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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 (29 september 2022 update)
Procedure for the Approval of Transactions with Shares in a Russian LLC Adopted On 19 September 2022 Russian Government introduced amendments establishing a procedure for approval of transactions involving shares in Russian limited liability companies. Such transactions are considered as controlled operations and are to be approved by the Governmental Commission for the Control of […]
Moscow Desk
Sanctions against russia. Recent revelopments (13 september update)
CONTROL OF TRANSACTIONS WITH SHARES IN AN LLC On 8 September 2022, Russian President issued Decree No. 618 “On Special Procedure for Execution of Certain Transactions (Operations)” (the “Decree”). The decree provides for new rules, specifically for transactions involving transfer of shares in Russian LLCs as well as transactions involving Russian banks under sanctions. We […]
Moscow Desk
Russian counter measures. Recent Developments (19 August 2022 update)
Russia has adopted a series of new measures. Namely, the President introduced new restrictions concerning transactions with shares in certain Russian companies. The Government added new jurisdictions to the list of unfriendly states. At the same time, the Russian Central Bank suspended some of its previously adopted restrictions. For more information on sanctions targeting Russia, […]
Moscow Desk
Sanctions against Russia. Recent Developments (9 August update)
On 21 July 2022, Council of the EU adopted a seventh package of sanctions targeting Russia. The new package establishes new bans and exemptions for sectoral sanctions. It also targets new persons and entities, including Sberbank. Additionally, the US expanded their individual sanctions. Below is an overview of the latest sanctions. For more information on […]
Moscow Desk
Russian counter measures : recent developments (update July 12, 2022)
Russia has adopted a series of new measures. Namely, the President and the Government introduced new measures that mainly facilitate operations involving foreign currency. Laws on legalization of parallel importation and on additional powers of the President became effective. Certain legal initiatives were rejected or put on hold. Specifically, the review of the draft law […]
Paris, Moscow Desk
Sanctions against Russia. Recent developments.
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 previous […]
Moscow Desk
Russian counter measures : recent developments (update June 1st, 2022)
Russia adopted a series of counter measures in May. The President issued a decree establishing a special procedure for performance of obligations towards foreign intellectual property owners. The decree targets a range of IP owners establishing that the payments are to be made in roubles to a special account in an authorized Russian bank. The […]
Moscow Desk, Paris
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 Desk
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 Desk
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 Desk
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 Desk
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 Desk