White & Case LLP
White & Case LLP is regularly retained by some of France’s most high-profile companies to assist with large strategic transactions and also acts for international clients. The practice recently completed a number of deals in the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors. The team, which advises on both public and private M&A deals, also handles restructuring, spin-off and merger transactions. Marc Petitier impresses with his involvement in many key deals. Hugues Mathez and Guillaume Vallat are other names to note.
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Testimonials
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‘Relevance of advice, responsiveness, inventiveness in the face of constraints, pugnacity in negotiations’
'Hugues Mathez has reliable technique. Saam Golshani has strong distressed M&A expertise, is very well connected and a good strategist.’
‘Very strong team, excellent quality.'
‘Hugues Mathez is an expert in corporate governance, a fine diplomat and negotiator, always resolutely pragmatic and with a solution-oriented approach, out of the box thinking.'
'Nathalie Nègre-Eveillard: always on top of things, an outstanding technician, while maintaining a resolutely pragmatic and always business approach, tailor-made in all circumstances.’
‘Responsiveness, availability, skills’.
Key clients
- Forvia Faurecia
- Engie
- Cosfibel
- Biosynex
- Europcar Mobility Group
- RTL Group
- Play Group
- Amber Capital
- Ebro Foods
- Bpifrance
- Altitude Infrastructure Holding
- Orange
- FCDE
- Legrand
- Macif
- Groupe Casino
- EP Global Commerce
- Luko
- Pernod Ricard
- Peugeot Frères Industrie
- Korian
- Total Eren
- Schneider Electric Industies
- Bouygues Construction
Work highlights
- Advised Casino Group, together with Tikehau Capital and Bpifrance, on the sale of their majority stake in GreenYellow to Ardian Infrastructure.
- Advised Eren Groupe and its subsidiary Total Eren on the acquisition by TotalEnergies of Total Eren.
- Advised Teleperformance on its combined public tender offer, in cash and securities, over Majorel's share capital and voting rights, for an amount of €3bn.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Hugues Mathez, Saam Golshani