FRANCE LAW AND PRACTICE Contributed by: Michael Doumet, François-Xavier Naime, Guillaume Nataf, Léna Sersiron, Eléonore d’Anthonay, Nella Picou, Pauline Celeyron and Magalie Dansac Le Clerc, Baker McKenzie Paris
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Authors
Michael Doumet is a partner in Baker McKenzie Paris’s private equity and M&A group. Michael focuses his practice on M&A and private equity transactions, with particular emphasis on leveraged buyouts, private
Guillaume Nataf is a partner in the M&A group at Baker McKenzie Paris. Guillaume is an experienced lawyer in M&A transactions for French and foreign clients, advising on their French and international M&A
acquisitions, hostile takeovers, and divestitures − both domestic and cross-border. Michael regularly represents corporate and private equity clients in the healthcare/pharmaceuticals, TMT, energy and chemicals industries.
transactions and on the negotiation of joint ventures and shareholders’ agreements. He generally works in corporate law and group restructurings. Guillaume chairs the Paris office’s foreign direct investment (FDI) regulations practice and assists clients in their FDI filings and subsequent exchanges with the French Ministry of Economy to obtain required clearances.
François-Xavier Naime is an experienced transactional partner in Baker McKenzie Paris’s M&A practice, advising corporations and private equity firms on public and private M&A, joint ventures and
Léna Sersiron leads Baker McKenzie Paris’s competition and antitrust practice. With more than 25 years’ experience, Léna has a strong track record of successfully handling sensitive competition cases both at
capital raising transactions, particularly in a cross- border context. He also has expertise in corporate governance and securities laws. François-Xavier represents clients in the financial services, luxury, healthcare, automotive and tech industries.
EU and national levels. She has extensive knowledge related to inspections and collection of digital and forensic evidence. Léna advises on a wide range of competition matters, including complex merger control operations. Her areas of expertise also include distribution and contract law. Léna is a regular speaker at law conferences and was elected president of the French Association of Antitrust and Competition Law Lawyers (APDC) in 2021 and re-elected in 2024.
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