Olivier Assant, Partner, is a member of the Corporate team. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and securities law. He also advises on business reorganisations.
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Olivier Assant
- Professional career
He is a member of the “Issuer Transactions and Financial Information” Advisory Committee of the AMF (the French Financial Markets Authority).
- Academic career
Admitted to the Paris Bar (1995), Olivier is a graduate of the ESSEC business school (1992) and the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (Maîtrise, 1992 and DESS, 1993 in Business Law and Tax).
- Decorations
“Olivier Assant remains one of the leading practitioners in the market. He is renowned for his ability to handle some of the largest and high-profile domestic and cross-border transactions.”
“He is recognized for his business understanding and is a very good commercial and a good negotiator.”
“Olivier Assant remains one of the leading figures in the French market for high-profile M&A transactions. He has an impressive client base of French and international companies, advising them on the full spectrum of corporate matters including sales, acquisitions and governance issues.”
Chambers Europe, 2020-2021“Olivier Assant is not only an excellent lawyer, but he also has a business vision of cases, which is relatively rare.”
“Olivier Assant is recognized for his ‘very high level of service’ and is praised for his intelligence and business-minded approach to cases.”
“Olivier Assant ‘embodies all the qualities one would hope to see in an M&A lawyer’.”Recognized as “Leading Lawyer” in M&A
Member of the “Hall of Fame”
The Legal 500 EMEA, 2018-2021Recognized as "Highly Regarded" in Private Equity and M&A
IFLR1000, 2020
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Olivier Assant
Partner
Contactab
Phone: 01 44 35 35 35
olivierassant@bredinprat.comolivierassant@bredinprat.comLanguages
French, EnglishSkills
CorporateMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate EquitySkills
CorporateMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate Equity