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Benoît Provost

Partner

Contact
CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
2 rue Ancelle
92522 Neuilly-sur-Seine
Cedex
France
Languages French, English

Benoît Provost joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 1990, coopted partner in 2020.

Benoît specialises in all matters relating to consolidation and restructuring for listed and unlisted companies.

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Publications

  • Plan d'attribution gratuite d'actions : une limite de 10 % du capital en revolving ?, co-author - Capital Finance (08/07/2018)
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Education

  • Post-graduate degrees in Business Law and Taxation, University of Paris I and II (1989/1990)
  • Certificates of specialisation in corporate law and taxation (1994)
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02/11/2018
Transfers of cross-border registered offices
The genesis In 2003, the draft 14th Directive on cross-border transfers of registered offices was initiated by the European Commission. It was subsequently abandoned in 2007, particularly due to the resistance...
23/02/2021
CMS Guide to Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws
We are delighted to present the sixth edition of the CMS Guide to Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws

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21/12/2023
EU's Cross-Border Overhaul: Unveiling the Legal obligations and Initial...
Directive 2019 /2121 governing cross-border reorganisation operations (mergers, demergers, transfers of registered offices) was implemented during 2023 into the domestic laws of the various countries...
09/05/2023
Sale of Arcade Group’s companies to the Kurita Group
CMS Francis Lefebvre advised Arcade Holding on the sale of the Arcade group companies to the Kurita group CMS Francis Lefebvre has advised Arcade Holding on the sale of the Arcade group companies in France...
24/04/2023
Assisting you in your corporate, stock market, M&A and private equity transactions
Addressing your needs No matter what kind of company you run, whether it is listed or private, French or international, whether you are a family group, an institutional investor, an investment fund, an...
30/11/2021
Mergers in France
This practice note is reproduced from Practical Law with the permission of the publishersThis Practice Note summarises the proceedings to be implemented under French corporate law for French domestic...
07/04/2020
Covid-19 : Liability commitment
On 27 March, Bruno Le Maire, the French Minister of  Economy and Finance, announced that if companies asked for government aid, they could not pay dividends. Theses provisions, announced verbally, were...
07/04/2020
Covid-19 : Liability commitment
On 27 March, Bruno Le Maire, the French Minister of  Economy and Finance, announced that if companies asked for government aid, they could not pay dividends. Theses provisions, announced verbally, were...
23/03/2020
Covid-19: upcoming changes in the ways general meetings, boards of management...
Due to the propagation of the Covid-19 virus and the set-up of a lockdown system throughout the country since 16 March 2020, several legislative developments are being prepared to ensure that companies...
07/01/2020
CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats co-opts six new partners
CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats announces the co-optation of six new part­ners: Frédéric Bertacchi, Céline Cloché-Dubois, Deana d’Almeida, Matias Labé, Alexandre Morel and Benoît Prov­ost. This...
07/11/2018
Transfers of cross-border registered offices: how the market developed...
The genesis In 2003, the draft 14th Directive on cross-border transfers of registered offices was initiated by the European Commission. It was subsequently abandoned in 2007, particularly due to the resistance...
02/11/2018
Transfers of cross-border registered offices
The genesis In 2003, the draft 14th Directive on cross-border transfers of registered offices was initiated by the European Commission. It was subsequently abandoned in 2007, particularly due to the resistance...
02/06/2016
Share-based incentive plans for employees and corporate officers (stock...
Prospective For nearly half of a century, successive measures and reforms have been adopted to introduce mechanisms into French law, aiming at granting employees an easier access to the share capital...
22/04/2014
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre names 23 Counsels
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre has granted 23 of its lawyers the newly created title of ‘Counsel’. This is in recognition of the quality of the service they provide to the firm’s clients. The role...