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Al Fattan Currency TowerFloor 33Dubai International Financial CentreP.O. Box 506662Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Linda Hesse advises clients in the areas of capital markets, securities, public M&A, and corporate governance under both U.S. and French laws. She acts for issuers with respect to their listings on the Paris and/or U.S. stock exchanges and in regulatory matters before securities regulators (the SEC and the French AMF). Linda also advises financial institutions in their role as advisors in offerings of equity, debt, and complex instruments. She is head of the Paris Office Capital Markets Practice.
Notable issuer clients include France Telecom, for ongoing securities compliance, corporate governance, and offerings of debt and equity securities and in its acquisition of various public and private companies; Sanofi on its U.S. shelf registration program, including its $7 billion issuance of U.S. registered bonds; and EDAP TMS on its ongoing securities compliance. Linda represented Wavecom on its ongoing U.S. and French securities compliance, its defense in the context of an unsolicited offer by Gemalto, and its negotiated acquisition by Sierra Wireless and subsequent delisting.
Investment bank clients include Crédit Agricole CIB, Danske Bank, Jefferies, Société Générale and UBS. Recent underwriter engagements include advisor to the underwriters on the IPO by Sequans, a French fabless semiconductor company that listed its American depositary shares on the NYSE. Prior to joining Jones Day, she advised the underwriters in capital increases and IPOs for companies such as Rhodia, Saft, and Vinci.
From 1994 to 2006, Linda worked with international law firms in New York and in Paris.
She is a member of the International Bar Association and active in the Securities Law Committee.