Our aim is to be a partner in your growth and your teams, putting our expertise, experience and energy at the service of your vision.
We assist you in your exceptional and strategic transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, build-ups, carve-outs, joint ventures and restructurings, as well as in managing and resolving your daily issues: issuing simple or complex securities, setting up capital incentive schemes, managing groups of companies, settling disputes between shareholders/managers, etc.
Our approach is to provide you with a strategic, innovative, pragmatic and, more importantly, customised advice to meet your needs and achieve your objectives: defining the characteristics and scope of the planned transaction, defining the best strategy, identifying and securing the measures to be taken to ensure that the transaction is completed on time, negotiating the relevant documentation, representing and constantly defending your interests.
Your asset lies in our perfect understanding of the implications involved in this type of transaction (innovation, the opening of new markets, strategic partnerships, competitiveness, synergies, diversification, etc.), the issues that may arise from their completion, whether legal (merger control, informing works councils, etc.), practical (structuring of a balanced and sufficiently agile governance to carry out structured projects in the long run, pooling of the necessary means and resources, sharing of responsibilities, non-competition, etc.) or technical (data protection, negotiating TSA, etc.), our network of experts, whether in France and abroad, as well as the opportunity for you of relying, at any time, on the support of the firm’s other experts.
Negotiating offer letters, confidentiality and exclusivity agreements, setting up and operating data rooms, auditing assessed risks and identifying pre- and post-closing remedial actions, reviewing social impacts, conducting works council information procedures, etc.
Identifying the means (sale of shares, carve-out, etc.) and actions required to complete the proposed transaction, strategic advice, negotiating the contractual documentation required to complete it: share purchase agreement, business purchase agreement, merger treaty, split or partial contribution of assets agreement, asset and liability warranties, shareholders’ agreement, etc.
Negotiating financing (senior, subordinated, mezzanine, bank debt, etc.) and the security to be provided (pledge, guarantee, Dailly, porte-fort, etc.).
Legal structuring, issuing simple or complex securities, setting up capital incentive schemes (free share or stock option plans, founders’ share warrants (Bspce), etc.), organising governance (corporate mandates, remuneration of managers, powers, etc.), settling disputes between shareholders/managers, etc.
Organizing and holding meetings of your governance bodies (board of directors, general meeting, ad-hoc committee, etc.), corporate mandate agreements, delegation of powers and authority, setting up group management tools (cash pooling agreements, group management agreements, etc.), drafting charter/rules of procedure, 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
