Private Equity: Venture Capital
Europe Guide 2024 : France
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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”).
Chambers Review
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
- Gide advised Platform.sh on its USD140 million Series D financing round.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Their strengths are the great quality of their work, great technical skills and that they respect deadlines."
"The team is excellent, very responsive, very agile in negotiations. It understands our needs perfectly and is obviously on top of industry standards."
"They are very technical with a great knowledge of the area."
"They are very friendly and hard-working."
"Their strengths are the great quality of their work, great technical skills and that they respect deadlines."
"The team is excellent, very responsive, very agile in negotiations. It understands our needs perfectly and is obviously on top of industry standards."
"They are very technical with a great knowledge of the area."
"They are very friendly and hard-working."
Notable Practitioners
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.
"Jean-François Louit has the right interpersonal skills; he can feel the needs of everyone and align himself with the needs. He has a very good knowledge of the market; he knows the funds that are active in the market; he is a really good specialist on the topic, and his team is always competent and committed."
Pierre Karpik is a foremost venture capital lawyer and maintains a client base of leading private equity funds, venture capital firms and start-ups.He assists with investments in sectors spanning insurance, food and IT.
"In my opinion, Pierre Karpik is the best in the market, in Paris and even in Europe. He is super creative, really good in execution, quality, speed and availability; he understands the topics; he defends us well. This is all quite perfect."
Caroline Lan enters the rankings this year. She is highly experienced in advising management teams on LBOs and setting up management packages.
"She is always available, is always in a good mood. We wish we had more people like her in our company. She is very technical, and there are sometimes tensions in our sector and with her method she makes everything go smoothly. She is great."
David-James Sebag acts for venture capital funds and start-ups on transactions spanning sectors such as e-commerce, entertainment and insurance. He is qualified in France and the USA.
Ranked Lawyers at
Gide Loyrette Nouel
France
Members
Provided by Gide Loyrette Nouel
Antoine de La Gatinais
Diane Jouffroy
Louis Oudot de Dainville
Paul Jourdan-Nayrac