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Laetitia Amzallag

Laetitia Amzallag

Partner - Laetitia focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and commercial contracts, both nationally and internationally, particularly in the renewable energy sector (acquisitions for operators of wind, solar and biomass plants and equity investments of financial investors in SPVs) and sporting activities (golf, fitness, etc.). She also advises French and international corporations, essentially in industrial and service sectors, on matters relating to external growth via acquisitions and corporate transactions as well as minority or majority equity investments.
Alexandra Arnould

Alexandra Arnould

Partner - Her practice focuses on corporate law, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and capital investment. She advises both domestic and foreign companies and private equity funds on a broad range of corporate (acquisitions -including LBOs-, sales, capital investments, joint ventures) and restructuring transactions (including mergers, spin-off or partial asset contributions). She also provides general corporate and commercial assistance to a various panel of clients active in a wide variety of industries.
Cécile Auvieux

Cécile Auvieux

Partner - Cécile has significant experience in strategic commercial contractual negotiations, particularly for tech and data-driven agreements, acting for both tech providers and users. She regularly assists clients on privacy and data protection matters. She has developed expertise in restructuring data flows in complex commercial contexts and following corporate reorganisations, mergers, or carve-outs. She supports clients in the implementation of strategic digital projects, and advises on the full spectrum of technology regulations, including AI, cybersecurity, connected products, data and e-commerce. She is also experienced in intellectual property matters, including IP licensing and assignment agreements, tech transfer transactions and infringement-related issues.
Emmanuelle Bouretz

Emmanuelle Bouretz

Partner - Emmanuelle Bouretz’s practice focuses on commercial litigation for both French & foreign clients, notably relating corporate matters (minority/majority, shareholder litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions, disputes relating to warranty agreements, etc.) She is also a recognized expert in financial services and banking litigation (particularly in the area of derivative products) and represents major groups before arbitration tribunals. In addition, she assists companies in banking and financial regulations and in their relations with regulatory authorities.
Jean-Luc Bédos

Jean-Luc Bédos

Avocat honoraire - He is a lawyer at the Paris Bar since 1984 and he is now avocat honoraire, graduated from Harvard Law School and holds a doctorate in law (Paris-Assas). He represents French and international companies and investment funds on mergers & acquisitions, restructuring and equity transactions. Jean-Luc has an established reputation in private equity both in France and in Africa. He is the author of the “Guide du Private Equity” published by Option Finance in 2016, and co-editor of the “Livre Blanc du Capital-investissement en Afrique” published by France Invest in 2017. Jean-Luc has been actively involved in humanitarian programs in France, and in 1995 founded the NGO Droits d’Urgence, the largest French NGO (50 employees, 400 volunteers) to provide access to justice for the disadvantaged. Jean-Luc chaired Droits d’Urgence for about ten years. He is a member of the Boards of the American NGO PILnet and the Break Poverty Foundation. He is a regular speaker at international conferences, and since 2016 has been instrumental in the establishment of the Paris Conference of the International Economic Forum of the Americas.
Jérôme Chapus

Jérôme Chapus

Partner - Jérôme Chapus assists and represents corporate entities as well as individuals in domestic or cross-border situations. He has experience in corporate acquisitions and reorganizations, including conducting due diligence, tax consolidation regime, management packages, mergers and similar transactions (including management of tax losses or advance tax rulings); his experience of intra-group transactions extends to transfer pricing, thin capitalization rules and permanent establishment issues. He also addresses VAT issues. Jérôme’s area of expertise also includes assistance to individuals for the organization of their professional or personal assets (tax residence, inheritance/gift tax planning, wealth tax, structuring the purchase of French-located real property, regularization in France of foreign assets...). He also addresses the tax treatment of transactions involving not-for-profit entities.
Pierre Galmiche

Pierre Galmiche

Partner – Pierre possesses extensive experience in antitrust investigations, follow-on damages claims, and litigation involving restrictive practices. He also assists clients in designing and reviewing distribution networks, ensuring compliance with commercial and advertising practices, particularly in the alcoholic beverages, agrifood, and services sectors. His expertise encompasses competition law, including antitrust practices and merger control, distribution, consumer protection, and customs matters. He provides advisory and representation services to French and international companies in both advisory and contentious matters before French authorities such as the Competition Authority, DGCCRF, and Customs, as well as European authorities.
Joëlle Hannelais

Joëlle Hannelais

Partner - Joëlle Hannelais has a renowned experience in employment law. Her practice involves assistance and ad-vice regarding employment related consequences following restructuring and transfer transac-tions, and matters relating to employee and union representation. She also acquired a wide experience in litigation, and in particular before employment law tribu-nals. Her assistance, given her strong experience, allows the anticipation of possible disputes arising from a transaction and to limit any potential consequences resulting therefrom.
Mohamed Naït Kaci

Mohamed Naït Kaci

Partner - Mohamed leads the Restructuring practice and will also strengthen the firm’s existing Business Litigation offering. He assists French and international clients — SMEs, mid-sized companies, large groups and executives — on restructuring matters. His practice covers all aspects of corporate distress, from preventive proceedings to insolvency proceedings, acting for debtors, purchasers and creditors alike. He has developed highly sought-after expertise in defending directors and officers in liability claims (wrongful trading, management bans, and personal bankruptcy). He also has extensive experience in high-stakes corporate litigation and commercial disputes, regularly representing clients before French courts and arbitral tribunals in complex and/or cross-border matters.
Marine Pelletier-Capes

Marine Pelletier-Capes

Partner - Marine Pelletier-Capes has developed notable expertise in corporate taxation, including all tax aspects of merger & acquisitions (transaction structuring, tax consolidation, thin capitalization, holding companies, etc.). Marine frequently assists the firm’s corporate teams on complex domestic or cross-border acquisitions or reorganizations, including when advance tax rulings or informal contacts with the French tax authorities are required. She assists her clients in tax audits and litigation as well. Marine is also a recognized practitioner of individual taxation (family office, Pactes Dutreil, trusts, etc.) and top management and employee incentive; her area of expertise also covers the taxation of not-for-profit organizations.