Mr Yannick Piette > Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Yannick Piette
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Yannick Piette is a corporate partner in the Paris office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.
He specialises in all types of M&A and capital market transactions including public takeovers, takeover defenses, restructuring of listed companies, governance matters, IPO and equity offering. Practice as litigator in public takeovers. Major recent transactions include advising: Orange on its €1.3bn sale of its stake in Orange Concessions; Engie on its €3.4bn sale of its stake in Suez to Veolia; Total on its $8.8bn acquisition of Anadarko’s African asset; the French State on the privatization and IPO of Française des Jeux; Rallye on its €3.5bn restructuring; Terreis on its €1.7bn sale of real estate assets to Swiss Life.
Languages
French, English
Memberships
Paris Bar
Education
EDHEC
University of Lille (DEA Droit des Affaires)
Lawyer Rankings
France > Mergers and acquisitions
(Leading partners)Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is the key adviser to a number of major French listed companies while also regularly assisting management teams and boards with large and complex M&A transactions. The firm combines top M&A and private equity expertise that extends to public M&A deals and high-profile restructuring and distressed M&A work. The practice is particularly active in the TMT and retail sectors where it regularly works on headline deals. The practice is led by Yannick Piette. Agathe Soilleux and Jean-Baptiste Cornic are two other key members. Claude Serra left the firm.