Company law

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The LMBE firm assists its clients at all stages of a company’s life and it provides comprehensive services in all fields of company law to both major groups and SMEs. At the time a company is formed, we advise the founders on the choice of legal entity that is best suited to their needs in light of various parameters such as the type of business conducted, the management method selected, the potential liability of shareholders and the tax and employment status of company officers. We draft articles of incorporation for all commercial and civil companies, regardless of their form, as well as for other types of entities (EIGs, associations), negotiate and draft partnership agreements among shareholders and carry out the formalities required to register companies with the Trade and Companies Registry.

We draft all legal documents required in the day-to-day operations of companies.

We also provide ongoing legal services, on a flat fee basis, to several hundred companies and groups of all sizes. In this regard, we assist company officers in holding the meetings of the company’s governing bodies and are charged with maintaining and updating the registers required by law.

On a less regular basis, we advise company officers on restructuring transactions and draft all legal documents in connection therewith.

Our practice also covers the issuance of convertible securities, preference shares and all securities designed to provide an equity stake to employees and corporate officers.

We assist shareholders who wish to buy or sell controlling or ownership interests and represent them in non-judicial and court disputes that may arise between them.

Lastly, we handle the dissolution and liquidation of companies.

In addition to our technical expertise in company law, we strive to create a close and lasting relationship with our clients, based on our availability, responsiveness and familiarity with the business and history of the companies we represent, which enables LMBE to react very quickly to the needs of a company’s shareholders and corporate officers.

EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE:

Handling of corporate matters on behalf of groups of companies

 Incorporation of companies
 Approval of financial statements
 Appointment and dismissal of corporate officers
 Capital transactions
 Amendments to the memorandum and articles of association
 Conversion of companies into another type of legal entity
 Dissolution
 Liquidation
 Transfers of all assets and liabilities

Asset management transactions on behalf of companies and heads of companies

 Purchase and sale of controlling and ownership interests
 Restructuring transactions (mergers, demergers, partial contributions of assets, contributions of shares, transfers of all assets and liabilities)
 Purchase and sale of business assets
 Issuance of convertible securities, preference shares, free shares, stock options, independent subscription warrants, subscription warrants for company founders
 Bond stripping
 Structuring of organisational charts

Negotiation and drafting of partnership agreements and intra-group agreements

 Shareholders’ agreements
 Joint ventures
 Cash pooling agreements
 Loans and credit lines
 Current account agreements
 Tax consolidation agreements

Preventing and handling disputes between shareholders

PARTNERS:

 Karine WANGLER
 Nathalie LE BRIS
 Anne-Carole TANGUY
 Thierry ABALLEA

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