De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
De Pardieu Brocas Maffei has a large and experienced team that is particularly sought after for deals in the insurance and financial services sectors. Real estate and infrastructure M&A deals and strategic partnerships are two other areas of expertise and the corporate team can leverage the support of other internal teams for these matters. The team recently advised on a headline deal in the nuclear sector. Guillaume Touttée, Nicolas Favre and Cédric Chanasare the practice heads. Magali Massonand Grégoire Balland are other key names.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Very good team, available, very professional and pragmatic.’
‘Guillaume Touttée has extremely specialized legal expertise in corporate law and contract law. A fine strategist, he is also an outstanding negotiator with a recognized practice in the most technical, high-stakes mergers and acquisitions, including litigation. He has the particularity of knowing the financial services sector well, and also has a perfect understanding of regulatory issues. ’
‘Guillaume Touttée has recognized experience in M&A and partnerships, with essential practice particularly in the financial sectors. He stands out for his knowledge and understanding, his negotiating skills, the quality of his team and his involvement.’
‘Impeccable expertise, an excellent understanding of underlying business issues and the ability to propose and implement innovative solutions and strategies.’
‘High availability and responsiveness Ability to listen and understand subjects/problems, as well as to prioritize them, thus facilitating decision-making by their client. Exceptional execution and reliability.’
‘Thomas Bréard de Boisanger is our main contact. He has an exceptional capacity for synthesis.’
‘Availability. Quality of service.’
‘Cédric Chanas: very high level legal support.’
Work highlights
- Advising Exor N.V., holding company controlled by the Agnelli family, on the signature of a memorandum of understanding for the sale of PartnerRe, world's leading reinsurers, to Covéa, a leading French mutual insurer, for €7.7 Billion ($9 Billion).
- Advising CNP Assurances on the sale to La Banque Postale of the entire stake of Groupe BPCE in CNP Assurances, representing 16.1% of the capital, at the price of 21.90 euros per share (for 2.4 billion euros).
- Advising Groupe Pierre & Vacances – Center Parcs on the conclusion of an exclusive negotiation agreement with the Alcentra - Fidera - Atream group of investors as part of its equity strengthening process.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Patrick Jaïs, Guillaume Touttée, Nicolas Favre, Jean-François Pourdieu