Private Equity: Venture Capital
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Jones Day has a market-leading venture capital practice acting across an array of sectors, including pharmaceutical, technology and energy. The law firm has experience advising both French and international institutional investors, as well as start-ups. The team is adept at handling seed to late-stage financing rounds and the lawyers regularly work in cooperation with the firm's M&A and tax teams to provide a full-service offering to clients.
Work Highlights
- Jones Day acted for Amolyt Pharma on its EUR130 million Series C equity financing led by Sofinnova Partners and ICG.
Strengths
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"For me they are the most competent and pleasant lawyers in the sector, I only have positive things to say: they are extremely efficient and very business-minded, which makes it very comfortable to work with them. They know everything by heart, and have seen a lot of different transactions."
"In my opinion, they are by far the strongest in Paris for these types of topics."
"I would definitely recommend them for fundraising advice. They are super specialists and very straight to the point, and they were able to make complicated things simple."
"Jones Day has a very strong ability to handle sophisticated matters, which has been demonstrated over multiple instances. It is also always able to bring to the table the relevant expertise."
"For me they are the most competent and pleasant lawyers in the sector, I only have positive things to say: they are extremely efficient and very business-minded, which makes it very comfortable to work with them. They know everything by heart, and have seen a lot of different transactions."
"In my opinion, they are by far the strongest in Paris for these types of topics."
"I would definitely recommend them for fundraising advice. They are super specialists and very straight to the point, and they were able to make complicated things simple."
"Jones Day has a very strong ability to handle sophisticated matters, which has been demonstrated over multiple instances. It is also always able to bring to the table the relevant expertise."
Notable Practitioners
Renaud Bonnet is widely renowned as a leading venture capital lawyer. He acts for investors and start-ups on high-stakes financing rounds.
"He is always very business-oriented, he responds quickly. He is great."
Charles Gavoty assists a client base of emerging companies active across the transportation, financial services and IT sectors with financing matters. He additionally acts for domestic and international venture capital firms.
Jean-Gabriel Griboul undertakes financing rounds on behalf of venture capital funds and emerging companies. He is active across the healthcare and technology sectors.
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