DS Avocats

Corporate law, mergers and acquisitions

Banking and finance

Healthcare Law – Life sciences

Insurance, Industrial Risks, Transport

Partner

Bernard Tézé is a partner in the Corporate Department of DS Avocats in Paris.

He is involved in M&A, strategic alliances, partnerships, joint ventures and restructuring as well as private equity, LBO and Venture Capital, particularly in the regulated sectors (Healthcare Pharma-Biotech Medtech, Banking-Insurance and Fintech, Defence, NICT and e-commerce).

He is also involved in the ecosystem of start-ups, incubators, accelerators, family offices and venture funds.

Before joining DS in 2008, he was a Partner since 2001 at White&Case in Paris and before that Counsel at Clifford Chance in Paris.

He was also seconded for 4 years to a law firm in Japan where he returns very regularly in a professional capacity.

He has been involved in outbound acquisitions in China, Japan, Russia, Brazil and India.

Bernard graduated from HEC in 1985 and holds a Master's degree in Public and Private Law and a DESS (post-graduate diploma) in International Taxation.

He is Honorary President of the International Development Group of the HEC Association.

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- Legal and tax adviser, then lawyer 1992- HEC, 1982-1985- Master’s (DESS) in International Tax Law, Paris Sud, 1986- Master’s (maîtrise) in Public Law, Paris II, 1985 and Master’s (maîtrise) in Private Law, Paris II, 1986