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2 Our Paris office Allen & Overy in Paris We have become true partners to our clients. Our technical expertise and in-depth understanding of sector issues allow us to offer our clients a comprehensive service meeting all their needs. At Allen & Overy, our pragmatic and innovative approach to each case draws on our technical expertise and in-depth knowledge of our clients market and business sectors. Our hard work and values have made us leaders in the field for more than 20 years. More than just global advisors in business and finance law, we have become strategic partners to our clients. We support them in day-to-day matters and contribute to the high points of their development, be they large French or international businesses, new innovative companies, banking and financial institutions, stock market businesses, or public institutions. Our mission is to understand, advise, and support our clients wherever they operate. Cover image: Foucault s pendulum, Panthéon, Paris Allen & Overy LLP 2017
3 Our Paris office At Allen & Overy, we strive for excellence and efficiency on every case. We offer our clients: Multi-disciplinary and cross-functional approaches A dynamic international network Integration and synergy across practice groups and offices Quality, reliability and transparency Innovation, openmindedness and flexibility Personalised and proactive service Ethics and a personal touch KEY FIGURES 1989 Opening of Paris office 145+ Lawyers 31 Partners, of whom 8 are women 55% Ratio of men to women 11 Areas of expertise 6 Business sectors
4 Our Paris office Practice areas Banking & Finance Mergers & Acquisitions Competition and European law Banking & Finance Asset finance Acquisition finance Project finance Structured finance Financing of public offers Restructuring and insolvency PPP/PFI Real estate finance Syndicated loans Securitisation, covered bonds, and factoring Export finance Trade and commodity finance Leveraged finance Mergers & Acquisitions Acquisitions, disposals Securities law Private equity Initial public offerings Joint ventures Privatisation Reorganisations Litigation Equity Capital Market Competition and European law State aid Merger control Commercial litigation related to regulatory and/or competition litigation Anti trust practices (cartels, abuse of dominant position) Distribution law Allen & Overy LLP 2017
5 Intellectual Property International Capital Markets Employment & Benefits Intellectual Property Patents Trademarks Copyright Designs and models Unfair competition Intellectual Property litigation International Capital Markets Debt capital markets, equity linked and high yield Derivatives Structured finance (repackaging, covered bonds) EMTN programmes Own funds of regulated issuers Asset and investment funds management Banking and financial regulation Equity Capital Market Employment & Benefits Individual employment relations (employment contracts, dismissals, international mobility, health and safety, etc.) Collective employment relations with staff representative bodies Restructurings, collective redundancy exercises, outsourcing Discrimination, harassment, workplace equality Compensation policy, employee profit sharing, incentive share plans Our lawyers advise our clients in all areas of business and finance law and have a perfect command of the issues facing their business sectors. They are excellent practitioners of law who constantly keep up with the latest developments and verse themselves in the most complex domestic and international operations. Consequently they develop a creative and innovative approach to the projects entrusted to them.
6 Our Paris office In Paris, our teams practice French, English, European, and US law on a daily basis and coordinate on transactions that involve several areas of expertise. When necessary, we seek the involvement of specialists throughout our international network. Tax Public & Environmental Law Real Estate Tax Financial tax Real estate tax Corporate tax Litigation Public & Environmental Law Public contracts (public procurement, concessions, PPPs, public domain) Public sector entities Sector regulations Litigation Town planning law Environmental law (responsibility, waste, greenhouse gas emissions, etc.) Real Estate Acquisitions, disposals and reorganisations of assets and structured real estate portfolios Commercial leases Real estate development Outsourcing Acquisition finance Joint ventures Real estate tax Allen & Overy LLP 2017
