FRANCE IS ABOUT TO TOUGHEN THE LEGAL REGIME APPLICABLE TO FOREIGN INVESTMENTS

The Action Plan for Business Growth and Transformation (the “PACTE”), a new law which is set to pass in France by early 2019, provides for the expansion of the 2014 decree related to foreign investments subject to prior authorization by the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. This 2014 decree already requires foreign investors, seeking […]

Hervé de KervasdouéPartner, BG2V

Log Book No. 118 – October 2018

Schedule of labor courts compensation : conformity to article 10 of convention No. 158 of the International Labor Organization. In a judgement delivered on 26 September 2018, the Labor court of Le Mans ruled on the conventionality of the schedules of compensation in case of dismissal without real and serious cause, provided for at article L. […]

Lionel ParairePartner, Galion

BG2V, LAWYERS FOR M6 GROUP IN ACQUISTION OF FC GIRONDINS DE BORDEAUX BY GENERAL AMERICAN PARTNERS PRIVATE EQUITY FUND

The parties to this sales project have announced that they were entering into exclusive negotiations.  BG2V (Hervé de Kervasdoué, Guillaume de Saint Sernin, partners, and Jérôme Albertin, counsel) is assisting M6 in its sale to the American private equity fund General American Capital Partners (GACP) of 100% of FC Girondins de Bordeaux. Acquired in 1999 […]

Hervé de KervasdouéPartner, BG2V

GDPR and RegTech

Replacing the existing Data Protection Directive, General Data Protection Regulation will come into effect in May 2018. Exactly 3 months ahead for the enforcement, enterprises are currently in a hurry providing the compliances foreseen by the GDPR. This legal change of requirements in the ever growing field of work of personal data, has even produced […]

Şafak HerdemManaging Partner, Herdem Attorneys At Law

GDPR: Same, Same But Different…

On 25 May this year, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. This moment has been the focus of a large amount of attention, especially in terms of its scope and comprehensive obligations, which overstrain small businesses in particular. However, after thousands of data protection declarations from different companies have been put online, […]

Christian RothPartner, rothpartners

Log Book No. 117 – September 2018

Private life : consequences of words used on social networks. The French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) has confirmed the unjustified nature of a dismissal for serious misconduct decided as against an employee who had denigrated her employer on her Facebook account. The litigious words, expressed within a closed group, accessible only to approved members and […]

Lionel ParairePartner, Galion

BG2V, LAWYERS FOR GROUPE M6 FOR ACQUISITION OF CTZAR, EXEMPLAR AGENCY IN INFLUENCE MARKETING

BG2V (Hervé de Kervasdoué, partner, and Arthur Anton, associate) assisted Groupe M6 in the acquisition of a majority stake in the capital of CTZAR, the exemplar agency in influence marketing, and of its international network SOCIADDICT, composed of more than 15,000 influencers. A pioneer agency in influence marketing, CTZAR sells to brands word-of-mouth to opinion […]

Hervé de KervasdouéPartner, BG2V