Practice areas

Mergers & acquisitions – Corporate law

Mergers & acquisitions – Corporate law

The Mergers & Acquisitions – Corporate Law department at DELSOL Avocats supports, advises, and represents companies at every stage of their legal and strategic life cycle: formation, development, external growth, restructuring, or transfer of ownership. Our attorneys handle both day-to-day corporate management and complex capital markets transactions and mergers and acquisitions (M&A), in France and internationally.

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The Mergers & Acquisitions – Corporate Law department boasts recognized expertise across numerous industry sectors: Industry, Services, Energy, IT, Healthcare, ICT, Leisure, Real Estate, Healthcare and Social Services, Media, Financial Management, Sustainable Development, Internet, Renewable Energy, Aeronautics, Tourism, Sports, Agri-Food, Transportation, Banking, Training, Start-ups, Events, Education, etc.

Our attorneys assist executives, investors, funds, family-owned groups, and listed and unlisted companies with all their strategic transactions:

Mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions (M&A, private equity, LBO):

  • Negotiation and drafting of legal documentation,
  • Due diligence 
  • Relations with securities and competition authorities,
  • Shareholder agreements and management packages,
  • Tax and financial optimization of acquisition structures,
  • Bank financing,
  • Restructuring or transfer plans,
  • Acquisitions of companies in financial distress or undergoing restructuring.


DELSOL Avocats handles all transactions related to the operations of listed and unlisted companies, particularly in cases of:

  • Regular legal monitoring of groups and companies,
  • Fundraising and restructuring,
  • Balance sheet transactions: capital increases/decreases, mergers, spin-offs, securities offerings,
  • Restructuring,
  • Securities regulations and relations with the AMF (IPOs, public offerings, reference documents),
  • Commercial contracts and strategic partnerships,
  • International expansion,
  • Business transfers and sales,
  • Insolvency proceedings.


Our approach combines legal rigor, an understanding of economic issues, and strategic foresight to ensure the security and success of our clients’ transactions.

Rankings

chambers france 2026

Legal 500 EMEA 2026

Palmarès Le Point 2026

Décideurs 2025-2026

OPTION DROIT & AFFAIRES 2025

PALMARES DU DROIT 2024

Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Elodie MARTIN
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Dafna DAVIDOVA
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Pierre GOUGÉ
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Julien REY
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Lucie NICOLAS
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Jean LECLERCQ
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Edouard PIQUE
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Mathieu LAMBERT
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Pierre TOURRET
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Doriane CHEVILLOT
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Philippe MALIKIAN
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Rémy DURAND
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Marine PETOT
Distressed companies - Restructuring
Financing
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Séverine BRAVARD
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Emmanuel KAEPPELIN
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Caroline DA LAGE
Distressed companies - Restructuring
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Philippe DUMEZ
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Sébastien POPIJN
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Mayeul BRAC de LA PERRIÈRE
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Lisa TRECCANI
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Emilie GUERRA
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Maxime MEKKI-KADDACHE
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Alisan CAVDARLI
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Emeric BUNIVA
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Sarah DIEUDONNÉ
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Henri-Louis DELSOL
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Marie ALBIETZ
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Joseph LOUIS
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Mathilde COMMARET
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Vincent GUEVENOUX
Financing
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law
Arthur COLLET

Mergers & acquisitions – Corporate law News

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DELSOL Avocats advised Framatome on its acquisition of a minority stake in Manoir France

DELSOL Avocats advised Framatome, a global leader in nuclear energy, on its acquisition of a minority stake in Manoir France.

DELSOL Avocats advised April on the acquisition of Alexis Assurances

DELSOL Avocats advised April, France’s leading wholesale brokerage firm, on the acquisition of Alexis Assurances, a broker specializing in renewable

DELSOL Avocats advised Minet Lacing Technology with its sale to NetCo

NetCo, provider of maintenance services for industrial mechanical conveyor systems, with a turnover of €350 million, acquired Minet Lacing Technology,

DELSOL Avocats advised Yole Group on the acquisition of a stake in the company by the Cervinvest fund

Yole Group is an international company, recognised for its expertise in the analysis of markets, technological developments and supply chains,

DELSOL Avocats advised ASC Investment on the sale of ContiTrade by Continental AG

The German company Continental AG has finalised the sale of its loss-making subsidiary ContiTrade France (now known as Xellent) to