Mr Alain Decombe > Dechert LLP > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile
Dechert LLP Offices
22 RUE BAYARD
PARIS 75008
France
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Mr Alain Decombe
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Alain Decombe, Deputy Chair for International Operations and managing partner of the firm’s Paris office, has advised on numerous transactions involving the structuring, negotiation and documentation of share/asset deals. In addition to auditing and counseling advice, he offers extensive experience in the creation and dissolution of joint ventures, corporate reorganizations and international commercial transactions involving the coordination of legal teams from different jurisdictions.
Education
Université Panthéon Assas (Paris 2), DESS, Advanced Specialized Studies in Business and Tax Law, 1985; University of California Los Angeles School of Law, LL.M., 1988
Lawyer Rankings
France > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
(Leading partners)Dechert LLP houses a ‘dynamic’ team which advises a number of notable clients, including Roche and Sofinnova. The group displays ‘great’ expertise when handling a broad range of issues, including financings, cases against the French Competition Authority, and the IP aspects of transactions. Alain Decombe and Mélanie Thill-Tayara jointly head the practice. Decombe is known for his deep corporate expertise which spans the negotiation and structuring of share deals, and corporate reorganisations. Thill-Tayara has ample knowledge of antitrust and competition issues, having acted in numerous abuse of dominance and cartel disputes before both EU and French courts. Regulatory specialist Sophie Pelé frequently assists clients with public law-related issues, including contentious market access matters before the administrative supreme court in France.
Lawyer Rankings
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences France
- Leading partners France > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences