François Baylion

Practice Areas

Partner specialising on private and public M&A transactions, including takeovers and equity capital markets transactions, corporate governance matters and shareholders disputes.

Career

Paris Bar (2010). François Baylion started his career at Gide in 2009 before joining BDGS Associés in 2013 where he became partner in 2019.

Work Highlights

Recent work includes advising: Société M.B.D., the family controlling shareholder of BIC, on the reorganisation of the family governance and the control structure with respect to BIC; Crédit Agricole Assurances (Predica) on the sale of its stake in La Française des Jeux (FDJ), as reference shareholder on the €1.5 billion refinancing plan adopted by Clariane, on its participation in a €850 million Series C capital injection in Verkor, a company specialized in EV batteries, on the investment by GIC, the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund, in Vauban Infra Fibre, France’s largest independent digital infrastructure platform, alongside several funds managed by Vauban Infrastructure Partners, on its acquisition of a 30% stake in Innergex France, and on the reorganisation by Group Crédit Agricole of its retirement business with the creation of Crédit Agricole Assurance Retraite.

Experience

François is board member of Exclusive Partners, a financial company with the status of Investment Services Provider (ISP) and approved by the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR).

François Baylion teaches the legal aspects of the executive directors’ remuneration in listed companies at Paris-Panthéon-Assas University.

Languages Spoken

French / English

Education