M&A – Private Equity

Astura advises corporates, their executives and shareholders, private equity sponsors, family offices, and entrepreneurs, in their complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, disposals, growth transactions and financings, particularly in an international context.

Our lawyers combine cutting-edge legal expertise with a proactive and pragmatic approach to secure transactions, structure projects and support our clients’ development in France and abroad.

We deliver the best of our expertise to our clients, while considering their financial and organizational challenges.

Mergers and Acquisitions

We advise large corporates, SMEs, financial institutions, family offices, French and international investors in their external and organic growth, and restructuring transactions, including:

• Acquisition and disposal of shareholdings
• Asset disposals
• Mergers
• Joint-ventures and strategic partnerships
• Foreign investment controls
• Governance and shareholder relations

Private Equity

We advise French and international investment funds, family offices, entrepreneurs and start-ups on minority and majority investments, including:

• LBO
• Build-up acquisitions
• Venture capital and equity growth transactions
• Management packages

Financing

We advise French and international borrowers, issuers, and financial institutions on a wide range of financing transactions, including:

• Acquisition financing
• Bilateral and syndicated credit facilities
• Private placements

Corporate

We advise large corporates, SMEs, entrepreneurs, start-ups, financial institutions, investment funds, family offices, and French and international investors on the structuring, and development of their activities and corporate matters, including:

• Structuring of the French operations of foreign groups
• Intra-group relations
• Intra-group reorganizations
• Corporate governance
• Shareholders’ agreements and shareholders’ relations