• Law Firm
  • M&A / Private Equity
  • The 17 January 2025

Yards announces the appointment of Julien Brouwer as a partner in the M&A/Private Equity department

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Yards, the new generation business law firm, announces the appointment of Julien Brouwer as partner in the M&A/Private Equity practice. This appointment, which comes just four months after the arrival of Jérémie Yeni as a partner in the corporate and transactional tax practice, reflects the firm’s continued growth and the partners’ desire to make the most of its talent.

Julien Brouwer, an expert in private equity, M&A and corporate law, advises French clients, mainly start-ups and scale-ups, SMEs and investment funds in a variety of sectors.

With over ten years’ experience, he has developed a recognised expertise in private equity transactions in the small and mid-cap segments (LBOs, development capital and build-ups) and in venture capital (fund-raising through to exit), as well as in management packages.

Igor Doumenc and Jean-Philippe Jacob, partners in charge of the M&A/Private Equity department, comment: “After Eric du Peloux, who has become a pillar of our team, Julien is the second partner to be co-opted in M&A/Private Equity. When he joined the firm, we told Julien that there would be no limits to his career development. His appointment testifies to our desire to promote talented lawyers, and our commitment to keeping our word. Julien has developed highly specialised skills in private equity, particularly in management packages and modelling. We are delighted that he has been co-opted, as this was a natural step for us to take”.

Julien Brouwer commented: “I am proud and honoured to have been appointed partner and I would like to thank the partners for their confidence in me. Over and above our strong human values, we share a desire to support our clients by offering them strategic and personalised advice. I’ll be working hard to continue developing the firm in this spirit, in particular our ‘Start-up desk’ offering dedicated to French tech start-ups and scale-ups, with the aim of making Yards a leading player in the service of innovation and impact!

Following this appointment, Yards now has fourteen partners.

The M&A/Private Equity team has a strong reputation and has been distinguished in numerous professional rankings. It now comprises four partners, one counsel, five associates and three lawyers.

His experience

Julien Brouwer has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2013. He holds a Master II in Business Tax Law from the University of Lille (2011) and an LLM in Law & Tax Management from EDHEC (2013).

Before joining Yards, he worked as an associate at HEPTA (2013-2015). He joined Yards in 2016 and became counsel in 2022.

Team

 

Julien Brouwer

Attorney, Partner
Julien Brouwer