We build a dedicated, multi-disciplinary team around you to provide you with a strategic advice and meet your challenges.
Whether you are a chairman (Président), a managing director (Directeur Général), a CFO, a CEO, a CTO, a chief legal officer, a member of the Executive Committee (Comex), … within multinationals, groups of companies or SMEs, we assist you in defining your responsibilities, negotiating the terms of your corporate mandate and/or your employment contract (corporate mandate agreement, unemployment ruling (rescrit), private unemployment insurance such as the social guarantee for company managers and executives (GSC)) and, more generally, defending your interests as you take up, renew or terminate your duties (resignation, dismissal, termination of employment contract, etc.).
As we advise many investment funds and groups of companies when setting up capital incentive schemes, we also have first-class expertise in negotiating and unwinding management packages (free shares, preferred shares, stock options, founders’ share warrants (Bspce), etc.).
As the key partner of family groups and many business founders, and assisted by our partners (investment bankers, valuation experts, etc.), we can also assist you in the transfer of your business by identifying the best strategy based on your needs, the steps required to complete the transfer and how to secure them (negotiating confidentiality and exclusivity agreements, offer letters, consulting works councils, fulfilment or waiver of conditions precedent, etc.). We can also assist you in negotiating and drafting the necessary legal documentation.
Whatever your needs are, we will build around you a dedicated team of lawyers experienced in business, labour and tax law, who are able to provide you with a customised, strategic, unbiased and dedicated support to defend your interests.
Negotiating the terms of your corporate mandate or your employment contract, analysing responsibilities, drafting and reviewing the corporate mandate agreement, file a request for a ruling (rescrit) from France Travail, subscribing private unemployment insurance if necessary, reviewing social and tax implications, etc.
Negotiating offer letters, confidentiality and exclusivity agreements, setting up and operating data rooms, VDD, reviewing social and tax impacts, conducting works council information procedures, etc.
Legal and tax structuring, especially in the case of reinvestment, structure memorandum and, more generally, negotiating the documentation to be concluded in connection with the transfer of your business: SPA, asset and liability warranties, etc.
Unwinding, setting up and renegotiating management packages: issuing preferred shares, setting up free share or stock option plans, issuing founders’ share warrants (Bspce), negotiating the terms and conditions of your investment/reinvestment, etc.
Defending your interests when terminating your duties: negotiating an exit package, analysing social and tax aspects of the exit package, assisting and representing you in court if necessary, etc.
“Caroline Basdevant-Soulié is a pleasure to work with. She is very dedicated, hands-on and focused on getting a good result.” – Chambers
Chambers 2026
“Caroline Basdevant-Soulié is a pleasure to work with. She is very dedicated, hands-on and focused on getting a good result.”
“Caroline Basdevant-Soulié is pragmatic and a deal-maker.”
“Caroline delivers innovative solutions to complex and critical issues.”
“Caroline Basdevant-Soulié is very pragmatic and efficient, with a good understanding of international investments.”
Legal 500 EMEA 2026
“The PE team at Oyat is extremely commercially minded, very responsive and delightful to work with. They provide excellent commercial and practical advice and are able to pull in experts from other parts of the firm. The team has an extensive international network which helps enormously on multijurisdictional deals.”
“Caroline Basdevant-Soulié is extremely client-centric. She takes the time to understand the commercial objectives, desired timelines and to anticipate the likely bumps in the road. The result is that clients have a clear understanding of their position and the path ahead in enough detail for them to be able to make informed decisions on what would otherwise often be very complex issues. Caroline is very commercial and pragmatic and always tries to find a sensible and balanced route forward. She has a strong focus on international PE and M& A deals.”
Décideurs / Leaders League 2026 :
Private Equity
Mergers & Acquisitions
Le Point 2026
Best Lawyers 2027
Best Law Firms 2027
