France

Transportation & Logistics
Banking, Corporate

We advised the Bolloré Group on its divestment of 100% of Bolloré Africa Logistics, which includes all the transport and logistics activities of the Bolloré Group in Africa, to the MSC Group on the basis of the corporate value, net of minority interests, of EUR5.7 billion.

Energy, Infrastructure
Public Law, Environmental Law

We advised Hy24, in relation to their initiative of accelerating the growth and expansion of the hydrogen ecosystem in Europe by deploying a European network of high-capacity green hydrogen stations benefiting from the pooling of industrial and financial players support, as well as public support.

Gaming
Capital markets, Corporate

We advised Ubisoft on the placement of bonds convertible into and/or exchangeable for new or existing shares (“OCEANEs”) due 2028 by way of a public offering only to qualified investors, for a nominal amount of EUR470 million.

Financial Institutions, Aeronautics
Banking, ESG

We advised the banking syndicate on a new sustainability-linked syndicated revolving credit facility for Airbus SE for an amount of EUR8 billion. The documentation includes a margin adjustment mechanism based on ESG criteria.

Consumer & Retail, Food & Beverage
Corporate and Commercial litigation

We advised McDonald’s in respect of a “public interest judicial agreement” (Convention Judiciaire d’Intérêt Public – “CJIP”). The Judicial Court of Paris validated this agreement negotiated between McDonald’s and the French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (Parquet National Financier – “PNF”), thus terminating the investigation that the PNF had launched.

Financial Institutions, Telecoms, Media & Technology
Capital Markets, Banking, Tax

We advised a multinational financial institution in the EUR564.2 million term loan facility, USD60.0 million term loan facility and EUR40.0 million multi-currency revolving credit facility to Technicolor Creative Studios SA, as French borrower, and Technicolor Creative Services USA, as U.S. borrower.

Energy, Banking, Project Finance, Corporate

We advised Ocean Winds (joint venture between ENGIE and EDP Renewables), in the context of the wind offshore projects in Normandie, Bretagne and Mediterranean Sea. These are key bids for Ocean Winds and are viewed by the French Government as priority projects.

Private Equity, Infrastructure
Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions

We advised Samsung Life Insurance in relation to its 20% equity acquisition of the French infrastructure investment and management company Meridiam.

Pharma, Life Sciences & Healthcare
Corporate, Regulatory

We advised Ipsen on the sale of its consumer healthcare (CHC) business, including the drugs Smecta®, Forlax®, Tanakan®, Fortrans® and various production sites to Mayoly Spindler.

Real Estate
Real Estate Law, Tax

We advised Groupama Immobilier, as representative of a pool of investors made up in particular of Groupama Gan Vie and the AGRICA Group, in connection with the call for tenders opened by SOLIDEO and then the acquisition in VEFA of part of Sector E of the future Olympic and Paralympic Village.

Financial Institutions, Telecoms, Media & Technology
Banking

We advised BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Société Générale on the syndicated financing of the French unicorn Contentsquare, global leader in digital experience analytics. This financing which consists of a USD200 million revolving credit facility, is part of a USD600 million growth investment round. It is one of the very first syndicated financings set up on the French unicorn market, of which Contentsquare is one of the flagships in terms of valuation.

Financial Institutions
Commercial Litigation, Class Actions

We successfully acted for a global financial institution in the very first class action in the financial sector initiated before the Paris Court of First Instance by a consumer association, in the first follow-on ‘collective claim’ introduced as a result of the conviction of this financial institution by the French markets authority (the AMF). The French supreme court rejected all of the association’s claims, making this decision an example and a point of reference for French and foreign entities likely to experience a similar situation.