Counsel

Sara Gharbi

Languages

French
English

Sara joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2019. She previously worked 4 years in the Corporate / M&A team at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP in Paris.

Sara assists listed and unlisted companies with legal issues relating to corporate law, corporate governance and compliance with stock market regulations. She also assists companies with complex reorganizations (mergers, demergers, spin-offs, etc.), both nationally and internationally. Her expertise also includes advising on CSR issues.

Sara speaks fluent English.

Relevant experience

Its expertise covers the following areas in particular:

Corporate and securities law advice to listed companies: compliance with AMF regulations, executive compensation issues, corporate governance structuring, preparation of shareholders' meetings, preparation of universal registration documents.
Advice on domestic and cross-border reorganizations: mergers, contributions, demergers, transfers of headquarters, etc.
Advice on equity transactions: capital transactions, share issues, share buybacks, etc.
CSR consulting, particularly on issues and challenges related to the transposition of the CSRD directive.
Advice on the structuring of shareholder structure: shareholders’ agreements, employee/manager shareholding

Publications

L'indivisibilité du coup d'accordéon - co-written with Virginie Corbet-Picard / Option Finance, May 2023
Transposition of the directive on cross-border mergers: domestic operations are also affected, co-authored with Caroline Buyse and Benoît Provost / Open Lefebvre Dalloz, July 2023
Nouveaux régimes des opérations de restructuration transfrontalière - co-authored with Caroline Buyse and Benoît Provost / BRDA, August 2023
Nouveau régime juridique des opérations de réorganisation transfrontalière : premier bilan, co-authored with Caroline Buyse and Benoît Provost / Option Finance, December 2023
Anticipating CSRD obligations now, co-written with Caroline Buyse / Option Finance, January 2024
Transposition of the CSRD Directive, co-written with Thibault Jabouley / Chronicle
Droit boursier et des marchés financiers" in Semaine juridique éd. Entreprise
Study of AMF position-recommendation 2021-02 amended on July 28, 2023: social and environmental responsibility / "Droit boursier et des marchés financiers" column in Semaine juridique éd. Entreprise - April 2024
Listed company meetings in the digital age: retransmission, recording and consultation, Option Finance, January 2025
Author of Fiches Pratiques LexisNexis on the following subjects: Prévenir le délit de fausses informations, Reconnait une action de concert, Recourir à la technique de placement privé, Recourir à la technique d'une offre au public, Obligations résultant de la directive CSRD (to be published in 2025)

Memberships & Roles

Member of the Hauts-de-Seine’s bar (2015)

Education

Holding a Bar Degree – CAPA (2015) from the Ecole de Formation des Barreaux (EFB)
Master degree (2nd year) in international business law - Université Paris-Saclay.
Master degree (1st year) in Business law - Faculté de Droit et de Sciences Politique de Montpellier

Practice Areas

Corporate/M&A

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