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 2026
    • Corporate/M&A : Mid-Market - Band 2
    • General Business Law - Spotlight
  • LEGAL 500 EMEA 2026
    • M&A - Smaller deals : Tier 1
    • Private equity : venture and growth capital : Tier 3
    • Commercial, corporate and M&A - Belgium : Firm to watch
  • PALMARES LE POINT 2026
    • Corporate law : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
    • Mergers & Acquisitions : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
    • Private equity and venture capital : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
  • DECIDEURS 2025-2026
    • Transactions up to €75 million : Unbeatable
    • Corporate/M&A (France - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) : Unbeatable
    • LBO - lower-Mid et Small-Cap : Unbeatable
    • Growth capital : Excellent
    • Venture Capital : Excellent
    • Acquisition financing : Highly regarded
    • Advice to management teams : Highly regarded
    • Management packages : Highly regarded
  • OPTION DROIT & AFFAIRES 2025
    • Mergers and acquisitions (less than €200 million) : ⭐⭐⭐
    • LBO and growth capital (less than €200 million) : ⭐⭐⭐
    • Venture capital : ⭐⭐⭐
  • PALMARES DU DROIT 2024
    • Mergers & Acquisitions <50M€ : Silver Trophy

News

DELSOL Avocats advised Minet Lacing Technology with its sale to NetCo

NetCo, provider of maintenance services for industrial mechanical conveyor systems, with a turnover of €350 million, acquired Minet Lacing Technology, manufacturer of conveyor accessories, with its €32 million in revenue. DELSOL Avocats assisted MLT’s founders in the context of this transaction with a team including Emmanuel Kaeppelin, partner,...

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French M&A : Navigating the Hamon Law after the 2026 Reform

French M&A transactions may require one of two employee-related procedures before the seller can enter into a binding sale agreement : direct notification of employees under the so-called Hamon Law, or information and consultation of the target’s work council (comité social et économique, or CSE). Neither route gives employees or the CSE a...

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DELSOL Avocats advised Framatome on its acquisition of a minority stake in Manoir France

DELSOL Avocats advised Framatome, a global leader in nuclear energy, on its acquisition of a minority stake in Manoir France. Manoir France is a subsidiary of the British company Paralloy Group, which owns foundries in Pîtres (Eure) and Saint-Dizier (Haute-Marne). These two sites, which employ 450 and 170 workers, respectively, specialize in...

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DELSOL Avocats advised April on the acquisition of Alexis Assurances

DELSOL Avocats advised April, France’s leading wholesale brokerage firm, on the acquisition of Alexis Assurances, a broker specializing in renewable energy and construction insurance. This transaction marks the launch of the Group’s future P&C Specialty Division, which is intended to gradually bring together leading expertise in highly...

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