A team of experts dedicated to structuring and securing your investments to help you accelerate your development.
Our team advises investment funds, major companies and leading industrial players, wealth management firms, and business angels as part of their investment transactions, whether majority or minority, co-investment transactions and more broadly, private equity transactions.
We also regularly assist founders and management teams as part of the transfer and takeover of companies, whether alongside private equity players or by relying on the teams already set up through in particular, the completion of LBO transactions, as well as many start-ups in their development and in obtaining their first financing.
Our scope of intervention covers all business law areas, including the negotiation of the terms and conditions of any debt (senior, mezzanine or bank) that could be subscribed to support the financing of these transactions.
Our asset lies in our extensive knowledge of the stakeholders involved in this kind of transactions, our full understanding of issues and practices upon which their completion depends, and especially the equity compensation tools needed for their success (management packages), our thorough understanding of the regulations and practices that apply to this kind of transaction, 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.
Auditing assessed risks, identifying pre- and post-closing remedial actions, drafting and negotiating letters of intent, negotiating contractual documentation to be concluded as part of the proposed transaction: investment agreement, share purchase agreement, asset and liability warranties, shareholders’ agreement, etc.
Legal and tax structuring, structure memorandum, etc.
Unwinding, setting up and renegotiating management packages, issuing preferred shares and convertible bonds, setting up free share or stock option plans, issuing founders’ share warrants (Bspce), negotiating the terms of investment/reinvestment of key managers, etc.
Negotiating the financing attached to this kind of transaction: senior debt, subordinated debt, mezzanine debt, bank debt, securities to be provided (pledge, Dailly, porte-fort, etc.), subordination, etc.
Drafting of all the corporate documentation required for this kind of transaction, customised support from the start of negotiations to the closing, organising the signing and closing phases, 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
