Dentons

Jean-Marc Allix

Jean-Marc Allix is a partner at Dentons' Paris office and is the head of the Paris Banking and Finance team. He focuses on project finance, export finance, acquisition finance and real estate finance, and has particular expertise in cross-border transactions. Jean-Marc acts for banks, project companies and sponsors in the financing of major infrastructure projects, including airports, universities, hospitals, prisons and courthouses and in the financing of energy projects. He also has experience in complex real estate and acquisition financing. Jean-Marc has been consistently recognised by Chambers Europe and The Legal 500 for over a decade. Clients commend his precision, negotiation skills and pragmatic approach, noting his ability to focus on the key commercial issues in complex financing.

Meryll Aloro

Meryll Aloro is a partner in Dentons Paris Banking and Finance practice group. Meryll assists French and international banking institutions and investment funds with fund financing transactions.

Audrey Arnaut-Lacombe

Audrey Arnaut-Lacombe is a counsel in Dentons' Paris office and a member of the Real Estate group. Audrey's practice covers both advisory and litigation work, in French and English, with particular expertise in commercial leases and construction law. She assists French and international clients in developing strategies, negotiating, drafting, and managing commercial leases (particularly for offices, retail spaces, and logistics warehouses), as well as construction contracts, procedures for setting the rent for renewed leases and determining eviction compensation, disputes relating to the status of commercial leases, conducting and monitoring judicial expert appraisals, implementing builders' legal warranties, and real estate sale litigation.

Cécile Bayle

Cécile Bayle is a partner at Dentons' Paris office. She is head of the Corporate Law practice within the Corporate M&A group. Cécile focuses her practice on assisting French and international groups in monitoring their French subsidiaries, both in their day-to-day operations (creation, annual legal monitoring, statutory amendments, recapitalization operations, etc.) and in complex and international reorganization operations (mergers, contributions, transfers of activities, changes of nationality, etc.). She provides specific support to companies listed on the Paris stock exchange and more generally advises listed and unlisted companies on issues of governance, management packages, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, and compliance with regulatory obligations, particularly in the field of ESG. Cécile also assists foreign groups in their initial establishment or expansion in France, helping them structure their projects, define their governance, and ensure necessary group-level reporting. Cécile works closely with the Tax and Employment Law groups and frequently participates in M&A and Private Equity transactions involving audits, reorganizations, structuring, and the issuance of complex financial instruments.

Yoel Bendavid

Yoel Bendavid is a counsel in Dentons' Paris office. He is a member of the Employment and Labor group. Yoel advises French and foreign companies in all areas of labor law, including individual and collective labor relations, as well as individual and collective litigation. He advises companies in the luxury industries, chemical industries, pharmaceuticals, e-commerce and FinTech startups. Yoel focuses on advising companies on the social aspects of corporate law, in particular with regard to mergers and acquisitions, implementation of restructurings and downsizing for economic reasons, implementation of redundancy procedures for individual reasons, implementation of automatic transfers of employment contracts, information and consultation of employee representative bodies. Yoel is also involved in litigation. He assists and represents companies involved in individual and collective disputes before employment tribunals and appeal courts, notably concerning redundancies for economic reasons, individual dismissals, fraudulent transfers, moral harassment, working time issues, professional elections, discrimination and negotiations with senior executives. He is the author of several articles in his areas of expertise. He holds a specialist certificate in labour law awarded by the French National Bar Council (Conseil National des Barreaux – CNB).

Simon Bernard

Simon Bernard is an Associate in Dentons Paris Real Estate group. He focuses his practice on Real Estate leases, construction, Real Estate transactions and litigation.

Tom Blanchet

Tom Blanchet is a counsel in Dentons' Paris office. He is a member of the Intellectual Property and Technology group. Tom focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation, including infringement, invalidity and “saisie-contrefaçon” proceedings. He advises clients from various sectors, including life sciences, cosmetics, electronics, mechanics and telecommunications (FRAND issues). He also provides advice in dispute resolution and negotiating contracts.

Nathaly Blin

Nathaly Blin is a counsel in Dentons' Paris office. She is a member of the labor and employment group. Nathaly Blin specializes in labor law and provides both advisory and litigation services. She advises French and international companies on all aspects of labor and employment law relating to individual and collective relations and assists them both in managing their day-to-day issues (employment contracts, compensation, employee savings plans, international mobility, dismissals, etc.) and in the context of national and international restructuring operations (acquisitions, transfer of activities, outsourcing, collective redundancies, etc.). Nathaly also assists her clients with the evolution of their organization and their relations with employee representatives and trade unions.

