Corporate M&A

Our Corporate M&A team assists clients with mergers & acquisitions, private equity, management packages, corporate governance, corporate law, crypto-asset transactions and the deployment of innovative projects (start-ups, scale-ups and intrapreneurship).

Our areas of expertise

Mergers & Acquisitions

We assist our clients in their external growth operations, business combinations and relocations, as well as in matters of corporate governance, conflicts between shareholders and the status of directors and officers.

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Private Equity

We advise French and foreign SMEs and middle-sized companies, start-ups, managers, shareholders, family groups and investment funds in all their private equity, development and venture capital transactions.

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Management packages

We are market leaders in the design, discussion and implementation of management packages and profit-sharing plans.

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Strategic alliances

We assist you in negotiating strategic alliances, business combinations and special contracts.

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Legal secretariat & Governance

We assist our clients in setting up companies or economic interest groupings (GIE), setting up subsidiaries of foreign companies in France, branches, representative offices and associations.

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Partners in charge

Guillaume Jarry

Laurent Julienne

Laurent Segal

Our Corporate M&A news

PRESS | BFM Business - Laurent JULIENNE (LERINS) and Nicolas MIRAVALLS (CEO, Oris Materials Intelligence) analyse the legal and strategic challenges of innovation intrapreneurship within large corporate groups

Specialising in infrastructure, ORIS Materials Intelligence is digitising the construction materials sector with a view to reducing the environmental impact of infrastructure projects. This “Infratech” operates across the entire value chain, from financiers to public authorities with a clear ambition: to reduce the carbon footprint of infrastructure, shorten construction timelines and optimise costs. 💡 What makes […]

PRESS | National "Objectif Reprises" Plan: Overview of the Scheme

In a context marked by the generational renewal of business leaders and the need to preserve France’s entrepreneurial fabric, business acquisitions have emerged as a strategic lever for the French economy. The national “Objectif Reprises” plan, announced in April by the Minister for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Serge Papin, aims to remove the structural barriers to business takeovers […]

DEAL | LERINS advises Plasseraud IP in connection with their financial partnership with Ander Acto

LERINS advised Plasseraud IP in connection with a financial partnership transaction involving Andera Acto, acting as a sponsorless mezzanine investor. The transaction will enable Plasseraud IP to accelerate its growth while further concentrating ownership of its share capital in the hands of its practising partners, thereby reinforcing the Group’s independence. A leading player in the […]

PRESS | Towards a unified European company law: the proposal for a 28th regime

For many years, European companies have faced a major structural challenge: the legal fragmentation of the Single Market, which requires them to navigate 27 different national corporate law systems. On 18 March 2026, the European Commission put forward a proposal aimed at addressing this difficulty: the creation of an optional 28th corporate law regime, common to all Member […]

DEAL | Lerins advises Abenex on the acquisition of Tethys, a French leader in defense and aerospace pyromechanics.

LERINS advised Abenex on the acquisition of Téthys, a specialist in the design and manufacturing of pyromechanical systems for the defense and aerospace sectors. Tethys supplies major defense and aerospace companies such as Naval Group and ArianeGroup, and aims to become the leading independent European player in pyromechanics. This LBO transaction enables a reshaping of […]

PRESS | Marc Gervais interviewed on LexInside about the European 28th regime

Marc Gervais, interviewed by Arnaud Dumourier on LexInside, discusses the proposed 28th regime at European level, aimed at creating a unified legal framework for companies operating within the EU. Faced with the fragmentation of national legal systems, which remains a barrier to business growth, the European Commission is proposing the 28th regime to help foster […]