Paris Partners Olivier de Vilmorin and Arnaud Berdou co-authored the France: Trends and Developments chapter of the latest edition of Chambers’ Equity Finance Global Practice Guide. The authors analyze trends and developments across French equity markets, noting that “[t]aken together, the recent regulatory and practice trends in France show a market in movement.”
“Issuers and investors are experimenting with new formats, testing the flexibility of the reformed framework and diversifying the ways in which capital can be raised, from public IPOs to private rounds, and transatlantic dual listings to strategic reserved issuances,” they write. “The challenge is now less about regulation and more about seizing the opportunities in an environment where sponsors are also taking advantage of abundant dry powder to implement take-private transactions.”
Read the chapter.