About
Maître Martin Estanove
Lawyer at the Paris Bar, trusted third party to secure the price of your transactions.
Fidens is the escrow service of Maître Martin Estanove, a lawyer registered with the Paris Bar. As a trusted third party bound by strict professional ethics, the lawyer receives and holds the funds of a transaction on a dedicated CARPA account, then releases them only when the conditions agreed between the parties are met.
This conventional-escrow role applies to transactions where the payment of the price must be secured: share sales, mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity, financing and debt raising, business sales, real-estate share deals, or settlement agreements ending a dispute.
Using an escrow lawyer offers a guarantee few third parties can match: the CARPA account (the French bar's fund-handling body) ensures the ring-fencing and traceability of the funds, under the supervision of the Bar, while the lawyer's professional liability covers the whole transaction.
Areas of practice
Financing
Securing funds in financing and debt-raising transactions.
M&A
Escrow of the purchase price, earn-outs and representations & warranties.
Private Equity
Holding funds on the entry and exit of investors.
Sale of a business (fonds de commerce)
Escrow of the sale price during the creditors' opposition period.
Security interests
Autonomous guarantees, first-demand guarantees, cash collateral and more.
Real estate share deals
Escrow of the price in transfers of shares in property-holding companies — SCI, SCCV and other real-estate structures.
Dispute - Settlement agreements
Escrow of the sums agreed under a settlement ending a dispute.
Sale of tangible and intangible assets
Escrow of the price in sales of tangible or intangible assets — securities, patents, trademarks, isolated assets — as well as artworks.
Other escrows
Any situation requiring a trusted third party to hold funds (artwork, collector's car, yacht, etc.).
A transaction to secure?
Let's discuss your matter. The escrow is set up on a CARPA account, under the responsibility of a lawyer.