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.
“Oyat proved to be a very proficient firm in M&A/LBO. The team is made up of seasoned partners with demonstrated expertise in high-stakes business & financial environments. Particularly efficient in French and cross-border contexts, OYAT has a capacity to sustain a heavy workload, deliver outstanding results, and to provide their customers with above-expectations value throughout the deal lifecycle.” – Legal 500
THE LEGAL 500 EMEA 2024
LEADERS LEAGUE
Le Point
Oyat has been ranked in the « Palmarès des meilleurs cabinets d’avocats en France 2024 », published by Le Point magazine:
