Jones Day combines strong US and French ECM expertise within its Paris office, and has a strong involvement alongside issuers including a number of startups and biotech companies, while also assisting several banks and arrangers. The practice regularly assists clients with share capital increase and IPO transactions and also handles convertible work. On the US front, it assists clients with SEC registration and US private placement needs. The team also stands out for its ability to assist dual-listed French issuers on their US registered Yankee bond programmes. The team is jointly headed by US expert Linda Hesse, Florent Bouyer, and Renaud Bonnet. Charles Gavoty also contributes.
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‘Very complementary team and very close to its customers. Responsiveness, efficiency and quality. Always good advice and very friendly. Great fluidity in exchanges and communication.’
- ‘Serious and available team, both on the French and American side of the practice.’
- ‘Florent Bouyer is very friendly and makes himself available. He seeks ways to move things forward in complicated situations while striving to preserve the interests of his clients.’
- ‘Charles Gavoty combines exceptional technical quality with interpersonal skills. The exchanges are fluid, the advice always fair and the reliability flawless. Charles is also highly respected by the AMF.’
- ‘Good added value on important and sensitive subjects. Great knowledge of French and US stock market law. Reactive support’.
- ‘Linda Hesse is particularly noteworthy. She manages her files very well and is quite available’.
- ‘Very good team, very technical and friendly. Good capacity for innovation as well.’
- ‘Florent Bouyer: great integrity, talented, available and friendly. Superb file management.’
Key clients
- Sanofi
- BNP Paribas
- EUROAPI
- Voltalia
- Natixis
- Carmat
- Cellectis
- Waga Energy
- Bank of America
- Criteo
- Kalray
- Nanobiotix
- Bryan Garnier & Co Limited
- Orange
- NextStage
Work highlights
- Advised Voltalia on its EUR 490 million capital increase with shareholders’ preferential subscription rights on the regulated market of Euronext in Paris.
- Advised Arverne Group on its business combination with Euronext listed SPAC, Transition SA, to create the future French leader in geothermal and low-carbon lithium production.
- Advised BNP Paribas, Natixis and Bryan Garnier on the rights offering by Carbios with a private placement to certain qualified investors in the United States pursuant to a private placement exemption.
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Linda Hesse, Renaud Bonnet, Florent BouyerOther key lawyers
Charles Gavoty