The purpose of this section is to provide information in respect of the life of the firm and its development.
This section intends also to provide information regarding various matters illustrating Alma & Peak’s areas of expertise.
15 October 2020
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists a company specialised in the field of education in the framework of a takeover of a new entity.
8 October 2020
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin) named for the third consecutive year « UCITS law firm of the year in France» by Corporate Intl Magazine.
20 July 2020
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) advises the sellers in the framework of the sale of their shareholdings in a group of restaurants.
7 July 2020
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisor of several foreign funds and funds promotors, assists the Luxembourg fund, Ninety One Global Strategy Fund, in the framework of its distribution in France.
11 June 2020
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists an Irish governmental agency in the implementation and the development of its activites in France.
16 May 2020
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisor of several foreign funds and funds promotors, assists Henderson Investment Funds in the framework of the development of its activities in France.
9 May 2020
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists, in the framework of its restructuring, a French family holding specialised in property and private equity.
15 April 2020
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists, in the framework of its restructuring, a family group acting in design and execution project management.
2 March 2020
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists the sellers in the framework of the sale of a company specialised in electrical wiring and industrial subcontracting.
20 February 2020
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisor of several foreign funds and funds promotors, assists the French branch of M&G International Investments in the framework of the development of its activities in France.
15 December 2019
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assiste the buyers in the framework of the purchase of an entity specialised in transport and logistical services in France and in the framework of the implementation of the corresponding acquisition structure.
8 December 2019
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin) advises Westfalia Group in the context of the implementation of the new governance of its French subsidairies.
8 November 2019
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists the buyers in the context of their purchase of a company specialised in the creation, the development and the marketing of education games.
15 October 2019
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin) named for the second year « UCITS law firm of the year in France» by Corporate Intl Magazine.
8 October 2019
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists the founders in the implementation of a software and consulting company specialised in the assistance to financial products management.
30 July 2019
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) acts as advisor to the sellers in the context of the sale of a group holding several organic food stores.
12 July 2019
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisor of several foreign funds and funds promotors, assists the Irish SICAV Brown Advisory in the framework of its distribution in France.
20 June 2019
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) advises the sellers in the framework of the sale of a group of restaurants.
14 May 2019
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) advises, in the context of its restructuring, a group of organic food stores.
4 April 2019
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisor of several foreign funds and funds promotors, assists the Irish SICAV, DWS Deutsche Global, in the framework of its distribution in France.
2 February 2019
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists a group specialised in port management in the framework of the restructuring of its French subsidiaries.
8 January 2019
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) advises a French family holding in the framework of the restructuring of its capital.
20 November 2018
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisor of several foreign funds and funds promotors, assists the UK funds of a major investment company in the framework of their restructuring in view of their post Brexit distribution in France.
9 November 2018
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists an industrial group in the framework of the extension of its French exploitation site.
31 October 2018
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists an international architectural agency in the context of the restructuring of its capital.
16 October 2018
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisor of several foreign funds and funds promotors, assists LGIM in the framework of its distribution development in France.
8 October 2018
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin) named « UCITS law firm of the year in France » by Corporate Intl Magazine.
27 August 2018
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisor of several foreign funds and funds promotors, assists Investec Global Strategy Fund in the framework of its distribution development in France.
11 July 2018
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists a group specialised in the distribution of bio products in the framework of the second restructuring wave of its subsidiaries.
15 May 2018
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists a French start up, specialised in industrial refrigeration technology, in the framework of the second wave of its fund raising transaction.
9 April 2018
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists a Dutch industrial group in the framework of the restructuring of its French subsidiaries.
16 February 2018
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisor of several foreign funds and funds promotors, assists an important Irish fund in the framework of its relation with the AMF.
27 December 2017
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisor of several foreign funds and funds promotors, assists the various Lux and UK funds of the Janus Henderson Group in the framework of their relationship with the AMF.
15 December 2017
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists various holding companies of a French family industrial group in the framework of the restructuring of their sharehodings and capital.
10 December 2017
Alma & Peak becomes one of the French members of the international network IR Global (https://www.irglobal.com)
25 October 2017
Alma & Peak (François Bernard and Audrey Guérin) assists a company developing an industrial refrigeration technology in the context of the restructuring of its capital.
10 October 2017
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists 2 software specialised companies in the framework of their merger.
Date : 20 June 2017
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisor of several foreign funds and funds promotors, assists the Lux Sicav Investec Global Strategy Group in the framework of its relationship with the AMF.
Date : 5 May 2017
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists a French group acting in the industrial sub-contracting domain in the context of a new acquisition.
Date : 20 March 2017
Alma & Peak (François Bernard and Audrey Guérin) assists a French "SSII" in the context of the restructuring of its capital and its shareholding.
