Rodolphe Elineau

Practice Areas

Rodolphe Elineau’s practice focuses on corporate and financial matters, including M&A and corporate governance. He advises both French and foreign companies on strategic and complex transactions.

Rodolphe played a key role in the most significant M&A transactions on the French market in the past few years, including advising Giammaria Giuliani in the proposed 3.7bn takeover of Rothschild & Co, Veolia Environnement in its €12.9bn acquisition of Suez (and related c. €900 million divestments) to create the French world champion of ecological transformation, Attestor in the €2.9bn acquisition of Europcar, Thales in the combination of its cellular IoT products business with Telit and its €5.4bn acquisition of Gemalto, General Mills in the sale of its European operations to Sodiaal, Worldline it its €7.8bn acquisition of Ingenico, Capgemini in its €5bn acquisition of Altran and General Motors in its divestment of Opel/Vauxhall to PSA Group.

Career

Rodolphe joined the firm in 2011 and became a partner in 2020.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Bars of Paris and New York.

Personal

Harvard Law School, 2011

ESSEC Grande Ecole, 2010

Université de Paris II - Panthéon-Assas, DJCE, 2007

Université de Paris II - Panthéon-Assas, Master I, 2006