This column presents, in a non-exhaustive way, the most important decisions on renewable energy law for the period from September 2021 to August 2022 – more specifically on wind and photovoltaic energy, as well as, to a lesser extent, on hydropower and energy from methanization. [in french]
Paris | ENERGY TRANSITION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Overview of the current energy mix, and the place in the market of different energy sources. The French government is facing crucial decisions about its future energy mix due to climate change and the war in Ukraine. France benefits shistorically from decarbonised electricity based on nuclear power, but is now accelerating to set up and […]
Paris | ENERGY
Après une actualité jurisprudentielle fournie au cours des dernières années sur la validité des clauses d’échelle mobile limitant la variation indiciaire du loyer du bail commercial, c’est au tour du gouvernement et du législateur d’intervenir successivement pour contraindre l’indice des loyers commerciaux (ILC). Ainsi, par deux mesures à quelques mois d’intervalle, l’évolution indiciaire des loyers […]
Paris | REAL ESTATE
On July 20, 2022, the ACPR declared itself partially compliant with the European Banking Authority (EBA) Guidelines on the exclusion of “limited networks” under PSD2 published on February 24, 2022 (EBA/GL/2022/02). What about in practice? Read the legal analysis and the answers of Delphine Baudouin, Counsel in Jeantet’s Banking and Finance Department, for Option Finance, […]
Paris | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY
Legal column by our partner Frank Martin-Laprade. Le 13 octobre 2022, et pour la troisième fois en deux ans, l’AMF a publié une mise en garde à l’encontre de certains types de « financements dilutifs » qu’elle désigne désormais par la formule globale « d’OCABSA ou d’equity lines », alors qu’il s’agit potentiellement de deux choses différentes, comme elle semblait d’ailleurs l’avoir initialement bien compris, puisque son premier communiqué […]
Paris | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY
The French Ministry of the Economy has recently published, for the first time, guidelines regarding the procedures for the screening of foreign direct investments in France. Stephen Walters, Partner (Jeantet) and Victoria Régis, Counsel (Jeantet) have authored an overview of the French FDI screening regime which discusses some of the key points to emerge from […]
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Anne Toupenay-Schueller and Ali Baydoun have contributed to the 2023 Distressed M&A Guide published by Lexology. The 2023 guide focuses on: Market climate and legal framework Transaction structures and sale process Due diligence Valuation and financing Documentation Regulatory and judicial approvals Dispute resolution Updates and trends
Paris | DISTRESSED M&A
Global venture capital funding reached $25.2 billion in August 2022, the lowest monthly amount recorded in two years by Crunchbase. Until adequate government action is announced, several funding alternatives can be considered. « Cette forte baisse des valeurs de la tech depuis le début de l’année a commencé au Nasdaq, mais ses effets se ressentent […]
Paris | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS (large & mid cap)
Laïd Estelle Laurent and Bertrand Biette, partners, review the legislative changes brought about by the transposition of the European Insolvency Directive into French law. In particular, they tell us more about the more important place given to creditors in the elaboration and negotiation of recovery and turnaround plans. Meeting.
Paris | RESTRUCTURING – LAW OF COMPANIES IN DIFFICULTY
Will the future chairman of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) be able to seize the opportunity provided by a new mandate at the head of the stock market regulator to (finally) turn the page on the former Commission des opérations de bourse (COB) and bring himself up to speed – in Europe – with […]
Paris | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY
This country-specific Q&A provides an overview of Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters laws and regulations applicable in France.
Paris | LITIGATION – ARBITRATION – MEDIATION
Martine Samuelian, Partner, and Olivier Lyon Lynch, Counsel, analyze the Court of Appeal’s decision for Bulletin Joly Bourse.
Paris | BANKING AND FINANCIAL REGULATION