Frédéric Bouvet
Herbert Smith Freehills LLPLegal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘The team has great M&A capabilities. They perfectly understand client's needs and are able to be commercial while ensuring proper legal protection. They are close, collaborative and super available’.
- ‘Very professional team, with great availability and efficiency, speed of exécution, great rigor, this team allows to conduct difficult and very complex negotiations while creating a professional relationship.’
- ‘Extremely focused, hard workers and well organized. Able to manage very complex deals and to understand business needs. ’
- ‘Great practice, great availability, excellent team, proactive’
- ‘Partners are invested and give good advice. Pragmatic answers.’
- ‘Edouard Thomas and Cyril Boulignat have both outstanding technical skills coupled with interpersonal and commercial ones which are really an advantage when negotiating and executing a transaction’.
- ‘Edouard Thomas is very commercial, committed, pragmatic in negotiations’.
- ‘Cyril Boulignat always gives a pragmatic view of the transaction while preserving the interests of his client. His knowledge of M&A allows for risk-taking that is both secure and bold.’
Key clients
- Alten
- Société Générale
- TeamSystem Group
- Imerys
- Camo Group
- Sustainable Growth Infrastructure Fund SCSp SICAV-RAIF
- Danone
- Renault
- Eurazeo
- Ayvens Group
- Cellnex
- Amarenco
- Indigo
- Banque des Territoires
- BTP Banque
Work highlights
- Advising ALTEN in the context of its entry into exclusive negotiations with Atos for the acquisition of the activities of Worldgrid, currently held by Eviden.
- Advised Cellnex, Europe’s leading operator of wireless telecommunications and broadcasting infrastructures, on the sale by Cellnex France of 2,000 telecom sites to Phoenix France Infrastructures
- Advised Renault, as key investor and stakeholder of Verkor in the context of its investment in the Series C round of Verkor.
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Frédéric Bouvet