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 | 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 […]

RANKINGS | M&A – Lerins ranked “Excellent” in the 2025 edition of Décideurs Magazine’s Mergers & Acquisitions Guide

LERINS has been ranked “𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭” (𝐓𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝟏) in the 2025 edition of Décideurs Magazine’s Mergers & Acquisitions Guide, in the category “𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 €𝟕𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧.” Well-deserved recognition for Luc Castagnet, Marc Gervais, Guillaume Jarry, Laurent Julienne, Laurent Segal and their teams. Our M&A – Private Equity practice advises companies, as well as their executives and shareholders, at […]

DEAL | Lerins advises the shareholders of NEW TONE on their management buy-in transaction

LERINS advised the shareholders of NEW TONE, a French company specializing in the creation of models and prototypes for the cosmetics, luxury goods and architecture sectors, in the context of a Management Buy-In (MBI) transaction. Following the transaction, a majority stake in NEW TONE is now held by a consortium of private investors led by […]

OPTION DROIT ET AFFAIRES | STREAMLINING SME ACQUISITION CONTRACTS REMAINS ELUSIVE

Despite a rebound in deal volume in 2024, small- and mid-cap M&A transactions are still far from running smoothly. In Option Droit & Affaires, partner Laurent Julienne underscores the ongoing legal complexity of such deals: “The prevailing trend of recent years shows no signs of reversing. Amid sustained market uncertainty, the growing intricacy of legal documentation […]

Publication of a white paper | Intrapreneurship: a strategic tool to drive innovation within corporate groups

Lerins has released a white paper entitled “Innovation-Driven Intrapreneurship within Corporate Groups – Legal Structuring and Key Considerations”, a unique contribution designed to support companies in designing, securing, and scaling intrapreneurial projects. As corporate groups strive to combine agility, innovation, and talent appeal, intrapreneurship has emerged as a key strategic lever. This white paper provides […]

DEAL | LERINS ADVISES HENK PRETORIUS ON MAJORITY ACQUISITION OF TINKSO

Lerins has advised South African entrepreneur and investor Henk Pretorius on the acquisition of an 80% stake in Tinkso SAS, a French agency specializing in no-code development. This strategic move reflects Pretorius’s ambition to build a leading European group in a rapidly growing market. A seasoned entrepreneur with a track record in data research and […]