‘Vincent Ponsonnaille and Louis Gosset are the lawyers we prefer to have at our side rather than across from us on complicated subjects. They do haute couture: tailor-made work, of great quality with a remarkable team at their side. They are always available and offer excellent advice.’

‘The office benefits from K&E’s international reach, a very detailed technical knowledge of its files (in line with the firm’s excellence at the global level), while having a strong local anchoring allowing it to respond to the specificities of French operations. A perfect match for tackling both local and transnational issues. Dynamic, young team with proactive and very competent young partners.’

‘Vincent Ponsonnaille: track record, technicality, patience. Emmanuel Enrici: very proactive and thoughtful, with a strong commercial DNA and a very good understanding of the complexities of private equity operations (both on the legal level and in their strategic and transactional aspects).’

‘Thoughtful advice, proactive and taking charge, great relationship on a professional and personal level. Olivier du Mottay and François Blanchet are recommended.’

‘A leading team in the French LBO transaction market. Excellent ability to adapt to the specificities of each transaction. Exceptional flexibility and availability that allows them to stand out on legal aspects compared to the competition. A strong ability to deliver a large quantity of work in a short time frame without compromising quality, thanks to a large and high-quality team of collaborators, comprising Eduardo Fernandez, Gregory de Saxcé, Hugo Nocerino, Sarah Bibas, Camille Barrabino, and Mathilde Faure.’

‘They know how to adapt to the different situations on which they are requested by their clients. The team manages to attract new excellent good elements and to train them quickly so that they are able to be autonomous in front of the clients. The team is very diverse.’

‘Eduardo Fernandez is a pillar of the firm. He is both very experienced, attentive to his clients, very inventive and has the ability to find solutions to the most complex situations. He is accessible and adapts very well to his clients.’

‘Very good knowledge of the French PE market and practices – strong international network – full service firm. Marc Castagnede and Jules Lecoeur are recommended.’

‘Well-rounded team with a deep knowledge of the infrastructure sector. Benjamin de Bleguiers has a strong commercial acumen and an ability to be creative and think outside the box.’

‘Having Benjamin de Blegiers at your side in a competitive auction procedure or a complicated transaction is a real asset. He is capable of helping you win a transaction. Alexandre Namoun, with whom Benjamin often works, is also quite extraordinary.’

‘The Clifford Chance Paris PE/M&A team is an exceptional deal machine. They are able to seamlessly ramp up on short notice, pull in expertise on a global scale, and execute on complex transactions with ease. From junior lawyers to senior partners, their deal acumen and legal talent is market leading. The Clifford Chance team is dedicated, experienced, and motivated – they can move mountains. I am astounded by what they can achieve.’

‘For me, the best PE team in Paris – it combines quality of partners and a very strong structure.’

‘Nicolas Barberis, Julien Rebibo, Yann Gozal – extremely attentive team that showed great qualities of adaptation and negotiation, proposing solutions and options. Great qualities of patience and resilience during a long and difficult negotiation.’

‘Sami Jebbour: exceptional client focus, seeks to find solutions and has shown great negotiation skills. Paul Bévierre: very rigorous monitoring of the evolution of the contract that was negotiated, availability and customer focus.’

‘Jean-François Louit, Manon Volle-Lenoir, Paul de France, Valentin Lefebvre, Oumnia Benkirane – skills in a wide range of areas; listening; availability; quality and relevance of advice.’

‘An agile, committed team with a real sense of ethics! The complementarity of Jean François Louit and Caroline Lan is the main asset of this team.’

‘Gide’s private equity team is particularly specialized in company founders and directors. This is a real differentiator because they know how to talk to individual shareholders. Jean-François Louit and Caroline Lan form an excellent tandem on the corporate aspects. Paul de France completes brilliantly with the tax part.’

‘Very competent, very technical team.’

‘The team is very available and adapts to our constraints to make our collaboration as efficient as possible. There are always several collaborators on each subject to ensure quick feedback.’

