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
Additional Publications
- Septembre 2017
Table ronde Equity Capital Markets (ECM) : Tendances et opérations emblématiques 2017 – Organisée par le Magazine des Affaires, Paris. - September 2017
ECM Round Table: Market Trends and Landmark Deals 2017, Organized by the Magazine des Affaires, Paris - August 2012
Interview in Option Finance regarding Equity-swaps and notifications of threshold crossings - July-August 2012
Compétitivité, Liquidité et Transparence du marché obligataire, Magazine des affaires n°72/73 - January-February 2012
Offre publique et réinvestissement, les contraintes réglementaires, Magazine des affaires n°67/68 - January 30, 2012
Responsabilité du banquier pour rupture de la convention d’introduction en bourse, Option Finance n°1158/2012 - October 10, 2011
Les émetteurs se rachètent auprès de leurs actionnaires, Option Finance n°1143 - June 6, 2011
Introduction en bourse et accès privilégié à l'offre, les viticulteurs champenois ont tracé le sillon, Option Finance n°1128 - March 16, 2009
Comment augmenter son capital avec un cours de bourse inférieur au pair ?, Option Finance n°1020 - December 9, 2008
La transparence au chevet de la crise, La Tribune.fr - November 11, 2006
Directive Transparence: plus et plus vite !, Gazette du Palais - December 12, 2004
Programmes de Rachat: Légitimité ou Suspicion? Les Echos
Speaking Engagements
- 13 septembre 2017
Table ronde Equity Capital Markets (ECM) : Tendances et opérations emblématiques 2017 – Organisée par le Magazine des Affaires, Paris - September 13, 2017
ECM Round Table: Market Trends and Landmark Deals 2017, Organized by the Magazine des Affaires, Paris - 15 janvier 2015
Le private equity : le retour en force de la France ? - 29 janvier 2014
Le private equity en 2014 : tendances et opportunités
- Université Paris IX-Dauphine (DESS in Business Law cum laude 2001); Université de Paris II-Panthéon Assas (Master of Law 2001); Université Paris X-Nanterre (Law Degree 2000); Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Diploma in Economy and Finance 1999)
- Paris
Named as a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2023)
Ranked "Excellent" in M&A — 75M€-500M€ Transactions, Décideurs (2022)
Ranked as a leading lawyer in Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, The Legal 500 EMEA, and The Legal 500 Paris
1st prize for the Capital Markets team, "Palmarès des avocats — Le Monde du droit" (2021, 2019, and 2015-2017)
- French and English