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BG2V
40/42 RUE LA BOÉTIE
75008 PARIS
France

France > Dispute resolution: White-collar crime Tier 3

BG2V is notably sought after for handling sensitive industrial accidents, notably in the food sector, and also has particular know-how in assisting leading internet companies with potential liability-triggering content posted on their platforms. The practice is also entrusted to deal with corruption and bribery cases, for example by foreign individuals facing high-profile proceedings for money laundering accusations in France. Increasingly, the group is retained for tax fraud proceedings, where it acts in close collaboration with the firm’s tax practice. Leading companies, especially in the digital sector, as well as individuals and corporate officers are clients. Karim Beylouni and Julien Vernet co-head the practice.

Practice head(s):

Karim Beylouni; Julien Vernet

Testimonials

‘Very good business criminal team, particularly recommended for complex financial cases or data criminal matters.’

‘Karim Beylouni is an excellent lawyer, committed and tenacious.’

‘This is an excellent firm. Every attorney I have worked with has been excellent and they provide clear, crisp advice and understand the wider context and commercial issues. My go-to firm.’

‘Karim Beylouni is excellent and really at the top of his game. He makes the most complex, knotty legal issues straightforward. He is great with clients and able to see difficult cases to a conclusion.’

Key clients

HERTA

AN HEIRESS OF THE ART DEALER DANIEL WILDENSTEIN

Work highlights

  • Represented food giant Herta in a delicate matter regarding an accident that caused the death of a 2-year-old boy.
  • Represented an heiress of the art dealer Daniel Wildenstein in the ‘Wildenstein case’ in a tax fraud case.

France > Private equity: venture/growth capital Tier 3

Testimonials

‘True multidisciplinary practice, in the sense that the intervention of partners and teams of various skills is carried out in a particularly fluid way for the client.’

‘Stanislas Richoillez and his team in corporate law stand out through their ability to find simple and operational solutions to complex problems. Their creativity and their ability to offer innovative solutions while minimizing tax risk is also noted.’

 

Key clients

METROPOLE TELEVISION (M6)

CAISSE DES DEPOTS ET CONSIGNATIONS

MOVE PUBLISHING

PLEIADE INVESTMENT

RGREEN

NEWFUND

INNOVAFONDS

SIPAREX

GENERALE DU SOLAIRE

NEXTSTAGE SCA

GROUPE FAYAT

DROUOT

KPH

SOPIC

GENETEC

GROUPE FAUBOURG

PHYSITEK DEVICES

EASIWARE

ELEPHANT AT WORK

CA C’EST PARIS

POTAGER CITY

VENTE-UNIQUE.COM

AÉROPLAST INDUSTRIES

SERVEURCOM

CAFOM SA

GROUPE SARTORIUS

LA CABANE DES BAMBINS

GROUPE DIVALTO

ACADEMAIL

INTERPUBLIC GROUP

ETUDES ET TRAVAUX D’ARMOR

RECHERCHES EXPLORATION PRODUITS

GROUPE DUVAL

SOCIÉTÉ NATIONALE DE DIFFUSION

IVC EVIDENSIA FRANCE

BUILDERS & PARTNERS

UNYC

AEROPLAST INDUSTRIES

COOPERATIVE AXEREAL

DIVALTO

LA CASA

ORFEOR

PHIXEN

QUIETALIS

ALTAVIA

ONEFIELD

Work highlights

  • Advised private equity fund Kharis Capital on the fundraising of the start-up ‘Not So Dark’.
  • Advised IVC EVIDENSIA group of veterinary clinics on almost all its acquisition transactions in France.
  • Advised the funds managed by Edmond Rothschild Private Equity on their investment in the holding company of TIKAMOON.

France > Real estate Tier 3

Created with the arrival of Quentin Leroux from Jones Day in 2012, BG2V’s real estate department is particularly active in real estate asset management. Jean-Marc Valot and Jean-Sébastien Dumont have a broad expertise in real estate tax. Camille de Verdelhan is an experienced real estate litigator. The firm has been actively growing its team, hiring three new associates.