Gianluca Calisti

Gianluca Calisti is a partner and head of the Tax practice at Dentons' Paris office. He advises multinational corporations, institutional investors, investment funds, and high-net-worth individuals on a wide range of complex domestic and international tax matters, including corporate and real estate taxation. He supports clients in tax structuring for investments, corporate reorganizations, cross-border acquisitions, and asset management. Gianluca has in-depth knowledge of OPCIs, spin-offs, structured finance, and tax optimization while ensuring compliance with local and international tax regimes. In tax litigation, Gianluca assists clients with complex audits and disputes, covering areas such as wealth taxation, tax reassessments, and defending the interests of companies and investors before French and international tax authorities. Gianluca collaborates closely with other Dentons offices, offering an integrated and cross-border approach to client projects. He advises clients in diverse sectors, including real estate, energy, media, and financial services.

Julie Caussade

Julie Caussade is a Partner and co-Head of Dentons' Employment Law group in Paris. She regularly advises her clients on a wide range of issues related notably to the creation and implementation of their French subsidiaries as well as during the various stages of growth of these entities. Julie also assists in the more sensitive phases of the corporate life cycle, such as the implementation of turnaround, restructuring or bankruptcy plans. She advises clients operating around the world in the context of secondment procedures to France and expatriation processes from France. In addition, Julie assists her clients in areas of criminal labor law, for instance, during inspections by the French authorities concerning the fight against concealed work. She also advises clients in their negotiations of collective agreements with work councils or unions. She represents her clients before the courts in both individual litigation (relating to dismissal, harassment, discrimination claims) or collective litigation (profit-sharing, strikes, job safeguard plans…). Julie's clients range from start-ups to medium-sized companies and large French and international groups and include major players in sectors as diverse as hospitality, retail, banking, technology and other industries. Finally, Julie works closely with Dentons' various practice groups, both in France and around the world, and in particular with the Corporate M&A group in the context of audits or restructuring operations. In addition, Julie co-coordinates the Pro Bono initiative of Dentons’ Paris office and works pro bono for various associations.

Pascal Chadenet

Pascal Chadenet is a Partner in the Corporate M&A Group of Dentons’ Paris office. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions, with a focus on cross-border transactions. He has been representing investors all over the world in connection with their acquisitions in France. He has also been assisting French clients in numerous cross-border or domestic transactions, acquisitions or joint ventures. Pascal is a member of the Dentons Global Venture Technology group. He assists start-ups in their funds raisings and private equity funds in their investments, whether at an early stage or in subsequent issuances. Pascal also represents lenders or borrowers in acquisition finance transactions. He is a member of the Dentons’ Life Sciences Group and of the Luxury, Fashion and Beauty Sector Group. He is very active in the food, tourism (travel agents and tour operators), manufacturing and publishing industries.

Anna Crevon-Tarassova

Anna Crevon-Tarassova is a Partner in Dentons' Paris office and Global Co-Head of Dentons’ International Arbitration Group. She advises corporate clients, States and State-owned entities on issues of international law, including in investor-State and commercial arbitration proceedings. For over 20 years, Anna has been acting as counsel in international arbitration proceedings under the auspices of ICSID, LCIA, ICC, and SCC, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations. These matters include some of the landmark cases of the past decade and relate to complex, high-value, multi-jurisdictional disputes involving a wide range of applicable laws and sectors, such as oil & gas, mining, infrastructure, construction, intellectual property and pharmaceuticals. Her work also includes advising clients on the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards, state immunity issues, and the interpretation and implementation of international treaties and customary international law. Anna also serves as an arbitrator and has been appointed as sole arbitrator or co-arbitrator in ICC, SCC, and ad hoc proceedings.

Vincent Danton

Vincent Danton is a partner at Dentons Paris office and a member of the Banking and Finance group. He advises banks, insurance companies, management companies, and French and international groups on all issues related to financial and banking regulation, as well as in the credit insurance sector. He advises his clients on the structuring and distribution of banking and investment products, as well as on the legal and operational organization of their regulated activities. He has developed particular expertise in the payment services and crypto-assets sector and regularly assists Fintech players, including marketplaces and insurtechs, with their development in France and internationally. Vincent also has recognized experience in structured finance, particularly in the securitization of all types of receivables, factoring, and receivables financing in general. He frequently advises on transactions involving the sale of non-performing loan (NPL) portfolios, as well as on issues related to the Securitization Regulation.

Amélie de Baudry d’Asson

Amélie de Baudry d’Asson is a counsel in Dentons’ Paris office and a member of the Real Estate group. She focuses her practice on real estate investment, development, and asset management. In the field of real estate investments, Amélie advises on both direct (asset deals) and indirect (share deals) sales or acquisitions and works on related joint venture transactions. In the field of real estate development or promotion, Amélie advises her clients on off-plan leases, off-plan sales and property development contracts, mainly for office, assisted living residences, hotels and logistics projects. Amélie also works on asset management matters, covering leases as well as contracts with service providers related to the property: asset management agreements, project management assistance, architect, owner’s representative, construction contracts, etc.

Philippine de Fouchier

Philippine de Fouchier is a counsel in Dentons' Paris office. She is a member of the Banking and Finance group. She advises on French and international transactions in the banking and finance sector, mainly in real estate finance, acquisition finance, corporate finance and fund finance. Philippine is also involved in a wide range of complex financing transactions, including bank and/or bond financings, and advises both creditors and debtors.

