Our expertise
Essensis provides pro-active advice and tailor-made services, backed by cutting-edge legal expertise. Our rigorous methodology and our understanding of the issues at stake and the business culture guarantee the success of your M&A and private equity transactions.
PARTNERS IN YOUR TRANSACTIONS
Our skills and experience enable us to support a wide range of clients in their transactions.
We develop highly technical, pragmatic and optimal solutions for both complex and standard cases.
To deal with transactions in their entirety, we involve lawyers with multidisciplinary expertise in business law: tax, employment, public and environmental law, competition and distribution, intellectual property and new technologies, litigation, restructuring…
If the transaction involves multiple jurisdictions, we work with a network of foreign correspondents that we have developed.
- ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSALS
- EQUITY INVESTMENT – FUND RAISING
- VENTURE CAPITAL – GROWTH CAPITAL
- LEVERAGED TRANSACTIONS (LBOs, MBOs…,)
- GROUP RESTRUCTURING
- GROUP MANAGEMENT AND LEGAL/CORPORATE MONITORING
- CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
- JOINT VENTURES AND COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS
Our services
Mergers and acquisitions / Private equity
- Due diligence and vendor due diligence
- Deal structuring
- Drafting and negotiating of contractual documentation (confidentiality agreement, letter of intent, investment protocol, share purchase agreements – SPA, representations and warranties agreements)
- Shareholder relations (shareholders’ agreement, governance, specific provisions in articles of association)
- Management packages and employee share ownership (free shares, BSPCE, stock options, etc.)
Capital transactions and reorganizations
- Equity capital transactions (issue of all types of securities: convertible bonds – OCA, redeemable bonds – ORA, preferred shares)
- Group and corporate restructuring (carve-outs, business contributions, mergers, asset disposals, etc.)
Group governance and management
- Status of directors and officers (conditions of performance and termination of office)
- Implementation and management of corporate governance (specialised committees, limitations of powers, conflicts of interest, delegation of powers, etc.)
- Intra-group relations (cash management agreements, services agreements, shareholders current account agreements, etc.)
Other company law transactions
Stock market transactions: IPOs, public offers, issuance of securities and relations with regulatory authorities
Regular or one-off transactions affecting the companies (secretarial monitoring)
Joint Venture
- Drafting and negotiating of joint venture or commercial partnership agreements
PROXIMITY AND DIDACTIVE APPROACH
Thanks to our independence and experience, we can adapt to the needs of each client:
- Intermediate size companies, groups, start-ups, etc.
- Buyers and sellers
- Family office
- Investment funds
- Individual investors
- Shareholders, directors, managers
To build a relationship of confidence, Essensis focuses on attention, availabilty and a didactive approach.
Being close to our clients enables us to have a global and transversal vision of their needs in order to create a long-term relationship.
Whether the transaction is large or small, we deal with all issues, adapting to the context, the challenges and the sector of activity.
Essensis manages transactions in a wide range of business sectors.
