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Renaud Bonnet

Renaud Bonnet

France 2026

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About

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Career

Renaud Bonnet, co-chair of Jones Day's global Private Equity Practice, practices in the areas of venture capital, private equity, M&A and capital markets. Renaud primarily represents technology and life sciences companies, and the private equity and industrial investors that finance them, at every stage of development, from entrepreneurial start-ups to multibillion-dollar global corporations. He has served as principal lawyer in a significant number of early to late stage financing rounds, M&A and buy-out transactions, IPOs and tender offers.

Illustrative transactions which Renaud led include: representing the issuer and/or underwriters in more than 100 IPOs and follow-on offerings; the IPOs of Criteo, Cellectis, Nanobiotix, and Talend on Nasdaq; the take-private of Wavecom, Assystem and TxCell; the de-SPAC of Arverne Group; the LBOs of HRA Pharma, Orolia A2Mac1 and Brico Privé; the sale of Novexel to AstraZeneca and Silicon Mobility to Intel; the acquisition of French technology companies by Criteo; and the latest financing rounds of Ivalua, EcoVadis, and Contentsquare.

Renaud is a member of the Corporate Finance Committee of France Biotech.

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Private Equity: Venture Capital - France

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial

Renaud Bonnet is widely renowned as a leading venture capital lawyer. He acts for investors and startups on high-stakes financing rounds.

Editorial individuel

Renaud Bonnet est reconnu comme un avocat de premier plan en venture capital. Il agit pour le compte d’investisseurs et de startups dans le cadre de series de financement à fort enjeu.

Pharma/Life Sciences: Corporate - France

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Renaud Bonnet is highly recognised for assisting technology and life sciences companies with a range of corporate transactions, including financing rounds and initial public offerings.

Editorial individuel

Renaud Bonnet est reconnu pour son conseil à des entreprises du secteur de la technologie et des sciences de la vie dans le cadre d’opérations corporate, notamment des levée de fonds et des introductions en bourse.

Strengths

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  • Renaud Bonnet fully understands our expectations, respects sometimes very tight deadlines and knows how to defend our interests. It's a pleasure to work with him.

    Private Equity: Venture CapitalChambers France
  • Renaud Bonnet stands out as a pragmatic and strategic partner, providing innovative solutions and handling complex cross-border transactions with exceptional composure.

    Private Equity: Venture CapitalChambers France
  • He is a key partner on our high-stakes and high-value transactions.

    Private Equity: Venture CapitalChambers France
  • Renaud Bonnet se distingue comme un associé pragmatique et stratégique, proposant des solutions innovantes et gérant des transactions transfrontalières complexes avec un calme exceptionnel.

    Private Equity: Venture CapitalChambers France
  • Il est un associé clé dans nos transactions à forts enjeux et de grande valeur.

    Private Equity: Venture CapitalChambers France
  • Renaud Bonnet comprend parfaitement nos attentes, respecte des délais parfois très serrés et sait défendre nos intérêts. C’est un plaisir de travailler avec lui.

    Private Equity: Venture CapitalChambers France

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