Patrick Dupuis

In recognition of his work, Mr. Dupuis was named one of Best Lawyers’ 2024 Ones to Watch and has been selected repeatedly as an M&A Rising Star by IFLR1000 EMEA.

His experience includes advising:

• L’Occitane Groupe and Reinold Geiger, the majority shareholder of L’Occitane International, in a take-private bid for L’Occitane International valuing the company at €6 billion
• Iliad (i) on a $4.4 billion tender offer for Millicom International Cellular SA, (ii) on the creation of its Radio Access Network-sharing joint venture with Digicel in the French West Indies and in connection with the acquisition of a 75% stake in Jaguar Network, a leading developer of technologies for the cloud, telecom and smart cities markets in France, and (iii) in connection with the acquisition, along with NJJ Holding, of a €1.16 billion stake in Tele2 from Kinnevik AB, its historic anchor shareholder
• Technip Energies on the creation of a joint venture with John Cockerill in the field of green hydrogen
• Criteo S.A., a global technology company based in Paris and listed on Nasdaq, in connection with its acquisition of shares and assets of the Iponweb group
• Duck Creek Technologies, Inc. in its acquisition of Prima Solutions’ reinsurance software business from The Carlyle Group
• Pfizer Inc. in its $95 million investment in Valneva S.E., a French biotech company listed on Euronext and Nasdaq, in connection with the update of the parties’ Collaboration and License Agreement. Pfizer’s investment represents 8.1% of Valneva’s share capital
• Mercedes-Benz in its investment in European battery cell manufacturer Automotive Cells Company alongside founding joint venture partners Stellantis and TotalEnergies, with an objective to reach capacity of at least 120 GW hours in Europe by 2030 for an investment volume of more than €7 billion
• Silver Lake Partners in its buyout of Meilleurtaux from Goldman Sachs PIA and its acquisition of French payroll software firm Silae from its founding shareholders
• Axian Telecom in its acquisition of a majority stake in Togo Telecom in connection with the group’s privatization and the consortium formed with Emerging Capital Partners for the transact
• The Walt Disney Company in the sale of Disney Hachette Presse (DHP), a joint venture established in 1991 with French group Lagardère, to French publishing group Fleurus. DHP publishes some of the most widely circulated children’s magazines in France
• L’Occitane International, a global luxury cosmetics group based in Europe and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in connection with its proposed acquisition of the Elemis Group for $900 million
• Delta Galil Industries in its acquisition of the Eminence group, a French underwear manufacturer based in the south of France
• Axian Group and NJJ Capital, the investment vehicle of Xavier Niel, in connection with a consortium acquisition of Tigo Senegal, the second-largest telecom operator in Senegal, from Millicom International Cellular
• Hexcel Corporation in its acquisition of Structil from Safran
• StandardAero, a portfolio company of Veritas Capital, in its acquisition of Vector Aerospace from Airbus