In a market that was at a standstill for a few weeks, as companies refocused on their internal organization, M&A activity has picked up to exceptional levels in 2021. Interview by Ondine Delaunay.
Paris | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS (large & mid cap)
The High Committee for Corporate Governance (“HCGE”) published on 10 November 2021 its eighth annual report (the “Report”). The mission of the HCGE is to monitor compliance with the principal French Corporate Governance Code, the Afep-Medef Code of Corporate Governance for Listed Companies (the “Code”), by those companies whose shares are listed on a regulated […]
Paris | CORPORATE LAW AND GOVERNANCE
The global imperative to reduce greenhouse gases is forcing governments and private enterprise to redefine “business as usual.” Adrien Fourmon et Julien Paulou discuss the world’s changing economic model.
Paris | ENVIRONMENT
Adrien Fourmon proposes a calendar for the evolution of planning documents.
Paris | URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT LAW | PUBLIC LAW – PUBLIC CONTRACTS
This column covers the period from 1 January 2021 to 1 September 2021.
Paris | REAL ESTATE
Urban planning – The Climate and Resilience Act leaves little time for local authorities to meet the ZAN target. In line with the proposals of the Citizens’ Climate Convention and in order to anchor ecology in our society, Law 2021-1104 of 22 August 2021, known as the “Climate and Resilience” law, modifies numerous provisions of […]
Paris | PUBLIC LAW – PUBLIC CONTRACTS | ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW | RENEWABLE ENERGY – RE
In a decision of 23 June 2021, the Commercial Chamber of the Court of Cassation, confirming its previous position, reaffirmed the validity of a non-competition clause without financial consideration, when the obliged party is not an employee of the creditor company.
Paris | CORPORATE LAW AND GOVERNANCE
Paris, September 22, 2021, Jeantet advised Inventory Planner, a leading e-commerce inventory management and forecasting company, and its shareholders on the sale of Inventory Planner to the Brightpearl group, enabling the latter to broaden its technological offering by integrating an inventory management software for e-commerce players. This is a first step in its longer-term strategy to make Brightpearl the market leader in […]
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« Current legal systems have become so complex that the legal fiction of “no one is supposed to ignore the law” has become unrealistic » Is this a coincidence or the beginning of a fight that has been announced for many years? An amendment was recently voted unanimously by the deputies in the bill for […]
Paris | CRIMINAL LAW
For several years now, the legal status of the AMF has been in question when it intervenes before the Paris Court of Appeal in appeals against its own individual decisions, pursuant to Article L. 621-30 of the Monetary and Financial Code, even though this optional intervention is expressly provided for in Article R. 621-46 of […]
Paris | FINANCIAL ENGINEERING | BANKING AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
The Covid-19 epidemic that we went through from March 2020 onwards, and which unfortunately is still ongoing, has not only had calamitous health consequences for the country, but also catastrophic collateral effects on the world of sport, both professional and amateur, and especially on the national football championships of League 1 and League 2, which […]
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On 20 July 2021, the European Commission published a draft European regulation to create a new European authority, the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA). The AMLA will be responsible for combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism and will have supervisory and sanctioning powers and will ensure that […]
Paris | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY