Core practice

Business Law / Corporate

Acquisitions Private equity Joint-ventures Governance Balance sheet Corporate litigation

How we support you

We support executives, shareholders and groups at every stage in the life of their company.

Disposals and acquisitions

  • Sale and acquisition of shares and equity interests
  • Sale and acquisition of subsidiaries, business lines and assets
  • Share purchase agreements (SPA)
  • Representations and warranties
  • Conditions precedent, escrow and closing

Shareholders' agreements and governance

  • Approval and pre-emption clauses
  • Tag-along and drag-along rights
  • Deadlock mechanisms
  • Organisation of relations between shareholders

Company law

  • Choice and incorporation of the corporate vehicle (SARL, SAS, SA)
  • Group organisation: holding companies and subsidiaries
  • Drafting and overhaul of articles: governance, majorities, approval and transfer of shares
  • Operation of corporate bodies: general meetings, boards and management decisions
  • Appointment and removal of directors
  • Compliance of companies with their legal and statutory obligations
  • Adapting structures to the development of the business

Operations on share capital

  • Capital increases and reductions
  • Company conversions
  • Dissolutions and similar operations

Group restructurings

  • Mergers, demergers and contributions
  • Simplified mergers and universal transfers of assets
  • Partial asset contributions
  • Reorganisation of groups and their shareholdings

Joint ventures

  • Legal structuring of the joint venture
  • Allocation of the partners' rights and obligations
  • Joint governance
  • Anticipation of deadlock situations

Corporate litigation

  • Disputes between shareholders
  • Directors' liability
  • Challenges to corporate decisions
  • Post-closing disputes and enforcement of warranties

Business Criminal Law / White Collar Crime

Misuse of corporate assets Corruption Money laundering Fraud Forgery Internal investigations

How we support you

We act for executives and companies, in both advisory and defence roles, in situations with a criminal dimension.

Business offences

  • Fraud
  • Breach of trust
  • Misappropriation
  • Theft and extortion
  • Handling stolen goods
  • Issuing bad cheques

Company criminal law

  • Misuse of corporate assets
  • Bankruptcy offences
  • Forgery and use of forged documents
  • Company-law offences
  • Criminal liability of directors

Corruption, money laundering and organised crime

  • Corruption and influence peddling
  • Money laundering
  • Criminal conspiracy

Cybercrime

  • Attacks on automated data processing systems
  • Computer fraud

Criminal risk in transactions and governance

  • Operations on share capital
  • Restructurings
  • Financial difficulties and insolvency proceedings

Prevention and management of criminal risk

  • Risk mapping
  • Anti-corruption compliance
  • Internal investigations
  • Raising executives' awareness of their personal exposure

Defence of victim companies

  • Civil-party action
  • Support throughout the criminal proceedings
  • Pursuit of compensation

Procedure and sentencing

  • Assistance at every stage: investigation, judicial inquiry, trial and appeals
  • Sensitive situations, ahead of any proceedings
  • Applications for alternative sentences and follow-up of their enforcement

Our approach

Business criminal law cannot be understood in isolation from the economic and legal reality of the company. Understanding how the company operates, the relations between its partners, the nature of the transactions carried out and the decisions taken makes it possible to place criminal risk in its true context.

This practice is thus a natural extension of business law. The executive advised on structuring and running their business benefits, when a difficulty arises, from counsel who already knows their company, its stakes and the transactions at the heart of the case.

The defence does not begin with the proceedings. It is built from the moment the facts, their context and the interests to be protected are understood.

Associated practices

03 / 06

Banking & Financial Engineering

Financial engineering, financing structuring, security interests, banking litigation.

04 / 06

Compliance

Risk mapping, internal audits, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing frameworks.

05 / 06

Personal Data and Digital Security

Personal data protection, incident response, digital litigation.

06 / 06

Personal Affairs

Civil and criminal liability, family law, defamation and image rights.