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Our expertise
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
We assist you in your M&A transactions, our ability to innovate and anticipate has been at the heart of our transactional activity for over fifty years.
Our research and studies on market developments and on numerous sectors of activity allow us to accurately apprehend any strategic operations you may need in order to provide you with effective support that goes beyond simple legal advice.
Our practice, in France and abroad, covers various economic sectors (finance, health, services, industry, energy, media, etc.) and all types of strategic operations of external growth or reorganization of groups and companies.
- Main fields of activity:
- Strategic external growth cases ;
- Mainly mid-cap and large-cap transactions.
- Key areas of expertise:
- Acquisition and disposal of shares and businesses ;
- Carve-out, including cross-border ;
- Joint ventures and partnerships ;
- Corporate governance ;
- Acquisitions and disposals of participating interests ;
- Mergers, demergers, restructurings ;
- Shareholders’ agreements ;
- Due Diligence.
- A recognized cross-border expertise:
- More than 50% of our M&A transactions involve an international party ;
- Jeantet advises companies involving French and foreign targets.
- Support of a full service firm:
- Employment and tax law, environment, real estate, litigation ;
- Commercial, Compliance ;
- Notifications, merger control in France and abroad ;
- Foreign investments.
Tailor-made and innovative advice: Development of an offensive strategy designed for you and your company. Jeantet is strongly involved in compliance and anti-corruption issues (Sapin II law).
A partner at the heart of its clients’ realities: Regular speakers at conferences, our lawyers are regularly consulted on major reform projects. Jeantet is therefore very involved in compliance and anti-corruption issues (loi Sapin II).
LITIGATION / ARBITRATION
Our teams are regularly involved in the following areas :
- Sports litigation ;
- Construction litigation ;
- Commercial litigation ;
- Shareholder disputes.
REAL ESTATE - CONSTRUCTION
Our teams master the specificities of Moroccan real estate law and intervene in the following operations :
- Sale of assets (audit, structuring, setting up of investment structures, drafting of contractual documentation) ;
- Commercial leases (audit, negotiation, transfer) ;
- VEFA contracts ;
- Hotel management contracts ;
- Construction contracts.
TAX LAW
- Structuring of mergers & acquisitions ("inbound" and "outbound") for industrial, financial and real estate groups;
- Tax structuring of Swiss and European investment funds;
- "Management packages for French and Swiss groups, particularly in an international context;
- Wealth tax for HNWI and UHNWI clients and key family shareholders;
- Tax residency issues for companies and individuals (including lump sum taxation);
- Assistance in tax audits or litigation.
Russian counter measures : recent developments (update May 3, 2022)
Today, the President signed a new order introducing certain restrictions on transactions involving sanctioned persons. The order does not provide for a list of such targeted persons – the Government is to prepare a list within ten days. Moreover, Russia proposed several legal initiatives countering introduced sanctions. Such initiatives include criminal liability for compliance with […]
Paris, Moscow
Russian counter measures. Recent developments (13 April updates)
The initial legal initiative on external administration of the foreign companies (also known as the “nationalization draft law”) has been put on hold, according to an information published on 11 April 2022 by Izvestia. 1 Three sources in the Government confirmed that, “since most of the companies only made declarations of suspension or suspended their […]
Moscow
Russian counter measures. Recent developments (7 April updates)
Russia has adopted a number of measures in response to sanctions introduced by the US, EU and other states. The measures are mainly established in the presidential and governmental decrees, as well as certain legal initiatives (please refer to Legal Alerts dated 2 March and 11 March for more information on the previously introduced measures). […]
Moscow
Sanctions against Russia, recent developments (updated 22 march)
On 22 February 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed laws ratifying agreements with the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR) recognizing them as independent states. On 24 February 2022 President Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Sanctions were adopted against Russia further to these actions of Russia (please see our legal […]
Moscow
Russian counter measures. Recent developments – 03/10/2022
Russia has adopted three rounds of measures in response to sanctions introduced by the US, EU and other states. The measures are mainly established in the presidential decrees, particularly, Decree No. 95 dated 5 March 2022 “On Temporary Procedure for the Discharge of Obligations Towards Certain Foreign Creditors” (please refer to Legal Alert dated 2 […]
Moscow
Sanctions against Russia: recent development (March 2nd updates)
On 22 February 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed laws ratifying agreements with the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR) recognizing them as independent states. On 24 February 2022 President Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Sanctions were adopted against Russia further to these actions of Russia (please see our legal […]
Moscow
Sanctions against Russia: recent developments (Februrary 28th updates)
On 22 February 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed laws ratifying agreements with the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR) recognizing them as independent states. Sanctions were adopted against Russia further to these actions of Russian President (please see our legal alert on sanctions dated 24 February 2022). Sanctions described below are a […]
Moscow
Sanctions against Russia: recent developments – 02/24/2022
On 22 February 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed laws ratifying agreements with the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR) recognizing them as independent states. Sanctions below were adopted before President Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine on 24 February 2022. We are actively following the developments related to those issues […]
Moscow
Moscow Newsletter – June 2021
1 – Fines for Breach of Laws on Personal Data and Sovereign RuNet to be Increased 2 – General Meetings of Shareholders by Absentee Voting Authorized through 2021 3 – New Rules for Highly Qualified Foreign Employees 4 – New Rules for Foreign Branches and Representative Offices 5 – New Rules for Online Meetings Proposed […]
Moscou
Moscow Newsletter – January 2021
Moscow
Moscow Newsletter – November 2020
COVID-19. New Developments: Measures Affecting Business
Moscow
Jeantet advises Kingfisher on sale of Castorama Rus to Maxidom
Paris, October 29th, 2020 – Jeantet Moscow has advised Kingfisher, international retail company, on sale of its entire Russian business (Castorama Rus) to Maxidom LLC, a leading home improvement company in Russia.
Moscow