Mergers and acquisitions

BDGS Associés

Client Satisfaction

With its large workforce, BDGS Associés boasts one of the market’s deepest bench, from top notch senior advisers to upcoming talents, able to advise on all types of transactions including public M&A deals. The firm advises a prominent client base that includes many of France’s leading publicly listed and private companies on their largest and most strategic deals. The practice also stands out for its rare ability to advise on complex deals pertaining to the public sector such as reorganisation projects of France’s state's owned entities. The practice is co-headed by senior market’s statesmen Marc Loy, Antoine Bonnasse , Jean-Emmanuel Skovron and Youssef Djehane. Among the younger guard, Thomas Méli, Lucile Gaillard , François Baylion, Jérôme du Chazaud and David Andréani stand out. Senior associate Hannah Cobbett provides support.

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Testimonials

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‘High-end, tailor-made advice.’
‘Extremely sharp skills on often complex subjects. Excellent firm on subjects that interweave M&A and public law.’
‘One of the best teams in France. The BDGS professionals have a very good analytical capacity and are rigorous, technical.’
‘Youssef Djehanne: exceptional customer relations. Jean-Emmanuel Skovron: expert, upright, rigorous.’
‘Jean-Emmanuel Skovron: an exceptional strategist, an outstanding negotiator. David Andreani: exceptional technical skills, availability and capacity for work, financial skills that allow him to be more than just legal advice.’
‘Lucile Gaillard: great expertise in the field - proactive - always responsive to meet her client's expectations.’
‘François Baylion demonstrates exceptional strength of proposal and helps navigate very complex situations intelligently and with a level of finesse and rigor.’
‘Jérôme du Chazaud is very competent, both technically and in negotiations. He is comfortable with any type of deal: M&A, joint venture, investment, etc. He is very available and can count on the help, internally, of various experts on other areas of law.’

Key clients

ADEME Investissement
Agence des participations de l’État
Bouygues Telecom
Bpifrance
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations
Canal+ Group
CMA CGM
Coty
Crédit Agricole Assurances (Predica)
Diageo
Engie
Groupama
Groupe ADIT
Groupe La Poste
Groupe NRJ
Groupe Prévoir
Icade
L’Oréal
LOV Group
MBDA
OpenGate Capital
PMU
Publicis
Qatar Investment Authority
Sagard
Semmaris
SNCF
Sopra Steria
Thales

Work highlights

Advising Coty on its dual listing on Euronext Paris (Coty having its main listing on the NYSE) and its issue of 33M shares through a public offering in the US and private placement.
Advising Crédit Agricole Assurances (CAA) on the financial actions plan adopted by Clariane, a listed company on Euronext Paris.
Advising CMA CGM and Merit France on the restructuring and regulatory implications of Altice France’s acquisition of 100% of Altice Media.

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