Alexandre de Verdun

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Alexandre de Verdun has 25 years' experience in M&A and private equity, advising clients on mid-cap and large-cap M&A transactions across a range of industries involving cross-border and multijurisdictional deals.

His practice is focused on industrial M&A, including disposals, acquisitions, equity investment, strategic alliances, and joint ventures in France and abroad. He advises leading strategic French and foreign players, particularly in the energy arena (with a strong track record in the nuclear sector), the banking and financial industry, and the aerospace and defense sector, which he knows very well.

Among the recent high-profile transactions on which he acted as lead counsel are the 1.1 Bn€ disposal by Société Générale of its worldwide equipment finance activities to BPCE Group, the 1.3 Bn€ joint venture between Orano and XTC (batteries manufacturing), the 1.8 Bn€ (aggregate value) disposal of Société Générale's activities in Central/Eastern Europe, and the 1.3 Bn€ joint venture between EDF, Total Marketing Services, and Fluxys for the construction and operation of the Dunkerque LNG terminal.

He also advised Framatome in its successive acquisitions of Valinox, Rolls Royce (I&C), Velan SAS, and Segault SAS. He acted as lead counsel for the acquisition by DataBank (data centers), the sale by Areva of the Canberra group, the acquisition by Bridgestone of Speedy, the acquisition by Calgon Carbon of Filters and Active Carbons assets from the Arkema group, the acquisition by TotalEnergies of a 70% stake in V Energy, the joint venture between Mitsubishi and Eramet in the Weda Bay nickel mining project, the sale by Société Générale of Family Credit (India) to L&T Finance Holding, and the acquisition of Mors Smitt by Wabtec from Eurazeo.

