Work Department

Mergers and acquisitions

Position

Stéphane Bénézant is a partner in charge of the Corporate / Mergers and Acquisitions team. He joined Grant Thornton Société d’Avocats in 2019.

Stéphane is a specialist in mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions (venture capital, development capital, LBOs, turnarounds). For more than 20 years, he has advised and assisted French and foreign groups of all sizes, both listed and unlisted, investment funds, start-ups and company directors with their implementation projects, investment, external growth and restructuring operations, both in France and abroad. He is regularly involved in the energy, environment, biotechnology and ICT sectors.

Stéphane has also developed a particular expertise in corporate governance and international contracts, in particular in the negotiation and drafting of partnership, joint venture and consortium agreements.

Education

École de Formation du Barreau, Paris

CAPA (Law certificate)

Université de Paris II Panthéon Assas

Magistère de Juriste d'Affaires DESS – Business Law and Tax DJCE – Business Law