Private Equity: Buyouts (Acting for Management) - France
What the team is known for
Fides Partners is a respected law firm in the space. The teams advises management teams and founders on LBO and restructuring operations. The lawyers possess significant expertise in the tax and financial aspects of management packages and handles both domestic and cross-border mandates.
Strengths
"Fides knows the field and the ecosystem surrounding managers."
"They are clever and agile; they can speak to management team; they are able to explain and reassure; they do that very well. They have a real business mindset, they offer solutions, and they deliver."
"They are friendly, and they have good technical skills for these types of cases; they are reassuring and anticipate."
Work highlights
Fides Partners advised Opteven management team on the EUR350 million LBO by Apax Partners.
Notable practitioners
Nicolas Menard-Durand regularly represents management teams in LBO transactions. He is experienced in acting on behalf of French and international clients. "He is good technically."