Franklin advised the Altice group on the acquisition of Parilis SA and its subsidiaries, providers of telecommunications network installation and maintenance services in France (through ERT Technologies, in particular), Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg, Israel and the Dominican Republic.
The deal was cleared by antitrust authorities in Israel, Portugal and France on November 2, 11 and 14, 2016, respectively.
The Franklin team consisted of:
- Partner Christian Sauer, assisted by Djésia Meziani and Pierre Faure, handling contract and corporation law aspects,
- Partner Julie Catala Marty, assisted by Christophe Nusbaumer and Victor Barruol, advising on competition law issues,
- Partner Claire Fougea, assisted by Of Counsel attorneys Marion Brière Ségala and Morgane Mondolfo and by Adeline Thomas, advising on labor and employment law issues.
Franklin was assisted by the law firms Meitar (Israel), Uria Menédez – Proença de Carvalho (Portugal), Altius (Belgium), Bouchoms & Braesch (Luxembourg) and Castillo & Castillo (Dominican Republic).
The seller was advised by the firm Luther (Eric Sublon, Partner).