Frédérique de La Chapelle

Frédérique de La Chapelle is a Partner in the Dentons Paris office and Head of Europe Insurance group. She is renowned in regulatory and dispute resolution matters in the insurance and reinsurance sectors. Frédérique assists domestic and international clients with all questions relating to inter alia regulatory insurance, transactions, partnerships agreements, transactional insurance, the structuring of insurance products (including affinity insurance), review and adaptation of insurance policies, review and negotiations of reinsurance agreements, licensing and portfolio transfer. Frédérique also has a broad dispute management expertise acts in the context of cross-border and complex litigation proceedings notably relating to civil liability (third-party liability, professional liability, product liability, industrial risk in the energy sector) and financial lines (D&O, W&I, fraud, etc.). Frédérique’s clients include insurers, reinsurers, CAC40 companies and brokers.

Emmanuelle De Schepper

Emmanuelle De Schepper is a counsel in Dentons’ Paris office and a member of the Corporate and M&A group. She focuses on mergers and acquisitions as well as business law. Emmanuelle advises on French and cross-border acquisitions and disposals, as well as general business law matters, assisting clients with the negotiation and drafting of various commercial contracts. In addition, she realizes significant corporate reorganizations for large groups of companies. She particularly advises clients in the life sciences and healthcare, heavy industry, aerospace and chemistry sectors. She also acts for groups from other industrial sectors and the services industry.

Katell Déniel-Allioux

Katell Déniel-Allioux is a Partner and co-heads the Paris Employment and Labor group. Katell assists French and international clients from various economic sectors, handling all aspects of the companies' existence. She deals primarily with the following aspects of employment law: implementation of new businesses (employment contracts, remuneration and incentive policies, internal rules and policies), acquisition, restructuring, relations with worker representatives and unions (negotiation of collective agreements, elections, harmonization of the collective status, etc.), TUPE, remuneration and social coverage of top management, as well as secondment/expatriation, negotiation of services agreements, etc.

John Flanigan

John Flanigan is a partner in Dentons’ Paris office and a member of the Corporate and M&A group. John focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, with specific expertise in leveraged buyouts, public offerings and joint ventures. He advises clients from the financial and private equity sectors as well as various industrial sectors, including energy, technology, aerospace and defense, wine and spirits, consumer goods, life sciences and emerging markets. He spent two and a half years as Managing Partner of the Shanghai office, enhancing his ability to support complex cross-border projects. John has authored numerous articles on corporate and securities law, particularly on mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, and corporate governance. He is frequently quoted in publications for his expertise in corporate law and private equity.

Marc Fornacciari

Marc Fornacciari is a partner in Dentons’ Paris office and a member of the Public Law group. He focuses on the transport and infrastructure, public policy and regulation, public procurement, and government sectors. Marc has developed a recognized expertise in the infrastructure sector, particularly in project finance. He advises investors, banks and public entities on infrastructure projects (highways, rail projects, and subways) or building projects (the French Ministry of Defense at Balard, the Paris First Instance Court, La Santé prison, numerous universities). Additionally, he advises various stakeholders in transportation law, toll pricing, and emerging mobility solutions. Marc has extensive experience in energy law and renewable energy (solar, wind, and floating offshore wind energies). He also practices environmental law. Marc’s team is highly active in general public law and public procurement law (contracts and concessions), offering both advisory and litigation support. More broadly, the team addresses all aspects of regulatory law. Marc was the operational manager of water, electricity, and sanitation companies in Europe and the Middle East, and oversaw development in these regions. As such, he has a deep understanding of corporate challenges. Marc is also an Honorary Member of the French Supreme Administrative Court.

Pierre-Marie Gallo

Pierre-Marie Gallo is a counsel in Dentons’ Paris office and a member of the M&A and Private Equity group. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions, advising both listed and unlisted companies as well as French and international investment funds and family offices. Pierre-Marie assists his clients throughout the full cycle of their strategic operations, including fundraising, acquisitions, disposals, equity investments, and complex cross-border reorganizations. He has specific expertise in highly regulated sectors such as healthcare/life sciences, energy and infrastructure. His practice combines deep legal knowledge with strong industry insight and a proven ability to manage transactions in challenging contexts.

Jessica Garestier

Jessica Garestier is Counsel at the Dentons Paris office. She is a member of the Life Sciences group. Jessica focuses her practice on regulatory matters in the life sciences sector. She advises companies operating in this sector at all stages of the product lifecycle (whether health products or other regulated products), from development until commercialization. Her expertise covers in particular development, licensing, manufacturing, promotion, distribution and partnership agreements, market access and compliance issues relating to health products.

