Latham & Watkins stands out for its strong involvement on outbound transactions (US, Asia) or deals of a global scale involving several offices. The Parisian team also regularly assists a number of blue chip and large French companies as well as international groups and investment funds with their large domestic and European transactions and with the setting up of joint ventures and corporate restructurings. The practice is headed by Pierre-Louis Cléro, and includes key members Olivier du Mottay, Alexander Crosthwaite and Charles-Antoine Guelluy . Counsel Raphaël Darmon also contributes.
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Testimonials
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‘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.
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Practice head
Pierre-Louis Cléro
Other key lawyers
Olivier du Mottay; Alexander Crosthwaite; Charles-Antoine Guelluy ; Raphaël Darmon