Leveraging its top public M&A practice and client base, Bredin Prat’s capital markets team predominantly advises corporate clients on IPOs, share offerings, convertible and bond issues. The team was notably involved in the few high-profile IPOs in  France in 2023 and regularly assists clients with large public M&A deals. Olivier Saba leads the practice. Of note, the firm also has a leading complementary stock-market litigation practice.

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Key clients

  • Mersen
  • Casino
  • Technicolor Creative Studios
  • EDF
  • Fnac Darty
  • Saint-Gobain
  • Stellantis
  • Vantiva
  • Ubisoft
  • Johnson & Johnson

Work highlights

  • Advised Vantiva (previously Technicolor) in connection with the IPO of its visual effects and creative animation technologies subsidiary, Technicolor Creative Studios (TCS), on Euronext Paris.
  • Advising Mersen Group in connection with its share capital increase with preferential subscription rights for existing shareholders in France.
  • Advising Johnson & Johnson Innovation (JJDC) on its equity investment and global licensing agreement with Nanobiotix.

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Olivier Saba