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Business lawyer for 5 years, trained in leading international firms, I work with a diverse clientele: entrepreneurs, start-up founders, partners, investors, executives, and family/industrial groups.
My areas of expertise are as follows:
1. CORPORATE – COMPANY FORMATION/MANAGEMENT
- Choice of legal structure (remuneration strategy, tax (income/corporate tax) and social considerations);
- Company formation from A to Z (from articles of association to formalities);
- Drafting your shareholders' agreement: comparable to a "marriage contract," it is essential for managing your relationships between partners and anticipating worst-case scenarios; and
- Day-to-day management: General Meetings/Annual Ordinary Meetings, accounts approval/dividends, articles of association amendments, etc.
2. MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS AND STRATEGIC TRANSACTIONS
- Management/Negotiation of your sales-acquisitions: Letter of Intent/NDA, Due Diligence, Term Sheet/SPA, Signing/Closing, Post-closing formalities, etc.;
- Restructuring: mergers, partial asset contributions, carve-outs, joint ventures, holdings; and
- Commercial transactions: sale of business assets, commercial leases, license agreements, franchise agreements, etc.
3. FUNDRAISING, VENTURE CAPITAL, PRIVATE EQUITY
- Support for Founders/Executives/Investors;
- Management/Negotiation of investment documents (LOI/Term Sheet, agreement, cash-out, cap table, shareholders' agreement and mini-agreements, financial instruments (BSA Air/AGA, BSPCE), articles of association amendments, etc.); and
- LBO, MBO.
Why choose me?
- Shared understanding: As an entrepreneur myself, I protect your interests by securing your business;
- Significant experience: My tenacity and commitment have led me to the best business law training and firms, which now benefit my clients;
- A relationship of trust: Unwavering responsiveness, to support you daily in your projects. No hidden fees.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Bordeaux (up to 50km), Paris (up to 50km), Tours (up to 50km), Bayonne (up to 50km)
Experience
- Herbert AvocatsLawyer at the BarLEGALSeptember 2023 - Today (2 years and 9 months)Lawyer specializing in all aspects of corporate law (shareholders' agreements, acquisition of business assets/companies, holding structures), and wealth tax law (tax optimization, Dutreil pact, property splitting, real estate investments)
- Gordon S. Blair Law OfficesAssociateJune 2021 - September 2023 (2 years and 4 months)Monaco, MonacoCorporate/M&A/Fundraising - Significant experience and deals:- Advising Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer (SBM) on the acquisition of Le Palace des Neiges company in Courchevel: Due Diligence, negotiation and drafting of all contractual documentation taking into account the specifics of the deal (LOI, Term Sheet, SPA (conditions precedent, GAP, compensation, etc.), counter-guarantee, etc.).- Advising an Investor (Business Angel) for a Seed and Seed Extension fundraising: (i) negotiation and drafting of an investment agreement, with base investment and issuance of BSA Air, capital increase, amendment of articles of association and drafting of a concurrent shareholders' agreement, and (ii) investment extension/early exercise of BSA AIR by the Investor (capital increase/amendment of articles of association, drafting/negotiation of a new shareholders' agreement, mini-shareholders' agreements, issuance of a BSPCE plan).- Advising the Hamelin Group on the acquisition of the Pelikan Group (Germany), owned by Pelikan International Corporation Berhad (PICB): negotiation and drafting of contractual documentation taking into account the specifics of the deal (LOI, Term Sheet, SPA, etc.).- Regular advice to French and foreign Family Offices/VCs on Seed investment opportunities in French and European companies (review of investment agreements, R&Ws, pre and post-money cap tables, shareholders' agreements, analysis of anti-dilution mechanisms, preferential liquidation conditions, tag/drag/first refusal/lock-up/leavers/put/call rights, etc., privileged information rights, overall balance between investors and between investors and founders, etc.).- Intra-group restructurings: intra-group sales, simplified mergers, partial asset contributions, etc.
- Bredin PratLawyer at the BarOctober 2019 - May 2021 (1 year and 8 months)Paris, FranceCorporate M&A/Fundraising - Significant experience and deals:- Advising a seller on the carve-out of one of its French operating companies to an American group: negotiation/drafting of a term sheet, a put option and an SPA (specific clauses for interim covenants and post-closing anti-leakage, cash injection, etc.), a minimum post-closing license purchase agreement with an exclusivity clause, etc.- Advising Peugeot S.A. in the context of the PSA/FCA (Stellantis) merger: Due Diligence/Red Flag Report, various memos, organization and coordination of the restructuring and approval procedures for PSA group's financial captives (25 different jurisdictions).- Intra-group restructurings: intra-group sales, simplified mergers, partial asset contributions, etc.- Company formation, drafting of shareholders' agreements, commercial contracts, commercial leases, confidentiality agreements, sale of business assets, etc.
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Education
- Certificate of Aptitude for the Legal ProfessionLaw School of the Paris Bar2019
- Master 2 Banking and Financial LawUniversity Paris II, Panthéon-Assas2019Classement n°3 Master Droit des Affaires (source: EdUniversal) Mémoire : Le White Paper dans les Initial Coin Offerings (17/20)
Certifications
- Specialized Certificate in Corporate Law (DJCE) (15/20)FNDE2016