Practice head(s):

Testimonials

‘Very operational team, dealmakers.’

‘Quentin Leroux is an excellent negotiator with a real risk management and facilitator approach.’

‘Incisive, business-oriented, available.’

‘Very agile organisation of modern communication resources and processes (text messages, teams, etc.). Pleasant premises and great adaptability to organise last-minute meetings.’

‘Quentin Leroux is very available and proactive. Great ability to calm sometimes complicated negotiations.’

‘Young and dynamic team. High availability for their client. Quentin Leroux stands out.’

Key clients

AEW

Altarea

AXA

Bouygues Immobilier

Bleu Mercure

BPIFRANCE

CAVP (Caisse d’Assurance Vieillesse des Pharmaciens)

Caisse des Depots et Consignations

Caryatid AM

Colliers

Constructa

Deutsche Bank (DWS)

Electrolux

Exane

Gecina

GDG Investissements

Groupe Duval

HEC Business School

Hérno

Icade

ICAM School

Impala

Immovalor Gestion (Allianz Group)

JLL (JONES LANG LASALLE)

Kareg

Keys REIM

Klepierre

Liberty Real Estate

Logicor (Blackstone / CIC)

Logistics Capital Partners

Mountpark Properties

Murex

Nuveen

Phoenix Towers International

Predica

Scaprim

Schroders

Sciences Po

Sogecap

Soremi

Spirit

Vailog (Segro group)

Virtuo

Work highlights

  • Advised Mountpark on the development and the sale (in future state of completion) of 2 XXL logistics platforms in Meung-sur-Loire (45).
  • Acted as counsel for Altarea Cogedim in the context of a partnership with JP Morgan to acquire, restructure, lease and then resell, via the creation of five joint investment vehicles, five buildings in Paris (2nd) with a total surface area of 14,000sqm with a value of €200m.
  • Counsel for CDC Investissement Immobilier, on behalf of Caisse des Depots, in a sale and leaseback transaction with BNP Paribas of a 17,000sqm office complex located in Paris.

France > Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation Tier 4

BG2V

Practice head(s):

Camille de Verdelhan; Xavier Carbasse; Roland Gueny; Julien Vernet

Testimonials

‘The team is able to deal with problems with great efficiency. The members of the firm have an excellent ability to work in a team with others firms, in particular in dealing with cross-border disputes.’

Work highlights

  • Represented Herta, a major company in food industry, in a delicate matter regarding an accident that caused the death of a 2-year-old boy.
  • Represented an heiress of the art dealer Daniel Wildenstein in the tax ‘Wildenstein case’.

France > Employment Tier 4

BG2V

Practice head(s):

Guillaume de Saint Sernin; Marie Content

Testimonials

‘The lawyers are extremely responsive, attentive to client issues and constantly seeking to provide them with the best solution. The cases are handled with great rigour and with real added value.’

‘Marie Content is available, attentive and always provides good advice. She quickly understands the context, the culture of the company and how it works.’

“Availability, precision and thoroughness in the work provided.’

‘Pragmatic legal advice adapted and a very good understanding of the implications of each decision. Good understanding of our business, our context and our sector.’

‘Marie Content: brilliant, fast, pragmatic, professional and impactful. Guillaume de Saint-Sernin: clear, precise and providing fine analyses. Both brilliant and humble and attentive to their clients.’

‘The firm stands out from other firms by its expertise and responsiveness, its proximity to the concerns of its clients as well as the cohesion of the team.’

‘Legal analysis always extremely precise and pragmatic. Responses provided on time, even to short deadlines.’

‘Team showing great availability, notably in case of urgent need.’

