Announcement - New member of The Lawyer Network in Switzerland

De Gaulle Fleurance strengthens its capacity to support cross-border operations with an office in Geneva 🇨🇭 Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron, partner, will lead De Gaulle Fleurance Geneva and will lead a team of 5 people. Switzerland is known for its banks; Its economy is also based on its industry, particularly precision industries. Franco-Swiss exchanges are important. Switzerland is the 2nd largest foreign investor in France and its 9th largest trading partner, while France is Switzerland's 5th largest trading partner and the 3rd largest foreign employer in the same country. More generally, Switzerland attracts investors from all over the world, particularly from the EMEA region. With 25 years of experience, Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron has been admitted to the Geneva Bar for several years and is classified in Chambers Global as a Foreign Lawyer. He advises companies setting up in Europe on the structuring of their investments from abroad, particularly from the United Arab Emirates. Its activity focuses on the cross-border operations of economic actors "Relying on a French firm of reference, full service, like De Gaulle Fleurance is strategic at our stage of development. This will allow us to complete our range of services, particularly in terms of regulatory and cryptoassets.  TRAINING : Harvard Business School Business Law Master’s Degree, Postgraduate Diploma (DJCE), (DESS) in Business Law and Corporate Taxation (University of Lyon III) Certificate in specialised studies in tax law (University of Montpellier) Master’s Degree in Business Law (Paris II, Pantheon-Assas University) Trust Estate Practitioners (TEP) MEMBER OF : International Fiscal Association (IFA) International Business Structuring Association (IBSA) Society of Trust Estate Practitioners (STEP) EXPERTISE Taxation of mergers and acquisitions Tax management of international companies Litigation & tax audits Asset taxation SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCES Assistance to sevral families of reference shareholders and ETIs in the context of the evolution of their governance and tax structuring issues. Structuration of the operations of various private equity funds (York Capital Management, Sun Capital, One Equity, Apollo Global Management) in particular, in connection with their various investments in Europe. Assistance to the restructuring of the family shareholding of one of the main French listed private equity groups Advised Publicis Groupe in connection with several cross-border acquisition transactions in Europe, Asia and North America. Assistance to one of the leading French real estate development groups and its key management shareholders. Counsel to the Webedia group in connection with various acquisitions in France and abroad (Europe and North America). Advised IGRAAL, the leading cashback company in France, and its managing shareholders in its sale to M6. Assistance to the INSEEC group, European leader in higher education. Assistance to one of the world’s leading energy producers in connection with the development of its activities in Switzerland. Assistance to leading Swiss shareholder families in the transfer of their assets in Switzerland and the European Union. Assistance to a Franco-Swiss family in a significant Franco-Swiss succession. Assistance to the world’s leading trade show organisation group. Assistance to a world leader in construction activities in connection with its Franco-Swiss business. Assistance to several leading French insurance groups in connection with the structuring of their Franco-Swiss acquisitions.