Following the establishment of a working group on the decriminalization of business and corporate law by French President Sarkozy and Minister of Justice Rachida Dati, the magazine Enjeux Les Echos published a comparative study of the legal provisions governing white collar crimes in the USA, Germany and France.
Jean-Luc Soulier and Catherine Nommick assisted Groupe Canal+, a company member of Vivendi Group, France’s leading pay-TV provider and largest audiovisual group, in the acquisition of Occade Sport, a company specialized in sports event management services.
This contribution outlines the process of taking a public listed company private and provides an overview of the legal framework and issues involved in such a process.
Strategic Lawyering