Alexandre Marque

Alexandre Marque co-heads our corporate/M&A and private equity departments.

Alexandre Marque focuses his practice on advising French and international corporations, investment funds and financial institutions on mergers, acquisitions and private equity transactions, as well as capital, industrial and commercial tie-ups.

He also has particular strength in securities law and stock exchange regulations in the context of takeover bids, public offerings and private investments.

Alexandre Marque also has a wealth of experience advising on the privatization of state-owned entities on behalf of the French government, private investors, or the entities themselves.

He co-founded Franklin in 2000 and, having advised the Altice group since its inception, he joined them as Global General Counsel in 2015. In 2020, Alexandre returned to Franklin as a senior partner.

  • Option Droit & Affaires 2024: Alexandre Marque is quoted among the leading firms for M&A deals under 200 million euros ranking (4 stars)
  • Leaders League 2024: Alexandre Marque is ranked in the “Mid-cap LBO transactions ” (Excellent) categorie of the Private Equity Guide
  • Legal 500 EMEA 2024: Alexandre Marque is quoted in the categories Mergers & Acquisitions et Private Equity: LBO
    ‘Super competent, brilliant team, very attentive, fully supportive. ’
    ‘They are very pro-active and available. ’
    ‘Responsive and deal makers.’
    ‘The team is solid and competent. Fast and clear.’

    ‘Very agile team and very focused on the specific issues of its clients, beyond the deal itself. Real relationship-building approach with a desire to help.’
    ‘Multi-disciplinary, committed, reliable, responsive and of good quality for intermediate-sized M&A files or legal due diligence. Quality service provided.’
  • Alexandre Marque is individually ranked in the US directory Best Lawyers 2025
  • IFLR 1000 2024 – Private Equity (Tier Five)
  • Option Droit & Affaires 2024: Alexandre Marque is quoted in the category Equity development and LBOs, the majority of which involve companies with less than €50 million in assets (3 stars)
  • Leaders League 2024: Alexandre Marque is ranked in the “Telecommunications law” (Leading) categorie of the Innovation, technology & telecoms Guide
  • Leaders League – Silver award « Mergers & acquisitions – Mid to large » – 2024
  • Leaders League 2023: Alexandre Marque is ranked in the “Transactions between €75m and €500m” (Excellent) categorie of the M&A Guide
  • Institute of Political Sciences of Paris
  • University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas : Advanced studies degree (DEA) in International Law
  • University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas : Advanced studies degree (DEA) in Public Law