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August Debouzy advised Abenex on the acquisition of Polson and MBC Group through Origin Seal. This third deal since 2022, and the first international one, is part of a buy-and-build strategy to strengthen the group’s European footprint, with complementary expertise and retained management.

In a post-Brexit context falling outside the scope of EU Regulation No 1215/2012 (Brussels I bis), the Local Division of Mannheim the UPC, in its Order of 22 December 2025 (UPC_CFI_936/2025), confirmed in full its ex parte order of 30 September 2025, rejecting Amazon’s application for review.

August Debouzy advised GazelEnergie, an energy supplier owned by the EPH Group of Daniel Křetínský, in connection with exclusive discussions with ilek, a supplier of green electricity and biogas, regarding its proposed acquisition.

The attempted acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix, challenged by Paramount Skydance, provides a striking illustration of the strategic role played by break-up fees in large-scale M&A transactions, particularly in the United States. The unprecedented level of termination fees agreed in the Netflix–WBD merger agreement highlights a well-established U.S.…

August Debouzy advised CMI France, the media group co-founded by Daniel Křetínský, and its shareholder, International Media Invest, on the sale of the magazine titles France Dimanche, Ici Paris, and Télé 7 Jours to Prisma Media and Bauer Media Group, respectively.

August Debouzy advised TotalEnergies on the sale of its subsidiary GreenFlex to the French consulting and engineering group Oteis, with a view to creating

August Debouzy advised SergeFerrari Group, one of the world’s leading suppliers of innovative flexible composite materials listed on Euronext Paris, on the signing of its new sustainability-linked syndicated loan (SLL) indexed to extra-financial indicators, for an amount of €105 million.

Will the European principle of Smart Regulation eventually benefit artificial intelligence? One can only hope so. As Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of 13 June 2

August Debouzy advised SPIE, the independent European leader in multi-technical services in the areas of energy infrastructure and communications, as well as its French digital services subsidiary SPIE ICS, in connection with the signing of an agreement for the contemplated acquisition of 93% of the share capital of Artemys, a…

The European Parliament and the Council of the EU have reached a provisional agreement on the Pharma Package, the most significant overhaul of EU pharmaceutical law in the past twenty years. The reform introduces a new directive and regulation that update regulatory data protection rules, expand the Bolar exemption, strengthen…

August Debouzy advises 9e Art+ in connection with its dispute with several local public stakeholders regarding the conditions for organizing The International Comic Strip Festival in Angoulême (FIBD).

In a judgment dated 2 December 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union held a marketplace operator liable for the unlawful processing of sensitive data published in a user’s advertisement. The CJEU ruled that the operator is responsible for the processing of advertisements published on its platform and…