Tanit Gendre

Tanit Gendre is a counsel in Dentons’ Paris office and a member of the Corporate/M&A group. Tanit is involved in all types of business law operations (mergers and acquisitions, sales of businesses, asset disposals, reorganizations, investments, joint ventures, and strategic alliances), both domestic and cross-border. Tanit regularly advises major French and foreign corporations as well as SMEs from various sectors, for their operations in France and internationally. She has solid experience in multi-jurisdictional transactions, particularly in the healthcare, nutrition, and heavy industry sectors. In this context or independently, Tanit also frequently assists in negotiating and drafting numerous commercial contracts.

Olivier Genevois

Olivier Genevois is a partner in Dentons’ Paris office and a member of the M&A and Fund Structuring group. Olivier has over 25 years of experience in fund structuring and his expertise spans from the formation and fundraising of private equity investment funds (including the creation of asset management companies) to secondary transactions (whether GP-led or not), including sales of portfolio interests, co-investment schemes and transactions through continuation funds Olivier, drawing on his solid financial expertise, advises fund teams in their LBO transactions, including in connection with follow-on investments and build-ups especially when these add-ons present a cross-border aspect. Olivier also has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, reorganization and joint-ventures and specializes in leading multi-jurisdictional operations for global players, notably in the chemical, metal and mining industries, as well as in the aerospace and automotive industries. Teaming with Dentons Paris partners dedicated to renewable energies in the areas of finance, regulation and real estate, Olivier also assists energy companies, developers, infrastructure funds in their investments or joint ventures in renewable energies (solar, wind, biomass, energy storage) or in the sale of assets or portfolios of assets.

Nicholas George

Nicholas George is a Partner in Dentons' Paris office. He acts principally on international projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors. He has significant experience in Africa, both French and English speaking. He also assists clients in cross-border M&A transactions in his areas of expertise. Prior to joining Dentons, he advised the Government of the DRC on the Inga 3. Nicholas has over 25 years of experience working for international law firms.

Laura Godard

Laura Godard is a counsel in Dentons’ Paris office and a member of the M&A and Private Equity group. Laura focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital transactions. She advises international groups and innovative companies in France and abroad in their acquisitions, divestitures, equity investments, joint ventures and strategic alliances. She has notably worked on numerous multijurisdictional acquisitions for French and International groups. She also regularly assists investment funds in the context of their investments and exits. Laura has extensive experience in the fields of life sciences, technology and business services.

Jean-Marc Grosperrin

Jean-Marc Grosperrin, a Partner in Dentons’ Paris office, is primarily involved in French and cross-border acquisitions, private equity transactions and industrial M&A transactions. Jean-Marc regularly advises major international groups as well as mid-sized companies in a variety of sectors. Besides advising French and foreign companies on their acquisitions or divestitures in France and abroad, he also represents investment funds and managers in leveraged transactions. Jean-Marc is Global Chair of Dentons’ Life Science & Healthcare group and Co-head of the Europe and Paris Life Sciences groups. He also serves as a member of Dentons Europe Board.

Chen Gu

Chen Gu is an associate at Dentons' Paris office. She is a member of the Intellectual Property and Technology group. Chen specializes in intellectual property and new technologies law. Her practice covers all intellectual property and new technologies areas including copyright law, trademark law, industrial design, domain name, software, database, technology and Internet related issues. Chen regularly advises both French and international clients in relation to procedures before the French and EU industrial property offices as well as judicial actions regarding trademark, design and copyright infringement before IP specialized chambers of the French national courts. She also assists clients in unfair competition and free-riding disputes before the commercial courts and in domain name disputes before the competent arbitration and mediation centers. She further assists her clients in the collaboration with the police and the customs authorities against illegal import and infringing goods trafficking as well as in online takedown actions against illegal content. She has expertise in the fashion industry and has a special focus on software, e-commerce, streaming, gaming and new technologies. She regularly assists clients in transactional and contractual work relating to IP rights assignment, licenses, R&D collaboration. She also helps her clients with their compliance work with data protection and privacy laws.

Olivia Guéguen

Olivia Guéguen is a partner and head of the Corporate group in Dentons’ Paris office. She is also co-Head of Dentons Europe’s Private Equity and Venture Capital group. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, and private equity transactions, primarily in the field of life sciences, technology, and business services. Olivia advises international groups and innovative companies in France and abroad on acquisitions, divestitures, equity investments, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. She also regularly assists investment funds and management teams in the context of leveraged buyouts (LBOs). Olivia has extensive experience of cross-border M&A transactions. As a lead partner, she regularly coordinates international teams on high-profile, multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions involving several Dentons offices.

Sandra Hazan

Sandra Hazan is a Partner in Dentons’ Paris Tax group. Sandra is involved in restructuring and tax planning issues. She has extensive experience in assisting clients on tax audits and litigation, particularly in the area of transfer pricing and international structuring. She advises clients in many sectors of activity, such as food and hotels, and has particular expertise in the luxury, fashion and cosmetics industry. Sandra is the founder of the “Cercle du Luxe”, a think tank dedicated to tax-related issues applying to the luxury sector. Additionally, she has extensive experience in dealing with complex tax issues related to the digital economy. She is solicited by the OECD in particular for her expertise on taxation of intangibles.

