Mélanie Clerc--Dugas du Villard - Associate Düsseldorf office
Mélanie Clerc--Dugas du Villard, Associate
- Düsseldorf Office -
+49 211 942508-50
melanie.clerc@dfa.legal
Mélanie Clerc is German Rechtsanwältin, French Avocate au Barreau de Paris and in Germany Bar-Accredited Specialist Lawyer in International Business Law.
Mélanie Clerc advises foreign and German companies and entrepreneurs in the areas of corporate law, transformation law, M&A (including private equity and venture capital) and commercial law, in particular in a cross-border context, in German, English and French. She also specialises in international business law and the resolution of matters with a foreign element.
Mélanie Clerc is also a lecturer at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf as part of the German-French study course.
Mélanie Clerc is a member of the Franco-German Lawyers' Association, the Franco-German Business Club in North Rhine-Westphalia and is also involved in the French associations APPEAL-E and InitiaDROIT as their representative in Germany and Düsseldorf respectively.
Mélanie Clerc holds a Franco-German Master's degree in Business Law from the University of CY Cergy Paris (France) and the University of Düsseldorf.
Areas of focus
Insights on DFA sample deals and mandates.
German - French fiduciary transfer
DFA’s Christian Franz and Mélanie Clerc advise French Group in the recognition in Germany of the fiduciary transfer (fiducie) under French law of shares in the Group’s German GmbH subsidiary as collateral of the refinancing of the client group, and in the perfection of the transfer with regard to German transfer of title rules.
#Corporate #French Desk
Level-up I fund invests in Awesome Prototype GmbH
Level-Up is an investment fund primarily focused on mobile studios and gaming technologies.
#Venture Capital #French Desk
A few case examples for our practice from the last 20+ years with hands on management by the partners of DFA
Loan & Equitiy Financing re-structured for wind farm investor
DFA‘ Christian Franz und Mélanie Clerc advise German investors and operator of French wind farms in restructuring of equity investment and multimillion shareholder loans, moving lender role from investors’ holding vehicle to investor level.
#International Business Law #French Desk
Level-up I fund invests in MEta Games
DFA's
Christian Franz and Mélanie Clerc (French desk) advised Level-Up Ventures, a Fund based in France/ Luxembourg in their investment in
the gaming studio MEta Games.
Level-Up is an investment fund primarily focused on mobile studios and gaming technologies.
Venture Capital #French Desk
Recent ICC arbitration proceedings in Paris
DFA team members have acted as counsel for oil and mining player in ICC arbitration in Paris involving German and French legal aspects.
#Dispute Resolution# International Business law #French Desk
