Salomé Claeyssen

Holder of a postgraduate degree in company law from ENADEP and a Master's degree in law, economics, and management specializing in business law, with a focus on corporate law, from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers

Salomé Claeyssen, corporate lawyer

Salomé Claeyssen is a corporate lawyer at ARST Avocats. Having been with the firm for over ten years, she assists companies, managers, and partners with the legal aspects of their businesses and the execution of their routine and exceptional transactions.

She primarily practices in corporate law, legal secretarial services, capital transactions, business transfers, and legal formalities. Her practice also includes reviewing commercial contracts and commercial leases.

Her long-standing knowledge of the firm and its clients allows her to ensure reliable and continuous case management. She works in coordination with the lawyers on the corporate team and is a regular point of contact for management, accounting departments, chartered accountants, auditors, court registries, and organizations responsible for formalities.

Corporate legal secretariat

Salomé Claeyssen, a lawyer specializing in corporate law, provides ongoing legal support to companies and groups assisted by ARST Avocats.

She is involved in the preparation of, among other things:

• ordinary and extraordinary general meetings;
• decisions of the partners or shareholders;
• decisions of presidents and other leaders;
• of the annual approval of the accounts;
• of the allocation of the result;
• regulated agreements;
• changes in leadership;
• transfers of registered office;
• statutory amendments;
• of maintaining and updating social records.

It ensures compliance with schedules, statutory rules and formalities necessary for the enforceability of decisions taken.

This activity is part of the support offered by ARST Avocats to companies and their managers.

Corporate and capital transactions

Salomé Claeyssen is involved in the preparation and execution of operations affecting the structure, capital or governance of companies.

She notably supports the firm's teams in:

• the formation of companies;
• capital increases and reductions;
• contributions in cash or in kind;
• the issuance of securities and financial instruments;
• the transfers of securities;
• societal transformations;
• mergers and restructurings;
• amicable dissolutions and liquidations;
• changes in governance;
• intra-group reorganization operations.

She participates in the preparation of legal documentation, the verification of documents and the coordination of the different stages of the operation.

His experience as a corporate lawyer allows him to identify the decisions, documents and formalities necessary for the successful completion of each operation.

Shareholders' agreements and governance

Salomé Claeyssen also intervenes in matters relating to relations between partners and the organization of governance.

She participates in the preparation and follow-up:

• shareholder agreements;
• agreements relating to governance;
• stock market movements;
• the entry or exit of partners;
• transmission operations;
• decisions reserved for partners or management bodies;
• registers of securities movements and individual shareholder accounts.

It ensures consistency between the statutes, the agreements concluded between the partners and the decisions taken by the corporate bodies.

Business transfers

Salomé Claeyssen participates in the acquisition and sale of businesses.

It is involved in the collection and verification of documents relating to the fund, its operation, current contracts and the commercial lease.

It contributes in particular to:

• gather the necessary legal information;
• check the administrative status of the fund;
• examine the registrations and privileges;
• prepare the documentation for the operation;
• organize the signing of the documents;
• complete the publicity formalities;
• to monitor objections;
• coordinate communication with the escrow agent and relevant organizations.

This activity is conducted in conjunction with the team responsible for business asset transactions.

Commercial leases

In the context of corporate operations or business transfers, Salomé Claeyssen also reviews commercial leases.

Specifically, it checks:

• the identity of the parties and the duration of the lease;
• the intended use of the premises;
• the amount of rent, charges and security deposit;
• the distribution of work;
• the renewal conditions;
• the clauses of assignment and approval;
• solidarity clauses;
• any potential orders, payment incidents or disputes;
• the compatibility of the lease with the activity carried out or planned.

This review helps to identify the authorizations, notifications or agreements necessary to carry out a sale or restructuring.

When the case requires in-depth analysis, she works with the real estate and commercial leases team at ARST Avocats.

Commercial contracts

Salomé Claeyssen participates in the preparation, review and monitoring of companies' contractual documentation.

She is particularly involved in:

• confidentiality agreements;
• service contracts;
• partnership agreements;
• supply contracts;
• intra-group agreements;
• acknowledgments of debt;
• Memoranda of understanding;
• contracts ancillary to an acquisition or a sale.

It ensures that contracts are consistent with the company's legal status, the powers of its representatives, and the decisions of its corporate bodies.

This intervention complements the firm's activity in commercial contracts and distribution.

Legal formalities and relations with the court registries

Salomé Claeyssen takes charge of and coordinates the formalities following the decisions and operations carried out by the companies.

She notably ensures:

• the preparation of formality files;
• the collection and verification of supporting documents;
• declarations relating to beneficial owners;
• the filing of deeds and annual accounts;
• monitoring legal publications;
• exchanges with the relevant registries and bodies;
• the processing of regularization requests;
• the control of extracts and documents issued after completion of formalities.

She follows each case until the transaction is officially registered and verifies the accuracy of the published information.

A contact person familiar to the firm's clients

For over ten years, Salomé Claeyssen has supported the development of ARST Avocats' corporate practice. This long tenure has given her in-depth knowledge of the firm's organization, its methods, and numerous cases handled over extended periods.

Appreciated for her availability, good humor and the quality of her relationships with clients, she strives to make legal operations understandable and to facilitate the collection of necessary information and documents.

His work as a corporate lawyer is based on rigor, continuity of monitoring and coordination between companies, lawyers and various external stakeholders.

His LinkedIn professional profile also presents his career within ARST Avocats and his training as a corporate lawyer.