‘Jérôme Jouhanneaud is an excellent lawyer: creative in negotiations and dealmaker. We particularly appreciate his calm, even in tense situations.’

‘Very strong involvement, responsiveness and availability. Strong competence and wide range of practices. Very good in negotiation. Very good reliability of work.’

‘Great team – expert and friendly.’

‘Strong team, very pragmatic and good commercial mindset, fast delivery and turnaround at highest quality.’

‘Arthur de Baudry d’Asson is clearly a very strong individual. Highly efficient, and puts himself always into the shoes of the counterparty to anticipate what they could be asking for. Can highly recommend Arthur.’

‘Very competent. Wide range of practices and international reach. Very pragmatic, proactive and responsive.’

‘Proskaeur’s LBO team has exceptional and highly competent professionals –Xavier Norlain and Laurent Asquin.’

‘Very high level of availability and responsiveness. Excellent professional skills, exceptional ability to be responsive. Very good advice; very strong pedagogy towards the client. A team always full of proposals and recommendations – Xavier Norlain, Vanessa Hamiane, Mohamed Kettani, Marine Petot.’

‘Business partners; team spirit, good financial, legal and tax skills. Support in all stages of the process.’

‘Isabelle Cheradame: seniority, attention to client needs, and negotiation strategy. Adrien Badelon: expertise, negotiation strategy, strategic support.’

‘Excellent team with extensive experience in PE deals, particularly complex ones – strength of the W&C international network.’

‘Team that delivers quality service, commercial and efficient approach, significant responsiveness.’

‘Xavier Petet – efficient, rigorous, dealmaker, adaptable and friendly.’

‘A leading team in private equity on the French market.’

‘Nicolas Bombrun – lawyer with broad experience, great technical skills, always takes commercial aspects in account.’

‘Nicolas Bombrun was able to support us in an exemplary manner in a complex and international dispute involving several jurisdictions and several other firms with whom we had to communicate regularly. His great availability, responsiveness and expertise were decisive assets for the resolution of this case.’

‘A team that is close to its customers’ expectations, pragmatic and looking for solutions.’

‘Julien Aucomte, Maxime Legourd, Sophie Faulcon, Julien Wagmann – availability, collaboration.’

‘Mahasti Razavi – best lawyer in Paris.’

‘Charles Masson – creativity in structuring transactions. Excellence in all specialties. Unparalleled negotiation skills.’

‘Availability, in-depth expertise, ability to support both SMEs and large international groups.’

‘Sarmad Haidar: professionalism and availability.’

‘Very rigorous and pragmatic team, attentive to its customers.’

‘Very competent, pragmatic team that greatly facilitates negotiation. Very good responsiveness and availability. 

‘Bertrand Delaunay is recommended.’

‘Very competent, responsive team, very well suited to our activity. Marie-Victoire James and Guillaume Giuliani are both very competent in their field – very present in the market, up-to-date with the latest practices, dealmakers, and very available for their clients.’

‘Professional, pragmatic, always available, responsive and friendly! Marie-Victoire James: solid, efficient, responsive and direct. Guillaume Giuliani: simple and efficient, quiet strength. Frédéric Bosc: responsive and reassuring, knows how to convince.’

‘Great proximity to customers, listening skills and adaptability. The Moncey team is there to oil the wheels and not to create unnecessary friction. Excellent knowledge of the French small-mid cap market. I would say that the team is rather ahead of its peers in terms of the use of new technologies.’

‘Exceptional technical quality and also relevant and highly appreciated commercial support. The team is always very available with real customer service. Patrick Tardivy is one of the best lawyers I know. With him, we have confidence in complicated cases. He is a solution provider!’

‘Team of great strength at all levels of the hierarchy. High quality of advice given, deliverables, proactivity, flexibility and very commercial approach, particularly on invoicing.’

