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Provided by Edgard Nguyen
# M&A and private equity lawyer
# Co-founder of Almain (www.almain.com)
# 23 years of experience and more than 250 transactions in France and abroad
# Cross border transactions in Europe, Africa, America, and Asia
# Private equity, distressed M&A, and special situations
# Experience in various sectors : financial services, energy, industry and agribusiness sectors etc.
# High profile transactions prior to Almain: acquisition of Ak Gida by Lactalis (one of the top 5 M&A transactions in Turkey in 2015), €1.1bn LBO of MediPole Partenaires by Goldman Sachs in consortium with Bridgepoint (one of the largest LBO in 2014), sale of 50% of Newedge by CA-CIB to Société Générale for €275m and acquisition of 5% of Amundi by Crédit Agricole from Société Générale for €337.5m (one of the largest M&A transactions in the banking sector in 2013), €1.1bn acquisition of real hypermarkets by Auchan from Metro (one of the top French cross border deals in 2012), € 1.2bn sale of Compagnie La Lucette by Morgan Stanley to Icade (one of the largest public M&A transactions in 2010) and €34bn merger between Groupe Caisse d'Epargne and Groupe Banque Populaire (one of the largest M&A transactions in Europe in 2009)
Edgard is a transactionnal lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions and private equity.
Before founding Almain, Edgard has been a lawyer at Gide including 18 months in Vietnam.
He is advising investment funds as well as French and foreign groups, closely held businesses and scale ups. He brings to his clients his experience of large cap transactions.
He has an extensive experience in in cross-border transactions, as well as venture capital, growth investment, LBO, mezzanine financing, and distressed M&A.
Over the course of his career, he has been involved in more than 250 transactions in France and the main European jurisdictions (in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Russia, Denmark, etc.), as well as on other continents (the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Tunisia, Libya, Morroco, Turkey, Vietnam, etc.).
International Bar Association
French, English, Vietnamese
Provided by Chambers
Edgard Nguyen is adept at assisting clients with domestic and international corporate mandates, ranging from mergers and acquisitions to strategic partnerships and distressed M&A.
Edgard Nguyen a une grande expertise pour accompagner ses clients dans leurs opérations de fusions-acquisitions nationales et internationales, partenariats stratégiques et M&A distressed.
Provided by Chambers
He is very reactive, efficient and a tough negotiator.
Edgard Nguyen is super responsive and smart.
Edgard Nguyen has a commercial mindset from the client's perspective and goes the extra mile beyond the legal service.
Edgard Nguyen is an excellent lawyer with a well-developed understanding of the market and his clients' needs.
Il est très réactif, efficace et un négociateur redoutable.
Edgard Nguyen est un excellent avocat qui a une connaissance approfondie du marché et des besoins de ses clients.
He is very reactive, efficient and a tough negotiator.
Edgard Nguyen is super responsive and smart.
Edgard Nguyen has a commercial mindset from the client's perspective and goes the extra mile beyond the legal service.
Edgard Nguyen is an excellent lawyer with a well-developed understanding of the market and his clients' needs.
Il est très réactif, efficace et un négociateur redoutable.
Edgard Nguyen est un excellent avocat qui a une connaissance approfondie du marché et des besoins de ses clients.