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Our action is based upon a senior to senior relationship with our clients in order to deliver tailor-made service for reasonable fees.

Gatienne Brault

Identity

As a specialist of all the corporate finance issues, STANCE is a niche law firm which provides tailor-made solutions to its clients through a boutiques approach. We work closely with our clients to define and prioritize their needs so as to determine the best legal ways to meet them – before implementing them.

Leaving the technical points in the hands of technicians, and relying on our understanding of the financial issues, our approach combines the legal and financial sides of our business cases. In addition, we develop with our clients a senior to senior relationship.

STANCE also advises its clients for their international corporate finance issues. We are able to identify the appropriate local experts in order to help our clients in their operations in Europe, in the United States, in Japan, etc.

Since its inception, Gatienne Brault & Associés has been advising purchasers, sellers and managers in hundreds of transactions.

Gatienne Brault

Ranking & awards

The Legal 500

Recommended law firm in private equity - 2016

With about ten lawyers, Gatienne Brault & Associés’team is renowned for its expertise in small and mid-cap deals. The law firm regularly advises entrepreneurs as well as investment funds and is experimented in governance and management packages issues. The team recently advised Alsyon Technologies’founders and Seventure Partners who were both sellers. Its activity is developed by : Gatienne Brault, who is recognized for her availability and her knowledge of the private equity sector, Caroline Simic, François Giné and Raphaël Piotraut, whose qualities are quickness, efficiency and availability.

Recommended law firm in mergers and acquisitions - 2015

Gatienne Brault & Associés is a skilled, efficient and very reactive law firm. The ten lawyer team has a very good technical expertise for deals involving corporates or investment funds and always tries to find solutions, even in case of blockade situations. The law firm provides advice to small and medium firms, some large companies, investment funds and management teams. They recently assisted Clinique de Turin’s founders for the sale of their interest. Its activity is developed by Gatienne Brault, Caroline Simic, François Giné and Raphaël Piotraut.

Option Droit & Affaires

Special issue - Private Equity - 2014

  • Law firm ranked 4 stars within the law firms advising growth capital and LBO deals with a main focus on enterprises values lower than 50 million euros
  • Recommanded as a law firm advising managers for their LBOs
  • Recommanded as a law firm specialized in capital-innovation

decideurs-magazine

BEST LAW FIRMS RANKINGS - 2014

Mergers and acquisitions

  • Law firm listed in the category Firm favorite for deals up to 75 million euros

Private equity

  • Law firm mentioned as an Excellent firm for lower mid and small cap deals / Investment fund advisor
  • Law firm listed in the category Strong reputation for advising LBO managers

Private-Equity-Magazine

Gatienne Brault & Associés has been sponsor to the Private Equity Magazine awards since their beginning in 2005. We actively participate each year in this ceremony which recognizes the best private equity professionals in France.

Expertise

  • Mergers & acquisitions
    • Purchase or sale
    • Share deals and asset deals
    • Joint ventures
  • Private equity
    • Financial sponsors’investments (LBOs, venture capital…)
    • Investment vehicles
    • Family office support
  • Legal engineering
    • Internal reorganisations
    • Executive managers’investments
    • Shareholders’agreements and governance rules
  • Pre-litigation, litigation and arbitration
    • Disputes in the context of a purchase or a sale
    • Price determination disputes and representation and warranty disputes
    • Shareholders’disputes
    • Entrepreneurs’defense

Values

  • A results-oriented approach

    The success of your projects is the primary concern of Gatienne Brault & Associés’lawyers. Using our technical and legal expertise, we create clear and balanced legal structures designed to meet your objectives efficiently.

  • The art of negotiation

    The quality of Gatienne Brault & Associés’ negotiating capabilities is the hallmark of the firm. The firm’s negotiating strength is combined with its results-oriented culture, giving clients the confidence that the right legal solution will be found.

  • Contract drafting skills

    Gatienne Brault & Associés provides uncompromising legal solutions based on its lawyers’extensive experience in handling complex matters. In addition, our litigation expertise allows us to anticipate and avoid sensitive or ambiguous clauses.

  • Easily accessible partners

    Each case is directly handled by a partner with a sound knowledge of the client’s history, industry sector and background. The partners always work in teams to make clients benefit from multiple perspectives and experiences. With a perfect understanding of our client’s activities, we are committed to developing active and ongoing relationships with them.

  • Specialized correspondents

    The firm has developed a network of competent correspondents in France and abroad, in fields complementary to its primary area of focus, namely : taxation, employment law, competition and antitrust, intellectual property, environment law, etc. We can rely on our correspondents’participation to address the specific needs of a given case. In addition, each client can propose any law firm with whom he works regularly in the specific matter at hand.

  • Reasonable and customized rates

    Flexibility, transparency, listening to our clients : Gatienne Brault & Associés is dedicated to providing a first class service at a cost customized to the transaction and the client’s expectations.

Gatienne Brault & Associés 37-39 avenue de Friedland 75008 Paris

STANCE AVOCATS
37/39 avenue de Friedland
75008 Paris

+33 (0) 155 651 651

  • Taxi
  • Avion
  • Train
  • Bus
  • Parking
Compagnies de taxis
  • Taxis G7 +33 (0) 147 394 739
  • Taxis Bleus +33 (0) 825 161 010
  • Alpha Taxis +33 (0) 145 858 585
Stations de taxis à proximité
  • Station Friedland - 1 avenue de Friedland +33 (0) 145 610 000
  • Station Etoile Wagram - 1 avenue de Wagram +33 (0) 143 800 199
Bornes d’appel
  • Avenue Friedland +33 (0) 145 610 000
  • Place des Ternes +33 (0) 147 630 000
  • Place Charles de Gaule (Wagram) +33 (0) 143 800 199
Voiture avec chauffeur
Depuis l’aéroport d’Orly
La ligne 1 des cars Air France vous déposera à la station Etoile - Champs-Elysées qui se situe au 1 avenue Carnot 75008 Paris (Terminus de la ligne)
Depuis l’aéroport de Roissy CDG
La ligne 2 des cars Air France vous déposera à la station Etoile - Champs-Elysées qui se situe au 1 avenue Carnot 75008 Paris (Terminus de la ligne)
Métro
Station Charles de Gaulle - Etoile
La station est desservie par les lignes 1, 2 et 6 du métro
Sortie 2 : Avenue de Friedland - Angle place Charles de Gaulle / avenue de Friedland, côté pair
RER
Station Charles de Gaulle - Etoile
La station est desservie par la ligne A du RER
Sortie 2 : Avenue de Friedland - Angle place Charles de Gaulle / avenue de Friedland, côté pair
Stations de bus
  • Station Balzac
    23 avenue de Friedland 75008 Paris
    La station est desservie par les lignes de bus 22 et 52.
  • Station Charles de Gaulle - Etoile - Wagram
    2 avenue de Wagram 75008 Paris
    La station est desservie par les lignes de bus 30 et 31.
  • Station Charles de Gaulle - Etoile - Champs-Elysées
    156 avenue des Champs-Elysées 75008 Paris
    La station est desservie par la ligne de bus 73.
  • Station Charles de Gaulle - Etoile - Marceau
    87 avenue Marceau 75008 Paris
    La station est desservie par la ligne de bus 92.
Parking Etoile Friedland
31 avenue de Friedland
75008 Paris
+33 (0) 142 896 964
Vinci Park Services
18 avenue Hoche
75008 Paris
+33 (0) 142 257 547