Séverine Hotellier

Séverine Hotellier is the Managing Partner of Dentons’ Paris office where she also heads the Insurance practice. Séverine focuses on insurance litigation. She deals with complex, high-stake matters for insurance companies and industrial clients both in France and globally. For nearly 25 years, she has assisted clients with claims management, litigations and disputes and has advised on insurance-related technical, financial and legal issues. Séverine also advises on insurance claims regulations and helps with the drafting, distribution and adaptation of insurance policies to cover evolving risks. She also consults on cyber risk in the insurance sector. Séverine advises insurers and insured parties on pre-contentious or contentious issues. Her activity includes providing legal advice before judicial, commercial and administrative courts.

Stéphane Jaffrain

Stéphane Jaffrain is Senior counsel in the Paris office. He focuses on corporate, mergers & acquisitions, banking & finance, real estate and hotels.

Steeve Jaskierowicz

Steeve Jaskierowicz is a counsel in the Dentons Paris Banking & Finance practice group. He focuses on French and cross-border banking and finance transactions, including the financing and refinancing aspects regarding restructuring, LBO, acquisition/ corporate and real estate finance. Steeve has been involved in numerous and complex financing transactions, including lending and/or bond financings, whether for SMEs, ETIs or large cap companies. He advises both debtors and creditors in numerous industry sectors, such as food retail, automotive, new technologies, agriculture, construction, heavy industries, transport, hotels and real estate.

Catherine Joffroy

Catherine Joffroy is a partner in Dentons' Paris office and a member of the Corporate and M&A Group. With over 35 years' experience, she advises French companies on cross-border transactions and investments in emerging markets, notably Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Uzbekistan, as well as Central and Eastern Europe, including the Indian market in recent years. A native French speaker, fluent in English and bilingual in Russian, her practice covers advice on restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, setting up subsidiaries, project financing, investments, international contracts, EU sanctions and Russian countersanctions. Recognized for her in-depth knowledge of CIS markets, Catherine is a regular speaker at international conferences, in particular at Medef International. A French foreign trade advisor since 2008, and Vice-President of the Eurasia Commission, Catherine puts her expertise at the service of the French economy on a voluntary basis. She is also Knight of the Legion of Honor of France, in recognition of her significant contribution to the development of trade relations between France and CIS countries.

Guillaume Kessler

Guillaume Kessler, Corporate Partner in the Paris office, is specialized in public and private M&A (domestic or cross-border), securities law, tender offers, private equity and venture capital transactions. He advises French and international corporate clients, both listed and unlisted, investment funds and management teams and covers a wide range of sectors of industry.

Fabrice Korenbeusser

Fabrice Korenbeusser is a partner at Dentons’ Paris office and a member of the Tax Law group. Fabrice advises clients on corporate tax matters, particularly the tax management of international groups in the luxury and fashion sectors. He assists clients with domestic and cross-border reorganizations and mergers and acquisitions, transfer pricing policy and management of intragroup flows, providing innovative legal solutions to secure his clients’ transactions. Fabrice also has recognized expertise in the tax structuring of investment funds, limited partnerships (LPs), carried interest arrangements, management packages, and sales of companies. He also provides advice on tax audits, and litigation, supporting his clients at every stage of the process, whether through negotiations or appeals before the courts.

Véronique Lagarde

Véronique Lagarde is a partner in Dentons’ Paris office and the head the Real Estate group in Paris. She assists French and international investors in the acquisition of real estate assets, whether directly or through corporate structures, as well as in the development of service sector real estate projects. Véronique has extensive experience in off-plan investment transactions (off-plan sales/off-plan leases/turnkey construction contracts) across all service sector asset classes, including offices, logistics, and the hospitality and leisure sectors. Her expertise spans all phases of real estate projects, from due diligence to the negotiation and drafting of contracts, as well as operational partnerships (joint ventures) and agreements with construction companies. She also assists clients in complex projects, including the disposal of real estate portfolios, structuring of construction operations, establishment of leaseholds or green leases, and acquisitions of solar farms. Her advice enables clients to integrate innovative solutions into their investment strategies while ensuring compliance with local regulations.

Evgenia Laurson

Evgenia Laurson is a partner in the Global Banking & Finance and Energy practice groups. Evgenia joined the firm in 2015 as a partner in Dentons’ London office and is currently based in our Paris office. Recognized for her significant experience in complex transactions, Evgenia is her particularly adept at developing and negotiating intricately structured cross-border deals. Chambers notes that her clients value her for her “sound judgment” and her skills as “a strong and impressive negotiator.” Having spent more than 20 years advising lenders and borrowers on project and commodity finance transactions in the oil, gas, metals and mining industries in Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and South America, Evgenia is now increasingly focusing on financing of infrastructure projects and transactions in the renewable energy sector.

