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Stéphane Huten

Work Department
Corporate M&A, Private Equity
Position
Partner
Career
Stéphane Huten is a partner in our Paris office and head of our Corporate & Finance practice in France and of the global Private Equity Leadership Team. He focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions both on private and public companies with particular expertise in private equity transactions. He also advises on stock exchange law and corporate governance issues.
Stéphane has been ranked 6th busiest M&A lawyer in Europe according to data from Mergermarket in 2020. Hes been recognised Lawyer of the Year in Private Equity by the French magazine Option Droit & Affaires in 2021 and as Stand-out Lawyer by Thomson Reuters 2021 and Top Dealmakers in EMEAs Mid Cap Lawyers (#6) by MergerLinks 2021.
Stéphane advised on nearly 60 transactions in 2021, he advised number of private equity funds as well as listed companies, founders or management on number of operations.
Languages
English, French, German
Education
Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, 2002
ESSEC, ESSEC Business School
Lawyer Rankings
France > Private equity: venture/growth capital
The ‘first-rate’, ‘knowledgable’ team at Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP is regularly called upon by sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, strategic investors, portfolio companies and management teams for its venture and growth capital expertise. The practice group is jointly led by Stéphane Huten and the ‘very knowledgeable’ Matthieu Grollemund. Huten focuses on private equity transactions and corporate governance matters, while Grollemund, for his part, has particular knowledge of the tech sector. Additional names to note include Hélène Parent, praised for her ‘technical excellence, problem-solving, strong business sense and excellent negotiating skills’; and corporate law specialist Gautier Valdiguié.
France > Private equity: LBO
(Leading partners)Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP‘s practice group regularly assists private equity houses, sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, strategic investors, portfolio companies and management teams with mid and large-cap buyout transactions. Stéphane Huten, who focuses on private equity transactions and corporate governance matters, co-leads the team alongside Matthieu Grollemund, who has substantial experience in buyout transactions involving the tech and healthcare sectors. Additional key contacts include corporate and private equity specialists Xavier Doumen and Florian Brechon.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners France > Private equity: LBO
- Private equity: venture/growth capital France
- Private equity: LBO France
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Data privacy and data protection
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: IT and internet
- Insolvency
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Private equity: venture/growth capital
Firm Rankings
- Aviation finance
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Capital markets: debt capital markets
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: Stock market litigation
- Employment
- EU, competition and distribution
- Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Luxury goods
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Private equity: LBO
- Shipping finance
- Administrative and public law
- Compliance
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
- Industry focus: Telecoms
- Project finance
- Tax
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Real estate