Home / Europe / France / Public Law / Organisation and financing of the public sector / Lawyers for organisation and financing of the public...

Lawyers for organisation and financing of the public sector

In France the public sector is particularly vast: the Government, local public entities, public institutions, public and para-public bodies, as well as mixed-economy companies and public companies. These various players must manage undiminished demand for renewed public intervention, in a context of deficit and public debt reduction.

Faced with this challenge, they must be innovative and flexible in their approach and their funding sources so as to maintain adequate room for manoeuver.

In this context we have developed solid experience in the area of helping public players and their partners carry out their investment and diversification projects, as well as all the changes in their organisation and governance: subsidiarisation of activities, outsourcing and sharing services, privatisation, restructuring, transformation and creation of new structures, institutional cooperation, etc.

You can also benefit from global support covering all issues related to carrying out and financing such operations:

  • assistance with choosing the structure (public institution, mixed-economy company, single-operation mixed-economy company, local public company, public-interest group, economic-interest group, non-profit company, commercial company, etc.);
  • determination of the structure’s governance and operating rules;
  • risk audits and analyses;
  • handling of the operation with regard to issues of “Maastrichtian” deconsolidation (so-called national accounting, according to Eurostat criteria);
  • drafting the legislative and regulatory texts necessary to carry out the operation. 

Similarly, we assist with all financing operations in which one or more public operators are involved. The firm has developed a recognised expertise in instituting financing techniques as an alternative to public borrowing. In particular, we help public sector players, banks and financial investors issue bonds on the market (“EMTN” programmes), securitise public receivables and create investment funds.

These operations enjoy strong institutional support from some of the firm’s partners (former members of the Conseil d’Etat and the Conseil Constitutionnel) and our multidisciplinary approach (competition law and government subsidies, banking and finance law, public finance law, tax law, corporate law, social law, and criminal law, in particular).

 
Francois Tenailleau
François Tenailleau
Partner
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
François Tenailleau joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 1998 and was co-opted as a partner in 2010. He practices public business law and in particular in the following areas: public contracts (including public...
Claire Vannini
Claire Vannini
Partner
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Claire joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2002. She focuses on competition law, European law and the regulation of network industries (postal services, transport, energy, electronic communications). In competition...
Kawthar Ben Khelil
Kawthar Ben Khelil
Counsel
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Kawthar Ben Khelil joined the Public law / Infrastructure Department of CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2008. She is active in public business law and in particular in the following areas: public contracts (including...
Thomas Carenzi
Thomas Carenzi
Counsel
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Thomas Carenzi has been a lawyer in the Public Law Department of CMS Francis Lefebvre since 2011. He practices public business law and in particular in the following areas: public contracts (including...
Eleni Moraïtou
Eleni Moraïtou
Counsel
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Eleni is a member of the Competition and European Law team since May 2011. Her practice focuses on issues related to the public sector and to the intervention in the market of public operators as well...
Amaury Dubois
Amaury Dubois
Associate
Lawyer
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Amaury joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2022. He is involved in Banking & Finance on a wide range of domestic and cross-border transactions and in particular in project financing. He advises lenders, borrowers...
Jean-Pierre Malili
Jean-Pierre Malili
Associate
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Jean-Pierre Malili joined the Public law / Infrastructure Department of CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2023. He is involve in public business law and in particular in the following areas: public contracts (including...
Ariane Rolin
Ariane Rolin
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Ariane Rolin joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2021. She is involved in European Law and all aspect of Competition Law (cartels, abuse of dominant position, merger control and state aid). Ariane also advises...