For small and mid-sized companies, their shareholders and their directors.
A lawyer practising throughout France.
A practice focused on the transactions that shape the life of a company, carried on throughout France, with the rigour acquired in international firms and the closeness of an independent structure.
From the letter of intent to closing: due diligence, sale and purchase agreement, warranty and indemnity agreement (garantie d'actif et de passif), completion deed, LBO. We run the transaction from end to end.
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Bank debt, private debt, bond issues. Structured documentation that secures the transaction.
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Prevention, conciliation (confidential negotiation with creditors under the supervision of the court), sauvegarde (court-opened protection for a company that is not yet insolvent), debt restructuring. Coming through the winter, preserving the business and its director.
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Contractual escrow on a CARPA account, the regulated client account of the French Bar. The funds are held and the release conditions written down.
Find out moreSelves & Godesque is a business law firm founded by Martin Estanove, member of the Paris Bar. The firm, set up in 2025, draws on a practice in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and finance acquired within French and international firms.
The firm advises companies, their shareholders and their directors on the transactions that commit the business: sale, acquisition and business transfer (M&A), leveraged buy-out (LBO), debt raising, turnaround. It works in a small team, with a single point of contact from the first call to signature.
About the firmLBO transactions, acquisitions of property-rich companies, asset acquisitions: a selection of transactions on which Martin Estanove has acted.
See the transactions we have completed