Étienne Épron is a French attorney registered with the Paris bar, managing partner of Épron Quievy & Associés. He leads the firm’s mergers and acquisitions, tax and private clients departments.
His areas of practice include corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, tax and legal structuring of groups of companies, inter-generation transmission of enterprises and international sanctions.
Étienne Épron studied law in both France and Germany. He then spent five years with Gide in Moscow and Paris, and then seven as the managing director of the Franco-German law firm Sagasser Partners. Through these experiences, he has developed particular skills in M&A transactions involving Germany, France and Russia.
In addition to cross-border operations, Étienne Épron’s practice also covers domestic deals in numerous fields of business such as defence, digital communications, biotechnology, med-tech and digital services companies.
He frequently advises investment funds and French and foreign asset managers involved in acquiring, managing and selling French assets.
He also advises French start-ups that have reached the seed-funding stage on the legal and tax implications of their growth.
Given the current geopolitical climate, his work also includes the sale and restructuring of foreign investments in Russia, litigation against sanctions imposed on individuals by EU authorities, applications to the relevant EU authorities for authorisations and licences, assisting EU and Russian nationals to secure the release of their European assets and issuing legal opinions on compliance with EU legislation.
Étienne Épron acts as an expert advisor at political level on international sanctions. He has written several articles concerning the sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus. Since 2018, he has been called upon regularly to speak on this subject in the media.
Experience
2006 – 2009: Gide Moscow, Associate
2009 – 2012: Gide Paris, Associate
2012 – 2014: Ngo, Cohen Amir-Aslani, Senior Associate
2014 – 2021: Sagasser SELAS, Partner
Since 2021: EQA Avocats, Founding Partner
Education
Research Master’s (Master 2 / DEA) in Comparative French and German Law – Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, Paris
Advanced Studies in German and International Business Law (Höheren Studien der deutschen und internationalen Wirtschaftsrechte) – Humboldt Universität, Berlin
Master’s in Civil Law (Master 1 / Maîtrise) – Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, Paris
Master of Laws (LLM) in Intellectual Property – Humboldt University of Berlin
Languages
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- French
- German
- English
- Russian
Publications
France 24 – 01/02/26 – Sanctions internationales et Etat de droit. Quel équilibre ?
France 24 – 17/04/2020 – La pandémie de Covid-19 relance le débat sur les sanctions internationales
France 24 – 19/10/2018 – Étienne Épron : “Les sanctions internationales peuvent s’assimiler à une guerre économique”
Omerta – 06/02/2026 – Pourquoi les sanctions sont devenues une arme ?
Omerta – Sanctions : quand la lutte pour «nos valeurs» piétine «nos valeurs»
Voix des francophones – 29/08/2025 – ICI MOSCOU : La paix sans Zelensky
Causeur – 30/01/2025 – Vaincre la Russie à tout prix, même celui de l’État de droit ?
Meilleures SCPI – 19/02/2024 – Allianz pierre acquiert « La coupole » !
Village de la Justice – 30/05/2022 – L’activité des avocats français à l’heure du 8e paquet de sanctions contre la Russie
Atlantico – 01/12/2020 – Sanctions internationales Russie – Etats-Unis – Europe : état des lieux et bilan au crépuscule de la première présidence Trump
Le Monde du Droit – 28/07/2021 – Dentons conseille Creapharm dans sa prise de contrôle du groupe LinBox
Le Monde du Droit – 01/10/2020 – Sagasser conseille LinBox
Le Monde du Droit – 27/06/2013 – Ngo Cohen Amir-Aslani & Associés conseille MCI (MCI / Edmond de Rothschild)
Le Monde du Droit – 20/07/2012 – Ngo Cohen Amir-Aslani & Associés conseille le groupe GFI Informatique dans ses acquisitions (GFI informatique / Inservio)
Fusacq – 07/10/2023 – NGO COHEN AMIR-ASLANI & ASSOCIES conseille ASPEN (Aspen Glaxo / SmithKline)
Fusacq – 07/01/2014 – MAKHEIA GROUP met la main sur l’agence de communication BIG YOUTH
Fusacq – 24/09/2013 – NGO COHEN AMIR-ASLANI & ASSOCIES conseille GFI INFORMATIQUE dans son acquisition d’ADDSTONES CONSULTING (GFI informatique/ Addstones)
Fusacq – 23/10/2012 – NGO COHEN AMIR-ASLANI & ASSOCIES conseille INNOVACOM GESTION (Innovacom / Olea Medical)
Les Échos / Capital Finance – 03/12/2010 – La Banque verte reprend Axeria Vie (Crédit agricole assurance/ Groupe April)