7 Innovation & Digital Dispute Resolution White-collar crime and regulatory litigation Innovation & Digital IT transactions Outsourcing (ITO and BPO) Data protection and privacy e Commerce and internet Media IT and data security Commercial transactions (cooperation agreements, technology related agreements, services agreements) Dispute Resolution Domestic and international litigation: Banking and financial market litigation Corporate litigation: M&A, representations and warranties, directors and officers liability and shareholders agreements Insurance, industrial risks and product liability with a strong focus on aviation General commercial litigation (contractual disputes, insolvency related disputes, transportation, etc.) Commercial disputes in all courts of French speaking African countries International arbitration: Institutional and ad hoc Commercial and investor-state Across all sectors, markets and industries In jurisdictions across the world, and under both common and civil law systems White-collar crime and regulatory litigation Market abuse: insider misconduct and insider trading, misleading financial information, market manipulation (AMF, criminal courts) Proceedings before the French regulators (AMF, ACPR) Embezzlement of corporate assets, fraud, forgery Corruption, anti corruption legislation (influence-peddling, favouritism, unlawful taking of interest) Money laundering Tax evasion Embargoes and sanctions Involuntary manslaughter and unintentional injury (industrial, air disasters) Internal investigations and compliance ECHR proceedings Criminal disputes in all courts of French speaking African countries
8 Our Paris office Experience highlights SHT Nenskra Hydro Power Project Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) Banking & Finance We advised Citibank, Deutsche Bank, Natixis and Société Générale on multiple prepayment facilities (totalling approximately USD2bn) in favour of Glencore Energy UK Ltd for advance payments for crude oil purchases from SHT, the Chadian national oil company. This deal was awarded TRF Deal of the Year Awards 2014 and has been described in the Financial Times as transformational for the Republic of Chad and SHT. Project Finance We advised the Sponsor and the Project Company on the negotiation of an implementation agreement with the Government of Georgia, a power purchase agreement with ESCO (Georgia s electricity system operator), and a EPC contract with Salini Impegilo SpA in relation to the 280MW Nenskra Hydro Power Project set to be constructed on the Nenskra river in Upper Svaneti, Georgia. Real Estate, Tax, Public Law We advised Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) on the acquisition from a UBS managed fund of a 100% shareholding interest in a construction project in Paris La Défense consisting in the demolition of an existing office building, known as Les Saisons (CB32) and its redevelopment into a 51,200sqm office tower to be known as Tour Alto. Allen & Overy LLP 2017
9 GE Capital Engie 3i Infrastructure and Deutsche Asset Management Tax We advised GE Capital on the French tax aspects of the sale to Blackstone of its 70 French real estate assets. Assets were valued EUR2bn. Mergers & Acquisitions, Energy, Real Estate We advised Engie on the acquisition of the remaining 51% of Maia Eolis, the company specialized in the development, construction, operation and maintenance of wind farms in France, bringing its ownership stake to 100%. Engie has thus strengthened its position as France s Nº1 in wind power, with 1,533MW of installed capacity. Mergers & Acquisitions, Infrastructure, Regulatory We advised the consortium composed of 3i Infrastructure and Deutsche Asset Management on its acquisition of TCR, Europe s largest independent asset owner of airport ground support equipment.
10 Our Paris office Enaex BNP Paribas A bank syndicate Mergers & Acquisitions, Competition, Public-Regulatory, IP, Innovation & Digital We advised Enaex, a subsidiary of the Chilean Sigdo Koppers Group, on its acquisition of 100% of the shares of the French Group Davey Bickford, one of the leading worldwide manufacturers and distributors of ignition solutions for the mining industry. ICM, Tax We advised BNP Paribas in relation to the inaugural EUR750m issuance of perpetual fixed rate resettable additional Tier 1 Notes. This was BNP Paribas s first hybrid capital issue qualifying as Additional Tier One under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). Corporate, ICM, Tax, Regulatory We advised the bank syndicate on the initial public offering of Amundi, the leading Europeanbased asset manager. Amundi is valued around EUR7.5bn, representing one the most important initial public offering in France this year and over the last years. Allen & Overy LLP 2017
11 National Bank of Greece S.A. Corporate, Regulatory We advised National Bank of Greece S.A. (NBG) on its recapitalisation to raise total regulatory capital of EUR4.48bn. This recapitalisation involved the issuance of new equity pursuant to an international institutional offering, a Greek public offering and a liability management exercise, together with the bailin of senior debt and capital instruments pursuant to the Greek recapitalisation law. Previously we already advised National Bank of Greece S.A. in connection with its issuance of 1,136,363,637 new ordinary shares at a price of EUR2.2 per share. The total gross proceeds from the offering were EUR2.5bn.