Date : 25 January 2017
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisor of several foreign funds and funds promotors, assists the Lux Sicav, M&G (Lux) Sicav in the framework of its relationship with the AMF.
Date : 16 December 2016
Alma & Peak (François Bernard – Gilles Martin) assists the French group C2E in the restructuring of its senior debt.
Date : 25 November 2016
Alma & Peak (François Bernard and Audrey Guérin) assists the French company Mondeos in the context of the sale of its « Print » activity to the French group Michelin.
Date : 4 November 2016
Alma & Peak (François Bernard and Audrey Guérin) assists the Dutch Group HES in the restructuring of its French subsidiaries.
Date : 11 October 2016
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisor of several foreign funds and funds promotors, assists the Irish Sicav, Brown Advisory Fund, in the framework of its relationship with the AMF.
Date : 15 September 2016
Alma & Peak moves to 47, avenue Hoche, in Paris, in the eighth arrondissement, between Etoile and Parc Monceau.
Date : 8 September 2016
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assist the French group C2E in the purchase of the wiring activity of a French company.
Date : 6 July 2016
Alma & Peak (François Bernard and Audrey Guérin) assists in its fund raising transactions, a start up developing an industrial refrigeration technology.
Date : 15 April 2016
Alma & Peak (François Bernard and Audrey Guérin) assists the family shareholders within the French group Cogepa in the restructuring of their assets and of their holdings.
Date : 31 March 2016
Alma & Peak (François Bernard and Audrey Guérin) assists the French company Novair in the framework of 2 external growth transactions.
Date : 15 February 2016
Alma & Peak (François Bernard and Audrey Guérin) assists the French company Smart Analysis in the context of an external growth transaction.
Date : 6 February 2015
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), regular advisor of the Henderson UCITS, assists Henderson Global Investors in the framework of its commercial development in France.
Date : 15 January 2016
Alma & Peak (François Bernard et Audrey Guérin) assists a Dutch chartering group in the framework of the restructuring of its activities and of its various holdings.
Date : 3 November 2015
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists the French company Drones Up in the development of its activities in Africa.
Date : 9 October 2015
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisors of numerous funds, assists Citibank vis-à-vis the AMF in the context of the restructuring of its depositary entities.
Date : 3 September 2015
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists the French company TAL Solutions in the context of the purchase of a French logistic and transport activity.
Date : 27 July 2015
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin - François Bernard) assists Sodicom in the framework of its restructuring and of the sale of its activity to France Routage group.
Date : 7 June 2015
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists the French company Financière de l’Oxer in the context of an external growth transaction.
Date : 6 May 2015
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), long time advisor of the M&G investments Funds in their relation with the AMF, assists M&G International in the framework of the development of its commercial activity in France.
Date : 7 April 2015
Alma & Peak (François Bernard – Audrey Guérin) assist the French company Orgea in the context of the diversification and expansion of its activities.
Date : 15 March 2015
Alma & Peak (François Bernard and Audrey Guérin) assists the company Zenika in the framework of the restructuring of its various holdings in France.
Date : 15 December 2014
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists the French group C2E in the context of its external growth transactions.
Date : 23 November 2015
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists the French company Kandeo in the context of the restructuring of its shareholding and of its external growth transactions.
Date : 29 October 2014
Article of Bruno Dervieu about the tax risk represented by the change of activity of a company (Link with the article).
Date : 15 October 2014
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists Morgan McKinley in the framework of the sale of its human resources activity and of the subsequent restructuring of the company.
Date : 14 September 2014
Alma & Peak (François Bernard – Audrey Guérin) assists the vendors in the subsidiarising and the sale of the company Custom Solutions.
Date : 27 July 2014
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin and Audrey Guérin), advisor to several foreign funds or foreign funds promoters, assists the Lux UCITS Legal & General with its relationship with the AMF (French financial markets authority).
Date : 6 June 2014
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists the company Mome Sweet Mome at the occasion of the setting up of a new subsidiary dedicated to personal assistance.
Date : 7 May 2014
Alma & Peak (François Bernard – Bruno Dervieu) assists the company Editions Mondeo in the framework of the withdrawing of the investment fund MBO Partners from the capital of the company.
Date : 15 March 2014
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin, François Bernard and Audrey Guérin) assists the Quasard group in the restructuring of its various subsidiaries.
Date : 15 January 2014
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisor to several foreign funds or foreign funds promoters, assists the UK group Way Fund Managers and its various funds in the development of its marketing in France and its relationship with the AMF (French financial markets authority).
Date : 15 November 2013
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisor to several foreign funds or foreign funds promoters, assists the UK company JP Morgan Securities Plc and its various funds in the development of its marketing in France and its relationship with the AMF (French financial markets authority).
