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Een fusie is een rechtshandeling die bestaat uit het samenvoegen van twee of meer rechtspersonen tot een enkele entiteit. De entiteiten kunnen bedrijven uit de particuliere sector zijn, maar ook...

In 2025, for the first time, the French Competition Authority (FCA) fined a company in respect of a below-threshold acquisition of a competitor on the basis of rules prohibiting abuse of dominance.

Le Conseil d'Etat annule deux arrêts de la CAA de Paris ayant qualifié d'actif incorporel une indemnité versée dans le cadre d'une réorganisation intragroupe.

Article 40 of the 4th Amended Finance Act for 2011 introduces new restrictions to the deduction of financial expenses (i.e., mainly interest) for French corporate income tax purposes in cases where the corresponding debt financings can be deemed contracted in relation to artificial acquisitions of shares.

Par un rescrit en date du 30 avril 2025, l'administration fiscale, tirant les enseignements d'une jurisprudence de la CJUE de 2021 (CJUE, 20 janvier 2021, aff. C 288/19, QM)...

The Law on the Modernisation of the Economy (L.M.E.) takes partial effect on 6 August 2008 and will take full effect by, at the latest, 1 January 2009 depending on the adoption of the governmental ordinances.

Tariffs and political tumult didn't do as much harm as some expected and 2026 could provide some needed stability...

A contribution of securities to a holding company by a natural person or through an intermediary (where the contribution is made to a company liable for corporation tax controlled by the contributing party) ...

Most companies know the consequences bribery or corruption allegations may have on them, both the legal risks and the reputational damage.

At McDermott’s European Health & Life Sciences Symposium 2026, more than 350 leaders gathered in Paris from across the life sciences and healthcare ecosystem to discuss the trends that are defining the sector’s future.

France's updated military programming law adds €36 billion to defence spending through 2030, creating significant investment opportunities in munitions, drones, space, AI, and electronic warfare systems. However, US and non-EU investors face complex regulatory hurdles including French foreign investment screening, European eligibility requirements, export controls, and ITAR-free design mandates that fundamentally reshape how transatlantic defence investments must be structured.

The Communiqué on Amendments to the Communiqué on Mergers and Acquisitions Requiring Approval from the Competition Board (the "Amended Communiqué"), amending Communiqué No 2010/4, was published in the Official Gazette...

In September last year, after Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager announced the European Commission (the "EC") new approach to merger control, we expressed the view that merger control in...

Depuis son introduction par l'ordonnance n°2016-131 du 10 février 2016 portant réforme du droit du droit des contrats, du régime général et de la preuve des obligations (« l'Ordonnance ») ...

Every few months, I find myself in a familiar conversation with a foreign investor who is approaching a French transaction for the first time. They have done cross-border deals before, and have done their research. They usually arrive with a version of the same assumption: that France is more complicated than it needs to be, that the regulatory environment is from a different era, and that with the right advisors, the complexity can be “figured out.”

Le 19 octobre 2023, le ministre délégué chargé de la transition numérique avait indiqué que l'administration fiscale prendrait une position formelle pour permettre aux...

Une régie publicitaire n'informant l'annonceur, ni du mode d'acquisition des espaces publicitaires, ni des prix proposés par les autres annonceurs crée-t-elle un déséquilibre significatif...

Le 20 avril dernier, la Commission européenne a adopté un train de mesures visant à simplifier davantage ses procédures de contrôle des opérations de concentration.