SIMON ASSOCIÉSSERVICES FOR INVESTORS

INVESTORS & INVESTMENTS DEDICATED PRACTICE

Simon Associés Law Firm advises investment funds and asset managers, banks, insurance companies, financial intermediaries, and has developed tailored monitoring for investment lines. The dedicated

Simon Associés team provides consulting and assistance in litigation, in the frame of investment operations and for current corporate matters, in France and on the international scale.

M&A, JV, Commercial Partnership, PE (LBO, OBO, MBI, VC), Asset acquisition and disposal:

• Cross-border investment operations;

• Due Diligence & Vendor Due Diligence;

• Legal & Tax structuring;• Financing;• Investment agreement,

Acquisition agreement;• Shareholders’ agreement;• Sellers’ warranty;• Profit-sharing incentives &

Management Packages;• Terms & conditions of

corporate offices.

Dedicated practice for your structural issues, in line with the latest regulatory measures:

• Corporate governance (regulations, compliance);

• Contractual liability, contracts (IT, distribution, etc.);

• Tortious liability (defective products, industrial risks, etc.);

• Intellectual Property, New Technologies;

• Personal Data (GDPR);• Compliance, Regulatory;• Litigation, Arbitration;• Criminal Business Law.

Tailored advice for your investments

• Build up;• Follow-up indicators;• International expansion (58 countries);• Compliance;• GDPR;• Dispute, Litigation (clients, suppliers);• Corporate matters;• Restructuring, Spin-offs;• Start-up Academy Program;• Digital transformation.

Assistance for your investment activities

SIMON ASSOCIÉS, YOUR BUSINESS LAW FIRM IN FRANCE AND WORLDWIDEFor more than 25 years, Simon Associés has developed innovative legal solutions for its clients. Our 70+ expert attorneys organise into teams to meet the needs of your activity both on advisory and litigation matters.Simon Associés teams are located in Paris, Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes, Perpignan and Beijing.

Through Simon Avocats (15 cities in France) and Simon International (58 countries) networks, Simon Associés has established strong ties with renowned law firms and business partners, to assist you in France and worldwide.

• Compliance: Anti-corruption, Anti-Money Laundering, Trade Compliance

• Corporate, Financing, M&A / PE• Distribution, Competition, Consumer Products• Health, Life science & Product Liability• Insurance & Industrial Hazard• International• IP/IT, Data Protection, Innovation• Labor, HR• Litigation, Mediation, Arbitration• Real Estate, Construction, Leases• Restructuring, Insolvency

Multi-skilled Business Law Practice in counsel as well as in litigation

Asia/China Desk: Simon Associés has developed relations with China for more than 10 years. Our strong professional network and our partnership with Yingke Law Firm (9000 lawyers, 65 cities) guarantees our ability to assist clients in China and in several countries in Asia.

Africa Desk (10 countries): Simon Associés provides legal assistance to companies in French-speaking, English-speaking, and Portuguese-speaking Africa. Simon Associés has developed a privileged agreement with an agency specializing in development strategies from its hub located in Ivory Cost. This partnership increases the firm skills and coverage.

Simon International : 58 countries & 2 dedicated desks

Innovation-based Legal Solutions

Shared working methods:

• Collaborative tools: facilitating real-time relations on a case and preventing time-consuming exchanges (ie. on international matters);

• Electronic legal proceedings: electronic signature, RPVA, OPALEXE;• “Zero paper” solutions, etc.

Innovative Services:

• CMonDataProject: outsourced DPO services to help companies monitor GDPR compliance*.

*using Mission RGPD, a LegalTech co-developed with VISIATIV (renowned French software integrator).

• External innovation: Simon Associés holds shares in influential LegalTech companies, in a start-up Booster and a medium-size-company Booster.

Innovation Consulting:

• LegalTech consulting: Simon Associés advises companies on existing legal technologies*.

*using Simon Associés LegalTech Directory (Guide des LegalTech), compiled after meeting sessions with 140+ Legaltechs.

• Open-innovation / Digital Transformation consulting: Simon Associés provides legal advice to fit the company’s innovation strategy*

*Business incubators/accelerators/seedbeds; external growth; internal R&D/intrapreneurship, etc.

Partners

Nicolas Billon Stéphane Cavet

Fabrice Degroote Jack Demaison

Cyrille Garnier Olivia Lê Horovitz

Amélie Pinçon David Pitoun

Sandrine Richard Isabelle Robert-Védie

François-Luc Simon

Philippe Saigne

Jean-Charles Simon

Catherine Tamburini-Bonnefoy

Marie Robineau

Benoît Raimbert

Sophie Nayrolles

Anne-Laurence Faroux

Stéphanie De Giovanni

Cristelle Albaric

FRANCE - ASIA OFFICES• Paris • Nantes • Montpellier • Perpignan • Aix-en-Provence • Bordeaux • Caen • Clermont-Ferrand • Le Havre • Lyon • Marseille • Metz • Rouen • Saint-Denis de la Réunion • Saint-Etienne • Beijing (China)

SIMON INTERNATIONAL*• Algeria • Argentina • Armenia • Azerbaijan • Bahamas • Bahrain • Bangladesh • Belgium • Bolivia • Brazil • British Virgin Islands • Bulgaria • Cambodia • Cameroon • Chile • China • Colombia • Costa Rica • Cyprus • Dominican Republic • DR Congo • Egypt • El Salvador • Estonia • Guatemala • Honduras • Hungary • India • Indonesia • Iran • Italy • Ivory Coast • Kazakhstan • Kuwait • Luxembourg • Madagascar • Malta • Mauritius Island • Mexico • Morocco • Myanmar • Nicaragua • Oman • Panama • Paraguay • Peru • Portugal • Qatar • Senegal • Singapore • South Korea • Thailand • Tunisia • United Arab Emirates • United States of America • Uruguay • Venezuela • Vietnam *Strategic alliances

www.simonassocies.com

Head office:47, rue de Monceau - 75008 Paris

Tel: +33 (0)1 53 96 20 00 - Fax: +33 (0)1 53 96 20 01contact@simonassocies.com