Julien Le Guyader

Julien Le Guyader, Partner and co-Head of the Paris Life Sciences group of Dentons, concentrates on pharmaceutical law, corporate, and French and international tax law. Julien is a tax lawyer with particular expertise in the pharmaceutical, biotech as well as the medtech sectors. He provides tax advice to a number of major pharmaceutical companies in almost every field, including mergers and acquisitions and reorganizations, with a particular emphasis on transfer pricing and specific pharmaceutical taxes. Julien focuses on regulatory, market access, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and private equity matters. He assists clients with international taxation matters, whether tax planning, during tax audits and French authorities audits or during litigation.

Loïc Lemercier

Loïc Lemercier, Partner, heads the Intellectual Property and Technologies (IP&T) group of Dentons’ Paris office. Over the last 10 years, Loïc has handled both contentious and non-contentious patent, trademark, copyright, design, unfair competition and trade secret cases. Focusing on industrial property, Loïc has built a solid patent litigation track record assisting many large corporations with a particular emphasis on the pharmaceutical and telecoms sectors. Loïc's practice includes initiating and defending preliminary injunction proceedings, seizures for gathering evidence, and actions on the merits dealing with validity and/or infringement of the intellectual property rights. Loïc regularly advises clients in the technology sector, particularly in relation to FRAND obligations and the impact of those obligations on obtaining relief in France. In addition to his litigation work, Loïc advises his clients on contract negotiation and drafting (e.g., R&D, trademark or patent licensing, pledge agreement) in the context of M&A transactions.

Isabelle Leroux

Isabelle Leroux is a consultant in Dentons' Paris office and a member of the Intellectual Property and Technology group. With 14 years of experience at the firm, she now holds the position of consultant. Isabelle advises companies on all matters relating to intellectual property (patents, trademarks, designs, copyright, and domain names). She also has extensive experience in coordinating international intellectual property litigation in Europe, in the Middle East and worldwide. Isabelle supports her clients through counselling, pre-litigation and litigation (know-how licenses, trade secrets and R&D, trademarks and domain names, trademark and design filing program, intellectual property due diligence/audits, financial evaluation of intellectual property rights and tax issues, copyright, unfair competition, parallel imports, comparative advertising, labeling, etc.). She also assists in implementing trademark and design filing programs and strategies worldwide.

David Levy

David Levy is a counsel at the Dentons Paris office. He is a member of the Tax group. David focuses on French and international tax law. He advises on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, fund structuring and on structuring investments in the private equity and real estate sectors, in France and abroad. He acts for a wide variety of clients such as investment funds, banks, corporate/company groups, entrepreneurs and family offices, notably on fund structuring, private equity acquisitions, real estate transactions, project finance transactions, corporate restructuring schemes, international estate planning and tax litigation.

Soline Louvigny

Soline Louvigny is a partner at Dentons' Paris office and a member of the Banking and Finance group. She advises on capital markets transactions involving debt securities issuances. Soline advises clients on a wide range of debt securities issuances (in particular vanilla and structured issuances, issuances eligible for regulatory capital, and ESG issuances), debt securities buybacks (liability management), bondholder consultations (consent solicitations), and regulatory issues relating to these debt securities (including benchmark and ESG regulations). She assists clients in developing issuance programs that meet their needs while complying with legal requirements. She advises major French and international banks and issuers in various jurisdictions and across multiple sectors on this type of transaction and works in particular with credit institutions, companies, insurance companies, and issuers of covered bonds (real estate credit companies). She has specialized in this sector for over 15 years and is widely recognized in the market. She regularly comments on new regulations (e.g., ESG issues).

Yun Ma

Yun Ma is Partner within the Sovereign Advisory practice group and specializes in Project Development and Finance. Yun frequently represents governments, sovereign wealth funds, and state-owned enterprises on complex finance transactions, transformation and litigation. Yun’s expertise is in the structuring, documenting, negotiating and financing of projects and strategic acquisitions, particularly for infrastructure projects related to the energy and natural resources industries in Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Yun has strong global experience, having worked or lived in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Anne-Laure Marcerou

Anne-Laure Marcerou focuses on mergers and acquisitions and assists her clients in their investments, joint-ventures, and reorganizations as well as in the negotiation of strategic alliances and partnerships. Anne-Laure’s practice is focused on the life sciences and healthcare sector and she co-heads Dentons’ Paris-based Life Sciences Group. Anne-Laure advises pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers and biotech companies, as well as investment funds on their Life Sciences transactions.

