Corporate Law

TOWERY supports entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and professionals at every stage of their company’s lifecycle, from inception through to the most strategic initiatives involving growth, financing, or succession planning.

Strategic Operations

  • Mergers and Acquisitions: Due diligence, letters of intent, negotiation and drafting of purchase agreements, asset and liability warranties, and ensuring the security of the entire transaction process;
  • Fundraising and capital transactions:Legal structuring, drafting of shareholder agreements, structuring of governance and liquidity rights, and negotiations with investors;
  • Management packages: Implementationof BSA, BSPCE, bonus shares, or preferred shares; drafting of agreements and exit clauses (good/bad leaver, drag-along); optimization of incentive plans;
  • Legal and tax structuring: Formationof holding companies, intra-group agreements (management fees), estate and inheritance tax, and business succession.

Industry expertise - music, film & media, literary publishing

TOWERY has developed a practice that is particularly well-regarded among artists and music professionals, film and audiovisual producers and industry players, and publishing houses, helping them to structure their projects, manage their companies (incorporation, corporate governance, fundraising, etc.), and facilitate the transfer and acquisition of businesses in the sector, including:

  • artists and music professionals, to help them structure their projects, manage their companies, and raise funds;
  • film and audiovisual producers and professionals, particularly in the establishment of production companies and the management of financing and investment issues.

Expertise in Regulated Professions

We also assistregulated professionals(notaries, attorneys, and certified public accountants) in organizing and optimizing their structures, while taking into account the specific requirements of theirprofessionalregulations and applicable laws, particularlythe Order of June 8, 2023, regarding the practice of law as a corporate entity.

Contract Law

TOWERY assists its clients in negotiating and drafting contracts tailored to their needs, covering a wide range of industries.

Our services include:

  • Commercial and Industrial Contracts
    Service contracts, complex contracts, construction contracts, architect contracts, commercial agent contracts, and transportation contracts;

  • Terms and Conditions (T&C, Terms of Use, Terms of Service);
  • Commercial and Real Estate Leases
    Negotiation and drafting of commercial leases, leasehold agreements, subleases, and long-term leases;
  • Sales and Transfers
    Sale of business assets and leasehold rights, with particular expertise in the hotel and restaurant industry.

Business Litigation

TOWERY also handles commercial and corporate litigation, defending its clients' interests in the following areas:

  • Disputes between partners (shareholder agreements, transfers of shares, exit clauses),
  • Post-acquisition litigation (asset and liability warranties),
  • Contract disputes (termination of business relationships, breach of contract, cancellation),
  • Disputes involving commercial leases and business transactions.

Our approach prioritizes seeking negotiated solutions whenever it is in the client’s best interest, while ensuring a vigorous defense in court when litigation is unavoidable.