- Senior Partner: Charles-Henri de Pardieu
- Managing Partner: Thierry Brocas
- Number of partners: 30
- Number of lawyers: 102 (including 30 partners)
- Languages: French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Arabic and Russian
Firm Overview:
De Pardieu Brocas Maffei is one of France’s leading business law firms. The firm provides comprehensive legal services in France and internationally in all major business law practice areas. Its strong reputation as a top-quality independent law firm stems from its recognised ability to handle large, complex transactions and to provide creative and effective legal advice, custom-tailored to its clients’needs and expectations. Its clients rank among the top French and international financial institutions, industrial and services companies, institutional investors and investment funds.
Main Areas of Practice:
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity:
22 fee earners including 7 partners based in Paris
• Advisors to Vermandoise Group in connection with the execution of an exclusivity agreement with respect to the proposed takeover by Cristal Union
• Advisors to 8 cereal cooperatives in connection with the strengthening of their links with Tereos Group
• Advising Five Arrows Manager in connection with its reinvestment upon the acquisition of Opodo group by Go Voyages and by eDreams
Key Clients: M&A / Altarea Cogedim, AXA, Axéréal, Crédit Agricole, Dalkia & Veolia Environnement, Casino, Foncière des Régions, Unigrains, Korian, LVL Medical Groupe, TF1, Wendel Investissement; PE / 21 Centrale Partners, Axa PE, Five Arrows, Argos Soditic, Paris Orléans, NI Partners, Indigo Capital, EPF Partners, Capzanine, Crédit Agricole PE, CIC LBO, Cobalt Capital, Cerea Mezzanine, LCL, Société Générale, BNP Paribas
Banking, Finance & Capital Markets:
14 fee earners including 4 partners based in Paris
• Counsel to General Electric Capital Equipment Finance for the arrangement of a bridge loan and a leasing contract for a Dassault Falcon 7X
• Counsel of the Fonroche for the financing relating to the building of photovoltaic truck-farming greenhouses
• Advising LFPI Gestion for the financing of the acquisition of Aurenis
Key Clients: Société Générale, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Wendel, GE, SFE, Casino, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, CDC, EIB
Real Estate & Real Estate Finance:
23 fee earners including 6 partners based in Paris
• Advisors to AXA in connection with the acquisition of a building to be erected within the regrouping program of the Ministry of Defense’s sites in Balard, Paris
• Advisors to Carrefour Property in connection with the spin-off and listing of a 25% stake in Carrefour Property in view of its reorganization into three companies
• Advisors to Colbert Orco in connection with the acquisition from General Electric of a 50% equity stake in the capital of Société Foncière Mercuriales, holding the office towers "Tours Mercuriales" located in Bagnolet and in connection with the refinancing of the debt of Société Foncière Mercuriales
Key Clients: Altarea Cogedim, AXA Reim, BNP Paribas, Casino/Mercialys, Crédit Agricole CIB/Amundi Immobilier, Eurohypo, Foncière des Régions, Gecina, Icade, ING Real Estate Finance, LaSalle Investment, Morgan Stanley, Tishman Speyer
Restructuring & Insolvency:
13 fee earners including 4 partners based in Paris
• Restructuring of Technicolor (ex-Thomson)
• Belvédère “Sauvegarde”
• “Coeur Défense “Sauvegarde”
Key Clients: Société Générale, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, LCL, CIC, RBS, Banque Palatine, Crédit du Nord, Caisse d’Epargne, KBC Bank, Oaktree, BlueBay, Noonday, Apollo, Pioneer, Paris Orléans
Dispute Resolution:
11 fee earners including 4 partners based in Paris
• Advising companies and their management at all stages of the DR process
• Representing clients before French civil, criminal and administrative courts and European courts, as well as in French or international arbitration proceedings and in disciplinary, investigatory or legal proceedings initiated by French administrative authorities
• Performing due diligence in connection with M&A, identifying and reviewing a target’s outstanding litigation and its internal dispute identification, processing and resolution procedures
