CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre has developed a reputable Private Equity practice over the years. Its long-standing expertise in law and taxation is provided by a closely-knit, multidisciplinary team that skillfully uses its diverse experience to the benefit of its investment fund clients.

Our practice areas

• Structuring private equity funds in France and abroad (partnerships, LLCs, mutual funds, venture capital firms, etc.)
• Structuring fund management companies
• Assistance with implementing profit-sharing schemes for management teams (carried interest)
• Implementing agreements between the interested parties (management, advisory,depository, etc.)
• Post-structuring client support (particularly regulatory and tax obligations)
• Investment structuring (venture capital, development capital, LBO, real estate, etc.)
• Due diligence (seller and buyer)
• Negotiating and drafting legal documentation of operations
• Negotiating and drafting Management Packages
• Providing assistance to distressed companies under LBO
• Post-acquisition operations (rationalising target group, debt push-down, syndication, IPOs, debt repurchase, etc.) 

Our approach

Responsive to our clients' needs and objectives, our team brings targeted solutions regardless of the complexity of the matter at hand.

CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre provides assistance to its clients at all stages of the investment process from creating to exiting funds, including the build-up and consolidation stages.

Our clients can rely on all areas of legal expertise offered by CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre: regulatory aspects of funds, taxation, corporate law, employment law, competition law, industry and commerce regulations, real estate, environmental, banking, public and patrimonial law. Moreover, our firm stands apart as a result of the support provided by its state-of-the-art doctrine department and its involvement in representative bodies.

CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre has also built a strong reputation with regard to small and mid-cap transactions. In this respect, our firm’s client base includes many investment funds.

At the international level, our clients have access to a network of law firms based throughout Europe. CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre can consequently form teams in many countries and, through our uniform approach, provide you a global, integrated service.

Our clients

Our clients include investment funds, asset management companies, private equity teams in financial institutions (credit institutions, insurance companies, etc.), listed or non-listed companies, institutional and family investors.

We also provide advice to financial institutions involved in financing and refinancing private equity transactions.