Christophe joined CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats in 1998 and was coopted as partner in 2006. He started his career at Veil Jourde in 1994. He is the Co-Head of the Corporate/M&A Department of the firm.
Specialising in corporate law and stock exchange law, he handles all aspects of mergers & acquisitions and restructurings for both listed and unlisted companies, and more specifically documentation and contract drafting, support in negotiations, acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements, restructurings (mergers, asset transfers, etc.) on a French and international level, arranging and structuring finance (equity, MBOs, MBIs), investment capital, legal audits, data room and due diligence, IPOs, stock exchange law.
Christophe works in the health sector, more specifically on residential facility and medical biology transactions.
He also works in the property, hotel and leisure sector and has been hosting conferences in the hotel and leisure sector for several years.
He teaches a module on “Rapid Growth” at HEC Entrepreneurs business school and has set up a skills-based sponsorship programme within the firm, which is dedicated to “start-ups”.
- Investment funds
- M&A
- Private equity
- Private equity funds
- Real estate finance
- 1994
- Member of the ACE and APIA
- Postgraduate degree (DESS – DJCE) from the University of Paris II – Assas (1993), as well as a professional certificate in corporate law.