12 Our Paris office Sector groups Each sector group is made up of experts from various practice groups and geographic areas. The specialised and complementary skills they offer are reinforced by a strong and comprehensive knowledge of our clients markets and business needs. Energy Real estate Infrastructure Financial institutions Life sciences Telecoms, media & technology Allen & Overy LLP 2017
13 Our partners Banking & Finance Adrian Mellor Tel +33 1 40 06 53 75 adrian.mellor@ Driss Bererhi Tel +33 1 40 06 53 25 driss.bererhi@ Carine Chassol Tel +33 1 40 06 53 82 carine.chassol@ Rod Cork Tel +33 1 40 06 53 71 rod.cork@ Jean-Christophe David Tel +33 1 40 06 53 53 jean-christophe.david@ Fabrice Faure-Dauphin Tel +33 1 40 06 53 93 fabrice.faure-dauphin@ Christine Poyer-Rufenacht Tel +33 1 40 06 53 29 christine.poyer@ Julien Roux Tel +33 1 40 06 53 70 julien.roux@ Real Estate Intellectual Property Jean-Dominique Casalta Tel +33 1 40 06 53 73 jean-dominique.casalta@ Laëtitia Bénard Tel +33 1 40 06 50 33 laetitia.benard@ David Por Tel +33 1 40 06 55 46 david.por@ Alexandre Rudoni Tel +33 1 40 06 50 34 alexandre.rudoni@
14 Our Paris office Mergers & Acquisitions Frédéric Moreau Tel +33 1 40 06 53 06 frederic.moreau@ Alexandre Ancel Tel +33 1 40 06 53 11 alexandre.ancel@ Marc Castagnède Tel +33 1 40 06 53 99 marc.castagnede@ Frédéric Jungels Tel +33 1 40 06 53 18 frederic.jungels@ International Capital Markets Romy Richter Tel +33 1 40 06 53 04 romy.richter@ Jean-Claude Rivalland Tel +33 1 40 06 55 02 jean-claude.rivalland@ Hervé Ekué Tel +33 1 40 06 53 59 herve.ekue@ Diana Billik Tel +33 1 40 06 53 65 diana.billik@ Employment & Benefits Brice Henry Tel +33 1 40 06 53 66 brice.henry@ Dan Lauder Tel +33 1 40 06 53 39 dan.lauder@ Julien Sébastien Tel +33 1 40 06 53 51 julien.sebastien@ Claire Toumieux Tel +33 1 40 06 53 37 claire.toumieux@ Allen & Overy LLP 2017
15 Public & Environmental Law Competition & European Law Romaric Lazerges Tel +33 1 40 06 53 44 romaric.lazerges@ Florence Ninane Tel +33 1 40 06 53 22 florence.ninane@ Michel Struys Tel +33 1 40 06 50 35 michel.struys@ Dispute Resolution Denis Chemla Tel +33 1 40 06 53 03 denis.chemla@ Erwan Poisson Tel +33 1 40 06 53 87 erwan.poisson@ Marie Stoyanov Tel +33 1 40 06 51 31 marie.stoyanov@ Tax Mathieu Vignon Tel +33 1 40 06 53 63 mathieu.vignon@
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Paris Allen & Overy LLP 52 avenue Hoche CS 90005 75379 Paris Cedex 08 France Tel +33 1 40 06 54 00 Fax +33 1 40 06 54 54 Contact Jean-Claude Rivalland Managing Partner Tel +33 1 40 06 55 02 jean-claude.rivalland@ Denis Chemla Senior Partner Tel +33 1 40 06 53 03 denis.chemla@ GLOBAL PRESENCE Allen & Overy is an international legal practice with approximately 5,400 people, including some 554 partners, working in 44 offices worldwide. Allen & Overy LLP or an affiliated undertaking has an office in each of: Abu Dhabi Amsterdam Bucharest (associated office) Budapest Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Moscow Munich Seoul Shanghai Antwerp Casablanca Istanbul New York Singapore Bangkok Barcelona Doha Dubai Jakarta (associated office) Johannesburg Paris Perth Sydney Tokyo Beijing Düsseldorf London Prague Warsaw Belfast Bratislava Frankfurt Hamburg Luxembourg Madrid Riyadh (cooperation office) Rome Washington, D.C. Yangon Brussels Hanoi Milan São Paulo Allen & Overy means Allen & Overy LLP and/or its affiliated undertakings. The term partner is used to refer to a member of Allen & Overy LLP or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications or an individual with equivalent status in one of Allen & Overy LLP s affiliated undertakings. Allen & Overy LLP 2017 par_office_brochure_english_add-70468