Alexandre Marque
Alexandre Marque focuses his practice on advising French and international corporations, investment funds and financial institutions on mergers, acquisitions and private equity transactions, as well as capital, industrial and commercial tie-ups.
He also has particular strength in securities law and stock exchange regulations in the context of takeover bids, public offerings and private investments.
Alexandre Marque also has a wealth of experience advising on the privatization of state-owned entities on behalf of the French government, private investors, or the entities themselves.
He co-founded Franklin in 2000 and, having advised the Altice group since its inception, he joined them as Global General Counsel in 2015. In 2020, Alexandre returned to Franklin as a senior partner.
- Legal 500 EMEA 2025 – Alexandre Marque is quoted in the categories Mergers & Acquisitions et Private Equity: LBO
‘They are very experienced and have a commercial and proactive attitude.’
‘Rigour and engagement.’ - Chambers France 2025 – Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market
What the Team is Known For
Franklin houses a strong team able to advise clients on mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. The team possesses expertise in handling domestic and cross-border LBO transactions. Its clients hail from the healthcare, technology, financial services and real estate sectors.
Strengths
‘Franklin has a broad set of skills.’
‘The team showed good technical knowledge across a wide range of fields, a sound commercial approach and a strong ability to create and build relationships.’ - Option Droit & Affaires 2025 – Alexandre Marque is quoted in the category Equity development and LBOs, the majority of which involve companies with less than €50 million in assets (3 stars)
- Leaders League – Gold award « Mergers & acquisitions – Mid to large » – 2025
- Leaders League 2025 – Alexandre Marque is ranked in the “Telecommunications law” (Leading) categorie of the Innovation, technology & telecoms Guide
- Leaders League 2024 – Alexandre Marque is ranked in the “Transactions between €75m and €500m” (Leading) categorie of the M&A Guide
- Alexandre Marque is individually ranked in the US directory Best Lawyers 2025
- Option Droit & Affaires 2024 – Alexandre Marque is ranked among the leading firms for M&A deals under 200 million euros ranking (4 stars)
- Leaders League 2024 – The team is ranked in the “Mid-cap LBO transactions ” (Excellent) category of the Private Equity Guide
- IFLR 1000 2024 – Private Equity (Tier Five)
- Leaders League 2024 – Silver award « Mergers & acquisitions – Mid to large » – 2024
- Institute of Political Sciences of Paris
- University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas : Advanced studies degree (DEA) in International Law
- University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas : Advanced studies degree (DEA) in Public Law
