Pierre‑Yves Chabert

The French State in its €9.6 billion tender offer to delist Électricité de France (EDF).

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. in its €3.1 billion acquisition of TotalEnergies European retail assets.

Veolia in its €12.9 billion acquisition of Suez and in the related divestments of certain Suez remedy assets.

Tikehau Capital in a €400m investment from founding families of AB InBev.

Attestor in its €2.9 billion acquisition of Europcar Mobility Group, in consortium with Volkswagen AG and Pon Holdings BV.

General Motors in a €1 billion simultaneous warrant exercise and share repurchase transaction with Stellantis.

Thales in the combination of its cellular IoT products business with Telit.

Solvay in its contemplated separation into two independent listed companies.

Alstom in its €4.4 billion acquisition of Bombardier Transportation, and in its proposed €15 billion strategic combination with Siemens Mobility business.

BNP Paribas in its acquisition of 100% of the Exane Group.

Vale in the sale of its New Caledonia nickel assets to Prony Resources.

Capgemini in its €5 billion acquisition of Altran Technologies.

Saint-Gobain in its $1.4 billion acquisition of all shares of Continental Building Products.

BNP Paribas in a novel transaction in relation to Deutsche Bank’s global prime brokerage and electronic equities businesses and the acquisition of a Delta One book.

Thales in its €4.8 billion offer for Gemalto.

General Motors on the sale of its European Opel/Vauxhall automotive business and GM Financial’s European operations to PSA Group.

Essilor in its €50 billion strategic combination with Luxottica to create a global integrated player in the eyewear industry.

Amundi in its €3.5 billion all-cash acquisition of Pioneer Investments from UniCredit, and in its acquisition of Sabadell Asset Management from Banco Sabadell for €430 million.

Gecina in its €3 billion takeover bid for Eurosic.

Total in its €2.5 billion acquisition of Direct énergie and in its €950 million acquisition of Groupe Saft.

Groupama in connection with the sale of Groupama’s 35% interest in La Banque Postale Assurances IARD to La Banque Postale, and their commercial cooperation in the areas of legal protection and assistance services.

Safran in the sale of its Identity and Security activities to Advent International associated with Bpifrance.

Accor in its acquisition of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts Management.

BPCE in its acquisition of Oney Bank SA from Auchan Holding.

Crédit Agricole S.A. in a major reorganization aimed at simplifying Crédit Agricole Group’s structure and strengthening the capital structure of Crédit Agricole S.A.

Lafarge in its €40 billion merger with Holcim to create LafargeHolcim.

The French State with respect to the partnerships between GE and Alstom concerning Alstom’s Energy business.

Electricité de France (EDF) in its €4.7 billion sale of a 45.01% participating interest in EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg to the Land of Baden-Württemberg.

BNP Paribas in its €14.7 billion acquisition of Fortis.

Lafarge in its €15 billion acquisition of Orascom Cement.

Mittal Steel in its €30 billion hostile takeover bid of Arcelor.

Elf Aquitaine in its pacman takeover bid for TotalFina and consequential merger with Total.

Banque Nationale de Paris in BNP’s public exchange offer for Société Générale and Paribas, and in connection with international legal issues relating to the internal restructuring of BNP Paribas.

IPO of Accor Acquisition Company, Amundi, Groupe FNAC through a spin-off, Edenred through a spin-off, CFAO, Gaz de France, Crédit Agricole, Euronext, JCDecaux, Wanadoo, Equant.

Rights offerings of Veolia Environnement, Alstom, Vallourec, Lafarge, Natixis, BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Arcelor, Havas.