Patrick Tardivy: an absolutely exceptional lawyer. Knowledge of the law, ability to give reliable initial guidance quickly, and to have a holistic view of all the aspects of a problem. Immense capacity for synthesis and extremely rapid appropriation of new complex problems; creativity in the solutions proposed; very high situational intelligence and business sense; a deal-oriented lawyer.’

‘Hyper agile, available and responsive team. Systematically respects budgets and deadlines.’

‘Very good team, among the best in Paris.’

‘Responsiveness, expertise, commitment and respect for timings and budgets. Team capable of covering the full scope of a transaction. Grine Lahreche and Audrey Szultz are recommended.’

‘Reactivity. Preservation of the interests of the client. Kamal Naffi and Moïra Boublil: responsiveness, availability, efficiency. Pierre-Emmanuel Simon: precision in execution.’

‘Quality advice: creativity, technicality, responsiveness. A tailor-made service for comprehensive support for managers. The team stands out through complete coordination in the context of complex projects.’

‘Very good interaction with Kamal Naffi. He stands out for his listening skills and his analytical skills. Kamal is inventive and demonstrates a spirit of synthesis and a rigour that is highly appreciated during negotiations. Finally, his tenacity stands out.’

‘Very responsive, competent and, moreover, very friendly team.’

‘Neil Robertson and Philippe Brisson – pragmatic, reachable, proactive thinking, personal approach.’

‘Olivier Genevois – responsiveness, seniority.’

‘Olivia Gueguen and Audrey Molina – excellent.’

‘Very satisfied with the support of the FTPA team on the files where I had the chance to work with them. They are very responsive, business-oriented and provide solutions when the situation is blocked (which often happens in an operation) and they have a real approach to legal support/advice.’

‘François Xavier Beauvisage particularly stands out for me, for his responsiveness, his advisory approach, the organization of the team and the handling of all subjects.’

‘Agility, sympathy, availability.’

‘Skill and service – Océane Christmann, Clémence Bressolin and Christophe Joffe.’

‘Antoine Degorce: very analytical, precise.’

‘The team’s strengths and assets: skill and strong knowledge of LBO mechanisms; availability, proximity, speed and efficiency.’

‘Antoine Degorce and Pierre-Olivier Bernard – they stand out for their very strong skills in LBO and taxation.’

‘The Racine team has excellent professionals and experience in LBO operations. Melanie Coiraton and Marie Pouget are recommended.’

‘Marie Pouget – remarkable, competent, available, fine negotiator.’

‘Unique experience in the co-investment and continuation fund market, with particular expertise from Nicola Di Giovanni, who perfectly masters the key points to negotiate to guarantee the protection of his clients. Communication with Skadden is fluid, fast and efficient, and they always manage to find solutions to the problems encountered.’

‘Nicola di Giovanni and Sidney Rosenberg – they know their clients perfectly and the specific needs of each one. Always available and extremely responsive, they quickly grasp the particularities of each transaction on which we collaborate.’

‘Business skills and help in completing deals by providing value.’

‘The Spark Avocats team has a perfect command of their subject. That is why we call on them. Once we have said that, there is the personal relationship behind the technical competence, which is at least as important in my eyes. The team responded perfectly to my needs and added the necessary courtesies that made each exchange efficient and pleasant.’

‘Ariane Olive and Jérémy Dumez were my two contacts. Ariane has the experience and perspective that as the client lacked. She is a formidable strategist. Jérémy is extremely efficient and responsive. He has a perfect command of the skills needed to build a partnership agreement.’

‘Very available team, which has adapted to the context of operations and with an international prism. Always looking for the best solution for its customers.’

‘Maxime Dequesne: extensive experience in LBO deals and mastery of all subjects. Maxime perfectly manages interactions with the firm’s other offices and/or other practices (social, tax, etc.)’

‘Responsiveness, skill in negotiations, ability to find solutions, commitment throughout the process. Deal-making team which always find a solution to reach a deal.’

‘Very flexible, responsive team.’