Key clients

APP ANNIE

ARTE

AUCHAN

AUTOGRILL

AVNET

BIOCOOP

BP AURA

BRIDGESTONE

CRIT

DROUOT

DRT

ELIOR

ERICSSON BROADCAT SERVICES FRANCE

FABERNOVEL

FESAC

FRANCE LOISIRS

FRANCE TELEVISIONS

FREUDENBERG FILTRATION TECHNOLOGIES

IN’LI

INTERPUBLIC GROUP

IVC EVIDENSIA

SMSP

SOTHEBY’S

France > Mergers and acquisitions Tier 5

BG2V

Practice head(s):

Jérôme Albertin; Roland Gueny; Hervé de Kervasdoue; Stanislas Richoillez; Camille de Verdelhan

Testimonials

‘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.’

Key clients

METROPOLE TELEVISION (M6)

CAISSE DES DEPOTS ET CONSIGNATIONS

MOVE PUBLISHING

PLEIADE INVESTMENT

RGREEN

NEWFUND

INNOVAFONDS

SIPAREX

GENERALE DU SOLAIRE

NEXTSTAGE SCA

GROUPE FAYAT

DROUOT

KPH

SOPIC

GENETEC

GROUPE FAUBOURG

PHYSITEK DEVICES

EASIWARE

ELEPHANT AT WORK

CA C’EST PARIS

POTAGER CITY

VENTE-UNIQUE.COM

AÉROPLAST INDUSTRIES

SERVEURCOM

CAFOM SA

GROUPE SARTORIUS

LA CABANE DES BAMBINS

GROUPE DIVALTO

ACADEMAIL

INTERPUBLIC GROUP

ETUDES ET TRAVAUX D’ARMOR

RECHERCHES EXPLORATION PRODUITS

GROUPE DUVAL

SOCIÉTÉ NATIONALE DE DIFFUSION

IVC EVIDENSIA FRANCE

BUILDERS & PARTNERS

UNYC

AEROPLAST INDUSTRIES

COOPERATIVE AXEREAL

DIVALTO

LA CASA

ORFEOR

PHIXEN

QUIETALIS

ALTAVIA

ONEFIELD

Work highlights

  • Acting as lead counsel in connection with 95% of the acquisitions in France by the IVC EVIDENSIA group of veterinary clinics.
  • Assisted M6 with negotiating the sale of HSS to STARS, a company which acquired previously the teleshopping activities of TF1.
  • Assisted Quiétalis with the acquisition of Sopreco with the support of Pléiade Investissement.

France > Tax Tier 5

BG2V

Practice head(s):

Jean-Marc Valot; Jean-Sébastien Dumont

Testimonials

‘Very high availability and efficiency.’

‘They are innovative and inventive. Jean-Sébastien Dumont: his advice is always clear and his commitment clear. He is innovative.’

‘Jean-Marc Valot was able to demonstrate a great sense of advice, tenacity and pugnacity. It is a small structure that knows how to be agile and responsive, listening to its clients. The value for money of the work carried out is perfectly calibrated. Jean-Marc Valot is a great professional in tax law and real estate tax law who has real expertise on his subjects.’

‘The contact with Jean-Marc Valot is always pleasant, he has a business-oriented spirit, develops quick and clear analyses which allow to quickly circumscribe the main key elements of a question/structuring and to understand their scope. We can quickly have a first ‘feeling’ on a problem that we submit to him, which is appreciated and not always frequent with tax experts. Jean-Marc is also very responsive and keeps his deadlines.’

Key clients

INTERPUBLIC GROUP

ACE CAPITAL PARTNERS (TIKEHAU GROUP)

ALTICE

PLEIADE INVESTISSEMENT

COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL

SOPIC

GROUPE SCAFF

WESHAREBONDS

EDF

HUMANIS

FINIMMO INVEST

FEDERATION NATIONALE DES SCIENCES POLITIQUES

GROUPE DUVAL

CAISSE DES DEPOTS ET CONSIGNATIONS

The firm: BG2V (Beylouni Carbasse Guény Valot Vernet) is an independent French law firm founded in 2010.

With nearly 50 lawyers, including 13 partners, BG2V is a first-choice alternative to major business law firms which all the partners come from. They share common values based on professionalism, trust, commitment and flexibility.

