ThéoPiazza

Associate

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Théo Piazza's practice focuses on all aspects of French and international taxation, including transactional matters, capital markets, and litigation.

Théo advises companies, investment funds, and banking or financial institutions regarding the domestic or cross-border structuring of their M&A, private equity, and real estate transactions. He has experience in the fields of financial and derivative instruments as well as in litigation before tax authorities and French or international courts. Théo also works on venture capital financings, equity incentive schemes, and management packages.

Prior to joining Jones Day, Théo completed an internship at a major French law firm and worked for more than two years in the financial services department of an international tax law firm.

经验

  • Société Générale sells Société Générale Equipment Finance's (SGEF) activitiesJones Day is advising Société Générale in the sale of the professional equipment financing businesses operated by Societe Generale Equipment Finance (SGEF) to Groupe BPCE.
  • Vibrantz completes US$140 million new STS trade receivables securitisation and €10 million trade receivables factoring programmeJones Day assisted Vibrantz Corporation in relation to a new (i) US$140 million cross-border STS trade receivables securitization transaction with ING Belgium NV/SA and NORD/LB and (ii) €10 million bilateral factoring programme with ING Commercial Finance.
  • Aluminium Dunkerque Group obtains $375 million financingJones Day advised the Aluminium Dunkerque Group and its shareholder, American Industrial Partners in the context of the refinancing of the existing indebtedness of the Aluminium Dunkerque group and the financing of its general corporate purpose.
  • For Talents invests in CofinasJones Day advised For Talents in the acquisition of a minority investment in Cofinas, holding company of the BS Battery group, leader in the distribution of motorcycle batteries in Europe.
  • Milliken invests in sustainable carpet maintenance companyJones Day advised Milliken & Company in the investment in Orak, a Paris-based carpet maintenance and flooring reuse company.
  • Orano and XTC New Energy create two JVs dedicated to the production of batteries for electric vehiclesJones Day is advising 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.
  • Brut raises €40 millionJones Day advised Brut, a French fast-growing online media platform, in connection with its €40 million Series D investment round, with respect to the implementation of an incentive package.
  • Doctrine partners with Summit Partners and Peugeot InvestJones Day advised Forseti (d/b/a Doctrine), a French legaltech developing the leading search engine for precedents, in connection with the acquisition of a controlling stake by Summit Partners and Peugeot Invest.
  • For Talents invests in Altavia GroupJones Day advised For Talents in its minority stake investment in Altavia Group, the world’s leading network dedicated to marketing services for the retailers.
  • Uniphore Technologies acquires HexagonJones Day advised Uniphore Technologies, a provider of conversational artificial intelligence and automation, in the acquisition of Hexagone, which fuses voice, visual, and text-based data to provide AI-derived insights to help better understand human behavior.
  • Swile and Groupe BPCE to combine to create global leader in employee benefitsJones Day advised Swile, a worktech unicorn, in the acquisition of Bimpli, a subsidiary of Groupe BPCE and leader in employee services and benefits in France.
  • Karos takes over goFLUXJones Day advised Karos, French leader in carpooling services, in connection with its acquisition of goFLUX, the German carpooling app with a matching algorithm which determines a suitable meeting point for drivers and passengers.
  • Eurobio Scientific acquires GenDxJones Day advised Eurobio Scientific SA in the acquisition and financing of the Dutch company Genome Diagnostics BV (GenDx) from its founder and its shareholders for €135 million (net of adjusted cash).
  • Deezer invests to create livestreaming powerhouse as Driift acquires DreamstageJones Day advised Deezer S.A. in its £4 million investment in the merger of Driift and Dreamstage, creating a livestreaming powerhouse.
  • Valar Ventures leads $20 million Series A financing round of RegateJones Day assisted Valar Ventures as lead investor in the $20 million Series A financing of Regate, a French startup which has built a modern software-as-a-service product that integrates directly with existing accounting stack and connects with corporate bank accounts.
  • EcoVadis acquires ecotrekJones Day advised EcoVadis SAS, the purpose-led 27th French unicorn whose mission is to provide globally trusted business sustainability ratings, in connection with its acquisition of ecotrek, a sustainability data mining startup focusing on automated supplier monitoring for the entire supply chain based on publicly available data points.
  • Deezer merges with and into I2PO S.A.Jones Day advised Deezer S.A. in the context of the SPAC transaction whereby Deezer S.A. merged with and into I2PO S.A., a French SPAC listed on the professional segment of the regulated market of Euronext Paris and the related PIPE financing.
  • EcoVadis completes $500 million fundraising, becoming 27th French unicornJones Day advised EcoVadis, a leading global sustainability rating firm, in connection with its $500 million fundraising.
  • Armor sells stake in ARMOR-IIMAK to AstorgJones Day advised EN5, controlling shareholders of the Armor group, on the management buyout of Armor Iimak group and the simultaneous 40% investment by Astorg Midcap in the Armor Iimak group.
  • Adikteev acquires minority interest in TemprJones Day advised Adikteev in its acquisition of a minority interest in Tempr, a SaaS company that helps mobile advertisers realize the full potential of their user acquisition operations and maximize their returns.
  • 其他出版物

    • 2023
      Les virtual power purchase agreements : une tentative de qualification juridique et fiscale – Virtual power purchase agreements: an attempt of legal and tax qualification, International Financial Services Review 2023/1-2