Alerion recognised in The Legal 500 EMEA 2024

Alerion Avocats is proud to be recognised by The Legal 500 EMEA 2024 in eight areas of expertise.

  • Construction in Tier 2
  • Tier 3 Insurance
  • Private equity: venture/growth capital in Tier 3
  • Industry focus: IT and internet in Tier 4
  • Intellectual property: trade marks and designs in Tier 4
  • Insolvency in Tier 4
  • Mergers & Acquisitions in Tier 5
  • Environment (Firms to watch)

👏Bravo to Philippe Mathurin, Fahima GASMI, Nathalie Dupuy-Loup , Gilles Podeur, Pierre-Olivier Brouard, Christophe Gerschel, Vincent Poirier, Antoine Rousseau, Corinne THIERACHE, Frédéric Saffroy and all the teams for their work and commitment to excellence.
Many thanks to our customers for their unfailing trust. 🤝

👉 For more information: https://urlz.fr/q2ZX

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Corinne Thiérache, Partner, and Caroline Leroy-Blanvillain, Associate will be taking part in the Ally Law webinar on 6 March at 5pm (CET).

Corinne THIERACHE, Partner, and Caroline Leroy-Blanvillain, Associate in the Intellectual Property – Technology and Digital Law – Personal Data Protection departments at Alerion Avocats, will be taking part in the Ally Law webinar on 6 March at 5pm (CET).

This complimentary 90-minute webinar aims to help clients manage artificial intelligence business challenges. Members from seven jurisdictions will share their regional perspectives and offer insights on how to handle related legal issues from a practical perspective. There will be a Q&A session at the end of the presentation.

📝 Registration link: https://lnkd.in/dFnhGNQV

🎤 Speakers:
Lisandro Frene, @Richards, Cardinal, Tützer, Zabala & Zaefferer S.C. (Argentina)
John Rolecki, Varnum LLP (Michigan/USA)
@Nick Phillips, Edwin Coe LLP (United Kingdom)
Art Dicker, R&P China Lawyers (China)
Gina Tresidder, Russell Kennedy Lawyers (Melbourne)
Taketo Nasu, @Blakemore & Mitsuki (Japan)

Jacques Bouyssou, Head of the Litigation, Arbitration and Business Crime Department, took part in a conference organised by TozziniFreire Advogados.

Jacques Bouyssou, head of the Litigation, Arbitration and Business Criminal Law department, took part in a conference organised by TozziniFreire Advogados to compare negotiated criminal justice in Brazil, the United States and various European countries. It was a rich exchange between practitioners and company representatives!

Many thanks to Giovanni Paolo Falcetta, Shin Jae Kim, Karla Maeji and Bruna padovan ortega de almeida for this event!

Alerion Avocats is delighted to have been able to assist Eiffage Énergie Systèmes in its acquisition of the PROBENT group

Alerion Avocats is delighted to have been able to assist Eiffage Énergie Systèmes in its acquisition of the PROBENT group, a Normandy-based industrial group (200 employees) specialising in engineering, manufacturing, assembly and site maintenance, including scaffolding assembly. Eiffage Énergie Systèmes was advised by Christophe Gerschel, Céline Milenkovic and Isabelle Perron.

[VIDEO EPISODE 4] | Conquering the German market: legal advice and business opportunities

Business law: Let’s talk about the future with Alerion.

Business law is constantly changing. Economic constraints require us to adapt constantly and ever more rapidly. Tax, assets, company law, competition law, intellectual property, employment law… in a series of video interviews, Alerion’s lawyers offer you their analysis from a practical angle.

In this video, Nicola KÖMPF, a partner in the German Desk at Alerion avocats, shares her expertise on how to conquer the German market with confidence, thanks to the advice of our German Desk team. Whether you’re considering working with a German agent, setting up a business in Germany, or simply understanding German employment law, this video offers useful advice and a clear perspective.

If you’re interested, our team of experts from the German Desk will be happy to help you with any questions you may have.

Video by @uplawder8337

Alerion Avocats participated in the entry of Naxicap Partners into Entrepreneur Invest.

Pierre-Olivier Brouard, Partner, and Karine Khau Castelle, Counsel, represented Entrepreneur Venture Corp and the founders.
The Paris-based small cap fund Entrepreneur Invest, with €900m in assets under management, is organising its own leveraged buyout with Naxicap Partners, which is taking a majority stake in the new holding company Entrepreneur Invest Group alongside founders Frédéric ZABLOCKI and Bertrand Folliet and six managers.

“Foreign Investments in France: The End of Naivety

On October 6th, the French Ministry of Finance vetoed the takeover by the United States of two “sensitive” French SMEs supplying the nuclear industry for civil and military purposes. The transaction, initiated between an American buyer and its Canadian parent company, led to a change of control of these two French companies. Such an operation triggers the regulation on screening of foreign investments at the level of France and the European Union (EU), the acquirer being a non-European investor.

In strategic and critical sectors (Defense, Security, Energy, Public Transport, Communication, Health, AI, etc.), the takeover of French companies – direct or indirect – is subject to prior authorization by the Ministry of Finance, as is the approval by the U.S. Treasury Department in accordance with CFIUS laws. The acquisition of more than 10% of the voting rights of a listed French company (or 25% of the voting rights of an unlisted company) is also subject to prior authorization when the acquirer is an industrialist or financier outside the EU.

In order to protect national interests, especially in the context of increasing international competition and the war in Ukraine, the French Ministry of Finance, in collaboration with the French Ministry of Defense, are stricter in applying this regulation and examine with particular scrutiny cases where foreign export control regulations may impact the autonomy and/or activity of French companies. Consequently, any investment in France in high-tech sectors requires thorough preparation and review in advance.”

Antoine Rousseau, a partner, and Isabelle Perron, an associate in Alerion Avocats’ Mergers & Acquisitions department, advised Red Panda Network on its roll-out in Europe.

Red Panda Network is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the conservation of red pandas in the Himalayas through scientific research and innovative awareness-raising programmes. For the sustainable conservation of this threatened species, RPN focuses on the four pragmatic components of the “conservation quartet”: research, education, community and implementation. In doing so, RPN seeks to engage the community and partner with local NGOs as a sustainable conservation initiative.

Play for Nature
Pascal Damois

Foreign Investments in France: the end of naivety

On October 6, the French Finance Ministry vetoed the US takeover of two “sensitive” French SMEs supplying the nuclear industry for both civil and military purposes. The transaction, initiated between a US purchaser and their Canadian parent company, meant a change of control of these two French companies. Such a transaction triggers the foreign investment screening regulations at French and European Union (EU) levels, the purchaser being a non-EU investor. 

In strategic and critical sectors (Defense, Security, Energy, Public Transportation, Communication, Healthcare, AI, etc.), takeover of French businesses – direct or indirect – is subject to the prior authorization of the Finance Ministry, like the approval of the US Treasury Department in accordance with the CFIUS Laws. Acquiring more than 10% of the voting rights of a listed French company (or 25% of the voting rights of a non-listed company) is also subject to prior authorization when the purchaser is a non-EU industrialist or financier. 

In order to protect national interests, especially in light of the growing international competition and the war in Ukraine, the French Finance Ministry, together with the French Defense Ministry, are stricter on the enforcement of this regulation and review with particular scrutiny cases where foreign Export Control regulations may impact the autonomy and/or the business of French companies.  Therefore, any investment in France in high-tech sectors requires preparation and a detailed advanced review.