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Circularity is emerging as more than just a sustainability initiative—it's a strategic lever for building resilience, optimizing costs, and staying ahead of regulatory changes. This whitepaper from AlixPartners explores how circular value chains enable companies to move beyond traditional linear models and unlock concrete business value, while addressing critical implementation challenges including operational complexity, upfront investments, ecosystem coordination, and customer adoption.

France's Anti-Corruption Agency has imposed its first-ever monetary sanctions under the Sapin II Act, penalizing a company €350,000 and its president €60,000 for widespread compliance failures. The landmark decision establishes critical precedents for enforcement strategy, breach assessment timing, and personal executive liability in anti-corruption matters.

It can be easy to put defined lines around certain topics and categorise them in isolation, but more and more we are seeing the inclusion of environmental, social and governance...

The Social and Economic Committees, which are the employee representative bodies in France, now have a new remit to scrutinise the environmental implications of projects planned by employers.

Last week, the Paris Judicial Court issued its long-awaited judgment in the so-called "greenwashing" case brought by Greenpeace and other NGOs against TotalEnergies SE and its subsidiary...

For those involved in corporate governance, securities law disclosures, or sustainability regulation, you are likely familiar with the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (the "ESRS")...

Au terme de l'opération, David Williamson et ses trois associés demeurent largement majoritaires.

The European Commission has cleared the Airbus/Air France joint venture in a landmark decision that marks the first time efficiency claims were assessed during Phase I merger review. While the transaction was ultimately approved without relying on these efficiencies due to lack of competitive concerns, the Commission's willingness to examine cost synergies, logistics benefits, and consumer advantages signals a potentially more receptive approach to efficiency arguments in future merger cases.

The European Commission has adopted a delegated regulation supplementing the Market Abuse Regulation, introducing a harmonized list of disclosure-triggering events in protracted processes and establishing criteria...

When describing his philosophy of fundraising, Etienne Binant likes to talk about Christopher Columbus's relationship with his patron, Queen Isabella of Spain.

Les critères environnementaux, sociaux et de gouvernance permettent d'évaluer la responsabilité des entreprises au regard de considérations extra-financières...

France has enacted a landmark reform extending confidentiality protections to in-house legal counsel consultations, marking a significant shift in legal culture.

Listed companies in France have long been subject to reporting and disclosure requirements designed to promote corporate social responsibility and, more recently, sustainable growth...

OPINION. Après les dispositifs de la Loi Sapin II ou de la Loi Pacte, la Loi Climat et Résilience complète les éléments que les grandes sociétés anonymes doivent inclure dans leur déclaration...

France's Anti-Corruption Agency has imposed its first direct financial penalties under the Sapin II Law on a holding company and its executive for failing to implement required corruption prevention measures, marking a significant shift in enforcement approach. The decision establishes that compliance deficiencies are assessed at the audit date rather than when remediation occurs, and that senior executives may face personal liability for non-compliance. What does this landmark ruling mean for multinational

Enacted on 6 August 2015, France's law for growth, activity and equal economic opportunities, known as the "Macron law", designed to boost the French economy...

2023 is set to be a year of continued economic disruption for PE. IPEM's fifth annual Private Equity survey published this year, developed in collaboration with AlixPartners...