Catégorie: Practices

Joffe & Associés advises its clients on the structuring and implementation of bond financing transactions, particularly in the real estate sector. This solution enables developers, property companies, and real estate traders to raise funds from investors without relying exclusively on bank financing.

Our team assists issuers throughout every stage of the financing process:

– Legal and tax structuring of the financing;

– Drafting and negotiation of contractual documentation (issuance agreements, pledges, potential shareholder agreements at the SPV level, etc.);

– Securing interests (trusts, mortgages, etc.); and

– Regulatory compliance.

We also support investors by conducting in-depth legal and financial risk analysis and structuring appropriate guarantees to protect their interests. Our team collaborates closely with notary offices and fiduciary firms to best assist our clients in their investment projects.

With recognized expertise in financial and real estate law, Joffe & Associés ensures the optimization and security of bond financing transactions. Our pragmatic approach and deep understanding of real estate sector challenges enable us to effectively support our clients in their financing and investment projects.

Our Restructuring team advises and litigates on all issues relating to the restructuring, safeguarding, acquisition and sale of distressed SMEs and mid-sized companies.

Thanks to our multidisciplinary approach, we work closely with the firm’s other departments (corporate and M&A law, financing law, labor law, intellectual property law, real estate/commercial leases, competition law, public law and tax law) to offer our clients comprehensive support at every stage of their corporate restructuring operations.

We work with French and international companies in a wide range of sectors, including luxury goods, industry, technology, energy and finance. As a result, we are accustomed to guiding our foreign clients through the specificities of restructuring in a French context.

In particular, our specialized restructuring lawyers can assist and advise you in the following areas

• Preventing business difficulties (safeguard, conciliation, etc.);
• Financial, industrial or social restructuring operations;
• Crisis litigation;
• Insolvency proceedings (safeguard, reorganization, liquidation, etc.)
• Distressed M&A operations.

Our team is involved in all stages of your digital projects.

Our team has developed a strong expertise in IT, telecommunications and digital technology law and is particularly involved in legal engineering, drafting, auditing and negotiating all types of contracts (contracts for the development of IT solutions), contracts for the deployment of IT or telecommunications networks, SaaS contracts, ERP integration, maintenance, facilities management, outsourcing operations, blockchain, software licence contracts, databases, cloud computing, etc.) as well as in the context of IT disputes (failure of IT projects, software counterfeiting, cybersecurity, etc.).

We also assist our clients in the development of all their activities on the Internet (e-commerce, referencing on marketplaces, online games, implementation of payment methods, legal audit of websites, liability issues, regulations applicable to the web and social networks, domain name conflicts, defence of e-reputation, digital marketing…).

Rankings

Legal 500 – IT and Internet: TIER 4

• “Emilie de Vaucresson is very professional, responsive, and always up-to-date on the latest reforms in a rapidly changing sector. I highly recommend her.”
• “This team stands out for its cohesion, agility, and solid market expertise, enabling it to adapt quickly to client needs. It boasts significant strengths such as close client relationships, proven experience on complex projects, and a reliable professional network.“
• “Compared to its competitors, it positions itself as a trusted partner, differentiated by a customized approach and above-average responsiveness.”
• “Excellent expertise in IP, business law and contract law, very good understanding of the challenges of our company and sector, and legal negotiation in French as well as English. The team inspires great confidence and is very client-oriented.”
• “This team distinguishes itself through its legal excellence, ethical rigour, and attentive listening skills. It provides pragmatic and innovative solutions, combining technical expertise with strategic vision. Compared to its peers, it stands out for its client focus, international reach, and use of new technologies.”
• “Emilie De Vaucresson plays an indispensable role and has established herself as a strategic partner for us, thanks to the quality of her analyses, reviews, and advice.”

Our team is involved in the protection of personal data and assists its clients in complying with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) as well as in the contractual management of personal data processing, particularly in a cross-border context.

As such, we advise both a clientele of professionals in these industries (telecom operators, software solution publishers, technological hardware manufacturers, tech start-ups, etc.), and a clientele of user companies.

Trained in the techniques and ethical tools of mediation, our team regularly intervenes in the context of mediations as accompanying lawyers.

Véronique Dahan also practises mediation as a mediator and is a CMAP graduate.

Mediation is an amicable, confidential, rapid and cost-effective dispute resolution process.

It is an alternative to litigation and can be set up if the parties so wish, in all conflict situations and at any time of the dispute (before, during or after).

The mediator, a neutral, independent and impartial third party, is appointed by the parties, assisted by their lawyers, to help them find “their” solution to the dispute between them.

Our team offers a comprehensive range of services in intellectual property law, covering trademarks and domain names, designs and models, copyright, software, databases, patents and related issues of image rights and unfair competition/parasitism.

