Florent Bouyer | Lawyers

Florent Bouyer has significant experience in capital markets, public M&A, and complex corporate and securities law matters. He advises on a wide array of capital markets transactions, including tender offers, equity offerings, equity-linked and debt offerings, IPOs, public and private placements, block trades, dual listings, and delistings. Florent also handles all corporate law questions and regulatory issues relating to AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) and corporate governance.

Florent's recent experience includes representations of issuers or financial institutions in transactions involving Bombardier, Safran, Société Générale, Wabtec, Atmel, P&G, and Stallergenes (public M&A); Compagnie des Alpes, Tikehau Capital, Voltalia, Selectirente, Carmat, Genfit, and Soitec (rights offerings); DeeTech (SPAC); Bombardier/Alstom (block trade); Voltalia, BigBen Interactive, Ingenico, CGG, Neopost, and Assystem (convertible bonds); Waga Energy, Forsee Power, Alchimie, Nacon, Genfit, Tikehau Capital, NextStage, BioAmber, and Criteo (IPOs); and Focus Home Interactive, Carbios, OSE Immunotherapeutics, Gensight Biologics, Carbios, and MedinCell (private placement).

Florent is listed in Chambers Global and Chambers Europe as a leading individual (capital markets — equity), where sources praise his "ability to manage complex matters," as well as The Legal 500 EMEA, where he is described as being "among the country's leading equity capital market experts."

Experience

Bombardier sells transportation business to Alstom for €6.2 billionJones Day served as antitrust and French corporate counsel in the €6.2 billion sale of Bombardier Inc.'s transportation business to Alstom S.A.

APE obtains French constitutional Supreme Court approval for design of airport privatization planJones Day advised the Agence des Participations de l'Etat ("APE") on constitutional matters regarding the privatization of Aéroports de Paris ("ADP"), the French company managing the biggest airports around Paris (market value: €17 billion).

Kartesia Management restructures and refinances ORAPI and its holding company La Financière MG3FJones Day advised Kartesia Management SA in connection with the conciliation procedure, restructuring, and refinancing of ORAPI and the refinancing and restructuring of its holding company La Financière MG3F through multiple equity and debt instruments.

AXA Home Loan SFH issues €500 million of Soft Bullet Covered Bonds under its 2020 updated €10 billion Covered Bonds issuance programmeJones Day represented Natixis, as arranger and permanent dealer, and AXA Home Loan SFH, as issuer, in connection with the update of the €10 billion EMTN programme for the issuance of Covered Bonds (obligations de financement de l’habitat) of AXA Home Loan SFH signed on June 15, 2020.

Voltalia completes €376 million capital increase with shareholders’ preferential subscription rightsJones Day represented Voltalia S.A. in connection with its €376 million offering by way of preferential subscription rights allocated to Voltalia's existing shareholders in a public offering in France and internationally in private placements to institutional investors.

Selectirente completes €217 million capital increaseJones Day represented Selectirente S.A. in connection with the €217 million share capital increase without preferential subscription rights but priority subscription period granted to the existing shareholders.

Société Générale sells Societe Generale Montenegro to OTP BankJones Day advised Société Générale in the sale of Societe Generale Montenegro to OTP Bank.

Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG; Gilbert Dupont; and Louis Capital Markets complete IPO of Ordinary Shares of Nacon S.A. on regulated market of Euronext in ParisJones Day advised Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG; Gilbert Dupont; and Louis Capital Markets UK LLP in connection with the €100 million initial public offering of Ordinary Shares of Nacon S.A., a French company specialized in the development of video games and gaming accessories, on the regulated market of Euronext in Paris.

Gilbert Dupont; Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG; and Portzamparc complete IPO of BoostheatJones Day advised Gilbert Dupont; Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG; and Portzamparc, as joint global coordinators, joint lead managers, and joint bookrunners, in connection with the initial public offering of Boostheat SA, a designer, developer, and producer of technologically advanced, energy efficient, and sustainable heating solutions, on the regulated market of Euronext in Paris.

BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets, Natixis, and Morgan Stanley complete €702 million rights offering by TikehauJones Day represented BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Natixis, and Morgan Stanley in connection with the €702 million rights offering by Tikehau Capital, an asset management and investment group.

Voltalia completes €170 million share capital increaseJones Day represented Voltalia, an international renewable energy producer, in connection with its €170 million (US$188.6 million) share capital increase through a free allotment of warrants to its shareholders and an international offering to institutional investors inside and outside of France.

Ingenico Group completes partial hedging of €500 million senior unsecured bondsJones Day advised Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, on the partial hedging of its €500 million senior unsecured bonds convertible into new shares and/or exchangeable for existing shares (OCEANE) due 2022.

Wabtec acquires Faiveley Transport for $1.8 billionJones Day advised Wabtec Corporation in the acquisition of Faiveley Transport S.A., a global supplier of high added value integrated systems for the railway industry, for a total of $1.8 billion in cash and stock, including assumed debt.

BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole Corporate Investment Bank complete €1.5 billion IPO of Tikehau CapitalJones Day advised BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole Corporate Investment Bank in connection with the €1.5 billion (US$1.58 billion) initial public offering of Tikehau Capital, an asset management and investment group.

Safran completes €8.7 billion agreed tender offer targeting Zodiac Aerospace's shares creating global leader in aircraft equipmentJones Day represented Safran in connection with its €8.7 billion agreed tender offer targeting Zodiac Aerospace's shares to create a global leader in aircraft equipment.

Vivendi sells stake in Ubisoft Entertainment for approximately €2 billionJones Day advised Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CACIB) in connection with the sale by Vivendi of its stake in Ubisoft Entertainment (Ubisoft) for approximately €2 billion.

Group Casino, Guichard-Perrachon sells 15% stake in Mercialys for €213 millionJones Day advised Group Casino, Guichard-Perrachon SA, a leading food retailer, in connection with the sale of 15% stake in Mercialys for €213 million (US$249 million) through an equity swap.

Syndicate of leading banks complete €715 million share capital increase by Tikehau CapitalJones Day advised Berenberg, Credit Suisse, Natixis, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, and Société Générale, as global coordinators, joint lead managers and joint bookrunners, and Citigroup and RBC Capital Markets, as joint lead managers and joint bookrunners, in connection with the €715 million share capital increase without shareholders' preferential subscription rights and with a priority subscription period for existing shareholders by Tikehau Capital, an asset management and investment group.

Stallergenes Greer plc acquired by Waypoint for approximately €110 million (US$124 million)Jones Day advised Stallergenes Greer plc in the recommended cash acquisition by Ares Life Sciences I S.à r.l. (Waypoint) of the entire issued, and to be issued, ordinary share capital of Stallergenes Greer not held directly or indirectly by Waypoint by way of a scheme of arrangement for approximately €110 million (US$124 million).

SVB Leerink, Barclays, Bryan Garnier, and Natixis underwrite $155.4 million Nasdaq IPO by GenfitJones Day acted as French counsel to the underwriters, led by SVB Leerink and Barclays, as global coordinators, and Bryan Garnier and Natixis, as European bookrunners, in connection with the initial public offering of Genfit S.A., a French Euronext Paris-listed biotechnology company on Nasdaq for a total aggregate amount of $155.4 million, after full exercise of the over-allotment option.

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