People
Guillaume Isautier
Biography
Guillaume advises domestic and international clients in a wide variety of M&A transactions, including acquisitions and disposals of listed and non-listed companies, strategic mergers and joint ventures, as well as business carve-out acquisitions and divestitures.
His practice focuses on a broad range of industry sectors including banking, telecom, energy and consumer goods & retail sectors.
Practice areas
- Corporate and M&A
- Private equity
- Joint ventures
- M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
Sectors
- Banks
- Energy
- Consumer and retail
- Private equity
- Communications media and entertainment
- Consumer
- Retail
Selected experience
- A subsidiary of a global financial institution in the context of: - the sale of Magyar Cetelem Bank ZRT to Cofidis (Hungary). - the sale of a Bulgarian subsidiary of a global financial institution to Eurobank Bulgaria AD (Bulgaria). - the sale of a portfolio of consumer credit and loan agreements in the Czech Republic to česká spořitelna, a subsidiary or Erste Group Bank AG. - the sale of its consumer finance business in Slovakia, comprising in particular personal and consumer loans, credit card products and services, as well as insurance products and services.
- A subsidiary of a global financial institution on its exclusive negotiations with Neuflize OBC to form strategic partnership in life insurance in France.
- A multinational financial institution on the formation of its joint venture with AllianceBernstein (France, US, UK).
- A multinational financial institution in connection with various acquisitions and divestments around the world including: - in Poland, the sale of Euro Bank to Bank Millennium. - in the United Kingdom, the acquisition of BHF Kleinwort Benson. - in Germany, the acquisition of Gefa Bank and ALD. - in Greece, (i) the acquisition of General Bank of Greece and (ii) the sale of Geniki Bank to Piraeus Bank. - in Morocco, the restructuring of Eqdom. - in Norway, (i) the acquisition of Elcon Finans AS and (ii) the sale of SG Finance to Nordea. - in France, the sale of ECS to Econocom. - in Brazil, (i) the acquisition of Banco Pecunia and (ii) the sale of the assets of Banco Pecunia and Banco Cacique.
- M&A Deal of the Year – American Lawyer 2015 – Algerian Fonds National d’Investissement (FNI) in its acquisition of a 51% stake in Orascom Telecom Algérie (Djezzy).
- Banco Comercial Português in connection with the sale of Millenium Bank to Piraeus Bank.
- Nokia in its acquisition of Withings and in the sale of its Digital Health business.
- M&A Deal of the Year – IFLR Europe Awards 2019 - A multinational pharmaceutical corporation on its $3.9 billion acquisition of Nasdaq-listed Advanced Accelerator Applications.
- Vivendi in the acquisition of a 60% stake in Havas.
- Florac (a French private equity fund) in connection with various private equity transactions, including: - its investment in Dentius group. - its joint acquisition with L Capital of Groupe SMCP and the subsequent sale of Groupe SMCP to KKR. - its acquisition and sale of BricoPrivé. - its acquisition of a stake in the TCR Group from Chequers Capital (Belgium). - its investment in Salto (Spain). - its investment in DocCity. - its investment in the Sani and Ikos resorts alongside a global asset management firm (Greece and Spain). - its investment in Experienced Capital. - its investment in Les Domaines de Fontenille. - its investment in GrandiStazioni (Italy). - its investment in Fusalp. - its investment in Spinecap. - its investment in Padi (US), and - its investment in Samson & Surrey (US).
Education
- Post Graduate Degree, International Commercial Law, University Paris X Nanterre, 1998
- LL.M, Taxation, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, 1997
Admissions
- Paris Bar, 2000