France

Boasting strong cultural and diplomatic reach and a thriving economy, France is one of the most attractive European destinations to invest in.

Its proactive “can do” approach in the technology sector, especially in the area of Artificial Intelligence, has contributed to the growth of some of the most successful start-ups in the world.

France's economic strength in fast moving sectors like technology, media and sports is closely mirrored by our local capabilities and a key reason for establishing a presence in the country.

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Experience

CEE Group on the acquisition of the 154 MWp solar park project Döllen

Comprehensive legal advice to the asset manager CEE Group, specialised in renewable energies, on the acquisition of the 154 MWp solar park project Döllen as well as legal advice on complex construction agreements, various issues concerning the permitting and the zoning plan procedures as well as in connection with the sale of the electricity to be generated.

Carsten Bartholl

Jasmin Schlee

Dr. Angela Menges

Dr. Markus Böhme, LL.M. (Nottingham)

Hannes Tutt

Galya Stareva, LL.M. (Hamburg)

Dieter Lang, LL.M.Eur.

Dr. Janina Pochhammer

Dr. Philipp Behrendt, LL.M. (UNSW)

Kerstin Bär, LL.M. (Bristol, UK)

Covestro on the conclusion of a power purchase agreement for solar power with EnBW

Comprehensive legal advice to materials manufacturer Covestro on all legal issues in connection with the conclusion of a long-term corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) with EnBW for the supply of solar power from 2022 over a period of 15 years.

Press release

Carsten Bartholl

Jasmin Schlee

Early-stage tech investor Dawn Capital on its secondary purchase of shares from shareholders of Dataiku Inc.

This values Dataiku at over USD1 billion. This is one of a long line of deals that Taylor Wessing has advised Dawn Capital on having also advised Dawn Capital on its participation in the EUR 90 million funding round for European open banking platform Tink; and its participation in the £29m Series B round for natural language processing company Eigen Technologies.

Press release

Howard Palmer

Nicolas De Witt

Corcentric acquires SaaS platform

Corcentric, a fast-growing provider of procurement and financial process automation solutions, on its USD32m acquisition of Determine, Inc, a global SaaS solutions provider in Source to Pay and Enterprise Contract Lifecycle Management.

Mark Barron

Gilles Amsallem

Claudia Jonath

Marc Schuler

Christophe Flaicher

Anne-Juliette De Zaluski

Sarah Cole

Knotel, on the acquisition of its majority stake in Deskeo

Knotel, the flexible workspace operator, on its European expansion by taking a majority stake in French start-up Deskeo, the largest office space rental operation in Paris. The move allows the American giant to take root in Europe, after a launch in London in late 2018 and the recent acquisition of Ahoy! in Berlin.

Gilles Amsallem

Anne-Juliette De Zaluski