‘Vincent Ponsonnaille and Louis Gosset are the lawyers we prefer to have at our side rather than across from us on complicated subjects. They do haute couture: tailor-made work, of great quality with a remarkable team at their side. They are always available and offer excellent advice.’

‘The office benefits from K&E’s international reach, a very detailed technical knowledge of its files (in line with the firm’s excellence at the global level), while having a strong local anchoring allowing it to respond to the specificities of French operations. A perfect match for tackling both local and transnational issues. Dynamic, young team with proactive and very competent young partners.’

‘Vincent Ponsonnaille: track record, technicality, patience. Emmanuel Enrici: very proactive and thoughtful, with a strong commercial DNA and a very good understanding of the complexities of private equity operations (both on the legal level and in their strategic and transactional aspects).’

‘Responsiveness, high technical quality and pragmatism. Emmanuel Enrici: pragmatic and excellent legal practitioner.’

‘Unequalled sense of customer service. Excellent level, great availability, responsiveness, ability to create value on complex issues.’

Generally speaking, the entire Kirkland team is of a very high level, the best of the various councils with which we work. Laurent Victor-Michel and Nadine Gelli are recommended.’

‘Very responsive and always available team. Very technical.’

‘Jean-François Louit, Manon Volle-Lenoir, Paul de France, Valentin Lefebvre, Oumnia Benkirane – skills in a wide range of areas; listening; availability; quality and relevance of advice.’

‘An agile, committed team with a real sense of ethics! The complementarity of Jean François Louit and Caroline Lan is the main asset of this team.’

‘Gide’s private equity team is particularly specialized in company founders and directors. This is a real differentiator because they know how to talk to individual shareholders. Jean-François Louit and Caroline Lan form an excellent tandem on the corporate aspects. Paul de France completes brilliantly with the tax part.’

‘Gide’s PE team is very efficient, reliable and responsive. Communication is very easy and the service provided is of very good quality.’

‘Charles de Reals is an outstanding partner, calm but firm during negotiations, and with extensive knowledge. Corentin Charlès is also an excellent young partner, reliable, organized and calm.’

‘One of the best Private Equity and LBO teams in Paris, whose partners have a rare level of investment in transactions, great technicality and an extremely efficient working method.’

‘Caroline Lan: exceptional professional and interpersonal qualities, total involvement in her files with a thorough understanding of the issues of the transaction (economic, legal, tax) and an ability to go into detail about LBO models and commercial agreements, a real ability to find concrete solutions. Probably the best lawyer I have had the chance to work with.’

‘Very competent, very technical team.’

‘The team is very available and adapts to our constraints to make our collaboration as efficient as possible. There are always several collaborators on each subject to ensure quick feedback.’

‘Jérôme Jouhanneaud is an excellent lawyer: creative in negotiations and dealmaker. We particularly appreciate his calm, even in tense situations.’

‘The team at Goodwin Paris helped us navigate a new acquisition in France. they were very hands-on and were able to provide prompt, clear and commercial advice on a number of tricky topics. The team was well-resourced with input from partners and associates from a number of specialisms. Fees were clear and reasonable for the type of work undertaken.’

‘The Goodwin Paris team was led by Thomas Dupont-Sentilles. Thomas was great to work with and provided us with top quality, commercial advice.’

‘Strong team, very pragmatic and good commercial mindset, fast delivery and turnaround at highest quality.’

‘Arthur de Baudry d’Asson is clearly a very strong individual. Highly efficient, and puts himself always into the shoes of the counterparty to anticipate what they could be asking for. Can highly recommend Arthur.’

‘Very competent. Wide range of practices and international reach. Very pragmatic, proactive and responsive.’

‘Olivier Deren – loyalty, flexibility, availability.’

‘Proskaeur’s LBO team has exceptional and highly competent professionals –Xavier Norlain and Laurent Asquin.’

‘Very high level of availability and responsiveness. Excellent professional skills, exceptional ability to be responsive. Very good advice; very strong pedagogy towards the client. A team always full of proposals and recommendations – Xavier Norlain, Vanessa Hamiane, Mohamed Kettani, Marine Petot.’

‘A team that is close to its customers’ expectations, pragmatic and looking for solutions.’

‘Julien Aucomte, Maxime Legourd, Sophie Faulcon, Julien Wagmann – availability, collaboration.’

‘Mahasti Razavi – best lawyer in Paris.’

‘Very good team. Excellent technical skills and very attentive to its customers. Ability to solve complex and demanding transaction problems.’

‘Very competent, responsive team, very well suited to our activity. Marie-Victoire James and Guillaume Giuliani are both very competent in their field – very present in the market, up-to-date with the latest practices, dealmakers, and very available for their clients.’

‘Professional, pragmatic, always available, responsive and friendly! Marie-Victoire James: solid, efficient, responsive and direct. Guillaume Giuliani: simple and efficient, quiet strength. Frédéric Bosc: responsive and reassuring, knows how to convince.’

‘Great proximity to customers, listening skills and adaptability. The Moncey team is there to oil the wheels and not to create unnecessary friction. Excellent knowledge of the French small-mid cap market. I would say that the team is rather ahead of its peers in terms of the use of new technologies.’

‘Dynamic team, attentive to its customers. Available and accessible, they know how to support you perfectly. Very good specializations and knowledge of targeted LBO operations. Strong responsiveness.’

‘Very dynamic, pragmatic team. Marie-Victoire James: total availability, dealmaker. Diane Ferriol: in-depth expertise and total availability, ability to coordinate interactions with all stakeholders.’

‘Strong presence on mid-market deals. One of the best teams. Pragmatic dealmakers; full-service.’