Experience

  • Framatome acquires Segault SAS and Velan S.A.S. for €192.5 millionJones Day advised Framatome, a world leader in nuclear energy, in its acquisition of Velan S.A.S. and Segault SAS, the French subsidiaries of Velan Inc., a world-leading manufacturer of industrial valves, for a purchase price of €170 million, and the transfer of an intercompany loan of €22.5 million, for a total of €192.5 million.
  • Société Générale sells Société Générale Equipment Finance's (SGEF) activitiesJones Day advised Société Générale in the sale of the professional equipment financing businesses operated by Societe Generale Equipment Finance (SGEF) to Groupe BPCE.
  • Orano and XTC New Energy create two JVs dedicated to production of batteries for electric vehiclesJones Day advised Orano in the context of the setting-up of two joint-ventures dedicated to the production of critical materials for batteries for electric vehicles, together with Chinese group XTC New Energy.
  • Électricité de Strasbourg forms JV with ErametJones Day advised Électricité de Strasbourg, an energy provider in Alsace (France), in the formation of a joint venture with Eramet, one of the leading French actors in the mining and metallurgy industries, to develop and use joint capabilities for the extraction, refining and production of lithium from geothermal resources, with a targeted annual volume of 10,000 tons of lithium corresponding to the volume necessary to produce c.250,000 batteries for electric vehicles per year).
  • Framatome acquires Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear Instrumentation and Control business in France and ChinaJones Day advised Framatome, an international leader in nuclear energy recognized for its innovative solutions and value added technologies for the global nuclear fleet, in its acquisition of the Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear Instrumentation and Control business in France and China.
  • Goldman Sachs purchases Paris office, retail building with Immobel SAJones Day acted as co-investor with Immobel SA in the $119 million purchase of a mixed-use property at 277 Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris.
  • Framatome acquires ValinoxJones Day advised Framatome SAS in the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Valinox Nucléaire SAS, a French company specializing in the production of seamless tubes for nuclear use, from the Vallourec group.
  • DataBank acquires zColo for $1.4 billionJones Day advised DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class colocation, connectivity, and managed services, in connection with the acquisition and financing of zColo, including certain U.S. and European data center assets, from Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. for $1.4 billion.
  • Société Générale sold SKB Banka (Slovenia) and its subsidiaries to OTP BankJones Day advised Société Générale in the sale to OTP Bank Nyrt. of its shareholding in the share capital of its subsidiary specializing in retail banking, SKB Banka d.d. Ljubljana (Slovenia), and of its subsidiaries SKB Leasing d.o.o. and SKB Leasing Select d.o.o.
  • Société Générale sold Ohridska Banka (Macedonia) to Steiermärkische Bank und Sparkassen AGJones Day advised Société Générale in the sale of majority stake in Ohridska Banka AD Skopje (Republic of North Macedonia) to Steiermärkische Bank und Sparkassen AG.
  • Unigrains sells Céréa PartenaireJones Day advised Unigrains, the agri-food and agro-industry specialized investor, in connection with the sale of its third-party management subsidiary Céréa Partenaire to its management, associated with institutional investors.
  • Société Générale sells Societe Generale Serbia and Sogelease Serbia to OTP BankJones Day advised Société Générale in the sale of 100% of the shares in its subsidiary Societe Generale Serbia (SGS) and Sogelease Serbia to OTP Bank Nyrt., including the indirect sale of 100% of the shares in SG Leasing (SGS' wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to leasing activities).
  • Société Générale sells its majority stake in Mobiasbanca Societe Generale (Moldova) to OTP BankJones Day advised Société Générale in the sale of its majority stake in Mobiasbanca Societe Generale (Moldova) to OTP Bank Nyrt, the leading Hungarian bank.
  • Société Générale sells Societe Generale Montenegro to OTP BankJones Day advised Société Générale in the sale of Societe Generale Montenegro to OTP Bank.
  • Société Générale sells its majority stake in Societe Generale Albania to OTP Bank.Jones Day advised Société Générale in the sale of its majority stake in Societe Generale Albania to OTP Bank.
  • Société Générale sells its majority stakes in Societe Generale Expressbank AD and Sogelife Bulgaria IJSC to OTP BankJones Day advised Société Générale in its sale of its majority stakes in Societe Generale Expressbank AD and Sogelife Bulgaria IJSC to OTP Bank.
  • Petrosen SA participates in joint development of natural gas in the Greater Tortue fieldJones Day is representing Société des Pétroles du Sénégal (Petrosen SA), the national oil company of Senegal, in connection with the unitisation of the large accumulation of natural gas under the deep waters offshore Mauritania and Senegal (Greater Tortue field).
  • Investment firm acquires building in Levallois-PerretJones Day advised an investment firm in a joint venture comprised of two investors in the acquisition of a building located in Levallois-Perret.
  • Société Générale disposes of Splitska Banka to OTP Banka HrvatskaJones Day advised Société Générale in its sale of the Splitska Banka group (Croatia) to OTP Bank.
  • Ferro acquires Cappelle PigmentsJones Day advised Ferro Corporation in connection with the acquisition of all the shares of Belgium-based Cappelle Pigments NV.
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    May-June 2020 External Publications

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    Additional Publications

    • Mai 2014
      Nouveau décret relatif aux investissements étrangers soumis à autorisation préalable, La Tribune

    Additional Speaking Engagements

    • 21 septembre 2017
      Corporates : comment mettre en place votre fonds de corporate venture ?
    • 17 novembre 2016
      Atelier AFJE "Négocier un contrat de cession d'actions pro-vendeur"
    • 24 mai 2016
      Réforme du droit des contrats et du droit des obligations - 1er volet : quel impact pour vos opérations M&A ?
    • October 1, 2015
      Drivers and Trends in Global M&A 2015: This Year's Exposition On How to Close Deals in a Turbulent Regulatory and Increasingly Protectionist World
    • 14 et 15 novembre 2012
      Enviro-Invest & Environmental Due Diligence
    • June 7, 2012
      Jones Day Chicago 2012 MCLE University
    • July 2011
      Conference at INSEAD on the topic "Best Practices in Business Law"
    • November 2009
      Conference to a panel of NGOs/associations representatives on the topic "Le fonds de dotation"

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