Harbour Avocats advised Magillem Design Services on the sale of its activities to Arteris IP.

Harbour Avocats, under the responsibility of Gilles de Poix, M&A partner, advised Magillem Design Services, a Paris-based publisher of CAD software specialising in microelectronics and SoC design, in the sale of its activities to Arteris IP, a Californian supplier of silicon intellectual property (IP) blocks for network-on-chip circuits.
Harbour Avocats, alongside CVML, advises Groupement Les Mousquetaires in the acquisition of a majority stake in BricoPrivé

Harbour Avocats (Olivier de Chazeaux in competition and Anne Perrin in IT) acted in the acquisition by the Groupement Les Mousquetaires, the leading independent operator in the DIY market in France with its three brands Bricomarché, Brico Cash and Bricorama, of the majority of the capital of BricoPrivé.
Competition Authority: its roadmap 2020

In addition to the topics covered in 2019, the Competition Authority announces that it will focus on the following issues in 2020
The Law of 3rd August 2018 confirms the transfer to the cities of the competence of water distribution and wastewater treatment

By adopting the law n°2018-702 of 3 August 2018 on the implementation of the transfer of water and sanitation competences to the communities of communes, the legislator confirms the compulsory transfer of these competences to the intercommunalities.
Harbour Avocats organizes a new breakfast debate of the Forum Industries de la Mer

Under the Presidency of Senators Jérôme Bignon and Michel Vaspart, the Forum Territoires & Industries de la Mer et du fleuve, chaired by Olivier de Chazeaux (Harbour Avocats) organised on 12 July 2018 at the Senate restaurant a new breakfast debate session around the theme “The Comité France Maritime, a public-private initiative, one year on, what is the assessment?”. The exchanges between the parliamentarians present and the audience were preceded by a presentation by Eric Banel, General Secretariat for the Sea, and Frédéric Moncany de Saint-Aignan, President of the French Maritime Cluster.
Harbour Avocats advises the asset holders of the company R&O Aircraft Center
Gilles de Poix, Partner in charge of the Corporate, Restructuring and Insolvency Department, advises the company chosen by the Paris Commercial Court to take over the assets of REPAIR & OVERHAUL AIRCRAFT CENTER which had been placed in receivership. The main activity of the takeover company will be the maintenance of business aircraft.
Harbour Avocats assists a Direct Energie shareholder in the sale to Total
Gilles de Poix, Partner in charge of the Corporate Department, advises Luxempart, the historical shareholder of Direct Energie, on the proposed acquisition of Direct Energie by Total for €1.4bn.
Harbour Avocats assists Amaris IDF in the leasing of 8,700m² of offices in Vélizy
Olivier de Chazeaux, Partner in charge of the Real Estate department, assists Amaris Ile-de-France in the context of the lease of 8,700 sqm of offices on the Vélizy Connect campus (Vélizy-Villacoublay) sold by AEW.
Harbour Lawyers advises a region in its consideration for the acquisition of a passenger transport ship
Olivier de Chazeaux, Partner in charge of the Public Business Law department, is assisting a Regional Council and a transport authority in their consideration of the acquisition of a new passenger ship and its financing.