Date : 20 September 2013
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisor to several foreign funds or foreign funds promoters, assists the UK company LGIM and its various funds in view of the development of its marketing in France and its relationship with the AMF (French financial markets authority)
Date : 9 August 2013
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists the majority group of shareholders with the setting up of Aviti Pharma, specialised in biotechnology, and with the implementation of an agreement with a financial partner.
Date : 16 July 2013
Alma & Peak (François Bernard and Audrey Guérin) advises the French teaching network Les Petits Bilingues with the opening of its capital to the investment fund Siparex.
Date : 12 July 2013
Alma & Peak (François Bernard and Audrey Guérin) advises a software company in the framework of a partial sale of its capital to an investment fund.
Date : 28 June 2013
Alma & Peak (François Bernard) assists an industrial sub-contractor group with the implementation of an industrial partnership for the manufacture of electronical components.
Date : 13 June 2013
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin and Audrey Guérin), advisor to several foreign funds or foreign fund promoters, assists the UK company Ashmore Investment Management Ltd and its various funds in view of the development of its marketing in France and its relationship with the AMF (French financial markets authority).
Date : 8 April 2013Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin and François Bernard), assists the shareholders of a leading company in the packaging sector in the context of the participation taken in the company by the FSI (Fonds stratégique d’investissement).
Date : 25 March 2013
Alma & Peak (François Bernard and Audrey Guérin) assists the vendor of Korporate, a security services provider, in the context of the sale of the company.
Date : 8 February 2013
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), advisor to several foreign funds or foreign fund promoters, assists the Lux UCITS Threadneedle with the development of its marketing in France and its relationship with the AMF (French financial markets authority).
Date : 10 January 2013
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin and Audrey Guérin), advisor to several foreign funds or foreign fund promoters, assists the lux UCITS Nordea in the framework of its activities in France.
Date : 20 December 2012
Alma & Peak (François Bernard and Audrey Guerin) assists the vendor in the framework of the sale to Naturalia of a group of bio supermarkets.
Date : 12 December 2012
Alma & Peak move to 88, avenue Kléber in Paris, in the sixteenth arrondissement, between Etoile and Trocadéro.
Date : 28 November 2012
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin and Audrey Guérin), advisor to several foreign funds or foreign funds promoters, assists the Irish UCITS Brown Advisory with its relationship with the AMF (French financial markets authority).
Date : 15 October 2012
Alma & Peak (François Bernard and Pascale Rayroux) assists the shareholders with the setting-up of Ascil Pharma, start-up specialised in biotechnology, and with the purchase of a pharmaceutical laboratory.
Date : 10 October 2012
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin and Audrey Guérin), advisor to several foreign funds or foreign funds promoters, assists the Lux UCITS Fulcrum with its relationship with the AMF (French financial markets authority).
Date : 3 July 2012
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin and Audrey Guérin), advisor to several foreign funds or foreign funds promoters, assists the various SICAV of the Henderson group with their relationship with the AMF (French financial markets authority).
Date : 18 June 2012
Alma & Peak (François Bernard and Audrey Guérin) assists Infinancials, a company specialised in the development of valuation and financial analysis solutions, in the context of the purchase of a majority stake (prise de participation majoritaire) by the Norvegian company Infront.
Date : 17 June 2012
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin) assist Quadralog in the purchase of the industrial site of MSL (conditioning and stocking company).
Date : 12 June 2012Alma & Peak (François Bernard and Gilles Martin) assists the majority shareholder for an OBO over a French SSII.
Date : 10 June 2012
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin and Audrey Guérin), advisor to several foreign funds or foreign funds promoters, assists the various funds of the British Group M&G Investments Funds with the development of its marketing in France and its relationship with the AMF (French financial markets authority).
Date : 15 May 2012
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin and François Bernard) assists AVG, a leading software business company, in the context of the development of its activities in France.
Date : 3 May 2012
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin and Audrey Guérin), advisor to several foreign funds or foreign funds promoters, assists the Lux UCITS Ignis Global Funds SICAV with the development of its marketing in France and its relationship with the AMF (French financial markets authority).
Date : 8 April 2012
Long time counsel of Comexa Group, Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin), assist the founders in their sale of control to the South-African group Westfalia.
Date : 16 March 2012
Alma & Peak (Gilles Martin and Audrey Guérin), advisor to several foreign funds or foreign funds promoters, assists the Irish UCITS Deutsche Global Liquidity Series PLC SICAV with the development of its marketing in France and its relationship with the AMF (French financial markets authority).
Date : 20 February 2012
Alma & Peak (François Bernard and Gilles Martin), advisor to several foreign funds managers assists the US manager Cohen & Steers in the development of its activities in France.