Corporate / M&A – Tax – Private Equity / Finance
Structuring, investing, transferring: building businesses for the long term
Corporate / M&A – Tax – Private Equity / Finance lies at the core of our work.
With more than three decades of experience in domestic and cross-border acquisitions and disposals, we act for both investment funds and corporate leaders.
We combine hands-on insight, technical precision and strategic perspective to structure projects, secure transactions and support growth in France and internationally.
We also assist clients in preparing and implementing business transfers, and advise on the full range of company law matters throughout the life of a business.
Each mandate is treated as a lever for transformation — a balance to shape, a trajectory to define.
Our Practice Areas
Corporate
- Company incorporation, structuring and reorganisations
- Articles of association and shareholders’ agreements, intragroup agreements
- Management packages and incentive schemes
- Shareholder relations
- Employee share ownership
- Corporate secretarial services
M&A
- Acquisition / external growth
- Spin-offs
- Carve-outs
- Transfer of business
Private Equity/ Finance
- Leveraged investments and financings: LBO / OBO / MBO
- Venture capital
Commercial contracts
- Industrial contracts
- Complex commercial arrangements
- Strategic partnerships
- Commercial contracts and terms & conditions
Foreign Investments in France
- Establishment of foreign businesses in France
- Investment structuring
- Corporate acquisitions
- Asset or share disposals
- Cross-border fundraising
- Structuring of Franco-foreign joint ventures
- Tax considerations for foreign companies operating in France
Tax
- Corporate taxation (direct and indirect) in France and abroad
- International tax for private clients
Our Rankings
Green Ambassador
Legal 500 – Green Ambassadors Europe 2025
2*
Mergers & Acquisitions
(most transactions below €200 million)
Option Droit & Affaires – 2025 M&A – Private Equity Ranking
2*
LBO & Growth Capital
(most transactions below €200 million)
Option Droit & Affaires – 2025 M&A – Private Equity Ranking
2*
LBO Transactions
(companies valued €50–300 million)
Option Droit & Affaires – 2025 Private Equity Ranking
Highly recommended (3)
Mergers & Acquisitions
(Transactions up to €75 million)
Décideurs / Leaders League – 2025 Mergers & Acquisitions ranking
Recommended
Lower mid & small-cap LBO transactions
Décideurs / Leaders League – 2025 Private Equity ranking
4*
Company Law
Le Point – 2025 Best Law Firms ranking
4*
Mergers & Acquisitions
Le Point – 2025 Best Law Firms ranking
Our News

The Corporate – M&A – Private Equity / Finance team once again recognised in Décideurs / Leaders League’s Private Equity 2025 guide
Our Corporate – M&A – Private Equity / Financing team, co-led by Valérie Bensoussan and Karine Fitau, has once

Valérie Bensoussan recognised in Legal 500’s Green Ambassadors Europe 2025 Ranking
Valérie Bensoussan, Partner in Corporate – M&A – Private Equity / Finance, has been recognised in the Green Ambassadors Europe

The Corporate – M&A – Private Equity / Finance team of MMl aw once again recognised in the 2024–2025 M&A / Private Equity ranking of Option Droit & Affaires
We are proud to once again be featured in the 2024–2025 M&A / Private Equity ranking of Option Droit