OUR TEAM
If the lawyer was an animal, or a plant which one would it be ?
The Oak
The definition of law in 10 words maximum
Organize life together for the benefit of all
The first virtue of a lawyer
Comprehension
The worst vice of a lawyer
Pretension
Your main strength
Creativity
Your main weakness
The maniaquerie
The strength you value most in others
Kindness
The weakness that bother you most in others
Dishonesty
Your job if you had not been a lawyer
Designer (if I had the talent)
Your passions outside of your work
Comics
Your motto
The perfection of the background imposes that of the form
Your obsession
The clarity of contracts
Best use of your time off
A glass of wine
François Devedjian
Practices : Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions, Stock Exchange Law
Bar Association : Paris
Professional languages : English, French
Capabilities : sturing legalfundraising, private equity equity investments, disposals, acquisitions, public offers, IPOs, capital markets.
Specific knowledge : sinvestment structuring, preferred shares, shareholders' agreement, public offers, group restructuring, industrial acquisitions and disposals, shareholdings, LBOs, joint ventures.
Examples of recent operations: :
- Restructuring of free preference shares issued by the Pierre et Vacances group (2020)
- Capital merger of Risk & Co / LGT European Capital and Anticip (2019)
- Adviser to the Pierre & Vacances Group on the occasion of the exit of HNA Tourism Group (2018)
- Spintank fundraiser (2018)
- Restructuring of the capital and shareholders of the Risk & Co group (2018)
- Withdrawal from Etam Développement's listing (2017)
François Devedjian is a partner in the firm since 2010.
A specialist in complex legal structuring operations, François Devedjian works in particular with companies, investment funds or managers on the occasion of corporate finance operations of any kind. Creative and responsive, it has made a specialty of sophisticated capital organizations capable of meeting the needs and expectations of its clients.
He is involved in transactions in both listed and unlisted companies: mergers and acquisitions, fundraising, restructuring, LBOs, industrial disposals, equity investments, joint ventures, agreements between shareholders, public offers, capital market.
He regularly advises large industrial groups, high-growth innovative companies or investment funds, both in their daily life and on specific transactions.
François began his career with Veil Jourde then Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer before joining Mayer Brown, where he became a partner in 2008.
He has been a partner at Ginestié Magellan Paley-Vincent since 2010 and was appointed Chairman of the firm's Board of Directors in 2019.
Holder of the DEA in Business Law from the University of Paris IX - Dauphine.
Publications:
The so-called leavers mechanisms: From principles to tools, between convergence and efficiency, Practical acts and engineering n ° 168, nov.-dec. 2019 (File with Fabienne Kerebel)
Convertible preference shares, Practical Acts & Engineering n ° 161, Sept.-Oct. 2018 (File with Fabienne Kerebel and Jean-Jacques Daigre)
The Point
2023 - Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions | François Devedjian
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2024 - Private Equity: Law firms in development capital and LBOs whose majority of transactions concern companies of less than 50 million euros
DECISION MAKERS 2023
Banking & Finance: Equity capital markets - Small & Mid Cap - Renowned practice
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Capital investment : Lower mid & small cap LBO transactions: strong reputation
