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Private Equity: Buyouts (Acting for Management)

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Provided by Gide Loyrette Nouel

Gide Loyrette Nouel lawyers advise numerous clients on their LBO transactions. Their command of the sale and acquisition techniques allied with their thorough knowledge of the mechanisms of private equity financing, executive and employee profit-sharing and incentive plans, enable our lawyers to offer clients a comprehensive service. For these types of transactions, we call upon our specialised Corporate Finance team, common to both the Mergers & Acquisitions and the Banking & Finance practice groups, which handles corporate and finance questions.


Our M&A/Corporate practice group has developed a broad range of experience in venture capital advising both investors and issuers. Assistance offered covers all aspects of these transactions: drafting and negotiating investment agreements, shareholders' agreements, issuing convertible securities (ABSAs, BSAs, ORAs, OCs, etc.), as well as executive and employee profit-sharing and incentive plans. Thanks to our venture capital practice and expertise in securities law, we are one of the prominent actors in private investment in public equity (“PIPE”).

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What the Team is Known For

Gide Loyrette Nouel has a solid private equity team with a particular focus on venture capital, acting for both investors and emerging companies. The law firm is recognised for its expertise in the technology sector. It is also noted for its management-side practice advising on the structuring of management packages. The department regularly represents domestic and international clients in pan-European and cross-border mandates.

Work Highlights

Provided by Gide Loyrette Nouel

  • Gide Loyrette Nouel assisted Isalt with the EUR800 million Series C financing of Verkor.

Strengths

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The firm's strengths are their availability, technical expertise, work capacity and constructive deal-making approach.

Private Equity: Buyouts (Acting for Management) respondent
France

They are very close to their clients, very attentive and take a rather soft approach with the opposing party, which helps keep negotiations calm.

Private Equity: Buyouts (Acting for Management) respondent
France

I like the firm's reactivity and knowledge. They provide legal updates and the lawyers are very nice and pleasant.

Private Equity: Buyouts (Acting for Management) respondent
France

The firm has best-in-class skills in private equity, M&A and LBOs. The partners demonstrate a great level of dedication, with great coordination with other departments within Gide.

Private Equity: Buyouts (Acting for Management) respondent
France

The team at Gide adapt to the clients' needs and don't try to impose their views.

Private Equity: Buyouts (Acting for Management) respondent
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Notable Practitioners

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Jean-François Louit
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Jean-François Louit
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Jean-François Louit is highly recognised for his work on behalf of the management teams of domestic and international corporate entities on high-stakes LBOs and the structuring of management packages.

He is a top-notch lawyer.

Jean-François has extensive experience and is responsive in management package matters.

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Caroline Lan
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Caroline Lan
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Caroline Lan is highly experienced in advising management teams on LBOs and setting up management packages.

She is extremely dedicated to her clients and always available, constantly seeking the simplest and most effective solution.

She is a resourceful lawyer. It's an absolute pleasure to work with her; you feel confident from start to finish.

She has a deep-rooted deal-making attitude and a strong understanding of economic and financial aspects of the deals. She is very technical and always straightforward when presenting legal options.

Caroline is very pleasant and knowledgeable. She is an expert in advising management teams and a very experienced lawyer.

Her technical level, legal creativity, strong interpersonal skills and unparalleled level of dedication have been instrumental in very complex deals.

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David-James Sebag
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David-James Sebag
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David-James Sebag acts for venture capital funds and startups on transactions spanning sectors such as AI, e-commerce and entertainment. He is qualified in France and the USA.

He is an excellent negotiator, very knowledgeable about the market and very international. He is admitted to the Paris and New York Bars. He has deep expertise and is very pragmatic.

David is an outstanding negotiator.

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Ranked Lawyers at
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Private Equity: Buyouts (Acting for Management)
Jean-François Louit
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Jean-François Louit
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Caroline Lan
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Caroline Lan
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Private Equity: Venture Capital
David-James Sebag
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David-James Sebag
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Members

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Antoine de La Gatinais

Diane Jouffroy

Louis Oudot de Dainville

Paul Jourdan-Nayrac