Boissard & Deraison Avocats


Law firm dedicated to business law, corporate law-M&A and financial services law

Welcome to the website of Boissard & Deraison Avocats

Cabinet Boissard, Paris

If you are a company, a group of companies or a start-up located in or outside France

If you are looking for a business law firm specialized, inter alia, in Corporate - M&A and Financial Services law to:

  • advise and assist you on any specific or recurring legal, regulatory and compliance issues
  • start legal proceeding or defend you before a French court

With more than 25 years of experience in business law, Boissard & Deraison Avocats can assist you.

Read about:

  • who we are
  • what are our activities
  • how we work

And contact us.

About the Firm

Boissard & Deraison Avocats is an independent French law firm.

The firm was created by Emmanuel Boissard and Thibault Deraison with a view to offering reactive and high quality legal services to meet clients’ needs and expectations. Our advice is based on a pragmatic approach and an understanding of our clients’ strategy.

The firm covers the following areas of business law:

Business law
  • Corporate law
  • M&A
  • Corporate Governance
  • Commercial law
Financial services law
  • Banking services
  • Payment services
  • Insurance – Insurance distribution
  • Investment services – Asset management
  • Insurance, banking, and financial intermediaries
  • Investment in miscellaneous assets – Crowdfunding service provider
  • Financing

Boissard & Deraison Avocats is ranked by Leaders League (Décideurs Magazine) among the best law firms in France in the Financial Services (Regulatory) category under "Strong Reputation"

Founding principles of the firm

The Firm guarantees to its clients:

  • a total involvement in the care of their issues and the defence of their interests
  • the highest standards of quality of services provided
Correspondents of Boissard & Deraison Avocats

In order to deliver the best assistance to clients, Boissard & Deraison Avocats works in cooperation with carefully selected experts in their fields and which share the same founding principles, in particular for the following matters:

  • tax law
  • labour and employment law
  • IPIT law
  • real estate law
  • restructuring and insolvency law
  • accounting expertise

Emmanuel Boissard

Emmanuel Boissard Avocat

Emmanuel Boissard began his career in 1995 with the law firm Ader Jolibois & Associés. Trained by challenging and attentive senior lawyers, he worked for 5 years on both transactional and litigation matters. He dealt with various areas of business law - corporate, commercial, real estate, stock exchange, security, insolvency, employment and white-collar crime.

In 2000, he joined Arthur Andersen as manager and specialized in corporate law and M&A. He worked on advisory assignments leading a team of junior lawyers.

From 2003 to 2014, Emmanuel worked for the law firm of Ernst & Young. He was promoted to Executive Director in 2010. He led complex assignments in corporate law, M&A and corporate governance, working closely with other experts in law, accounting and advisory fields. In addition, he held internal functions for EY, in particular as quality and risk management leader.

Emmanuel Boissard works in French and English.

Education
  • Member of the Paris Bar (1994)
  • Postgraduate degree in French Business Law, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (1988 – 1993)
  • Master's degree in History, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (1988 – 1991)
  • Literature and Philosophy Preparatory Studies, Janson de Sailly, Paris (1986 – 1988)
Lecturer
  • Telecom Paris, Essec: lecturer in business law (Practice of SAS, Drafting shareholders’ agreement, M&A)
  • Legal Expert for ParisTech Incubator

Thibault Deraison

Thibault Deraison Avocat

Thibault Deraison started his legal career in 2000 at Archibald Andersen, which was to become Ernst & Young Société d’Avocats.

He specializes in financial services law (banking, financial, and insurance regulation) and assists his clients, particularly with the creation or transformation of regulated entities, the distribution of services and/or products, the drafting of general terms and conditions, the simplification of legal structure of regulated group entities, the establishment of partnerships, and financing arrangements. In addition to providing legal advice and drafting pre-contractual and contractual documentation, he helps his clients ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

Thibault works in French and English.

Education
  • Member of the Paris Bar (CAPA)
  • ICN Nancy Business School
  • DJCE - DESS (post-graduate degree) in Business Law and Taxation (Nancy II University)
  • Master's in Business Law (Paris II Assas University)
Lecturer
  • EFE, 27 April 2017 : "PRIIPs: What does the Key Information Document (KID) look like?"
  • EFE, 26 November 2015, "MiFID 2 – Product Governance"
  • EY breakfast, 12 June 2014, "MiFID2 & IMD2: Impacts of inducements on the distribution model of financial products";
  • Club Banque, 25 March 2013, "Presentation on PRIPs draft regulation - The key information document: what products, what content and what liability?"
  • University of Maine, 23 November 2012, "Presentation on the main characteristics of portfolio transfers in insurance law"
  • EFE, 30 March 2011, "Distribution agreements between insurance companies and insurance intermediaries"

Practice Areas

Business law

Corporate law
  • share capital operations, fund raising, issuing complex securities
  • merger, partial contribution of assets, legal entity rationalization
  • arranging the legal affairs of companies: incorporation, company secretarial work, winding-up
Private Equity - Merger & Acquisition
  • acquisition, disposal and transfer of companies
  • partnership, shareholders' agreement, joint-venture
  • LBO, MBO, OBO
  • due diligence, vendor due diligence
Corporate governance
  • management and supervisory boards
  • special committee
  • compliance
  • risk management
Commercial Law
  • business transactions sales and acquisitions
  • commercial contracts

Financial services law

Bank, payment institution, investment firm, crowdfunding service provider, portfolio management company, insurance company
  • Applications for authorizations, extensions of authorizations, and withdrawals of authorizations with supervisory authorities
  • Rules of conduct, including client protection
  • Compliance reviews and assistance with the operational transposition of new regulations
  • General terms of service with clients (investment advice, discretionary management, etc.) and distribution agreements with partners
  • Assistance during inspections by supervisory authorites
Simplification of the Legal Structure of Regulated Groups and Regulated Partnerships (across all sectors)
  • Simplification of the legal structure of regulated groups (mergers, asset contributions, portfolio transfers, etc.)
  • Partnerships involving regulated activities
  • Legal due diligence report
Insurance, Banking, and Finance Intermediaries (IFA, tied agents, insurance intermediaries, credit intermediaries, miscellaneous investment intermediaries, etc.)
  • Professional obligations of each financial intermediary status
  • Pre-contractual and contractual documentation with clients
  • Anti-money laundering requirements
Financing
  • Corporate, real estate and acquisition transactions
  • Simple or complex bond securities
  • Guarantees and securities related to financing

Fees

Fees are always agreed in an engagement letter specifying the services to be provided and the amount of fees or the fees determination framework including possible expenses.

Fees can be billed on the following basis:

  • a hourly rate
  • a fixed fee
  • a subscription at a preferential and lower rate

Addtionnaly, a success fee may be agreed.

Paris

Contact - Interns

Interns: if you are looking for an internship and hold a post-graduate law degree (Master 2, DJCE, IEP, etc.), do not hesitate to send us your CV.


Boissard & Deraison Avocats

9 rue Alfred de Vigny, 75008 Paris

Emmanuel Boissard Avocat

Thibault Deraison Avocat

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