BREDIN PRAT - Key Persons
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- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Corporate Team
Adrien Simon, Partner, is a member of the Corporate team.
He advises companies on mergers and acquisitions and private equity. He also assists clients in resolving their strategic litigation matters.
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- Partner
- Partner and Member of the Corporate
Alexander Blackburn is a Partner and member of the Corporate team. He has particular expertise in M&A and international financings. His practice also includes restructuring and insolvency-related matters.
He lectures at the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas on mergers and related contractual documentation, private equity and public tender offers, to students preparing the Master's degree in International Business Law. He also lectures at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris on cross-border M&A subjects.
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- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Tax Team
Anne Robert, Partner, is a member of the Tax team.
She advises on the tax aspects of transactions (mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and corporate restructurings) and also assists clients in connection with tax audits and tax litigation.
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- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Competition & EU Law Team
Arthur Helfer, Partner, is a member of the Competition & EU Law team.
He advises French and international companies before French and European regulatory authorities and courts, with a particular focus on merger control, state aid and antitrust litigation (cartels, abuse of dominant position).
His experience spans a wide variety of sectors, including telecommunications, transport, energy, agriculture and luxury goods.
He also has in-depth knowledge of French Public Law and advises clients in connection with sector-specific regulations and represents clients in litigation matters before the French administrative courts.
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- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Corporate Team
Christine Lenis, Partner, is a member of the Corporate team.
She has intensive experience in mergers and acquisitions for listed and unlisted French and international corporate clients in the context of cross-border transactions. Her practice also includes advising clients of all nationalities in connection with their private equity and joint venture transactions.
She is Council Member (France) of the European Regional Forum (ERF) of the International bar Association since 2023.
Cyril Gaillard, Partner, is a member of the firm's Employment Law team. He has intensive experience in employment litigation, including the criminal aspects of employment law, and social security law.
He is in charge of sensitive matters relating to liability in groups (co-employment, tortious liability), restructuring (legality of consultations, job protection plans, etc.), trade union law (representation, compliance with law, etc.), collective bargaining (working time, employee benefits, etc.) as well as compliance with laws relating to employees' rights and freedoms in the workplace (discrimination, harassment, etc.).
Didier Martin, Partner, is one of the leading specialists on French public tender offers, securities laws and privatisations.
He also devotes a significant part of his time to litigation in various areas such as securities law and takeovers, white-collar crime and bankruptcy.
He has written numerous books and articles on corporate law and securities law, and has recently published Le Code Monétaire et Financier, les Abus de marché, le Guide des pactes d'actionnaires.
Didier Martin is a seasoned corporate lawyer with great prominence in the area. He assists clients with a range of mandates, including high-profile public M&A transactions."
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Corporate Team
Emmanuel Masset, Partner, is a member of the Corporate team.
He has intensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and securities law. His practice also includes advising listed companies in connection with corporate governance matters.
Emmanuel Masset regularly speaks at conferences on corporate law, lectured in contract drafting techniques at the University of Paris 5 Descartes and gives lectures at HEC.
He is a member of the Legal Committee of ANSA and participated in several working groups set up by the Haut Comité Juridique de la Place de Paris.
Ève Duminy, Partner, is a member of the Litigation team.
She assists and represents companies, notably international groups, and their senior executives in connection with civil, commercial and criminal proceedings.
She handles more specifically complex business law litigation (corporate law, contract law, consumer law, white collar crime) as well as mass disputes.
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- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Corporate Team
Florence Haas, Partner, is a member of the Corporate team.
She has intensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and private equity, assisting French and international corporate clients in connection with market consolidation transactions, public takeovers and LBOs.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Litigation Team
Florian Bouaziz, Partner, is a member of the Litigation team.
He has extensive experience in corporate law and securities law, assisting corporate clients in resolving their litigation matters.
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- Partner
- Member of the Paris Bar
Guillaume Pellegrin, Partner, co-leads, with Éric Dezeuze, the White-Collar Criminal Defence and Compliance Litigation practice.
He regularly advises and assists French and international corporate clients and their senior executives:
regarding criminal liability, with respect to issues of violation of corporate law rules, breach of the duty of integrity by public officials or private sector employees in companies with a public service mission (atteinte à la probité), criminal offences with respect to securities law and tax law, in often multi-jurisdictional, but also French domestic or cross-border proceedings or investigations, including those relating to cases before specialised courts and international judicial cooperation proceedings;
in defining and monitoring compliance policies, as well as related litigation, including, in particular, in relation to the obligations arising out of the duty of care and attention (devoir de vigilance), Anti-Money Laundering/Combatting the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) measures, or implementation of restrictions, bans or sanctions, imposed at a national level in France, or at a European level or internationally;
in conducting internal investigations or, whether as counsel or as expert, assisting them when they are involved, in whatever capacity, in investigations carried out by French national authorities or by international institutions.
