FRANCE Law and Practice Contributed by: Karl Hepp de Sevelinges, Nicolas Martin, Cyril Deniaud and Benjamin Cohu, Jeantet
Jeantet was founded in 1924 and is the sec - ond-oldest independent French business law firm still active on the French market. Its reputa - tion extends far beyond national borders, with operations in over 150 jurisdictions worldwide. For decades, the firm has been at the forefront of the legal scene, built around a dynamic and ambitious management team. Jeantet attracts talent, as evidenced by the increase in the num - ber of partners to 41 over the past five years,
and in the number of associates and support teams to over 200 experts today. With 17 part - ners and 40 counsel and associates, the M&A team is among the largest of the Paris-based law firms. M&A activities represent approxi - mately 50% of the firm’s total turnover. Its client base includes blue-chip companies in different sectors: banking, construction, energy, indus - trial engineering, agribusiness, life sciences, technology, retail, and travel and leisure.
Authors
Karl Hepp de Sevelinges is a partner at Jeantet who is admitted to the Paris, Frankfurt (Rechtsanwalt) and New York (FLC) Bars. Specialised in mergers and acquisitions, he
international clients, in particular German- speaking clients, from the industry, energy and automotive sectors, on mergers and acquisitions, as well as on all aspects of corporate law.
advises industrial companies, financial institutions and international funds, particularly German-speaking ones, on their investments in France. Karl has significant experience in corporate acquisitions and reorganisations, and advises French and international listed and non-listed companies. He leads a team of international lawyers specialising in cross- border M&A and private equity, all of whom speak three languages (English, French and German). Karl is member of the IBA and ABA and also co-managing partner of Jeantet.
Cyril Deniaud is a partner at Jeantet and advises French and foreign clients (listed companies, investment funds, institutional
investors and banks) in connection with market
transactions (takeover bids, IPOs, issues of shares or securities giving access to capital, delistings, management and employee shareholdings, etc).
Benjamin Cohu works in the capital markets department at Jeantet and assists both French and foreign clients on a variety of issues (IPOs, issuance of complex instruments, corporate
Nicolas Martin is an associate at Jeantet and a member of the Paris Bar. He has a dual Master of Laws (LLM) degree in Business Law from the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-
governance, management incentives). Prior to joining Jeantet, he acquired solid experience in corporate and capital markets with several law firms in France and China.
Sorbonne and the University of Cologne. He has developed expertise in private equity and in mergers and acquisitions. He advises
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