Frederic Moreau
Partner
Paris
Frederic Moreau
Partner
Paris
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Frédéric has wide experience of public and private M&A transactions, both international and domestic. He has experience in a wide range of commercial and corporate finance matters including public takeovers, private acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, strategic investments, reorganisations and general corporate work. Frédéric is recognised by major legal directories as a leading M&A lawyer in France.
Leading Individual
Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - France (Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A))
"Frédéric Moreau has excellent interpersonal skills, great technical expertise, and remarkable finesse in analysis and understanding of business issues."
Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - France (Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A))
Leading Individual
Legal 500 EMEA 2022 - France (Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
"Frédéric Moreau has excellent interpersonal skills, great technical expertise, and remarkable finesse in analysis and understanding of business issues."
Legal 500 EMEA 2022 - France (Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
Highly regarded - IFLR 1000 2021 - France (M&A)
"Frédéric Moreau leads the team and has a focus on securities law, handling both public and private M&A. His work of late has involved divestments, corporate restructurings and the establishment of new companies." CHAMBERS EUROPE 2018 - France (Corporate/M&A)
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
Post Graduate Degree, Business Law, University of Paris II Panthéon Assas, 1994
LL.M, King's College London, 1991
Master of laws (Maîtrise en Droit), University of Paris X Nanterre, 1990
Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, 1989
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Qualifications
Professional
Academic
Post Graduate Degree, Business Law, University of Paris II Panthéon Assas, 1994
LL.M, King's College London, 1991
Master of laws (Maîtrise en Droit), University of Paris X Nanterre, 1990
Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, 1989
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Other noteworthy experience
Advising:
- Represent international pipeline services company in its non-judicial restructuring of approximately $150 million in secured debt, including through an equity investment and a new secured credit facility.
Published work
- Moreau F, Maison-Blanche C, Refonte du régime de déclaration de franchissement de seuils : de la détention potentielle à la détention virtuelle, Option Finance, n° 1190, October 2012
- Moreau. F, Maison-Blanche. C, Période de pré-offre publique : éclairage et réflextions pratiques, Revue Bimestrielle LexisNexis Jurisclasseur, 2011
- Le nouveau régime de contrôle des interventions sur les titres visés par une offre publique, Fusions & Acquisitions magazine, 2010
- Moreau. F, Loy. M, "Réflexions autour de la procédure de reconnaissance mutuelle en matière d’offre publique d’acquisition", Revue de Droit Bancaire et Financier, 2008
- Co–author, La transposition de la directive OPA : une nouvelle manifestation de "patriotisme économique"?, Agefi.fr, September 2006.
- Le projet de directive relative aux offres publiques d’acquisition, Option Finance, 2004
- Co–author, Gouvernement d'Entreprise - la Commission consulte les professionnels, Option Finance, 2004.
- Co–author, La Commission poursuit son œuvre d'harmonisation des pratiques de corporate governance, Option Finance, 2004.
- Co–author, L'entrée en vigueur du règlement européen sur le rachat d'actions : quelles conséquences pour les entreprises ?, Option Finance, 2004.
- Co–author, Les conventions réglementées : ce que la loi NRE a changé, Option Finance, 2002.
