Maître Ramzi OUZERI
Maître Ramzi OUZERI is a lawyer admitted to the Paris Bar. He holds the Certificate of Aptitude for the Legal Profession (CAPA), awarded by the Professional Training School of the Bars of the Paris Court of Appeal (EFB).
He mainly practises in business law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, banking and finance law, healthcare law, financing, business criminal law and strategic litigation. In these areas, he has developed recognised expertise through his handling of complex matters involving significant legal, financial, regulatory and economic stakes, both in advisory work and litigation.
Professional Experience
Maître Ramzi OUZERI has extensive experience in business law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, financing and strategic litigation. He advises a French and international clientele composed in particular of executives, investors, investment funds, corporate groups, entrepreneurs and healthcare professionals.
He acts both in advisory work and litigation, particularly in the healthcare, finance, regulated professions, professional practice companies, high-balance-sheet transactions and investment sectors.
Healthcare Law, Professional Practice Companies and Regulated Professions
Maître Ramzi OUZERI has developed specific expertise in healthcare law, particularly in the structuring, acquisition, governance and regulation of professional practice structures for healthcare professionals.
He assists investors, physicians, dental surgeons, radiologists, ophthalmologists, healthcare groups and medical operators in the fields of radiology, ophthalmology, dentistry, medical centres and multidisciplinary healthcare structures.
His work covers, in particular, transfers and acquisitions of SEL and SELAS companies, restructurings of healthcare groups, governance of professional practice structures, relationships between practitioners, the creation and operation of SEL, SELAS, SCP, SCM, associations, GIE, GCS and SISA structures, as well as professional, disciplinary and ethical issues.
He also acts in disputes between practising physician-shareholders, conflicts between healthcare professionals, medical governance disputes, and litigation relating to capital ownership, financial rights and voting rights within companies of healthcare professionals.
Maître OUZERI regularly acts in high-balance-sheet transactions involving professional practice structures. He has a strong command of the specific issues relating to capital ownership, allocation of voting rights, financial rights, governance, regulatory compliance and the constraints specific to regulated professions.
Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and High-Balance-Sheet Transactions
Maître Ramzi OUZERI acts in all types of mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, company acquisitions, share transfers, group restructurings, capital reorganisations and high-balance-sheet transactions.
His practice covers acquisition audits, legal due diligence, legal and tax structuring, negotiation of transactional documentation, representations and warranties, shareholders' agreements, governance, LBO transactions, acquisition financing and capital reorganisations.
He has notably acted in connection with the acquisition of a SELAS operating a radiology technical platform, involving complex issues of capital structuring, governance, ownership of financial rights, voting rights and regulatory compliance applicable to professional practice companies.
He has also advised on demergers, capital reorganisations and corporate group restructurings, as well as investment transactions and shareholder reorganisations alongside specialised private equity, corporate and financing teams.
His experience enables him to act in complex matters involving governance, group organisation and legal structuring in regulated sectors, particularly healthcare, regulated liberal professions, finance and services.
Banking Law, Financing and Leveraged Finance
Maître Ramzi OUZERI also acts in banking and finance law, bank financing, leveraged finance, acquisition debt, LBO financing, financial restructuring and debt transactions.
He assists companies, executives, investors, investment funds, corporate groups and healthcare professionals in structuring, negotiating and securing their financing transactions.
He has notably acted in connection with a €13,000,000 investment transaction involving the entry of a fund into the capital of a SELAS, structured around the acquisition of 25% of the voting rights and 99% of the financial rights.
He has also acted in connection with a €40,000,000 financing made available to a national group in the restaurant sector, as well as in several LBO financing, external growth and restructuring transactions in the industrial, agri-food, medical and services sectors.
His work also covers transactions involving investment funds, banking pools, senior debt mechanisms, acquisition financing and capital reorganisation transactions.
Business Litigation and Strategic Litigation
Maître Ramzi OUZERI assists and defends companies, executives, shareholders, partners, investors, investment funds and healthcare professionals in commercial, civil, financial and strategic litigation.
He acts in particular in shareholder disputes, removal of company officers, governance disputes, high-balance-sheet litigation, directors' and officers' liability, post-acquisition disputes, litigation relating to mergers and acquisitions, investor disputes, contractual disputes, commercial litigation and disputes between healthcare professionals.
He also acts in disciplinary and professional regulatory proceedings involving healthcare professionals, particularly where legal issues intersect with matters of governance, professional practice, ethics, liability or relationships between practitioners.
His strategic litigation practice enables him to assist clients with an approach that is legal, financial, operational and reputational, tailored to sensitive matters and situations involving significant economic stakes.
Business Criminal Law
Maître Ramzi OUZERI regularly acts in business criminal law, particularly in matters involving misuse of corporate assets, corruption, influence peddling, favouritism, breaches of probity, criminal liability of company executives, as well as cases relating to public contracts and public procurement.
He assists clients both at the risk-prevention stage and during investigations, police custody, criminal investigations, correctional proceedings and hearings before criminal courts.
His work is based on a strategic approach combining mastery of litigation, understanding of economic issues, analysis of criminal risks and management of reputational risks for executives, companies, investors and regulated professionals.
Islamic Finance and Regulatory Compliance
Maître Ramzi OUZERI also has specific expertise in Islamic finance and regulatory compliance applied to Islamic financing.
He is regularly consulted by French and international clients on issues relating to the structuring of financing arrangements compliant with the principles of Islamic finance, as well as the regulatory issues applicable to investment transactions, cross-border financing and financial structuring.
His expertise covers, in particular, Murabaha, Musharaka, Ijara and Sukuk structures, as well as Sharia compliance issues applicable to complex financial transactions.
Through his cross-disciplinary positioning between business law, financing, banking and finance law, healthcare law, regulated professions, strategic litigation, business criminal law and Islamic finance, Maître OUZERI assists demanding clients in sensitive transactions and highly strategic matters.
Languages and International Clients
Maître Ramzi OUZERI is fluent in French, English and Arabic. This linguistic ability enables him to assist French and international clients, particularly English-speaking and Arabic-speaking clients, in matters involving business law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, banking and finance law, healthcare law, business criminal law, Islamic finance and strategic litigation.
His international legal culture and understanding of cross-border issues enable him to assist foreign clients seeking to invest, acquire, structure, finance or develop a business activity in France, as well as French clients involved in international transactions, particularly in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
Academic Background
Maître Ramzi OUZERI holds a Master 2 in Business Law from Paris Descartes University.
He then completed his academic training with a second Master 2 in Banking and Finance Law, strengthening his solid and cross-disciplinary expertise in business law, legal structuring, financing, high-balance-sheet transactions, banking law, financial law and investment transactions.
This academic background enables him to approach complex matters with rigorous analysis, particularly in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, financing, healthcare law, banking and finance law, corporate law and business litigation.
Whitefield Law Firm
Drawing on his academic and professional background, Maître Ramzi OUZERI co-founded Whitefield Law Firm in Paris, with the ambition of offering a responsive, demanding and client-focused structure based on attentiveness, proximity and efficiency.
The firm was designed to provide high-quality legal support, with a direct, responsive and lasting relationship with each client, both in France and internationally.
Maître Ramzi OUZERI thus places his experience in business law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, banking and finance law, healthcare law, professional practice companies, regulated professions, business criminal law, Islamic finance and strategic litigation at the service of a clientele composed of companies, executives, investors, investment funds, corporate groups, healthcare professionals and international clients facing complex legal challenges.