
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Brilliant lawyers; pragmatic and attentive to clients' needs.'
‘Olivier du Mottay is a great lawyer and brilliant practitioner. He is also very educational and pragmatic.’
‘Ultra-responsive and creative team always looking for solutions in the context of extremely complex and cross-border deals.'
‘Alexander Crosthwaite is more than a lawyer with great M&A expertise. He is a true member of the deal team with an extremely pragmatic approach in finding adequate solutions to achieve a deal in the interest of his client. He knows how to take a step back and offer resolution options. Alexander is also a very pleasant person to work with and whose sense of humor helps to deflate certain tense situations.'
'Great professionalism and ability to conduct cross-border deals.'
Key clients
- AXA
- Air France KLM
- Apollo
- Blablacar
- Burger King
- Capgemini
- Carrefour
- Comdata
- Dataessential
- Demant
Work highlights
- Advised L’Oréal on the acquisition of a 10% share capital of Galderma Group AG (Galderma).
- Advised Séché Environnement on the circa €417 million acquisition of ECO Industrial Environmental Engineering.
- Advised Samsung Medison on its agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Sonio SAS.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Pierre-Louis Cléro
Other key lawyers
Olivier du Mottay; Alexander Crosthwaite; Charles-Antoine Guelluy ; Raphaël Darmon