BG2V offers its clients – SMEs, ETI, French and international groups – a global offer in business law (advice and litigation), with high-quality, tailored and cost-effective services in all the main business law areas: corporate/mergers and acquisitions, private equity, litigation, real estate, criminal law, tax law, employment law, intellectual property/new technologies, restructuring, insolvency and press law.

BG2V’s lawyers work both in French and English, and are admitted to practice in France and, for some of them, can also practise in the US (New York Bar). For its cross-border issues (particularly in continental Europe, Anglo-Saxon countries and the Middle East), the firm has also established privileged relationships with foreign firms which share the same standard of technical skills.

The firm’s lawyers are members of international lawyers’ networks such as the American Bar Association (ABA) or the AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers).

Areas of practice: Combining an advisory and litigation practice gives BG2V’s lawyers a multi-disciplinary perspective and allows them to offer a full-service offering in the following areas:

Corporate/M&A: BG2V advises clients on corporate financial transactions: M&A, private equity, venture capital, capital investment, governance and funding. The firm has developed an expertise in the agribusiness and in advising medium-size companies and investment funds for mid-cap operations.

Litigation: BG2V assists French and international companies and their top executives in all fields of business litigation. Camille de Verdelhan’s former professional experience provides her with very good knowledge of financial and corporate governance issues in public and private companies.

Real estate: BG2V assists clients in carrying out complex real estate deals: purchases and disposals of assets, project development, property management, commercial leases, real estate financings/refinancings and real estate taxation. Quentin Leroux, Jean-Marc Valot, Jean-Sebastien Dumont and Stanislas Richoillez deliver a full-service offer in real estate investment and taxation.

Criminal law: BG2V assists and represents clients in the fields of criminal liability of companies and their managers, internet actors (unlawful content, law enforcement, privacy, data protection), financial and stock market ligation, and press law issues.

Tax law: BG2V assists clients with their corporate tax issues: acquisition audit, tax structuring, M&A, corporate group restructuring, real estate and managers’ taxation and provides solutions related to national and international tax issues and assistance in the relationships with tax authorities.

Labour law: BG2V provides advisory and dispute resolution litigation on employment and social security law issues. It assists clients regarding both their individual and collective work relationships.

IP/IT: BG2V assists its clients in protecting and defending their copyrights and industrial property rights and represents them in infringement and unfair competition claims. It also provides advisory services in the IT and e-commerce fields. BG2V is the French local adviser of main internet key players of the Silicon Valley.

Restructuring and insolvency: BG2V assists its clients in acquiring companies facing financial difficulties either preventively or before the court.

DepartmentNameEmailTelephone
Corporate/mergers and acquisitions Roland Guenygueny@bg2v.com+33 1 48 88 60 60
Corporate/mergers and acquisitions Stanislas Richoillezrichoillez@bg2v.com+33 1 48 88 60 60
Corporate/mergers and acquisitions Hervé de Kervasdouékervasdoue@bg2v.com+33 1 48 88 60 60
Litigation Julien Vernetvernet@bg2v.com+33 1 48 88 60 60
Litigation Camille de Verdelhanverdelhan@bg2v.com+33 1 48 88 60 60
Real estate Quentin Lerouxleroux@bg2v.com+33 1 48 88 60 60
Criminal Karim Beylounibeylouni@bg2v.com+33 1 48 88 60 60
Tax Jean-Marc Valotvalot@bg2v.com+33 1 48 88 60 60
Tax Jean-Sébastien Dumontdumont@bg2v.com+33 1 48 88 60 60
Employment Guillaume de Saint Serninsaintsernin@bg2v.com+33 1 48 88 60 60
Intellectual property/new technologies Xavier Carbassex.carbasse@bg2v.com1+33 1 48 88 60 60
Intellectual property/new technologies Karim Beylounibeylouni@bg2v.com+33 1 48 88 60 60
Restructuring and insolvency Roland Guenygueny@bg2v.com+33 1 48 88 60 60
Press Karim Beylounibeylouni@bg2v.com+33 1 48 88 60 60
Partners : 13
Associate : 39
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