Thibault MERCIER

Thibault Mercier a rejoint Macfarlanes LLP en septembre 2023 après avoir exercé près de 10 ans dans plusieurs cabinets internationaux de la place parisienne.

A lawyer at the Paris Bar since 2014, he specializes in corporate law and advises companies, entrepreneurs, and managers at all stages of their company's life, from incorporation to transfer or liquidation, including development, financing, structuring, and restructuring.

Working in both French and English, he handles all so-called "corporate" matters: mergers and acquisitions, capital operations, transfer and fundraising (private equity, bond issues, bank loans).

His practice also relies on solid academic foundations, as he has also been teaching corporate law (as well as rhetoric) at the Institut Catholique de Paris for several years.

He holds a master's degree in international business law from Paris Descartes University and a bachelor's degree in foreign languages from the University of Nantes.

Education

• Master 2 in Business Law at Paris Descartes University (2011)
• Law degree from the University of Nantes (2009)
• Degree in Applied Foreign Languages from the University of Nantes (2006)

Professional background

• Counsel lawyer – Macfarlanes LLP since 2023
• Associate Lawyer – Jeantet (2019/2023)
• Associate Lawyer – Paul Hastings (2018/2019)
• Associate Lawyer – Franklin (2017/2018)
• Associate lawyer – Stephenson Harwood (2014/2017)

Other

• Lecturer in corporate law and rhetoric at the Catholic Institute of Paris

Selection of publications

• Annual contribution to the "Précis de culture juridique" published each year by Lextenso
• Support for financing on assets as a relay for PGEs: exceptional government scheme in favor of factoring, Option Finance · Sept 3, 2020
• Alstom/Hoskins case: the tug-of-war between administration and justice over the extraterritorial application of the FCPA continues, Dalloz actualité · March 19, 2020
• Transition to new generation benchmark indices: Best practices, legal security, and dispute resolution in French law, Option Finance · Dec 16, 2019

• The holding company, a legal-tax gateway for entrepreneurs, Revue Entreprendre, February 23, 2024