Jeantet is recommended for its solid small- to mid-cap transactions expertise that is appreciated by SMEs as well as international investors involved in Euronext Growth IPOs and share capital increase transactions. The team also regularly handles convertible transactions and public M&A and block trading deals. Cyril Deniaud and counsel Benjamin Cohu are the key contacts and Frank Martin Laprade adds complementary litigation expertise.

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  • ‘Extremely flexible, innovative, professional and responsive team. ’

  • ‘Good expertise, responsiveness, availability, rigor, listening and relevance of opinions and recommendations.’

Key clients

  • Group of unsecured creditors of ORPEA
  • Sartorius Stedim Biotech
  • Nippon Steel Corporation
  • Figeac Aéro
  • Compagnie Industrielle et Financière d’Entreprises
  • Groupe Prologue (Prologue and M2i)
  • Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies
  • Cogelec
  • Intrasense
  • Florentaise
  • Keyrus
  • Global Bioenergies
  • Alpha Blue Ocean
  • L1 Capital
  • Yorkville Advisors
  • Negma Group
  • Heights Capital Management
  • Predilife
  • Equitis Gestion
  • Bryan Garnier & Co
  • RiverFort Global Opportunities
  • Groupe Archos
  • Ikonisys

Work highlights

  • Advising a group of unsecured creditors of ORPEA, a company listed on the regulated market of Euronext Paris (compartment A), in the context of ORPEA’s financial restructuring, and in particular the forced equitisation of unsecured creditors.
  • Advised the Japanese group Nippon Steel Corporation on the sale of its entire shareholding in Vallourec S.A. for a total sale price of EUR 77.7M, as part of an Accelerated Book Building (ABB) transaction.
  • Advised Keyrus and K Eagle Investment in connection with the proposed simplified tender offer for Keyrus shares to be launched by K Eagle Investment, acting in concert with Eric Cohen, several managers of Keyrus and BNP Paribas Développement.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Cyril Deniaud, Frank Martin Laprade

Other key lawyers

Benjamin Cohu