Since its creation in 1990, our firm has been assisting clients with their strategic transactions, including acquisitions, reorganisations, partnerships and joint ventures and public takeovers (cash or share deals).
We advise French and international companies, both listed and unlisted, as well as investment funds and management. Our team also acts for companies in the public sector and involved in regulated activities.
Our lawyers also have recognised expertise in M&A transactions involving companies facing financial difficulty (distressed M&A and restructuring).
Our team stands out for its strategic approach, its highly technical skills, its in-depth knowledge of legal practice and its constant ability to innovate in complex situations.
Together with the firm’s other departments (financing, tax, restructuring, employment law, intellectual property, public and regulatory law), we provide our clients with a comprehensive, integrated approach to each transaction. Internationally, we rely on a network made of partners carefully selected for their competence and their ability to meet deadlines and costs.
Our team is involved in more than 30 transactions per year.
“Very close to its clients, very attentive, extremely available.”
Practice areas
Sales and acquisitions of listed and unlisted companies
Public takeovers
Partnerships and joint ventures
LBOs and capital ventures: acquisitions, structuring, financing and refinancing, debt reallocation, management incentives, fundraising
Initial public offerings, domestic and international issues of equity and debt securities and complex financial instruments
Corporate restructuring: mergers, demergers, partial contributions of assets, etc.
Incentives for executives and management
Corporate law and legal monitoring of the life of listed companies: governance, annual general meetings, financial authorisations, etc.
Sectors of intervention
Luxury
Energy
Education
Health and life sciences
Sport
Agri-food
Contacts
Pierre Deval
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François de Navailles
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Géraud Saint Guilhem
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Laurent Jobert
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Gabriel d'Amécourt
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Vincent Ramel
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Rankings
Ranking
23 June 2025
Best Lawyers
2025-2026
19 lawyers & 18 areas of practice recognized
Ranking
4 April 2025
Legal 500
2025
Veil Jourde’s key practices distinguished
Ranking
7 February 2025
Chambers and Partners
2025
Veil Jourde awarded in Corporate / M&A, Litigation, Real Estate and White-Collar Crime
Ranking
29 January 2025
Option Droit & Affaires
2023-2024
Veil Jourde distinguished in the Private Equity rankings
Ranking
10 January 2025
Décideurs Magazine - Leaders League
2024
Veil Jourde distinguished in the Merges & Acquisitions rankings
Excellent
Ranking
18 July 2024
Décideurs
2024
Veil Jourde distinguished in the Private Equity ranking
Ranking
20 June 2024
Best Lawyers
2025
Veil Jourde : 17 lawyers & 17 practices areas recognized
Ranking
3 April 2024
The Legal 500
2024
The Veil Jourde distinguished: 8 expertises and 3 individual rankings
Ranking
15 March 2024
Chambers
2024
Veil Jourde distinguished in Corporate M&A – Litigation – White-Collar Crime – Real Estate