Nicolas J. André

Nicolas André advises clients with the tax and structuring aspects of a large spectrum of business and corporate transactions. He has significant experience assisting growth companies, their founders, and investors in financing transactions and M&A deals, equity incentive schemes, and in interactions with tax authorities.

His practice encompasses French and international tax laws relating to M&A, venture capital, leveraged buyouts, capital markets, and financing transactions, as well as on IP licensing agreements and post-acquisition integration of businesses. Nicolas also advises clients in proceedings with French tax authorities and in their disputes before courts. He represents clients at all phases of tax controversies from rulings and audit through litigation.

Nicolas is recognized for his experience in assisting emerging growth companies in the new technologies, financial services, and life sciences sectors. He provides strategic advice in connection with the various types of business transactions companies go through during their life cycle, as well as in their day-to-day operations. Nicolas has developed a particular focus on the design and structuring of equity incentives (such as BSPCE [employee share ownership plans], carried-interest, free shares, management packages, restricted stock units, and stock options).

Before joining Jones Day, Nicolas spent three years in the New York and Paris offices of a multinational law firm headquartered in London. He has served as a research assistant with the NYU School of Law and the International Monetary Fund. Nicolas has coauthored several articles on French and international matters in legal and financial publications. He teaches a course on the taxation of financial instruments at the Paris-II Panthéon-Assas University.