Presentation
Complex M&A transactions and reorganisations are strategic events in the life of a company. Their success depends on the expertise of those involved.
Racine’s Corporate/M&A team is made up of lawyers who are each closely familiar with the technical aspects involved in these high value-added transactions.
The team advises companies both French and foreign entities, investment funds and management teams on their strategic transactions.
Racine assists its clients with the full range of issues they encounter in company operations, the financing of their development, external growth transactions and transfers, both in France and on an international level.
The team works hand in hand with the firm’s other teams so that it can offer comprehensive solutions that cover all relevant practice areas (tax, employment, distressed company law, banking and finance, competition, etc.).
In parallel, the team constantly strives to ensure that that it acquires and maintains deep know-how about its clients’ businesses and industries.
Armed with its experience in court and arbitral proceedings, the team also handles all types of disputes relating to corporate and financial markets law, and in particular disputes between shareholders and the enforcement of indemnities.
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
- Acquisition due diligence, drafting of letters of intent/memoranda of understanding, non-disclosure agreements
- Negotiation and drafting of purchase agreements, asset and liability guarantees and all other agreements required in external growth transactions
- Drafting joint-venture agreements, shareholder agreements and all other agreements relating to share structure and governance
- Design and implementation of all corporate transactions relating to equity investments and transfers of controlling interests
- Legal implementation of leveraged and capital investment transactions: seed funding, second rounds, capital development, refinancing
- Design and implementation of management packages
- Management and handling of pre-litigation and litigation related to M&A transactions
CORPORATE LAW AND CAPITAL MARKET
- Intra-group restructurings, mergers, global corporate asset transfers and contributions
- Corporate financing:
- fundraising with investors
- bond issuances
- Capital market issues
- preferential shares
- subscription warrants
- All other transactions such as incorporations, transformations, by-law amendments
When a transaction involves a foreign jurisdiction, we leverage our foreign offices and best-friends network to ensure the suitability of our solutions.
Distinctions
of the team
Classements récents :
- Option Droit et Affaires - 2019: M&A
- Option Droit et Affaires - 2020: M&A
- Option Droit et Affaires - 2018: M&A
- International Financial Law Review - 2018: M&A
- Chambers - 2018: M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions)
- Legal 500 - 2018: M&A
Trophées récents :
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2015: Trophées du droit et du contentieux
Mergers & Acquisitions – small- and mid-cap: Silver trophy
Entrepreneurial firm over five years old: Gold trophy
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2018: Top Legal
Top Legal
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2018: Trophées du droit et du contentieux
Mergers & Acquisitions : Small & Mid Cap: Gold trophy
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2017: Trophées du droit et du contentieux
Multi-office firm and regional firm: Silver trophy
The team
News and publications

Press releases
11/01/21
Racine advises Samfi-Invest on the acquisition of ExterionMedia France

Press releases
8/01/21
Racine advised Orange Bank on the acquisition of neobank Anytime

Racine articles
10/12/20