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Hervé Pisani

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herve.pisani@freshfields.com T +33 1 44 56 44 56 M +33 6 72 15 68 16

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Profil Hervé Pisani

Avocat à la cour, Hervé Pisani is a corporate Partner in our global transactions group in Paris. He is recognised as one of the leading M&A corporate lawyers in France.

Hervé has a solid experience in advising listed and non-listed companies in relation to their most strategic M&A transactions, either in France or globally.

In addition, Hervé has a particularly strong expertise in relation to stock market litigation, and represents French and international corporates, public companies and the French state in relation to their most complex disputes.

Hervé is fluent in French and English.

Mandate

  • Advising La Française des Jeux on its Initial Public Offering and privatisation process
  • Advising Saur on the acquisition of the Group by EQT Infrastructure
  • Advising Groupe ADP and its co-investors on the acquisition of a majority stake in Airport International Group, the concessionaire for the Queen Alai International Airport in Amman, Jordan
  • Advising Total on its US$7.45bn acquisition of Maersk Oil
  • Advising EDF on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Framatome, alongside Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Assystem as minority shareholders, from Areva

Qualifikationen

Education

  • Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France (law)
  • University of Paris Dauphine, France (masters degree in taxation)

Professional qualifications

  • Admitted to the Paris Bar (1991)

Publikationen

  • Les Echos Business, April 2015 L’information privilégiée : quel sens ? with Stéphane Bénouville

  • Les Echos, February 2015 Secret des affaires » : reprenons un débat qui était mal posé with Jérôme Philippe

  • Les Echos, June 2013 Le droit français des OPA : de Charybde en Scylla ?

  • La Semaine Juridique, April 2012 Est-il opportun d’introduire un seuil de caducité automatique de 50% ?

Zitate

Managing partner Hervé Pisani has a long-standing presence in the French corporate market. He boasts particular expertise in advising state-owned companies on privatisations. He also represents clients in takeovers and investment transactions.

 Chambers Global, France 2020, Corporate/M&A

Clients applaud Hervé Pisani for his "tremendous negotiation and leadership qualities". He is especially active in matters involving clients from the energy and infrastructure sectors, with experience of carve-out and spin-off transactions.

 Chambers Europe, France 2019, Corporate/M&A

Head of department Hervé Pisani is held in high esteem by his colleagues on the French market. He focuses on public and private M&A, with additional strength in contentious matters. He is noted for his expertise in advice to state-owned companies on privatisations.

 Chambers Global 2016

Hervé Pisani is appreciated by clients for his "enormous experience in this area and his great authority" and also his "deep knowledge of France’s biggest companies". While his practice focuses on transactional matters, he also assists clients with contentious elements of M&A work.

 Chambers Global 2015

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Hervé Pisani

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9 avenue de Messine
75008 Paris
T +33 1 44 56 44 56
F +33 1 44 56 44 00

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