Catherine Olive

Catherine has many years’ experience of advising on complex corporate matters and leads our Paris-based practices.

A large portion of Catherine’s work involves acting on mergers and acquisitions, joint-venture, corporate reorganizations and equity and debt instrument issues for private and public companies and investors. She has an extensive and long-standing experience of cross-border transactions and inbound investments in a great variety of business sectors.

Her corporate law practice includes advising listed companies on corporate governance, market regulations and employee share schemes.

Catherine has also a significant experience in the transactional real estate field, including acquisitions and disposal, sale and lease back transactions and commercial leases. In connection with her real estate work, she has developed a solid knowledge of the hotel and leisure and retail sectors.

Admitted to the Paris Bar, she is a graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and holds a master degree and a post graduate degree in business law from Paris I- Pantheon Sorbonne University.

Corporate team: 

• David Haccoun, Partner
• Stéphanie Delage, Partner
• Anne-Laure Laroussinie, Partner
• Florent Gurlie, Counsel
• Eve Huchon, Counsel
• Samuel Boccara, Counsel
• Julie Dahan, Senior Associate 
• Anthony Chung, Associate
• Vincent d'Hauthuille, Associate
• Imen Mouhoun, Associate
• Manon Gales, Associate
• Nafissatou Diop, Paralegal
• Rachel Amouyal, Paralegal