Bredin Prat is a powerhouse M&A firm that acts on high-end transactions involving France’s blue-chip companies and often the French state, as exemplified recently by its advice to EDF on its nationalisation by the French state. Its public M&A expertise makes it a key adviser to many of France’s leading companies for corporate deals and strategic corporate governance issues. The firm's involvement also extends to private M&A and cross-border transactions. Patrick Dziewolski, Benjamin Kanovitch and Olivier Assant are standout names. Other strong advisers in the team include Sophie Cornette de Saint Cyr, Kate Romain, Matthieu Pouchepadass, Barthélémy Courteault, Emmanuel Masset, Jean-Benoît Demaret and Clémence Fallet .
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Testimonials
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- ‘The M&A team is extraordinary. They are very capable and well suited.’
- ‘Bredin's know-how no longer needs to be demonstrated; the quality of the work continues to be exceptional.’
- ‘Olivier Assant is an exceptional lawyer, very attentive and always "solution-oriented", with an always renewed interest in his clients' activity.’
- ‘Patrick Dziewolski: outstanding negotiator, excellent ability to find innovative solutions to address particularly complex issues.’
- ‘Benjamin Kanovitch is undoubtedly one of the best M&A lawyers today. His technical skills are exceptional but he is also close to his clients, very available and a good negotiator.’
- ‘Barthélémy Courteault is calm, efficient, available and competent. He knows how to adapt to the different situations of a transaction.’
- ‘Sophie Cornette de Saint Cyr stands out for the quality of her work, the sureness of her judgement, but also, which is particularly rare, a simplicity of relationships which is very pleasant. She is imaginative, ultra precise, responsible.’
- ‘Matthieu Pouchepadass is top-notch, an excellent negotiator, focuses on the things that matter, and his involvement always helps to make the deal happen in the best possible terms for the client within market standards. ’
Key clients
- Alfa Laval
- Casino Guichard-Perrachon (Casino Group)
- CGI
- Dermapharm AG
- Despature Family
- Eiffage
- Eramet
- GE (General Electric)
- iliad
- Artémis Domaines / Maisons Bouchard et Henriot
- Ramsay Santé
- Rothschild & Co
- Stellantis
- Technicolor Creative Studios
- Ineos
- Crédit Mutuel
- Nexity
Work highlights
- Advising Rothschild & Co and Concordia, the holding company of the Rothschild family and Rothschild & Co's largest shareholder, in connection with the take-private of Rothschild & Co, by Concordia for €3.8 billion.
- Advised Stellantis in connection with the sale of its remaining 25% stake in GEFCO (now Ceva Logistics) to the CMA CGM Group.
- Advised EDF (Electricité de France), the French multinational electric utility company, in connection with the acquisition by the French State by way of a simplified takeover bid, of 100% of EDF’s shares capital.
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