Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law

Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law

The Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate department supports, advises and defends companies at every stage of their development on everything from everyday matters to more exceptional situations.

Some transactions we assisted our clients with

Lawyers

The "Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law" department benefits from recognized expertise in many sectors of activity : industry, services, energy, IT, health, ITC, leisure, real estate, medico-social, media, financial management, sustainable development, internet, renewable energy, aeronautics, tourism, sports, agribusiness, transport, banking, training, start-ups, events, education, etc.

It is involved in mergers and acquisitions during external growth acquisitions, private equity operations and in the context of LBOs :

  • negotiations and drafting documents
  • acquisition audits
  • relations with the stock exchange and competition authorities
  • shareholders’ agreements
  • optimization of acquisition scenarios
  • bank financing
  • continuity and transfer plans
  • takeover of companies in difficulty.

It is involved in all listed and unlisted company operations, in particular in the event of :

  • regular legal monitoring for groups and companies
  • Fundraising
  • equity capital markets (capital increases and reductions, issues of securities, mergers, demergers, etc.)
  • restructuring
  • stock market regulation and relations with the AMF (IPO, public offers, reference documents, etc.),
  • Commercial contracts
  • international expansion
  • transmission,
  • preventive and collective procedures.

In the rankings of the best law firms involved in mergers and acquisitions produced by Décideurs Stratégie Finance Droit magazine, the firm’s "Company Law - Mergers & Acquisitions" department has been in pole position in the rankings of key players for deals up to 75 million euros every year since 2011.

The team works in French, English, and Italian.

Rankings of the department

  • CHAMBERS FRANCE 2024
    • Corporate/M&A : Mid-Market - Band 3
    • General Business Law - Spotlight
  • LEGAL 500 EMEA 2023
    • in Tier 3 in Private equity : venture and growth capital,
    • in Tier 5 in Mergers & Acquisitions.
  • PALMARES DU DROIT 2023
    • Mergers & Acquisitions <50M€ : Golden Trophy
  • PALMARES LE POINT 2023
    • Corporate law : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
    • Mergers & Acquisitions : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
  • DECIDEURS 2023
    • LBO - lower-Mid et Small-Cap : Unbeatable
    • M&A - Transactions up to €75M : Unbeatable
    • Growth capital : Excellent
    • Venture Capital : Excellent
    • Acquisition financing : Highly regarded
    • Advice to management teams : Highly regarded

News

Chambers and Partners 2024 rankings

DELSOL Avocats is proud to be listed in 3 Chambers and Partners 2024 rankings : Corporate/M&A : Mid-Market - Band 3 Litigation : Highly Regarded - Band 3 General Business Law - Spotlight In addition to these collective rankings,Gaëlle MERLIER has been designated « Up and Coming » lawyer in « Pharma/Life Sciences : Product Liability » and...

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PRESS RELEASE - DELSOL Avocats announces the appointment of three new Counsels

DELSOL Avocats is delighted to announce the promotion to Counsel status of three lawyers : Caroline Da Lage (Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate Law), Jessica Neufville (Employment Law – Social welfare law, Distressed companies - Restructuring) and Arnaud Laroche (Non-profit Organisations - Social and solidarity-based entrepreneurship)....

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PRESS RELEASE - DELSOL Avocats advises EDF on the acquisition of upOwa

Electricité de France (EDF) has acquired a majority stake in the share capital of upOwa, which was founded in 2014 and specialises in supplying low-cost solar kits in Cameroon. upOwa has completed just over 60,000 installations in favor of 300,000 people in rural Cameroon. EDF plans to use its global expertise to help accelerate upOwa’s...

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)

Before 2024, there was no uniform federal procedure in the United States for reporting beneficial ownership. As we step into 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) comes into effect, requiring a wide range of businesses to disclose their beneficial ownership details to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a division of the...

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