About
Avocat à la Cour, Nicolas is a partner in our Paris Global M&A and Capital practice and heads our French Private Capital practice.
He advises investment funds, financial institutions and corporate clients on Private Equity transactions.
Prior to joining the firm, Nicolas was a partner in Ashurst's corporate practice and the global co-head of the firm's private equity practice.
Nicolas is fluent in English and French.
Additional Information
- Advised Charterhouse Capital Partners on their minority investment in the Vermeg group;
- Advised Charterhouse Capital Partners on the disposal of its stake in the Funecap group to Latour Capital;
- Advised Charterhouse Capital Partners on the acquisition of SIACI Saint-Honoré;
- Advised JC Flowers & Co and CHG Participations on the sale of CEP Group to Bridgepoint;
- Advised Blackstone on its equity partnership with Sipartech, a leading French dark fiber provider;
- Advised Novartis on its acquisition of CellforCure, the French leading producer of cell and gene therapies;
- Advised Carlyle on the acquisition of ADB Safegate from PAI Partners;
- Advised Cooper-Vemedia on its acquisition of a portfolio of 12 pharmaceutical brands from Sanofi;
- Advised The Carlyle Group on the acquisition of ADB Group;
- Advised Charterhouse Capital Partners on its acquisition of SERB;
- Advised Cooper on its €370m acquisition of Vemedia from IK Investment Partners and Charterhouse Capital Partners on its 850M€ acquisition of Cooper;
- Advised Charterhouse Capital Partners on its €400m+ acquisition of Sagemcom from Carlyle;
- Advised Financière CEP (Controlled by JC Flowers) on its acquisition of Empruntis;
- Advised Charterhouse Capital Partner on the sale of Webhelp to KKR.
“Nicolas Barberis is an outstanding lawyer who provides perfect advice.”
— Chambers France, Private Equity : High-end Capability | 2026
Nicolas Barberis
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