Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Very good team’

  • ‘Very available and flexible team. Know-how to clarify problems and seek simple solutions.’

  • ‘Louis Chenard and his team are very efficient on every occasion.’

  • ‘David Scemla and his team are very focused and the approach is really hands on, with the senior partner really involved and committed.’

  • ‘David Scemla : intuitive, proactive, problem solver and concrete.'

  • ‘A very present team, attentive, extremely responsive, very effective collaboration, using all the new technologies necessary for monitoring activities.'

  • ‘David Schema represents the ideal partner to work with on a project. His competence, organization and contacts make it possible to deal with any type of situation.’

Key clients

  • Nextstage AM
  • LBO France
  • Sonepar
  • CNP Assurances
  • Sibelco
  • Caisse des dépôts et consignation
  • Sony Music Entertainment France
  • Darewise
  • Nextstage AM
  • Caviar House & Prunier
  • Ellipse Projects
  • Customer Experienced Group
  • B2C2

Work highlights

  • Advised the ad hoc committee and Somfy in the context of the simplified takeover bid followed by a squeeze-out initiated by the Despature’s family on the shares of Somfy.
  • Advised US-based Scalefast on its sale to ESW, the global direct-to-consumer (DTC) e-commerce leader.
  • Advised Sonepar on the acquisition of a controlling stake in Alliantz.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Louis Chenard, Yves Schmidt, Nicolas Viguié, David Scemla