Vanessa Sounthakith

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Vanessa Sounthakith advises clients on all aspects of French and international taxation.

Vanessa counsels national and international companies in connection with transactional operations (mergers & acquisitions, private equity, and real estate), financial transactions, and major industrial projects particularly as they relate to the structuring of these transactions, tax audits, and equity incentive schemes for managers and employees from the French tax administration. She also has in-depth experience in the area of social security contributions and levies and represents clients in connection with tax audits and tax litigation before the French tax authorities and tax jurisdictions.

Prior to joining Jones Day in 2022, Vanessa worked for a French boutique tax law firm that is dedicated to private clients. She also practiced on the tax teams at international law firms.

In addition, Vanessa teaches French group company corporate taxation at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Experience

  • Legrand issues €800 million of convertible bondsJones Day advised Legrand S.A., a global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures, in connection with a €800 million private placement of an eight-year convertible bonds to qualified investors.
  • CastorDoc sells Company to CoalesceJones Day advised CastorDoc, a French company that developed an AI-driven metadata management solution and is now known as Coalesce Catalog, in connection with the sale of the Company to Coalesce, a U.S. company specializing in data management and analysis.
  • Taranis Investment Limited, a Perenco group company, acquires Africa business of the Akuo GroupJones Day advised Taranis Investment Limited, a Perenco group company, in the acquisition of the African project portfolio from Akuo Energy Afrique, a renewable energy developer.
  • Sunshine forms Sista Fund IJones Day advised Sunshine SAS in connection with the formation and fundraising of "Sista Fund I", a private equity fund dedicated to the financing of start-ups founded by women.
  • EDF and Abraxas Power announce strategic partnershipJones Day advised EDF (Electricité de France) in its joint venture with Abraxas Power Corp., a leading energy transition developer to develop a 3+ Gigawatts (GW) green hydrogen (from onshore wind) and green ammonia production in Central Newfoundland, Canada.
  • Chalfen Ventures leads $18 million Series A financing of Polar AnalyticsJones Day advised Chalfen Ventures as lead investor in the $18 million Series A financing of Polar Analytics, a French startup that develops software empowering consumer brands.
  • LumApps receives backing from BridgePointJones Day acted as counsel to management in the $650 million leveraged management buyout of LumApps SAS by Bridgepoint Group plc.
  • Ankaa Ventures leads Sepia Infrastructure first fundraisingJones Day advised Ankaa Ventures as a lead investor in the first fundraising for Sepia Infrastructure, a data center land and power provider that develops low-carbon energy solutions for the European industrial technology market.
  • Altarea acquires Prejeance Industrial from RepsolJones Day advised Altarea in the acquisition of Prejeance Industrial (a French company specializing in the development of small to medium-sized rooftop photovoltaic projects) from the Spanish group Repsol.
  • EDF issues senior green multi tranche bonds for nominal amount of €3 billionJones Day assisted EDF (Electricité de France), as issuer, in relation with the senior green bond issuance in three tranches for a nominal amount of €3 billion (the "Bonds"): €1 billion Bond, with a 7-year maturity and a 4.125% fixed coupon; €750 million Bond, with a 12-year maturity and a 4.375% fixed coupon; and €1.25 billion Bond, with a 20-year maturity and a 4.750% fixed coupon.
  • Natixis and Morgan Stanley Europe enter into derivatives forward transactions with ENGIE S.A. and ENGIE Group Participations S.A. and complete their hedging by way of private placement of €273 million of Gaztransport & Technigaz S.A.’s Ordinary SharesJones Day represented Natixis S.A. and Morgan Stanley Europe SE, acting as hedging banks in the derivatives transactions and joint global coordinators in the private placement, in connection with derivatives forward transactions with ENGIE S.A. and ENGIE Group Participations S.A. over Ordinary Shares of Gaztransport & Technigaz S.A. and the private placement executed through an accelerated bookbuild offering of approximately €273 million of Gaztransport & Technigaz S.A.'s Ordinary Shares, as part of the hedging bank’s hedge of their commitment under the derivatives forward transactions.
  • VIALINK sold to SignaturitJones Day advised VIALINK in the sale of the company to PSG-backed Signaturit.
  • Bpifrance, INCO Ventures and SEB Alliance invest in VulkamJones Day advised Bpifrance, INCO Ventures and SEB Alliance in the €34 million financing of Vulkam, a deeptech company whose mission is to revolutionize metallurgy through the industrial development of amorphous metals.
  • Bpifrance (SPI fund) participates in €61 million Series C financing of CorWave, together with other investorsJones Day advised Bpifrance (SPI fund) in connection with the €61 million Series C financing of CorWave, a high-tech medical devices company that has developed a next-generation heart pump based on a breakthrough technology, the wave membrane pump, together with other investors.
  • Forsee Power completes €50 million capital increaseJones Day advised Forsee Power, a French company listed on the regulated market of Euronext Paris which specializes in the design, manufacture, and marketing of intelligent battery systems for the electromobility market, in its capital increase without shareholders’ preferential subscription rights but with priority subscription period for an amount of approximately €50 million.
  • Optium Capital leads Series A financing of BeFCJones Day advised Otium Capital in leading the €16 million Series A financing of BeFC, a French start-up company providing a sustainable paper-based biofuel cell and ecofriendly microelectronics.
  • Bpifrance (SPI fund), GoCapital and NCI invest in ExpliseatJones Day advised Bpifrance (SPI fund), GoCapital and NCI in the €17 million Series B financing of Expliseat, a company specializing in the design and manufacture of innovative lightweight seat technology.
  • Mozoo Group sold to Olyn GroupJones Day advised Mozoo Group and its shareholders in the sale of Mozoo Group to Olyn Group.
  • Rabobank refinances acquisition of Grand Cru classé 1855 Château Lascombes in FranceJones Day represented Rabobank, New York Branch and Rabobank, Paris Branch, as lenders, in connection with the refinancing of the acquisition of the Grand Cru classé 1855 Château Lascombes (Château and vineyard) in France.
  • Ansys acquires leading particle dynamics simulation software RockyJones Day advised Ansys, Inc. in the acquisition of Engineering Simulation and Scientific Software Rocky DEM, S.L., a leading provider of particular dynamics simulation software with developers in Brazil, Spain, and the United States.
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