We serve clients in all sectors, in both advisory and litigation capacities:

• Implementation of strategies to protect intangible assets and innovation, particularly in relation to artificial intelligence (prior art searches, filing formalities, opposition procedures, rights portfolio management, monitoring);
• Drafting and negotiation of all contracts relating to intellectual property (licenses, assignments, franchises, coexistence agreements, know-how transfers, R&D, co-ownership agreements, pledges, trusts, NFT, metaverse, etc.).
• Defending our clients in pre-litigation (seizure and counterfeiting), counterfeiting litigation (notably in collaboration with customs authorities), trademark forfeiture, software piracy, emergency measures, image rights and cybersquatting.
• Drafting and filing of applications for customs action, assistance with customs detentions and product destruction.
• Valuing and auditing intellectual property portfolios.

Lastly, having been seconded to our customers’ legal departments, our team has a pragmatic view of the issues at stake, with a resolutely business-oriented approach.

Rankings

Legal 500 – Copyright: TIER 2

Legal 500 – Copyright: Véronique Dahan – Next generation partner

• “A very responsive and innovative team in finding solutions.”
• “Maître Dahan is our main contact and we are fully satisfied in all areas, particularly her availability.”

Legal 500 – Trade marks and designs: TIER 3

Legal 500 – Trade marks and designs – Véronique Dahan – Leading partner

Involved in our clients’ strategic organizational or reorganisation operations, we support them, both upstream in their strategic thinking phase and in the structuring and then implementation of their projects, thanks to our transversal and global approach (optimization of the operational, human, accounting, financial and administrative organization).

We advise on the development and coordination of the restructuring plan to secure its successful completion, by providing an in-depth analysis of the planned operation and by drafting the legal documentation required for its implementation (structure, legal and tax impact memos,etc.).

We also advise and assist our clients in the social aspects of their reorganisation operations to define the legal framework (company transfers, workforce reductions, etc.), prepare the consultation/negotiation phases of employee representatives (prior audit, economic note, PDV, RCC, PSE, search for buyers, creation of dedicated teams including consulting firms specialised in payroll, reclassification, revitalisation and/or communication), support consultations/negotiations, and the implementation of decided reorganisation measures.

We provide a solution adapted to each operation according to its specificities in terms of governance, anticipation of exits, possible blocking situations and their management.

Always looking for the right balance, we advise on the organisation of relations between partners and managers and establish the necessary documentation for the implementation and sustainability of projects.

Joffe & Associés has a team of experienced lawyers who advise clients at every stage in the life of the investment funds they manage.

We assist our clients with the structuring, creation, documentation and distribution of investment funds, whether regulated or not, open-ended or closed-ended, French or foreign, based in France, Europe or offshore.

Our team advises institutional investors and asset managers on all aspects of financial regulation, as well as on their primary and secondary investments in funds and investment portfolios, and on industry-related M&A transactions. Our team is also involved in lobbying and financial regulatory litigation.

Our team has an office in London and an extensive network of correspondents in the Financial Services and Asset Management sector, and works closely with J&A’s Tax and Corporate/Private Equity team.

Rankings

Legal 500 – Funds formation: TIER 4

• “Strong expertise in private equity, responsiveness, and proactive approach.”
• “I work directly with Olivier Dumas, who meets our expectations.”
• “Responsive, friendly, and efficient. Reasonably priced.”
• “A very precise team in its recommendations, truly seeking the best for its clients. A capacity for innovation and proposing original solutions.”

Joffe & Associés advises executives, professionals, individuals, and companies on strategic planning and tax compliance, particularly in relation to income tax and wealth tax (IFI). The firm is involved in the structuring and transfer of both professional and private assets (holding companies, share contributions, Dutreil agreements, disposals), as well as in optimizing real estate and international taxation (expatriates/inbound assignees).

The team also assists its clients at every stage of tax audits and litigation, including representation before administrative and judicial courts, and supports them with advance tax rulings.

In corporate taxation, the firm advises small businesses, SMEs, mid-sized companies, and international groups on managing both routine and complex tax matters: structuring and restructuring, external growth transactions, fundraising, management incentive plans, VAT, transfer pricing, tax credits, and establishing operations in France.

 

Our mastery of all aspects of public business law and regulated sectors enables us to advise private operators, state-owned companies, local authorities, EPCIs and other public or semi-public structures in the exercise of their own prerogatives and contractual relations.

We advise and litigate on behalf of a number of network industries, with a particular focus on energy, public transport and electronic communications.

On a daily basis, the team deals with issues relating to public procurement, public domaniality, local authority financing, town planning regulations and state aid law.

Rankings

Chambers and Partners – Public law : BAND 4

Legal 500 – Administrative and public law: TIER 4