‘Responsive and friendly team, who know our ecosystem very well and who are committed to defending the interests of their clients.’

‘A top-notch, comprehensive team bringing together all the expertise (legal, tax, financial, etc.) needed to successfully execute complex transactions.’

‘Exceptional technical quality and also relevant and highly appreciated commercial support. The team is always very available with real customer service. Patrick Tardivy is one of the best lawyers I know. With him, we have confidence in complicated cases. He is a solution provider!’

‘Team of great strength at all levels of the hierarchy. High quality of advice given, deliverables, proactivity, flexibility and very commercial approach, particularly on invoicing.’

Patrick Tardivy: an absolutely exceptional lawyer. Knowledge of the law, ability to give reliable initial guidance quickly, and to have a holistic view of all the aspects of a problem. Immense capacity for synthesis and extremely rapid appropriation of new complex problems; creativity in the solutions proposed; very high situational intelligence and business sense; a deal-oriented lawyer.’

‘A team attentive to the customer, rigorous and pragmatic with great experience. They are transparent, friendly, open-minded and approachable-This team knows how to handle a wide variety of situations, understands expectations and leads negotiations based on great experience. Marc Diab Maalouf – high-quality deliverables; clear, didactic communication; strong proposals; proactive.’

‘Quality of service, proactivity, speed. Patrick Tardivy has a mastery of all transactional subjects and the ability to fully tackle a deal. He has interpersonal skills and a keen knowledge of negotiations that allow him to easily adapt his attitude and speech depending on the people and situations. He is without a doubt one of the best lawyers with whom we have had the opportunity to work.’

‘We had excellent strategic and tactical advice from Patrick Tardivy and Marine Jamain. They were pragmatic and proactive and instrumental in shaping the transaction and driving it to completion. They had a deep understanding of PE fund structures and energy and infrastructure projects.’

‘Responsive and competent team, attentive to its client. Very available throughout the deal. Real support during the negotiation phase. Olivier Jouffroy: tenacious, defends the interests of his clients well. Marc Diab Maalouf: serious while being relaxed in interactions, appreciable in the execution phase under pressure.’

‘Dynamic, very friendly and collaborative team. Lots of fun working together. Have the tools and experience to unblock situations and move negotiations forward. Patrick Tardivy and Marine Jamain are very efficient and very business-oriented to move discussions forward.’

‘Hyper agile, available and responsive team. Systematically respects budgets and deadlines.’

‘Very good team, among the best in Paris.’

‘Responsiveness, expertise, commitment and respect for timings and budgets. Team capable of covering the full scope of a transaction. Grine Lahreche and Audrey Szultz are recommended.’

‘Reactivity. Preservation of the interests of the client. Kamal Naffi and Moïra Boublil: responsiveness, availability, efficiency. Pierre-Emmanuel Simon: precision in execution.’

‘Quality advice: creativity, technicality, responsiveness. A tailor-made service for comprehensive support for managers. The team stands out through complete coordination in the context of complex projects.’

‘Very good interaction with Kamal Naffi. He stands out for his listening skills and his analytical skills. Kamal is inventive and demonstrates a spirit of synthesis and a rigour that is highly appreciated during negotiations. Finally, his tenacity stands out.’

‘Very responsive, competent and, moreover, very friendly team.’

‘Neil Robertson and Philippe Brisson – pragmatic, reachable, proactive thinking, personal approach.’

‘Very satisfied with the support of the FTPA team on the files where I had the chance to work with them. They are very responsive, business-oriented and provide solutions when the situation is blocked (which often happens in an operation) and they have a real approach to legal support/advice.’

‘François Xavier Beauvisage particularly stands out for me, for his responsiveness, his advisory approach, the organization of the team and the handling of all subjects.’

‘Agility, sympathy, availability.’

‘Charles Philippe Letellier – very responsive, very professional, very nice – expert.’

‘Skill and service – Océane Christmann, Clémence Bressolin and Christophe Joffe.’

‘Antoine Degorce: very analytical, precise.’

‘The team’s strengths and assets: skill and strong knowledge of LBO mechanisms; availability, proximity, speed and efficiency.’

‘Antoine Degorce and Pierre-Olivier Bernard – they stand out for their very strong skills in LBO and taxation.’

‘Antoine Degorce and Pierre-Olivier Bernard – very professional and innovative team.’

‘The Racine team has excellent professionals and experience in LBO operations. Melanie Coiraton and Marie Pouget are recommended.’

‘Marie Pouget – remarkable, competent, available, fine negotiator.’

‘Business skills and help in completing deals by providing value.’

‘The Spark Avocats team has a perfect command of their subject. That is why we call on them. Once we have said that, there is the personal relationship behind the technical competence, which is at least as important in my eyes. The team responded perfectly to my needs and added the necessary courtesies that made each exchange efficient and pleasant.’

‘Ariane Olive and Jérémy Dumez were my two contacts. Ariane has the experience and perspective that as the client lacked. She is a formidable strategist. Jérémy is extremely efficient and responsive. He has a perfect command of the skills needed to build a partnership agreement.’

‘The team really listens to its customers and also provides good advice and coaching to managers. It is always a great pleasure to work and interact with the teams. Very constructive work.’

‘We work with Ariane Olive who is truly exceptional. She is a person who listens and who does not hesitate to challenge the options. She is full of positive energy and the construction of the projects is really done à la carte.’

‘Very available team. Highly efficient and demanding. Clarity and communication.’

‘Ariane Olive and Florian Mayor are my main contacts and bring their expertise, knowledge and personal qualities to the success of the exchanges.’

‘Very flexible, responsive team.’