Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law

Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law

The Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate department supports, advises and defends companies at every stage of their development on everything from everyday matters to more exceptional situations.

Some transactions we assisted our clients with

Lawyers

The "Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law" department benefits from recognized expertise in many sectors of activity : industry, services, energy, IT, health, ITC, leisure, real estate, medico-social, media, financial management, sustainable development, internet, renewable energy, aeronautics, tourism, sports, agribusiness, transport, banking, training, start-ups, events, education, etc.

It is involved in mergers and acquisitions during external growth acquisitions, private equity operations and in the context of LBOs :

  • negotiations and drafting documents
  • acquisition audits
  • relations with the stock exchange and competition authorities
  • shareholders’ agreements
  • optimization of acquisition scenarios
  • bank financing
  • continuity and transfer plans
  • takeover of companies in difficulty.

It is involved in all listed and unlisted company operations, in particular in the event of :

  • regular legal monitoring for groups and companies
  • Fundraising
  • equity capital markets (capital increases and reductions, issues of securities, mergers, demergers, etc.)
  • restructuring
  • stock market regulation and relations with the AMF (IPO, public offers, reference documents, etc.),
  • Commercial contracts
  • international expansion
  • transmission,
  • preventive and collective procedures.

In the rankings of the best law firms involved in mergers and acquisitions produced by Décideurs Stratégie Finance Droit magazine, the firm’s "Company Law - Mergers & Acquisitions" department has been in pole position in the rankings of key players for deals up to 75 million euros every year since 2011.

The team works in French, English, and Italian.

Rankings of the department

  • CHAMBERS FRANCE 2026
    • Corporate/M&A : Mid-Market - Band 2
    • General Business Law - Spotlight
  • LEGAL 500 EMEA 2025
    • in Tier 3 in Private equity : venture and growth capital
    • in Tier 5 in Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Commercial, corporate and M&A - Belgium : Firm to watch
  • PALMARES LE POINT 2025
    • Corporate law : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
    • Mergers & Acquisitions : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
    • Private equity and venture capital : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
  • DECIDEURS 2025
    • Transactions up to €75 million : Unbeatable
    • Corporate/M&A (France - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) : Unbeatable
    • LBO - lower-Mid et Small-Cap : Unbeatable
    • Growth capital : Excellent
    • Venture Capital : Excellent
    • Acquisition financing : Highly regarded
    • Advice to management teams : Highly regarded
    • Management packages : Highly regarded
  • OPTION DROIT & AFFAIRES 2025
    • Mergers and acquisitions (less than €200 million) : ⭐⭐⭐
    • LBO and growth capital (less than €200 million) : ⭐⭐⭐
    • Venture capital : ⭐⭐⭐
  • PALMARES DU DROIT 2024
    • Mergers & Acquisitions <50M€ : Silver Trophy

News

PRESS RELEASE – DELSOL Avocats advised Starquest Capital on its acquisition of a stake in Uniject

DELSOL Avocats advised Starquest Capital, a French private equity pioneer, on its €2 million investment in Uniject, a manufacturer of composite parts for industrial bodywork, with a view to continuing the development of its cofferdam manufacturing business to combat flooding. Starquest Capital is acquiring a stake in Uniject through the CCR-F...

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DELSOL Avocats advised REALITES on corporate and securities law aspects of the restructuring that enabled it to emerge from receivership proceedings

REALITES, a group founded in 2003 and listed on Euronext Growth Paris, designs and implements real estate projects that contribute to regional development. In its ruling dated 18 February 2026, the Nantes Commercial Court approved the recovery plan presented by REALITES and some of its subsidiaries, thereby ending the receivership proceedings...

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Chambers and Partners 2026 rankings

DELSOL Avocats is proud to be listed in 6 Chambers and Partners 2026 rankings : Construction - Band 3 Corporate/M&A : Mid-Market - Band 2 Corporate/Commercial Litigation : Highly Regarded - Band 2 Pharma/Life sciences - Band 3 Tax - Band 6 General Business Law - Spotlight In addition to these collective rankings, Jeanne BOSSI MALAFOSSE...

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PRESS RELEASE - DELSOL Avocats advised Siparex Midcap on the acquisition of Phase Neutre

DELSOL Avocats advised Siparex Midcap, an investment fund managed by Siparex, an independent French private equity group, acting as lead investor in a pool of investors, on the acquisition of Phase Neutre (123 Elec), France’s leading online distributor of electrical equipment, alongside the management team and other co-investors. This majority...

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