• Helping implement preventive measures for the detection by companies of facts and circumstances likely to lead to disputes
Key Clients: Société Générale, Allianz, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, EIB, KBC Bank, Bolloré, DB Schenker Rail Ltd., France Télécom, The EC Commission,Havas, Timberland
Tax:
12 fee earners including 5 partners based in Paris
• Advising Carrefour within the context of the contemplated creation of a pan-european real estate vehicle to be listed on the Paris market
• Advising Batipart on the acquisition of a 20% stake in Eurosic (followed by a public offering)
• Advising Indigo Capital for a mezzanine financing for the acquisition of Groupe SMCP (Sandro,Maje,Claudie Pierlot)
Key Clients: Carrefour, Batipart, Foncière des Murs, Predica, CDC, Scor, Unigrains, Altarea Cogedim, Tishman Speyer, Accor, France Telecom, EPF Partners, 21 Centrale Partners, Five Arrows, Indigo Capital, Cerea Mezzanine, Société Générale, BNP Paribas, Natixis, Eden Red, Casino, Valeo
Competition & Distribution:
7 fee earners including 2 partners based in Paris
• Assisting Société Générale before the Competition authority and the Court of Appeal of Paris regarding the interchange fees cartel
• Assisting Neopost before the Competition authority regarding the first procedure initiated regarding the compliance with commitments / remedies
• Assisting Agrial, a major French food /cereals producer, in its merger process with Elle & Vire (milk industry) giving rise to one of the most important French group active in the milk industry (with remedies)
Key Clients: Société Générale, Total, Mitsubishi Industries, Axereal, Scor, Cristal Union, Yves Rocher, Malakoff Mederic, Arjowiggins / Sequana, BMS
IP/IT:
2 fee earners including 1 partner based in Paris
• Advising France Telecom in connection with several litigation proceedings, and especially in connection with two libel claims
• Advising Association des Chambres Françaises de Commerce et d’Industrie (ACFCI) in connection with a dispute arising from the claim by Lexis Nexis for the access to data bases operated by ACFCI
• Advising Monier Group against Lafarge in an ICC arbitration in connection with a franchise and IP related agreements
Key Clients: France Telecom, The Timberland Company, VF Corporation, Tommy Hilfiger Europe B.V., New Balance France, Gruppo La Perla, Totes Isotoner, Jamilco, Eurofins
Employment Law:
3 fee earners including 1 partner based in Paris
• Advising the management of Eliokem and assisting the company during the consultation process in connection with the sale of Eliokem by Axa PE to Omnova
• Advisor to Cooperl in relation with the acquisition of the Défi Viandes Group
• Advisors with Messis Finances to the Neuhauser Group in relation with the acquisition of the B.C.S Group
Key Clients: Ford, Citi, Arrivé, Carrier, Eliokem, Australian Embassy/Australian Trade Commission
Public Law:
6 fee earners including 1 partner based in Paris
• Assistance of Axa Reim France in its successful submission of tenders (with Bouygues group) for the award of a part of the EUR 3.5 billion PPP contract for the building and facility management of the new French MoD and ArmyHeadquarters at Balard in Paris (the so called "French Pentagon")
• Assistance the French Ministry of Defence on the settlement of a public-private partnership (PPP) agreement relating to the strategic sealift service by Ro- Ro vessels for the armed forces
• Advising FC Girondins de Bordeaux (M6 group), a major French professional football club, in its negociation with the City of Bordeaux within the framework of the award procedure of a PPP contract for the building of a new 43,000 seats stadium within the prospect of the Euro 2016
Key Clients: ADP, Andritz group, Areva Renouvelables SAS, Axa Reim, Bayer, Bourbon, CDC, Cassidian, Eramet, Fiat- Iveco, Financière Duval, French Ministry of Defence, Fondation Louis Vuitton pour la création, Groupe Bernard Hayot, Thales, Total, Urbis Park, Vinci concessions
Areas of PracticeCorporate – M&A & Private Equity
Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
Real Estate & Real Estate Finance
Restructuring & Insolvency
Dispute Resolution
Tax
Competition & Distribution
IP-IT
Employment Law
Public Law