Corporate. / M&A

Every business needs support as it grows.

From corporate finance transactions to day-to-day issues, our multidisciplinary team provides innovative, tailored support.

Bruzzo Dubucq's lawyers have recognised expertise in company law.

Multidisciplinary and familiar with the business world, they are today the preferred advisers of companies. They advise and support businesses of every kind. Groups, mid-sized companies, SMEs, high-growth companies, family businesses and start-ups will all find an attentive and expert ear.

Our lawyers are available to executives and chief financial officers to support them in meeting the day-to-day challenges of business life.

Areas of expertise

Mergers and acquisitions

Buying a company, selling an asset or bringing different structures together are delicate and technical transactions. They call for careful thought and support.

Our lawyers aim to provide innovative answers to help your business grow. Their valuable advice will enable you to meet the many technical and legal challenges raised by such transactions.

The firm acts on all types of acquisition:

01 I Due diligence
02 I Sales and acquisitions of shares and/or businesses
03 I Assistance in negotiating the price and earn-outs
04 I Business combinations and partnerships
05 I External growth
06 I LBO (Leveraged Buy-Out)
07 I Transfer of individual assets
08 I Optimisation of acquisition structures.

Private Equity

Private equity refers to all the mechanisms for investing in unlisted companies. The complexity of these transactions calls for constant support and advice.

The firm specialises in private equity transactions and supports high-growth companies, institutional investors, business angels and funds on all Private Equity transactions.

01 I Audits
02 I Fundraising (term sheet, investment agreement, shareholders' agreements, etc.)
03 I Governance restructuring and creation of boards and committees
04 I Transactions involving distressed assets.

Corporate and Governance

Bruzzo Dubucq's lawyers are your partners.

They are convinced that effective legal support is essential to a company's growth.

They therefore offer to assist you on a day-to-day basis with all matters relating to the life of your company and its governance:

01 I Drafting and organisation of your shareholder decisions
02 I Dilutive and non-dilutive capital transactions
03 I Issuance of securities
04 I Approval of annual accounts
05 I Group management.

Beyond this, the firm offers to take charge of the company's entire contractual activity, from drafting contracts to monitoring their performance (commercial leases, services, supply, commercial partnerships, business introduction, etc.).

Our lawyers will also handle all the contractual work that structures the company. Relationships between shareholders will thus be secured, management structured and remuneration policies skilfully set. In this respect, we take particular care in drafting your shareholders' agreements.

Our lawyers are committed to bringing their experience and know-how to the day-to-day management of businesses.

That is why they have designed this bespoke offering to enable you to outsource your legal department.

Management packages

Management packages are increasingly widespread.

The mechanism covers all the technical and legal means designed to give a company's executives a stake in its capital by granting them financial benefits.

Such a tool has become indispensable to a company's growth. For the executive, it is a powerful incentive to perform. And inevitably, it is the company that benefits.

Our team aims to support companies and their executives in setting up a bespoke management package in compliance with financial, employment and tax regulations.

Employment

Employment law covers all the legal rules governing relations between employers and employees. It is a complex body of law that must be handled with care. Properly understood and applied, it can be a source of growth and effectiveness.

We act for companies in both advisory and litigation matters:

01 I Day-to-day support for your HR (drafting and amending employment contracts, termination of employment, disciplinary sanctions, remuneration policy, etc.)
02 I Health and safety at work
03 I Setting up profit-sharing schemes (intéressement, participation) and employee share ownership
04 I Employment aspects of corporate restructurings (employment audits, collective redundancies, etc.)
05 I Employment Tribunal (conseil de prud'hommes) litigation.

Outsourced legal department

High value-added legal support.

Benefit from the personalised services of a law firm on a day-to-day basis with La Conciergerie. Bruzzo Dubucq offers to fully outsource your legal needs, giving you access to the cross-disciplinary expertise of our business law professionals, whatever the size of your company.

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