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Firm Profile

Vatier & Associés is a 26-lawyer firm, including 13 partners, offering a broad range of legal services to French and foreign businesses, property companies, institutions, managers and the self- employed as well as private clients.

Vatier & Associés has relationships with law firms with additional areas of practice. In this connection, Vatier & Associés has gained significant access to international resources by becoming a member of The International Society of Primerus Law Firms, with its large number of member firms, selected for their expertise, making it possible to put together high level

Cecile Gilliet

drafting and negotiation of international industrial and commercial contracts.

Specialised in business transactions, company law and commercial law, Cécile Gilliet assists and advises her clients in all operational aspects of their activities.

Her practice covers in the main part mergers and acquisitions, private equity, restructuring and start ups, as well as the

Cécile Gilliet assists her clients in all stages of their transactions: confidentiality and exclusivity agreements, offer letters, due diligence, structuring, drafting and negotiation of relevant documents (SPA's, financing instruments, shareholder agreements, issuance of composite securities, industrial and commercial contracts relating thereto, management incentive schemes, warranties), implementation of transactions and post-closing matters.

She acts not only for listed companies but for mid-sized and smaller businesses, in the domestic and international markets.

Called to the bar in 2001, Cécile Gilliet comes from first rate firms: Bredin Prat then Latham & Watkins, Paris.

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transnational teams to meet client needs. The firm has opened an office in Brussels, in order to be on top of European issues.

Vatier & Associés acts in most areas of law affecting businesses and provides a broad spectrum of areas of practice in legal and tax matters. The firm advises and accompanies businesses from their inception, through their development and expansion, as well as in the organization of their legal, tax and employment environments.

Vatier & Associés has specialized teams dealing in bankruptcy, corporate law, as

well as arbitration and litigation. The firm also deals in property (construction and leases), white collar crime, commercial law (consumer and competition law) and health services. Vatier & Associés works with private businesses and institutions as well as public agencies and individuals in litigated and non-litigated matters and before all French jurisdictions.

Vatier & Associés offers a high level of competence in its various practice areas with a view to respond efficiently to the major needs of its clients. It reputation is a guarantee of the quality of the work.

Areas of Expertise • Principal practice areas • Business law • Mergers & Acquisitions • Private equity • Company law • International • Foreign direct investment • Commercials contracts • Reorganisation

Contact:

Cécile Gilliet Partner Vatier & Associés, 12 rue d’Astorg Paris 8ème

Tel : +33 (0)1 53 43 15 55 Fax : +33 (0)1 53 43 09 70

Email : c.gilliet@vatier-associes.com Website: www.vatier-associes.com

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