Arnaud Berdou

Mergers & Acquisitions

• The Adecco Group on its take-private transaction of Akka Technologies from the Ricci family and Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille (CNP)
• Alcatel-Lucent on its €15.6 billion acquisition by Nokia
• Altran Technologies in its $2.0 billion acquisition of Aricent from a group of investors led by KKR
• APG Asset Management, Brookfield Infrastructure Group and PSP Investments on their acquisition of TDF
• AXA on its disposal of AXA Private Equity (Ardian)
• AXA IM on the acquisition of Capza
• BNP Paribas on its $16.3 billion sale of Bank of the West, its U.S. retail and commercial banking business, to BMO Financial Group
• CFAO and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) on CFAO’s take-private transaction
• Concordia Healthcare on its $1.2 billion acquisition of certain assets from Covis Pharma Holdings
• Delta Air Lines, Inc. on its investment in Air France-KLM
• Didomi and its founders on Didomi’s A and B financing rounds (Breega, Elephant Partners)
• EDF on its €3.2 billion acquisition of Dalkia
• EDF Invest on the acquisition of Société Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur
• EDF, Snam and GIC on the €2.4 billion acquisition of Transport Infrastructure Gaz France (Térega)
• Elis on (i) BW Gestão de Investimentos Ltda.’s acquisition of a c. 6% stake in Elis; (ii) Bpifrance’s acquisition of a 5% stake in Elis; and (iii) Elis’s €2.47 billion acquisition of Berendsen
• Excelsior on its sale to Allan Allman Associates
• EXOR Nederland N.V. on its $9 billion disposal of PartnerRe Ltd to Covéa Coopérations S.A.’s (aborted during COVID-19)
• Financière Snop-Dunois (FSD) on its €255 million acquisition of Tower International’s European assets
• Groupe Charlois (Oak Nation) on several acquisitions in the U.S. and internal reorganizations
• Groupement Les Mousquetaires on its acquisition of a large number of supermarkets and hypermarkets from Casino Group (as part of its financial restructuring)
• McCourt Global, Inc. on the acquisition and management of Olympique de Marseille SASP and McCourt’s European operations
• Morgan Stanley in connection with the take-private transactions of Esker and Exclusive Networks
• Pershing Square on its $4 billion investment in Universal Music Group
• Realia on its €850 million disposal of SIIC de Paris stake to Eurosic
• Sienna Capital (GBL) on its $212 million partnership with Mérieux Développement
• Synageva BioPharma on its $9 billion merger with Alexion Pharmaceuticals
• TCC Group Holdings on its €132 million acquisition of a 60.48% stake in Engie Eps (NHOA) and subsequent mandatory tender offer (2021) and take-private transaction (2024)
• Numerous clients of the Firm on the French FDI aspects of their investments

Capital Markets

• Altran Technologies on its €750 million rights issue
• AXA REIM on its disposal of Carmila shares through two accelerated bookbuilding offerings (ABBs)
• Banks’ syndicate on EDF’s €3.1 billion rights issue
• Banks’ syndicate on Icade Santé’s IPO (Euronext Paris) (aborted)
• Delta Air Lines, Inc. on Air France-KLM’s €2.3 billion rights issue
• EDF on the convertible bond-related aspects of the French State’s take-private transaction
• EDF on its (i) multi-tranche offering of senior fixed rate notes in an aggregate amount of $2.05 billion (Rule 144A and Regulation S); (ii) multi-tranche offering of senior fixed rate notes in Canada in an aggregate amount of CAD$750 million pursuant to Regulation S; (iii) multi-tranche offering of senior fixed rate notes in an aggregate amount of USD $3.0 billion (Rule 144A and Regulation S) and CAD $500 million; (iv) the €262.1 million sale of its interest in Veolia Environnement; and (v) potential accelerated bookbuilding offering (ABB)
• Elis on its (i) €325 million rights issue and (ii) €750 million IPO
• Pershing Square on Universal Music Group’s $52 billion IPO on Euronext Amsterdam
• TCC Group Holdings on the €140 million and €250 million rights issues of NHOA
• Virtu Financial on its dispute with the Commission des sanctions of the French Autorité de marchés financiers (AMF)