gougé.

‘Henri-Louis Delsol and his team have always been extremely responsive and available. Getting straight to the point, there are few convolutions, allowing rapid progress on the files. The advice of the Delsol teams is at the expected level and separates things between the essential and the accessory.’

‘I salute their ability to adapt their processes to the specificities of SME acquisitions, in order to take into account the sometimes very specific requirements/wishes.’

‘Aurélie Bonsch is very available, flexible and efficient.’

‘Efficiency, pragmatism and adaptability.’

‘Availability, subtlety and involvement.’

‘The Osborne Clarke team is always available and proactive. It is distinguished by the in-depth knowledge of our group and its sector of activity as well as the quality of the client relationship.’

‘David Haccoun, Catherine Olive and Anne-Laure Laroussinie are particularly accessible and very constructive in our M&A operations.’

‘Very good quality/price ratio: high-quality service by professionals from more expensive firms who have retained their initial qualities at more controlled prices. Fairly developed network of correspondents outside of France and role of facilitator of the Paris office with this network.’

‘David Haccoun: dynamism, spontaneity in the relationship, direct implications in the files with if necessary support of one or two people maximum, but avoiding duplication or re-invoicing linked to exchanges between partners/associates.’

‘Gilles Amsallem is incredibly responsive (even given time differences), commercial, and well-informed of the industry and market trends. He is a pleasure to work with.’

‘The quality of the V&A team lies in several factors: – partners who are passionate about their profession and who have a good knowledge of the company they advise – partners who are personally involved in the files, go into detail, are constructive and offer solutions – light teams who always work together on the same client – partners who work well together between practices. With respect to other firms, I find them more involved, offering high-quality work with reasonable fees.’

‘Two partners stand out: Nicolas Vivien and Judith Fargeot. They are both very experienced, maintain an Olympian calm and facilitate transactions while ensuring that the interests of the client are well defended.’

‘Responsiveness, practical in their advice and hands-on.’

‘Arnaud Felix stood out as he was responsive, hands-on, worked fast and very practical.’

‘Good responsiveness and great solution proposal.’

‘Thomas Rabain, good advice points to be agreed on during negotiations.’