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 2026
    • M&A - Smaller deals : Tier 1
    • Private equity : venture and growth capital : Tier 3
    • Commercial, corporate and M&A - Belgium : Firm to watch
  • PALMARES LE POINT 2026
    • 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

French merger control : increase of notification thresholds

The French Economic Life Simplification Bill (Loi de simplification de la vie économique), adopted by the French Parliament on 14–15 April 2026, will significantly raise the turnover thresholds triggering mandatory pre-merger notification to the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence, the « FCA »). The reform, which amends Article...

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In-house lawyers’ legal privilege comes to France

On 23 February 2026, France enacted Law No. 2026-122, introducing, for the first time, a confidentiality regime for in-house legal counsel opinions. It will enter into force no later than 1 February 2027, pending an implementing decree. While in-house lawyers in the US and the UK could shield their internal legal opinions from disclosure in...

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Le Point 2026 ranking

The magazine Le Point has published its ranking of law firms in France, which is based on recommendations. General counsels were able to rate the firms they work with and lawyers were able to indicate which firms they would recommend to their clients. DELSOL Avocats’ expertise is recommended in : Compliance Healthcare law Commercial,...

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DELSOL Avocats advised AMBPR in the context of its management buyout

DELSOL Avocats advised AMBPR, a French company specializing in autonomous robots for industrial corrosion protection, in the context of its management buyout. AMBPR is now wholly owned by its management through AMBPR Finance. This transaction marks a turning point for the company, which intends to accelerate its growth to meet already strong...

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