Our team provides legal advice and representation in banking, financial and capital markets matters, on behalf of international banks headquartered in Paris. Our team is dedicated to special affairs. Our attorneys also possess a renowned expertise in the field of stock exchange law and of AMF (Autorité des marchés financiers) regulations and sanctions.
Recent experience:
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Advising on the necessity of a takeover bid under Moroccan stock exchange law following the change of control of a Luxembourg company leading to a change of control of a Moroccan company listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange;
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Advising a major group in the context of a takeover bid regarding the validity of the defense implemented by the target, involving the creation of a Dutch law stichting;
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Advising on the disclosure of information related to a contract for the issuance of securities giving access to the capital, delivered by the executive director of the issuing company, subject to proceedings before the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF);
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Advising on the transfer of control of a major East African bank to a West African bank: negotiation, drafting of transfer, escrow and guarantee agreements and closing;
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Counsel to a French company involved in a dispute with a Canadian bank based in Luxembourg;
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Counsel in the mediation process between two major West African banks in relation to a post-acquisition dispute;
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Counsel to a bank in relation to the execution of several letters of guarantee and monitoring of litigation in this regard;
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Counsel to a bank in relation to the execution of an OTC hedging contract against foreign exchange risk.