Steering Legal works in the 4 following major areas:
· in France
· or within the framework of any international development project using a network of top-ranked local advisors
Corporate – Company law
· Creation of companies
· Legal secretarial services
· Equity capital transactions
· Drafting and negotiation of shareholders’ agreements
· Setting up of stock-option plans, share warrants and bonus shares
· Issuing of transferable securities
Mergers and Acquisitions / Private Equity
· Acquisition and sale of companies and businesses
· Mergers, demergers, support for restructuring
· Joint-ventures and industrial agreements
· LBO, LMBO, OBO
· Development capital operations
· Risk capital operations
· Advice for directors, management packages and profit-sharing schemes
· International expansion projects, using a network of top-ranked local consultants.
International contractual arrangements
· Negotiation and drafting of international contracts
· Support and guidance in preparing bids for international calls for tenders
· Contractually securing investments abroad, particularly in the field of energy and infrastructure
Companies in difficulty and restructuring
· Support and guidance in negotiations with creditors, banks, suppliers and business partners, for debt restructuring
· Preventive proceedings (ad hoc mandate and conciliation)
· Safeguard proceedings
· Insolvency proceedings (judicial restructuring or judicial liquidation)
· Litigation involving the responsibility of senior management
· Advice for buyers of companies in difficulty
· Advice for creditors