Baker McKenzie assists a prominent client base of leading French corporations, notably active in the IT, aviation and luxury goods sectors, while also advising many large foreign industrial groups. The firm is well known for its ability to manage large transactions of a global scale, including major spin-off conducted overs several continents, but also regularly handles large and strategic domestic deals such as recently in the IT sector. Private equity is also dealt with. The team is led by Stéphane Davin and includes key partners Alain Sauty de Chalon Hugo Sanchez de la Espada, Guillaume Nataf and Aurélie Govillé.
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Témoignages

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  • ‘Excellent team of highly skilled legal professionals, experienced in local and global transactions, ability to drive and manage transactions effectively. Good negotiators, able to collaborate in an effective manner.'

  • ‘Highly skilled, very good customer relations, ability to mobilize large teams when needed.'

  • ‘Great customer listening, ability to respond to complex and unusual issues, absolute loyalty. Pragmatism in the search for solutions, strong involvement and very effective support in conducting negotiations.'

  • 'Reliable, competent and available team.'

  • ‘Alain Sauty de Chalon is an outstanding M&A expert covering a broad range of legal expertise with rich experience in local and global transactions. ’

  • ‘Stéphane Davin is an expert in M&A, and always very pleasant and available. ’

  • ‘Michael Doumet stands out for his commercial acumen and his reliability.’

  • ‘Guillaume Nataf has a very pragmatic approach to legal and strategic issues. '

Clients clés

  • Accenture
  • Adient
  • Atos
  • Automattic Inc
  • BNP Paribas
  • Bumble
  • BizLink Holding
  • Casino
  • Children Worldwide Fund
  • Claranova

Points forts

  • Advised Crédit Agricole Group on its exclusive negotiations with Worldline.
  • Advised Sika on the successful EUR 5.3 billion acquisition of the Master Builder Construction Chemicals (MBCC) Group from Lone Star.
  • Advised Atos with its spin-off in two different entities in the 78 countries.

Avocats

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Responsable de la pratique

Stéphane Davin

Autres avocats clés

Alain Sauty de Chalon; Hugo Sanchez de la Espada; Guillaume Nataf; Aurélie Govillé; Michael Doumet