Marc Castagnede
Partner
Paris
Marc Castagnede
Partner
Paris
Contact details
Marc specialises in mergers and acquisitions as well as private equity for listed and not-listed companies, financial institutions and investment funds.
Marc is a recognised practitioner by « Best Lawyers » since 2010 in Banking and Finance Law, Capital Markets Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law with a specific focus on Equity.
Band 2
Chambers Global/Europe 2023 - France (Corporate / M&A)
Marc Castagnède is well versed in a broad range of M&A transactions. He acts for French and international corporates as well as financial institutions and life sciences companies.
"He is easygoing, understands what the customer needs and is easy to work with. He is also a deal maker - he can bring two parties together to reach an agreement."
Chambers Global/Europe 2023 - France (Corporate / M&A)
Band 2
Chambers Global/Europe 2022 - France (Corporate / M&A)
"Marc Castagnède is well versed in a broad range of M&A transactions. He acts for French and international corporates as well as financial institutions. Clients comment: "He is a very good lawyer, he stays calm in all situations and he understands quickly the business aspects."
Leading Individual
Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - France (M&A)
Marc Castagnède and Romy Richter are a class double act.’
Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - France (Private Equity : LBO)
Leading Individual
Legal 500 EMEA 2022 - France (M&A)
"Marc Castagnède is excellent in his field, a good negotiator, subtle and fair, and develops real strategies."
Highly regarded
IFLR 1000 2021 - France (Capital Markets: Equity, M&A, Private Equity)
Expertise
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Qualifications
Professional
Academic
LLM, Harvard Law School, 1994
Post Graduate Degree, Business and Economic Law, University of Paris I, 1991
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Expertise
Practices
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Qualifications
Professional
Academic
LLM, Harvard Law School, 1994
Post Graduate Degree, Business and Economic Law, University of Paris I, 1991
Published work
Faut-il imposer un seuil de renonciation dans les offres publiques volontaires, Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Financier, March 2011Bidders, Expect Regulatory Action, International Financial Law Review, p. 27 and seq., September 2008
Programmes de Rachat : Légitimité ou Suspicion ?, Les Echos, 12 December 2004
PPP's in France: At a Turning Point, Privatisation & Public Private Partnership Review 2004/2005, 1 June 2004
France/US Comparison: Shareholder Voting Rights, European Financial Services Regulation, 1 November 2003
