Marie works in the Private Funds Group in our Paris office. She advises a broad spectrum of clients on the formation of private funds, investor side work, regulatory advice, and transactional mandates such as secondary transactions, continuation funds, and co-investment schemes.
Advising Parquest Capital (formerly ING Parcom Private Equity) on the process of becoming independent and on the creation of a new EUR 300 million stapled fund
Advising Cathay Capital Private Equity on the creation and fundraising of a Sino-French fund (EUR 500 million) focusing on French Chinese and European mid cap companies sponsored by China Development Bank and Bpifrance Investissement
Advising Groupe Bruxelles Lambert on the structuring and fundraising of a secondary debt fund named Kartesia Credit Opportunities I S.C.A., SICAV-SIF
Advising Industries & Finances Partenaires on the formation and fundraising of its third LBO fund, specialized in build-up
University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) (Master Degree (Magistère) in private and public economic law) 2008
University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) Postgraduate Degree (Master 2) in business law 2008
University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) Postgraduate Degree (Master 2) in banking and finance law 2009
Admitted as an Avocat in Paris 2010
Joined Clifford Chance in 2013
Partner since May 2023
Professional
bodies
Member of the Paris Bar
Member of the AFIC (association française des investisseurs pour la croissance)
Member of the AFG (association française de la gestion financière)
Awards and citations
Marie Préat is ranked as one of the "Next generation partners" for the practice. 'Technically excellent, knows how to question herself, listens, is efficient, demanding. She is the perfect lawyer with whom we want to work again on each new project and to whom we are never afraid to ask a question!' Legal 500 EMEA 2025, Private equity: Fund formation - France
Marie Préat (Up and Coming) is gaining increased market recognition for her expertise in fund formation, acting for both domestic and international clients. Chambers France 2025, Investment/Funds
Marie Préat is ranked as one of the 'Next Generation Partners' for the practice. Legal 500 EMEA 2024, Private Equity: Fund Formation - France
Marie Préat is ranked as one of the 'Rising Stars' for the practice. Legal 500 EMEA 2023, Private Equity: Fund Formation - France
Marie Préat is ranked as one of the 'Rising Stars' for the practice. Legal 500 2022, Private Equity : Fund Formation - France
Marie Préat is ranked as "Rising Star". Legal 500 2021, Private Equity: Fund Formation - France
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