Frédérique Meslay Caloni

Frédérique Meslay Caloni, Partner and Co-Head of Dentons Paris Employment Group, is a litigation expert with a 20-year track record in employment, and contract/commercial law, advising French and multinational businesses on risk prevention in the pre-litigation, negotiation, litigation and post-litigation phases. In employment, Frédérique advises companies and handles individual and collective litigation before the French Labor Courts related to restructuring, redundancy plans, voluntary plans, departure of executives, transactions, sexual and workplace harassment, discrimination, safety and health issues, covenant restrictions. Her transversal expertise in contractual/commercial law allows her to provide complete service regarding issues combining both corporate and employment law (risks relating to abusive termination of services agreement, with consequences under criminal law, and recharacterization into an employment contract of a relationship with a service provider's employees, unfair competition, poaching of employees, departure of executives with an employment contract and a corporate office, etc.).

Djésia Meziani

Djésia Meziani is a Counsel in the M&A Corporate group of Dentons' Paris office. She advises an international clientele of industrial companies, investment funds and founder-managers on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions, with recognized expertise in complex cross-border and multi-jurisdictional deals. She assists clients at every stage of their transactions, providing tailored advice on corporate law, governance and contract structuring. Her practice also includes the setup of joint ventures and strategic partnerships, helping clients generate high-value synergies and long-term growth. Djésia is particularly active in the luxury and fashion industries, where she supports key players on growth strategies, strategic investments and innovation-driven projects (including circularity, sustainability and impact investing). She is also involved in the services and consulting sectors (notably in engineering and technology), renewable energy, and high-tech industries such as automotive and chemicals. Earlier in her career, she advised a major player in the telecommunications, media and press industries. Her experience enables her to navigate complex industry dynamics and evolving business models, bringing strategic insight to the transactions she leads.

Audrey Molina

Audrey Molina is a Partner in the Dentons Paris office. Audrey focuses in advising stakeholders in insolvency cases such as companies facing difficulties, investors, creditors, managers, shareholders and purchasers of insolvent companies. Her field of experience encompasses pre-insolvency proceedings (i.e., ad hoc mandate and conciliation proceedings) and insolvency proceedings. She also handles litigations in connection with insolvency or corporate issues.

David Méas

David Méas is of counsel in Dentons' Paris office. He concentrates on domestic and international litigation relating to a variety of fields, particularly corporate, securities, mergers & acquisitions, criminal and environmental law matters.

Ralf Nitschke

Ralf M. Nitschke, a partner based in Dentons' Paris office, concentrates on cross-border M&A projects, with a particular focus on transactions between Germany and France. He regularly assists French, German and international corporations in mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures in a multi-jurisdictional context, in particular in the area of chemicals, petrochemicals, transport and logistics, food products, engineered industrial products and luxury goods. He is admitted as an attorney in Germany and is registered on the list of EU attorneys in France.

Pierre Parvine

Pierre Parvine is a Partner in the Corporate M&A practice. Based in Paris, he has more than 25 years experience providing quality legal advice in markets in transition across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He is the co-Head of the Europe Industrials sector group at Dentons. Pierre advises clients on mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, primarily in the industrial manufacturing, automotive, hotel and leisure, retail, agro-industry, real estate and consumer goods sectors. A key aspect of his practice consists in assisting clients in market exits (Middle-East, Russia) or in de-risking schemes of their operations in the EMEA. Pierre is consistently ranked in Chambers Global and The Legal 500 EMEA as a leading lawyer in his field. He is a French-qualified lawyer, a graduate of Sorbonne University as well as Duke Law School (NC, USA), where he was a Fulbright Scholar. A passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, Pierre is a member of the Europe Women’s Advancement Committee at Dentons, and has been active in mentoring talented women lawyers to partnership.

Claire Picard

Claire Picard, Counsel in Dentons' Paris office, concentrates on national and international litigation, liability law, and distribution law. She advises clients from various sectors ranging from pharmaceutical laboratories, parapharmaceutical consumer product manufacturers and distributors, and clothing companies, to foreign judicial trustees and judicial representatives. Claire is also active in cross-border disputes comprising multiple proceedings in different States and represents foreign companies before French courts, as well as foreign judicial authorities aiming to obtain recognition of foreign judgments in France.

Caroline Pucel

Caroline Pucel is Counsel in the Dentons Paris Corporate team. She focuses mainly on Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Venture Capital transactions.

Julie Ragueneau

Julie Ragueneau is Counsel at the Dentons Paris Office. She is a member of the Employment group. Thanks to her experience as an in-house lawyer specialized in the industrial sector, Julie has acquired thorough knowledge in Labor law and in human resources issues.

Ramu Ramaswamy

Ramu Ramaswamy is a Partner in Dentons’ Paris Sovereign Advisory group. Ramu focuses his practice on supporting Governments and Government-related entities on various matters. Ramu works on advising Governments on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Ramu has recently been advising Governments on asset recoveries. Ramu has also non-contentious infrastructure law and has spent most of his career advising on the development of large-scale energy (including oil and gas) and infrastructure projects all around the world (notably South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and India). His expertise, both as an in-house and a private-practice lawyer, stems from many years of drafting and negotiating projects and associated commercial agreements making him one of the most sought after international commercial lawyers in his areas of expertise. Ramu advises governments and public-sector entities in addition to private sector clients. Currently a lot of his work is in Africa where he operates in both Francophone and Anglophone countries. Ramu’s diverse experience gives him a very unique skill set and ability to quickly identify his clients’ needs and place them in a commercial context to get projects done.

