Clifford Chance houses a large corporate team able to handle domestic and global transactions on behalf of French and international corporations, active in sectors including retail, energy, financial services and pharmaceutical. Through managing partner Mathieu Rémy, the team is well-known for advising on M&A in the financial services sector, while Benjamin De Blegiers is an expert in deals concerning infrastructure and Gilles Lebreton's workload spans deals in multiple sectors. Fabrice Cohen, Emmanuel Mimin, Marianne Pezant and Laurent Schoenstein are other key names.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Quality of service, proactivity, speed, innovative.’
- ‘Laurent Schoenstein stands out for his strong skills and creativity. ’
- ‘A team attentive to the customer, rigorous and pragmatic with great experience. They are transparent, friendly, open-minded and approachable.’
- ‘This team knows how to handle a wide variety of situations, understands expectations and leads negotiations based on a rich experience.’
- ‘Benjamin de Blégiers demonstrates a strong work ethic and brings a rare perspective on deals linked to key infrastructures (energy, transport, essential environmental services).'
- ‘Mathieu Rémy is very involved, while his expertise and persuasion skills are remarkable’.
Key clients
- Airbus Group
- Amundi
- Caisse des dépôts et consignations
- Carrefour
- Crédit Agricole
- Crédit Agricole Assurances (Prédica)
- EDF
- Engie
- Europcar
- Geodis
- Ipsen
- L'Oréal
- Mannai Corporation
- Nissan
- Pernod Ricard
- Plastic Omnium
- Rexel
- Saft
- Sanofi
- Suez
- TotalEnergies
- Veolia
- Willis Towers Watson
Work highlights
- Advising TotalEnergies on the setting up of a partnership with Alimentation Couche-Tard in Belgium and Luxembourg and the sale to Alimentation Couche-Tard of its retail networks in Germany and the Netherlands.
- Advised La Banque Postale and LBP AM on the acquisition of La Financière de l'Échiquier.
- Advised Suez on its acquisition of former Suez waste activities in the UK ("Suez Recycling and Recovery UK") for an enterprise value of £2 billion.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Fabrice Cohen, Benjamin de Blegiers, Gilles Lebreton, Emmanuel Mimin, Marianne Pezant, Mathieu Remy, Laurent Schoenstein