Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Client SatisfactionDrawing on the wider firm's strength in public M&A, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s litigation team has excellent knowledge of publicly listed companies and is regularly involved in headline public tender offer-related disputes and shareholders’ conflicts and governance issues pertaining to France’s leading companies. The team also represents leading corporations facing AMF-stock-market breach investigations. The practice is jointly headed by Jean-Yves Garaud and Delphine Michot.
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Key clients
- ArcelorMittal
- Capgemini
- Rothschild
- Total
- Vallourec
Work highlights
- Representing SARPI in interim proceedings brought by Lafarge Ciments in connection with the sale of SARPI’s stake to Nouveau Suez in the context of the remedies to the Veolia-Suez merger ordered by the European Commission.
- Representing ArcelorMittal in proceedings before the Paris Civil Court against the Association d’Actionnaires d’Arcelor (AAA) acting on behalf of several hedge funds, claiming that the exchange ratio of the 2007 merger between MittalSteel and Arcelor that led to the creation of ArcelorMittal was unfair.
- Representing multiple clients in several ongoing or recent investigations conducted by the AMF.
Lawyers
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Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Delphine Michot
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & HamiltonPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jean-Yves Garaud, Delphine Michot