Jeantet is retained by issuers and investors to assist with share capital increase, IPO and public M&A transactions and convertible offerings. The steady practice mostly advises on small and mid-cap transactions but is also regularly involved in larger transactions. Cyril Deniaud and counsel Benjamin Cohu are the key contacts.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Very competent team and excellent practice in stock market law; good availability, agility and responsiveness of the team.'

  • ‘Cyril Deniaud is an excellent practitioner in stock market law and capital markets.'

  • ‘Efficiency. Business expertise.'

  • ‘Availability, expertise, good interpersonal skills.'

  • ‘Relevance, great availability.'

Key clients

  • Société pour l’Informatique Industrielle (SII)
  • Sartorius Stedim Biotech
  • Figeac Aéro
  • Compagnie Industrielle et Financière d’Entreprises (CIFE)
  • Group of unsecured creditors of ORPEA
  • Caisse Régionale de Crédit Agricole Mutuel de Paris et d’Ile de France (CADIF)
  • Keyrus
  • Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies
  • Prologue
  • Alpha Blue Ocean
  • IQEQ Management
  • Bryan, Garnier and Co.
  • Florentaise
  • Global Bioenergies
  • Intrasense
  • Cogelec
  • Yorkville
  • L1 Capital
  • Groupe Archos (Archos, Logic Instrument, Medical Devices Venture)
  • RiverFort Global Opportunities
  • Ikonisys
  • Gecina
  • Predilife
  • 2CRSi
  • Osmozis
  • Pullup Entertainment
  • Enertime
  • Advantech
  • Groupe Safe

Work highlights

  • Advised SII (listed on Euronext Paris) and SII Goes On with the acquisition of the entire share capital of SII by way of a simplified tender offer (OPAS) initiated by SII Goes On.
  • Advised Caisse Régionale de Crédit Agricole Mutuel de Paris et d’Ile de France in connection with the simplified tender offer for the shares of Rothschild & Co filed by Rothschild & Co Concordia.
  • Advised Compagnie Industrielle et Financière d'Entreprises, Embregour SAS and certain members of the Tardy family group in connection with the sale of a controlling stake in CIFE to Spie Batignolles and the simplified public tender offer for CIFE shares filed by Spie batignolles.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Cyril Deniaud, Frank Martin Laprade

Other key lawyers

Benjamin Cohu