When the shares of a company are transferred from one party to another, the purchaser usually makes representations and warranties that are designed to cover any post-transfer increase in liabilities or decrease in assets, provided that the cause or the origin of this increase or decrease dates back to the period prior to the transfer. […]
The Finance Bill for 2017 introduces amendments to the tax and social regime applicable to free shares, and backtracks on some provisions laid down by the so-called “Macron” reform dated August 6, 2015. This shift in policy provides the opportunity to review the legal, tax and social regime governing the allocation of free shares under […]
Adopted by the French Parliament on November 8, 2016, the Law on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernization of the economy, commonly referred to as the “Sapin II Law” (the “Law”) “is intended [according to the French Government], more than 20 years after the Law no. 93- 122 of January 29, 1993 on […]
Law n°2011-103 of January 27, 2011 on balanced representation of men and women on boards of directors and supervisory boards and on gender equality in the workplace, also known as the “Copé-Zimmermann” Law, provides for the phased introduction of a greater gender diversity in boards of directors of large French companies. The last stage of […]
Ordinance n°2016-131 of February 10, 2016 for the reform of contract law, the general regime of obligations and proof of obligations (the “Ordinance”) came into force on October 1, 2016. One of the innovative provisions introduced by the reform is codified in new Article 1161 of the French Civil Code under which a so-called “contract […]
Introduced by Ordinance n°2016-131 of February 10, 2016, the French contract law reform has just entered into force. Even though much has already been said and written about it[1], the impact of the reform on M&A transactions remained to be studied. Although not revolutionary (even if it codifies the theory of unforeseeability, long overlooked by […]