Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP fields an experienced team able to handle a range of work from private equity and domestic deals to public M&A and global transactions. The firm advises a large variety of clients including investment funds as well as technology companies and is active across various sectors including luxury goods, financial services and fintech. The team regularly acts in large transactions and recently completed prominent deals in the wine, insurance and energy sectors. The well-regarded Stéphane HutenXavier Doumen and Matthieu Grollemund are the practice. heads Other key names include Jean-Marc Franceschi and Hélène Parent.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Excellent’.

  • ‘Xavier Doumen is very professional, competent and pleasant. He remains calm and courteous in all circumstances, including during tricky negotiations. Xavier listens very closely to his customers and responds quickly and in a precise manner.’

  • ‘Top quality service; high availability, legal creativity and finesse in negotiations. Ability to be proactive and high responsiveness.’

Key clients

  • Aleda/Française des Jeux
  • BNP Paribas Developpement SA
  • CDC
  • Chequers Capital
  • CNP Assurances
  • Continental
  • Crédit Immobilier de France
  • Cryptosense
  • EDF
  • EDH
  • Equinor
  • Flixbus
  • FMO
  • Groupe Artémis
  • IBM
  • ID Logistics
  • Imactis
  • Lacroix Groupe
  • Lennox
  • Meraxis
  • Motherson
  • Orsted
  • Reel
  • Reveal
  • Rexel
  • Rothschild
  • S.T. Dupont
  • Saint-Gobain
  • SNCF
  • Sodexo
  • Synechron
  • Synopsis
  • TDF
  • The Children’s Investment Fund (TCI) Fund
  • Management
  • Vivalto
  • Wonderbox Otium Capital

Work highlights

  • Advising CNP Assurances on the acquisition of the Aviva insurance activity in Italy and the acquisition of the stake of Unicrédit in Aviva S.p.a.
  • Advising Saint-Gobain on the sale of its Crystals and Detectors business.
  • Advising Motherson on the acquisition of the SAS Cockpit Modules division from Faurecia.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Xavier Doumen, Stéphane Huten, Matthieu Grollemund