Ms Sophie Cornette de Saint Cyr > Bredin Prat > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile
Bredin Prat Offices
53 QUAI D'ORSAY
75007 PARIS
France
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Ms Sophie Cornette de Saint Cyr
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Sophie Cornette de Saint Cyr is a partner and has been a member of the Corporate team for more than 20 years.
She has extensive experience in M&A transactions and securities law.
Her practice includes a very broad spectrum of matters, including cross-border transactions for French and international corporate clients, acquisitions of listed and unlisted companies, spin-offs, joint ventures and corporate restructurings.
She advises family-owned companies of all sizes on key governance and business succession planning issues.
She regularly speaks at and chairs international conferences and seminars.
She is Vice Chair of the Financial Conferences Subcommittee of the International bar Association since January 2023.
Languages
French, English
Memberships
Admitted to the Paris Bar (2001)
Education
Sophie Cornette de Saint Cyr is a graduate of the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas (Maîtrise, 1998 and DEA, 1999 in Business Law).
Lawyer Rankings
France > Mergers and acquisitions
Bredin Prat is a powerhouse M&A firm that acts on high-end transactions involving France’s blue-chip companies and often the French state, as exemplified recently by its advice to EDF on its nationalisation by the French state. Its public M&A expertise makes it a key adviser to many of France’s leading companies for corporate deals and strategic corporate governance issues. The firm’s involvement also extends to private M&A and cross-border transactions. Patrick Dziewolski, Benjamin Kanovitch and Olivier Assant are standout names. Other strong advisers in the team include Sophie Cornette de Saint Cyr, Kate Romain, Matthieu Pouchepadass, Barthélémy Courteault, Emmanuel Masset, Jean-Benoît Demaret and Clémence Fallet .
Lawyer Rankings
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- EU, competition and distribution
- Mergers and acquisitions
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