Guillaume has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2008 and is a graduate of the business school HEC Paris (Master's Major in International Tax and Legal Strategy, 2006), the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Master's degree in Business Law and Tax, 2006) and the University of Paris 11 (Maîtrise in Business Law, 2005). He is a former Secrétaire de la Conférence des Avocats au Barreau de Paris (2010).
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Competition and EU Law Team
Igor Simic, Partner, is a member of the Competition and EU Law team.
He represents French and international companies before French and European regulatory authorities and courts with a particular focus on antitrust proceedings and merger control, notably in the context of complex cross-border transactions.
Igor Simic is unanimously recognised as a key player in Competition Law in France.
"He has really been doing miracles. He has very good insight in terms of competition law advice in France and at the European level."
"He is the person we go to when we have a delicate question because we know that he will know where to help us draw the line."
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Firm 's Tax Law Team
Jean-Baptiste Frantz, Partner, is a member of the firm's Tax Law team.
He advises clients on the tax aspects of a wide range of corporate transactions (public and private M&A, private equity and corporate reorganisations), and a large part of his practice involves advising clients in relation to tax audits and the resolution of tax litigation matters.
His practice also includes advising private clients, including senior executives and shareholders.
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- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Tax Team
Jean-Florent Mandelbaum, Partner, is a member of the Tax team.
He advises companies on tax aspects of transactions and reorganizations (private equity, mergers and acquisitions and restructuring), and also advises companies in the context of tax audits and tax litigations.
He also advises private clients on their personal tax situations.
He has published numerous articles on various tax matters, including management incentive instruments, tax consolidation and international tax law, and teaches at HEC.
José has been a Partner at Bredin Prat since 2003. He is part of both the corporate and the international arbitration teams.
Julien Gayral, Partner, is a member of the Tax team and practises in the field of French and international tax law.
He has intensive experience in advising on the tax aspects of domestic and cross-border transactions (mergers and acquisitions, private equity and real estate transactions) and in handling tax controversy and dispute resolution. He also advises private clients, particularly corporate executives, on their personal tax situations.
He has written numerous articles on tax issues and tax consolidation and also gives lectures in tax law at the French business school HEC and the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Financing Team
Karine Sultan, Partner, is a member of the Financing team.
She has intensive experience in banking and capital markets, with a particular focus on acquisition finance, debt restructurings and real estate financing.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Corporate Law Specialist
- Partner, Is a Member of the Corporate Team
Kate Romain, Partner, is a member of the Corporate team.
She has extensive experience representing clients in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. She handles matters involving both privately and publicly held companies.
Her practice also includes advising clients of all nationalities in connection with their minority investments, strategic alliances and joint ventures. She deals with issues arising under US and French law related to such transactions.
Kate is a lecturer on cross-border M&A topics at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris and the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
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- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the International Arbitration Team
Laura Fadlallah, Partner, is a member of the International Arbitration team.
Laura advises private clients as well as States and State entities in commercial and investment arbitrations conducted under the major rules (UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICC, DIAC and SIAC) as well as in ad hoc arbitrations in a variety of industries and regions.
She also advises clients in arbitration-related litigations.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Competition Team
Marie-Cécile Rameau, Partner, is a member of the Competition team.
She has been involved in a large number of high-profile litigations before competition authorities at the national and EU levels, as well as before commercial courts.
Her practice also includes advising on competition issues arising in connection with French and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the International Arbitration Team
Marina Weiss, Partner, is a member of the International Arbitration team.
Marina advises private clients as well as States and State entities in commercial and investment arbitrations conducted under the major rules (UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICC, LCIA and SCC) as well as in ad hoc arbitrations in a variety of industries and regions. She also advises clients in arbitration-related litigations and on issues of public international law.
In addition, Marina acts as arbitrator.
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- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Firm 's Corporate Team
Myriam Epelbaum, Partner, is a member of the firm's Corporate team.
Her practice focuses primarily on corporate governance, advising numerous listed companies including in relation to ESG matters.
She also assists clients on M&A transactions, as well as securities law matters, especially those involving major governance issues.
Nicolas Laurent, Partner, co-leads Bredin Prat's team specialized in insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings.
