Paris

Recent Paris office M&A experience includes representations of:

Adecco on its acquisition of 60% of the share capital of Akka Technologies
Alcatel-Lucent on all aspects under French and U.S. law of its €15.6 billion combination with Nokia
Altran on its $2.0 billion acquisition of Aricent
Amgen on its $13.4 billion acquisition of certain assets and liabilities associated with the rights to OTEZLA from Celgene Corporation
BNP Paribas on its sale of Bank of the West, its U.S. retail and commercial banking business, to BMO Financial Group for a base price of $16.3 billion in cash
Covivio on its €1.2 billion voluntary public takeover offer for all shares in Godewind Immobilien
EDF on its €3 billion acquisition of Dalkia; on its €1.4 billion take of EDF Energies Nouvelles; on its acquisition of in EDF Luminus; and on its agreement to sell its 25.4% stake in Alpiq to EBM and EOS Holding for CHF 489 million
Eurazeo on its 4.8% sale of Moncler’s share capital for a total consideration of €445 million by its subsidiary ECIP M by way of an accelerated book building to institutional investors
Goldman Sachs’ Asset Management Division, in consortium with PGGM, ATP, GIC and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, on its sale of LeasePlan to ALD for a total consideration of €4.9 billion
Kering on the sale of its sports and lifestyle brand Volcom to Authentic Brands Group
Pershing Square, a special purpose acquisition company, on its $4 billion acquisition of Universal Music Group shares from Vivendi
Rhône Capital on its $1.2 billion acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Zodiac Pool Holding from a fund affiliated with the Carlyle Group
Stellantis, formerly Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, on its $60 billion 50/50 merger with Peugeot
Suez on Veolia’s acquisition of Suez shares representing 29.9% of the capital of Suez from Engie and the subsequent agreement with a consortium of investors to create a new Suez resulting from the divestment of around €7.0 billion of assets
Syntel on its $3.57 billion cash acquisition by Atos
Taiwan Cement Corporation on its €132 million acquisition of 60.48% stake in Engie Eps
Tiffany & Co on its $16 billion acquisition by LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton
Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank as financial advisors to Unibail-rodamco on its €21.7 billion acquisition of Westfield Corporation

Recent Paris office capital markets experience includes the following matters:

Alcatel-Lucent on several Rule 144A/Reg S high-yield bond offerings, Rule 144A/Reg S senior notes offerings including a €1 billion OCEANE convertible bond offering and €1 billion capital raising, counsel to issuer
Altran on its €750 million rights issue, which formed part of its $2.0 billion acquisition financing of Aricent, counsel to issuer
AXA as regular adviser on Rule 144A/Reg S debt offerings, counsel to issuer
Citigroup Global Markets, J.P. Morgan Securities and Wells Fargo Securities on AXA Equitable Holdings’s Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $3.8 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes, counsel to initial purchasers
Council of Europe Development Bank on multiple SEC-registered debt offerings, counsel to issuer
EDF on its €2.4 billion inaugural convertible green bond; on its multiple Rule 144A/Reg S bond offerings, counsel to issuer; and on its €4 billion capital increase, counsel to underwriters
Elis on its $967 million initial public offering; on its $317 million common stock offering; on its €400 million convertible bonds offering; and on its €800 million high-yield senior notes offering, pursuant to Rule 144A/ Reg S, counsel to issuer
Eurazeo on the sale of its 4.20% stake in Accor for a total consideration of €552 million; on its sale of ordinary shares of Europcar Group for net proceeds of €179 million; and on multiple transaction in connection with the sale of its stake in Moncler shares amounting to an aggregate of 22% and €1.22 billion, counsel to issuer
Gaztransport & Technigaz on its €621 million initial public offering, counsel to the underwriters
ING U.S. (Voya) on an SEC-registered exchange offer for various outstanding notes, counsel to issuer
J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup on the $1.215 billion public secondary offering by AXA, counsel to underwriters
Rallye on its €195.4 million global tender offer, counsel to underwriters
Taiwan Cement Corporation (TCC) on its €140 million rights issue of its subsidiary NHOA, counsel to issuer
TDF Infrastructure on multiple bond offerings, pursuant to Reg S, counsel to issuer
Total on multiple SEC-registered global bond offerings, counsel to issuer
Universal Music Group on its initial public offering and listing on the Euronext Amsterdam, counsel to shareholder

For recent Paris office tax experience, visit our French Tax selected representations page.