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Olivier du Mottay
Work Department
Partner
Position
Olivier du Mottay is a corporate partner in Latham & Watkins’ Paris office and the former Global Vice Chair of the Corporate Department.
Mr. du Mottay represents investors and companies at critical stages of their development, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, and capital markets. He has extensive experience representing bidders, targeted companies, and managers in all types of corporate finance transactions.
He is involved in the negotiation and the implementation of strategic alliances and joint ventures, as well as recapitalizations and restructurings.
Mr. du Mottay regularly advises companies in a variety of general corporate matters, including corporate governance, executive compensation, shareholders’ disputes, and white collar matters.
Before joining the firm, he was an associate at a leading French law firm where he was involved in corporate law issues, restructuring, and legal advice on directors’ and officers’ duties.
Lawyer Rankings
France > Private equity: LBO
(Hall of Fame)Lauded for its ‘thoughtful and proactive advice’, the team at Latham & Watkins
has a track record in advising French and international private equity houses on mid and large-cap transactions. The group draws on substantial expertise in debt capital markets and financing work. Investment funds, sovereign wealth funds, public investment funds and venture capital firms routinely feature on the firm’s client roster. Leadership of the practice is shared between a group of seven practitioners comprising: Thomas Forschbach
, Olivier Du Mottay, Gaëtan Gianasso, Denis Criton, Alexander Benedetti, Alexander Crosthwaite, Simon Lange, and Charles-Antoine Guelluy.
France > Mergers and acquisitions
Latham & Watkins stands out for its strong involvement on outbound transactions (US, Asia) or deals of a global scale involving several offices. The Parisian team also regularly assists a number of blue chip and large French companies as well as international groups and investment funds with their large domestic and European transactions and with the setting up of joint ventures and corporate restructurings. The practice is headed by Pierre-Louis Cléro, and includes key members Olivier du Mottay, Alexander Crosthwaite and Charles-Antoine Guelluy . Counsel Raphaël Darmon also contributes.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame France > Private equity: LBO
- Private equity: LBO France
- Mergers and acquisitions France
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- EU, competition and distribution
- Insolvency
- Private equity: LBO
- Tax
Firm Rankings
- Capital markets: debt capital markets
- Data privacy and data protection
- Media and entertainment: Sports
- Capital markets: equity capital markets
- Compliance
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Employment
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: IT and internet
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Private equity: venture/growth capital