De Pardieu Brocas Maffei combines a large and experienced team able to handle the full gamut of M&A work, with aparticularly strong expertise in real estate and infrastructure M&A. The team assists a prominent client base of large corporations (including banks and insurers) as well as investment funds and property developers with mid-to-large M&A deals. In addition to its strong presence in top M&A real estate deals, the team is also regularly involved in strategic deals in the telecoms and satellite sector, while its range of work also extends to major corporate restructuring. The practice is co-headed by Guillaume Touttée, Magali Masson and Nicolas Favre.
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Testimonials
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- ‘A very available, responsive, and cohesive team, All are highly involved and provide real added value.’
- ‘A very proactive and responsive team with extensive knowledge of its clients' industry sectors. They are also highly competent in technical matters.’
- ‘An excellent team that fully understands its clients' challenges, is very responsive. It's always a pleasure to work with them.’
- ‘Professional, multidisciplinary and customer-oriented team.’
- ‘Nicolas Favre: a very astute lawyer. An excellent negotiator and a true deal maker, one of the best in the French market.'
- ‘Excellent legal expertise and market knowledge.'
Key clients
- Accorinvest
- Agrial
- Allianz
- Altarea
- Altice
- Axa
- Axereal
- Batipart
- Big mamma
- BPCE
- Carrefour
- CDC Habitat Group
Work highlights
Advising the French companies of Altice Group on the negotiation and conclusion of an agreement to restructure its financial debt of around €24bn.
Advising Altice Group on its entry into exclusive negotiations with the CMA CGM Group for the sale of 100% of Altice Media.
Advising Caisse des dépôts et consignations through La Banque des Territoires on the sale of its stake (alongside TDF) in TDF Fibre.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Guillaume Touttée; Nicolas Favre; Magali Masson