FRANCE Law and Practice Contributed by: Raphaële Courtier, Sébastien de Monès, Victor Camatta and Jessica Chartier, Bredin Prat
Bredin Prat is a leading law firm with a reputa- tion for excellence in each of its practice areas: corporate/M&A, securities law, litigation and international arbitration, tax, competition and European law, banking and finance, restructur- ing and insolvency, employment, public law and tech law. With over 180 lawyers in Paris and Brussels, Bredin Prat has grown successfully while preserving the firm’s culture and remain- ing committed to the highest standards of ex- cellence. The financing team, comprising over
ten lawyers, including three partners, special- ises in corporate borrowing, whether it be in the form of loan finance (investment grade or lever- age syndicated loans, restructuring in the con- text of distressed LBOs, etc) or capital market transactions (bond issuances, high-yield bond offerings, international private placements, de- rivatives, etc). In particular, the team has recent- ly advised, among others, Fnac Darty, Alstom, Iliad, Apax Partners, LVMH, Ubisoft, Techni- color, Rothschild & Co and Casino.
Authors
Raphaële Courtier is a partner at Bredin Prat and joined the firm in 2007 to develop its financing practice. She specialises in banking, acquisition finance, LBO
Victor Camatta is a counsel at Bredin Prat and a member of the tax team. He advises clients mainly in the context of tax audits and tax litigation, but also on the tax aspects of national
financing, capital market transactions, private placements and debt restructuring. She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1992 and is a graduate of the University of Paris II Panthéon- Assas.
and cross-border transactions (M&A, real estate transactions and reorganisations). He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2014 and is a graduate of HEC Paris (Specialised Master’s degree in Law and International Management, 2012) and the University of Montpellier (Master 2 in Business and Tax Law – DJCE, 2011; Magistère in Business and Tax Law, 2008– 2011).
Sébastien de Monès is a partner at Bredin Prat, a member of the tax team and practises in the field of French and international tax law. He specialises in advising on the
Jessica Chartier is an associate at Bredin Prat and a member of the financing team. She specialises in bank financing, acquisition financing (and, in particular, leverage finance),
tax aspects of transactions (M&A, private equity and real estate transactions), assists corporate clients in connection with tax audits and tax litigation and advises private clients on their personal tax situations. He has written numerous articles and regularly speaks at conferences on French and international tax law and lectures at the University of Paris Dauphine. Sébastien was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1998.
capital markets, private placement and debt restructuring. She was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2009 and is a graduate of the University Paris V René Descartes (Master 2 in Business Law, 2008).
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