Alexandre Merle specialises in mergers and acquisitions.
Alexandre has worked on numerous significant corporate matters advising large corporate enterprises, financial institutions as and financial investors on complex domestic and cross border transactions particularly in the FIG, Energy, Consumer Goods and Retail sectors.
He regularly advises clients on corporate reorganisations, joint ventures, private and public M&A transactions.
- Advising CACEIS on the contemplated disposal by CACEIS and Santander of their joint venture in Latin America to State Street
- Advising Mannai Corporation on the sale of Damas Jewellery to Titan
- Advising Crédit Agricole on the acquisition of Santander's 30.5% stake in CACEIS
- Advising Brookfield on the take private of Neoen
News and client work
Contact details
- Clifford Chance, Paris
- +33144052427
- Email me
- Speaks English and French
- Sector Banking, Consumer goods & retail
Career & qualifications
- Université Panthéon Assas Paris II (DEA Business law) 2004
- Admitted to the Paris Bar 2006
- New York University (LL.M. Corporate Law) 2007
- Joined Clifford Chance in 2016
- Senior Counsel since 2023
Awards and citations
- "Alexandre Merle, senior counsel: outstanding technical expertise in M&A, exemplary responsiveness and personalised case management."
"Gilles Lebreton and Alexandre Merle bring stand-out knowledge in French Public M&A, always precise yet pragmatic, and with speed and efficiency.
"Legal500 EMEA France 2026 - "Clifford Chance’s team provides ‘excellent advice that is adapted to each individual situation’, and stands out for its partners’ ‘strong involvement in the cases’ and ‘ability to deliver important work in a short time’. The group handles domestic and cross-border transactions, with expertise spanning public and private M&A as well as joint ventures and corporate reorganisations. Fabrice Cohen, the ‘very experienced’ Mathieu Remy, who ‘combines technical expertise and editorial excellence with strong interpersonal skills, which is a major advantage in difficult negotiations’, the ‘intelligent and subtle’ Marianne Pezant, Gilles Lebreton, Thierry Schoen and Laurent Schoenstein are key names and are supported by recently promoted counsel Alexandre Merle. The group advised Europcar on the €1bn acquisition of Goldcar and acted for the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and CDC Infrastructure on the sale of a 15% stake in Holding d’Infrastructures de Transports. The team also assisted Cerberus Capital Management with the disposal of MCS Group to BC Partners. Other clients include Airbus Group, EDF and L’Oréal."
Legal 500 EMEA, France, Mergers and Acquisitions, 2018