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