François Baylion

François Baylion

Avocat, Mergers & acquisitions and corporate law, BDGS Associés

Work Department

Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Law

Position

Partner specialising in corporate governance and transactions involving listed companies, including takeovers and equity capital markets transactions.

Recent work includes advising: Crédit Agricole Assurances (Predica) on the 1.5-billion-euro action plan adopted by Clariane to strengthen its financial structure with the support of Predica in its capacity as key shareholder, on its participation in a 850-million-euro Series C capital injection in Verkor, a company specialized in EV batteries, on its acquisition of a minority stake of 30% in Innergex in France, and on the reorganisation within Group Crédit Agricole of its retirement business with the creation of Crédit Agricole Assurances Retraite; and Groupe Canal+ on the acquisition from Orange of the OCS pay-TV package and its film and series co-production subsidiary, Orange Studio.

Education

Paris Bar (2010) Postgraduate diploma in law and management from HEC Paris (2008) Master’s degree in business law from the University of Versailles (2006)

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