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Hannah Cobbett

Hannah Cobbett

Work Department

Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Law

Position

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

Recent work includes advising: Coty Inc. on its dual listing on Euronext Paris; Thales on the sale of its ground transportation systems business to Hitachi Rail; Diageo on its voluntary delisting from Euronext Paris; Crédit Agricole Assurances (Predica) on its acquisition in consortium with Vauban Infrastructure Partners of 45% of Bluevia Fibra from Telefónica and its acquisition in consortium with Engie of Eolia Renovables from Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCO); and Richemont on its joint venture with Alber Elbaz in AZfashion.

Career

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.

Languages

French, English, and Mandarin Chinese

Education

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)

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