Jean-Pierre VIENNOIS

Partner

Jean-Pierre VIENNOIS

Partner

Jean-Pierre VIENNOIS specialises in French, European and international Corporate and Corporate Group law, as well as Competition and Distribution law. For more than twenty years he has been advising businesses on restructuring, acquisitions and investments in France, notably in the Health, Real Estate, Finance and Industrial sectors.

Areas of expertise

French, European and international law relating to companies and corporate groups: structuring, restructuring, mergers, acquisitions, private equity and other capital transactions, fund-raising, and corporate governance

Financial law: Preparing and managing public tenders, issuing financial securities, setting up and monitoring management companies and investment funds.

Business transfers

Distribution and Competition law

 

Industry sectors

Healthcare

Real Estate

Finance

Distribution

Industry – Energy

Member of the “Banking and Finance” Multi-professional division

 

Other positions

Professor at the Faculty of Law of Lyon

Subjects taught:

International and European Corporate Law (M2)
Financial law (M2)

 

Other academic positions

Supervision of doctoral theses in Corporate Law

 

Previous positions

Partner – Jacques Bret (2005-2018) – head of department covering Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Health Law

Lawyer – Lamy-Lexel (2000-2005) – Head of a team covering Distribution Law, Competition Law and international contracts

Visiting Professor (Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 1994 and 2000; Athens, GA, USA, 2002; Louisiana State University, LA, USA, 2003, 2005, 2007; Saint-Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon, 2004, 2006, 2007; Szeged, Hungary, 2005, 2006; Hanoi, Vietnam, 2018)

Member of the Board of Directors of Lyon 3 University – Member of the Board of Directors of the Lyon School of Lawyers – Head of the Business Lawyers Masters (Lyon 3)

 

Training

Aggregation of law faculties (Private Law and Criminal Sciences) (2003)

Certificate of Aptitude for the Legal Profession (1997)

Doctorate in Business Law (1997)

DEA Business Law (1992)

DEA European Law (1992)

 

Awards

Thesis prize from Lyon 3 University (1998)

Didier Rocher thesis prize from the University of Montpellier 1 (1998)

Medal of the Academy of Commercial Sciences (2000)

Lawyer of the year – Financial Law – France – Lawyer Monthly (2023)

Best Lawyer – Corporate (2025)

 

Key publications

La distribution sélective – Contribution à l’étude du droit de la concurrence, Bibliothèque de droit de l’entreprise, Litec, 1999, Préf. D. Ferrier

Dictionnaire de droit de la santé (collective work), Editions Ellipses, 2006

Dictionnaire de droit des affaires, (collective work), Editions Ellipses, 2007

Grands Arrêts de la Jurisprudence de la Cour de Justice de l’Union Européenne, Editions PUF, Collection Thémis, 2010 (collective work)

 

Languages

French

English

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