Linklaters

Corporate/M&A

Alain specialises in private M&A and private equity domestically and internationally.

He has market leading practice in the banking and insurance industry, where he advises on M&A, group restructuring, and, jointly with the firm financial regulation and litigation teams, industry specific issues, including regulatory investigations.

Alain is the lead relationship partner for a number of the firm’s French clients in the financial sector.

Alain joined Linklaters in 1988, and he has been a partner since 1997. He co-headed the Paris office from 2005 to 2009 and was a member of the firm’s Partnership Board from 2013 to 2017.

He is the author of various legal publications in the area of corporate law.

French, English

Alain is a member of the Paris and New York bars. He studied law in Lyon (DJCE in French business law), Dijon (DESS of international business law) and New York University (Master of Comparative Jurisprudence).