Led by Diane Lamarche, who also chairs the firm's commercial and corporate litigation practice, White & Case LLP is retained by leading banks and investment funds, as well as companies to assist with high-stakes matters, spanning governance of major listed companies, stock-market battles and stock-market breach cases. The team has been active in the high-profile EDF litigation and has been retained to assist with a highly sensitive ESG-related case.
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Key clients
- Orpea
- SES Imagotag
- Société Générale
- Goldman Sachs Bank Europe
- SMCP (Sandro, Maje, Claudie Pierlot)
Work highlights
- Representing Orpea before the Paris Court of appeals to obtain the annulment of the waiver to the mandatory filing of a tender offer granted by the AMF to the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations in the frame of its restructuring process.
- Representing SES-imagotag in the context of a short-selling campaign conducted by investor Gotham City Research LLC (“Gotham”) against the company.
- Representing Société Générale and Goldman Sachs before the Paris Court of appeals in relation to an AMF clearance decision concerning a tender offer filed by the French State for EDF.
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Diane Lamarche