He is active both in the context of amicable proceedings relating to financial restructurings and insolvency collective proceedings representing debtor or bidders.
He is a member of the French Association for Business Turnaround (Association pour le Retournement des Entreprises - ARE) and of the French Association of Turnaround Investors (Association des Investisseurs en Retournement - AIR).
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Competition and EU Law Team
Olivier Billard, Partner, is a member of the Competition and EU Law team.
He represents French and international companies before French and European regulatory authorities and courts, with a particular focus on merger control, state aid, antitrust litigation (cartels, abuse of dominant position) and private damages claims.
His experience spans a wide variety of sectors, including retail, financial services, energy, transport, heavy industries, pharmaceuticals, food, consumer goods, electronics, luxury goods, sport, media and entertainment.
He also has recognized expertise in distribution networks, in particular selective distribution of luxury and high-tech products.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner, Co - Leads the Restructuring and Insolvency Team
Olivier Puech, Partner, co-leads the Restructuring and Insolvency team.
His practice focuses on advising clients in relation to insolvency proceedings, particularly the judicial aspects and related litigation.
Olivier Saba, Partner, heads the Capital Markets team.
He advises corporate clients in connection with IPOs, spin-offs, share offerings and bond issues on French and international markets.
His practice also includes mergers and acquisitions work and he advises listed companies on securities law matters.
Pascale Lagesse, Partner, leads the Employment Law team and advises corporate clients on all aspects of employment law.
Her practice covers employee representation and collective bargaining, restructurings and mass layoff plans, compensation plans, mandatory and optional profit-sharing plans, as well as executive employment arrangements and international mobility (expatriation/secondment).
She advises clients involved in mergers and acquisitions and reorganizations, as well as on issues related to staff representatives, the negotiation and signature of collective agreements, employee performance review systems, workplace rights and new forms of employment related to the digital economy.
Pascale is a seasoned litigator with significant experience defending clients in both individual disputes and complex collective disputes with unions, works councils and other employee representative bodies.
She is active in a variety of legal organizations and is currently Treasurer of the International Bar Association (IBA) and Course Director for Labor Law Studies at the Paris Bar School.
Pierre Honoré, Partner, is a member of the Competition team and the head of the firm's Brussels office.
He regularly represents clients before the French and European courts and competition authorities, in particular in cartel, abuse of dominance and merger control investigations.
He lectures on competition law at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris and regularly publishes articles in competition law reviews.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Tax Team
Pierre-Henri Durand, Partner, is a member of the Tax team.
He practises in the field of French and international tax law and has intensive experience in advising on the tax aspects of transactions (mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and corporate restructurings) and also assists clients in connection with tax litigation matters. His practice also includes advising corporate executives in connection with management incentive plans.
He has written numerous articles, regularly speaks at conferences on French and international tax law and gives lectures at the business school HEC and the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Financing Team
Samuel Pariente, Partner, is a member of the Financing team.
He has intensive experience in banking, acquisition financing (including LBO financing), debt capital markets, private placements and debt restructuring.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Corporate Team
- Transactional Prowess With Expert
Sébastien Prat, Partner, is a member of the Corporate team.
He has intensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and securities law. His practice also includes advising corporate clients and their directors in connection with litigation matters.
He has written several articles on corporate law and also lectures on that subject at the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Job on the Expert
Tim Portwood, Partner, is a member of the firm's International Arbitration team.
He acts as counsel in a large variety of arbitration proceedings involving a broad range of jurisdictions, institutions and rules (ICC, LCIA, ICSID, UNCITRAL, AAA/ICDR and CEPANI), as well as in arbitration-related court proceedings.
He is particularly active in sectors such as energy, oil and gas, construction, telecommunications and foreign investment.
He also regularly acts as arbitrator in ad hoc and institutional arbitration proceedings.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner, Is a Member of the Firm 's Litigation Team
Tom Vauthier, Partner, is a member of the firm's Litigation team.
He advises and assists companies and their senior executives in resolving complex business law litigation matters, and in particular, in an international context (contract law, corporate law, private international law).
He represents clients in litigation proceedings before the civil, commercial and criminal courts, in addition to assisting clients resolve disputes through out-of-court settlements.
Yann Aguila, Partner, heads the firm's Public Law Practice. He advises on all aspects of public law and environmental law in connection with transactions and litigation.
He lectures on public law and environmental law at Sciences Po and at the Paris Bar School.
He is also a member of the legal think-tank, the Club des Juristes, where he chairs the Environmental Law Commission.