Bremens Avocats Notaires strengthens its employment law department with the arrival of Florence Geneletti as a partner in the Lyon office in the Cité Internationale.
“I was looking for a new professional challenge and a cross-disciplinary approach to legal matters. At the same time, Bremens was looking to expand its employment practice. Our plans came together at just the right time. I’m delighted to be joining Bremens Avocats as a partner, alongside Valentine Hollier-Roux, whose practices and ambitions are of the highest quality.
After initial experience as a litigator before the labour courts working alongside companies for eight years in a Lyon-based law firm, Florence Geneletti set up her own practice in 2015. A specialist in labor law since 2013, Florence Geneletti now supports VSEs/SMEs by meeting their day-to-day and strategic needs, both in consulting and litigation, in labor law and social security law.
Valentine Hollier-Roux, partner in charge of employment law at Bremens Avocats, is “delighted to welcome Florence Geneletti as a new partner, whose expertise and know-how are a real added value for the team and the firm”.
Bremens Avocats, with offices in Lyon and Paris, now has 16 partners.
We are delighted to announce that Jean-Pierre VIENNOIS, the founding partner of BREMENS | AVOCATS, was honored by the British magazine Lawyer Monthly as Lawyer of the year 2023, for France, in the Financial Law category (https://www.lawyer-monthly.com).
The purpose of the 1% Mont Blanc Endowment Fund (Fonds de dotation) (https://www.unpourcentmontblanc.com) is to support actions that enhance the region, the development of social and family ties, and economic and cultural initiatives in the Mont Blanc valleys.
BREMENS helped structure the project and set up the endowment fund. The team consisted of Marie ABBE (associate) and Jean-Pierre VIENNOIS (partner).
The firm had the pleasure of designing and creating the structure, raising 20 million euros from investors and investing the sums in various private equity transactions.
Structuring, equity transactions, financial law aspects: Jean-Pierre VIENNOIS, partner, Bertrand DUTAILLY and Joana PIPERNO, associates.
Equity investments:
– due diligence and other corporate law procedures: Serge CAMBIE, partner, Noémie POUGNET, associate.
– real estate due diligence: Rodolphe AUBOYER, partner, Léa ROQUETTE, associate.
BREMENS | AVOCATS was pleased to support investors LIFTT S.p.A., Crédit Agricole LHL Capital Innovation and UI Investissement – Metropoles Innovations in their acquisition of a stake in PrediSurge, a French company developing a precision medicine platform to help doctors better plan endovascular procedures.
PrediSurge raised €4,000,000 in its Series A financing round.
Bremens Avocats’ teams for this transaction included :
– M&A due diligence and legal advice: Serge CAMBIE (partner) and Anaïs FORTIN (associate),
– Social due diligence: Valentine HOLLIER-ROUX (partner) and Elodie DUBUY (associate),
– Tax due diligence: Thibault PILA (associate),
– Industrial property due diligence: Nicolas BOUCHE (associate).
The European Innovation Council (EIC) was advised by Eversheds Sutherland, LIFTT S.p.A. was also advised, for Italian legal aspects, by Sani Zangrando (Italian law firm), and, McDermott Will & Emery advised PrediSurge.”
At the Palmarès du droit, Lyon 2023, organized by the magazine Le Monde du Droit and the Association Française des Juristes Conseils d’Entreprises (AFJCE), held at Lyon’s Hôtel Intercontinental on November 9, BREMENS received awards in five disciplines:
1. Banking Finance Insurance (gold medal)
2. Wealth Management (gold medal)
3. Corporate Law – Mergers & Acquisitions – Private Equity (Silver Medal)
4. Health Law (Silver Medal)
5. Labor Law (Bronze Medal)
These excellent results have earned the firm the title of Law Firm of the Year 2023.
We are delighted to receive this award, just a few weeks before our firm celebrates its fifth anniversary.
We would like to thank our clients for their confidence.
BREMENS | AVOCATS was well represented at the Run In Lyon 2023.
Congratulations to our 22 athletes who wore the Bremens colors over the 10km and Half Marathon!
Another great day of conviviality between our team.
WORDS FROM THE EXPERTS :
BREMENS | AVOCATS had a staff of 51 at the beginning of March 2023, including 32 lawyers (14 of whom are partners) and 2 legal experts. In 2022, the firm generated sales of 6.7 million euros. Including the performance of its notary partners, it has just under 150 staff (including 30 partners) and sales in excess of 20 million euros. The structural integration of multiple professional complementarities and cutting-edge sector knowledge characterizes its unique positioning in France.
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BREMENS | AVOCATS, Jérôme LUCAS team, assisted ECLAIREMENT DESENFUMAGE AERATION – EDA in its transfer to CAPELIA.
We would like to thank the seller and the manager for trusting us to organize the sale and their reinvestment alongside CAPELIA.
ECLAIREMENT DESENFUMAGE AERATION – EDA is a fine SME based in Isère, specializing in the installation of zenithal lighting, smoke extraction and ventilation equipment for industrial premises.
Congratulations to them.
“Jérôme LUCAS team has been working with us for several years, and has once again proved its professionalism and responsiveness. Pierre S. (the seller)”
“BREMENS | AVOCATS proved its efficiency in organizing the round table and negotiating the shareholders’ agreement, which were new issues for me. Damien T. (manager)”
BREMENS | AVOCATS participated in the XVIIIe congress of the Association of European Attorneys in Vienna (25th & 26th May 2023).
