Hortense

Hortense D’Avout

Senior Lawyer

Associated expertise

Corporate law and financing
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Hortense d'Avout has been a lawyer since 2006. She assists groups of companies of all sizes in their strategic operations of external growth, fund raising and structuring. She is also involved in the international expansion of corporate groups. Hortense d'Avout has developed a particular expertise in assisting managers in the structuring of their group and their shareholders in France and abroad, the entry/exit of investors as well as the setting up of financing. She also assists her clients in the implementation of shareholder incentive schemes. She also advises on stock exchange law issues.

Experiences

  • Since 2017

    Senior Lawyer , Aklea

    Corporate law and Financing Department

  • 2009- 2017

    Associate, Aklea

    Corporate law and Financing Department

  • 2007-2008

    Associate, Bignon Lebray & Associes

    Corporate law and Financing Department

  • 2006

    Associate, CVS

    Corporate law and Financing Department

Education

  • 2003

    Master II Business Law University of Paris II Panthéon Assas,

  • 1998-2002

    Master I University of Paris II Panthéon Assas,

Expertises

  • Corporate

    • creation of companies (in France and abroad), annual corporate monitoring (intra-group agreements, remuneration, AGM/Board meeting, etc.), restructuring operations (TUP, merger, partial contribution of assets)

  • External growth

    • acquisition audits, assistance in the negotiation of documentation (confidentiality agreement, LOI, acquisition protocols, guarantees), implementation of growths (acquisition of companies or businesses)

  • Financing

    • assistance in negotiating financing contracts (bank, bonds), preparation of legal documentation and assistance in implementation

  • Shareholding

    • drafting and negotiation of shareholders' agreements and investment contracts, advice and support in the context of the entry or exit of shareholders and in the implementation of mechanisms for sharing capital gains; advice and support in the implementation of tools for capital incentives (free shares, BSPCE, stock options, etc.)

  • Stock exchange law

    • advice on the monitoring of listed holdings

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Sectors of activity

Hortense d'Avout assists French and international groups, their subsidiaries as well as SMEs and ETIs in various economic sectors :

  • Insurance brokerage
  • Services
  • Computer Science
  • Pharmaceutical