BDGS Associés

Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Law

Partner specialising in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (listed and unlisted companies), joint ventures, capital market transactions and international arbitration.

She has recently advised Diageo on its joint venture with LVMH in Moët Hennessy, its distribution arrangements with Moët Hennessy and its delisting from Euronext Paris; Coty on its dual listing on Euronext Paris and issuance of 33 million shares via a public offering in the United States and a private placement reserved for qualified investors in the EEA; Thales on the sale of its Ground Transportation Systems (GTS) to Hitachi Rail; Crédit Agricole Assurances (Predica) on its acquisition in consortium with Vauban Infrastructure Partners of 45% of Bluevia from Telefónica, on its acquisition in consortium with ENGIE of Eolia Renovables, one of the largest independent renewable energy producers in Spain from Alberta Investment Management Corporation; Richemont on its partnership with Alber Elbaz for the creation of a joint venture, AZfashion; and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) as reference shareholder of Lagardère.

Hannah joined BDGS Associés in 2015 after having been an associate at Clifford Chance in Paris and Beijing, a trainee solicitor at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London and after having been seconded to ExxonMobil in the UK.

French, English, and Mandarin Chinese

Admitted to the Paris Bar (2018) and Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (2013).

Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, BPP Law School (2011)

Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School (2010)

Master’s Degree of Arts (Oriental Studies), University of Cambridge (2009)