Mergers, Acquisitions, Corporate Law Mergers
Personal and creative support, a pragmatic approach respectful of cultural specificities.
BMH AVOCATS assists its French and foreign clients (industrial, services, private equity or turnaround funds, banks) in the negotiation and documentation of primarily cross-border, small or mid-market mergers-acquisitions transactions. Thanks to a powerful and recognized network with colleagues practicing abroad, we also support our French clients in their international development.
BMH AVOCATS stands out particularly for its multicultural, especially German-speaking, awareness. This enables a personalised approach in the service of a foreign clientele.
Our expertise regroups
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Negotiation and Drafting
of contractual documentation of transfers, acquisitions of companies and business assets, joint-ventures and strategic alliances, acquisition of minority or majority holdings, shareholders’ agreements in English, French and German
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Drafting the documentation
and follow-up of transactions involving mergers/divisions/partial contributions of assets
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LBO,
legal and financial structuring of the transaction
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Study of financial solutions,
drafting of loans
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Drafting and implementation
of securities contracts
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Arrangement of data-rooms
and legal audits
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Post-Acquisition Follow-Up
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Corporate housekeeping
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Acquisition-related disputes
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Anticipating and managing
social aspects
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"Management package,"
employee profit-sharing
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Acquisitions of companies in distress:
please consult our “Restructuring” section
Fields of intervention
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Investment funds, private equity, banking
- Construction
- Distribution
- Environment and Energy
- Automotive
Examples of assignments
Sale of OX2’s business in France (solar energy) – OX2 (a leading Swedish renewable energy company) is owned by the Swedish fund EQT (one of the top 10 private equity funds in the world); value: 20–30 million euros
Advising Wallenius Wilhelmsen (a company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange) on the acquisition (asset deal) of vehicle logistics operations at the Renault site
Acquisition of a French and American company by a Franco-American private telecom infrastructure company; value: 15 million euros
Advised U.S. investors on an early-stage equity investment in a French watchmaking company; value: 2 million euros
Sale of a solar farm in France to a Spanish company; value: 3 million euros
Financial Restructuring of French compagnies of a German industrial group
Advising the private equity fund Altor Equity Partners on the acquisition of the French subsidiary of the Belgian group De Smet and Engineers and Contractors SA (Belgium / France)
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