Opening one’s capital, raising funds
Opening one’s capital is a strategic and entrepreneurial decision. First of all, it’s accepting to no longer be the sole owner of the company; it is also understanding the interest in securing the backing of a partner, usually financial.
The objective is often to finance external growth operations, the development of technologies, or setting up in new territories…
But, for the manager, it can also be make liquid part of his assets.
Our primary concern is to realise the financial leverage in a well-balanced manner to the best of the interests of the owner of the capital and the company itself; we ensure that the company has the means of its growth without “drying it out” through financial upturns to heavy to bear.
Our teams assist you throughout the process, from the definition of the various solutions, until the finalisation of the arrival of the funds.
Our answer
We are highly experienced in the following fields:
- definition of the manager’s and company’s objectives
- choice of the best possible leverage system
- optimisation manager’s personal taxation
- negotiation with the financial partners and other minority partners
- negotiation with the banking institutions
- legal, tax, social audit
- drafting of legal documents
- legal follow up of the management bodies
including whether it is a transfer between financiers, a family transfer, or a financing pool
The main fields of expertise concerned
Mergers Acquisitions
Company law
Tax law
Social law
Your privileged interlocutors
In Lyon
Alexandre BIDEAU
Jean-Pierre GITENAY
Michel MASOËRO
Vincent MEDAIL
Patrick VERGNOLE
In Paris
What you say about us...
« This delicate operation took place under the best possible conditions thanks to a team of lawyers who were available, quick to react, constantly seeking to break the stalemates by pragmatic solutions... »
The Managing Director of a small company working in the travel industry
“We saved a lot of time in the negotiations because my lawyers had a good knowledge of the specific area of bio-technologies.”
The Managing Director of a start-up
“The pragmatism of the advice given by LAMY LEXEL and the lawyers’ experience allowed the shareholders’ and management’s interests to be reconciled within a difficult context and a tight schedule.”.
The Regional Manager of a bank