Daphné Roger-Vasselin

Daphné Roger-Vasselin is a counsel in insurance in Dentons’ Paris office. Daphné mainly focuses on advising her clients on compliance with insurance and mutual insurance law and reinsurance regulations, and on the drafting of insurance and reinsurance contracts. She has extensive expertise in reinsurance, insurance distribution and affinity insurance. She also works on the management of insurance disputes related to the implementation of insurance guarantees as well as reinsurance disputes, before French courts and arbitral tribunals. Finally, she acts as monitoring counsel to assist in disputes with an international dimension involving foreign courts.

Pascal Schmitz

Pascal Schmitz is the managing partner of Dentons' Paris office and a member of the real estate group. Recognized in the field of real estate investment, Pascal has developed particular expertise in commercial real estate and investment transactions (acquisitions and sales, M&A), as well as in acquisition financing, joint ventures, and investment structuring operations, including the negotiation of financing agreements, shareholders agreements, and the establishment of investment funds (OPCI and SOPARFI). He also has solid experience in all aspects of real estate management, including commercial leases, development agreements, and construction law. Pascal's clients include German, French, European and American investment funds, which he advises on their operations in France and Europe.

Joydeep Sengupta

Joydeep Sengupta is a Partner in the Dentons’ Paris office. He is a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice and leads the Global Compliance and Investigations team in Paris. Joydeep represents major financial institutions, global corporations, investment funds, international organizations, and charitable foundations, in internal investigations and cross-border litigation related to anti-money laundering, economic sanctions, export control, national security, fraud, market manipulation, and anticorruption laws. He conducts internal investigations for clients worldwide, including across Europe, as well as in the U.S., Asia and Africa. He represents corporations, and financial institutions, investment funds and charitable foundations, in compliance matters related to anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, economic sanctions, export control and national security laws. He works with European financial institutions and corporations before regulators in Asia, Europe, and the US, including the New York Department of Financial Services, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Japanese Financial Services Agency, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, the Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, the French Treasury, the Direction générale de la Sécurité intérieure (DGSI) of France, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury, and the UK Financial Conduct Authority. Additionally, Joydeep provides advisory services to governments on enhancing anticorruption, sanctions and export control, asset tracing and other laws to prevent financial crime. Joydeep also advises on the compliance aspects of corporate and financing transactions. Additionally, he represents corporations and entities in public and private mergers and acquisitions, including equity and asset sales, divestitures, and joint ventures.

Maxime Simonnet

Maxime Simonnet is a partner at Dentons' Paris office. He is a member of Real Estate group. Maxime advises his clients on both transactional and litigation matters. He assists an international clientele of investors (investment funds, real estate companies, operators) in real estate transactions including due diligence and negotiation of asset or share sale agreements for real estate companies. He also works alongside his clients, particularly large tenants, on complex negotiations related to commercial leases and construction contracts. On a wider scale, he advises his clients in developing legal strategies to anticipate risks and optimize costs and revenues related to their real estate assets. Maxime also has a strong practice in real estate litigation, including commercial leases, construction law, sales litigation, co-ownership and environmental matters. He is a member of the French Institute of Real Estate Expertise.

Inès Tantardini

Inès Tantardini is a counsel at Dentons' Paris office and a member of the public law group. She acts in both advisory and litigation matters in public contracts and project finance (public or private). Her expertise covers public procurement law, public property law, energy law and construction law. She advises both public and private clients (operators, investors, banks) on infrastructure projects (railways, subways, energy projects) and public buildings (universities / schools, hospitals, stadiums, administrative buildings) in France and abroad.

Emmanuelle van den Broucke

Emmanuelle van den Broucke is a Partner in Competition Law and Distribution Law. In Competition Law, Emmanuelle van den Broucke assists and advises clients on merger controls (France, the European Commission, Morocco and the coordination of multi-jurisdictional notifications), anti-competitive practices (both in counseling and in defending clients in proceedings before the French Competition Authority, the European Commission and the French and European Courts) or for State aid. She also conducts competition audits, implements compliance programs at her clients' premises and works closely with other Dentons lawyers on compliance or risk issues. She has an excellent knowledge of the life sciences and pharmaceutical sector, as well as the luxury and food sectors. Emmanuelle has thorough expertise in the French regulation of restrictive practices, advising clients on the negotiation and implementation of annual framework agreements and conditions of sale as well as compliance of their business practices in accordance with their commercial practices with regard to the provisions of the French Commercial Code or specific regulations to certain products. She is also regularly consulted for the establishment of distribution networks (exclusive/selective/franchise/sales agents/other), including the drafting and negotiation of distribution agreements of all types as well as assisting clients in the event of their violation.