Band 5
Provided by Thomas Méli
Partner specialising in securities law as well as public and private M&A transactions. He advises leading industrial groups and institutional investors on complex cross-border transactions, and major investment funds on a large number of transactions, including LBOs and PtoPs.
Recent work includes advising: Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations on the sale of the control over Transdev Group to Rethmann France; Merit France on the acquisition of two luxury hotels located in Saint-Tropez (France); Solabia on the acquisition of a majority stake in PolymerExpert; Icade on the sale of its healthcare property business to Primonial REIM; Engie on the sale of the Equans group to Groupe Bouygues following a highly competitive bid process, and the sale of its stake in Suez to Veolia; Thales on its competitive bid process for the sale of its ground transportation systems business (GTS) to Hitachi Rail; OpenGate Capital on the sale of its 100% stake in SMAC to Compagnie Financière Jousset and the acquisition of Umicore’s zinc chemicals business; KKR & Co. Inc. on the 100 million dollar Series C funding round of Ornikar; Goldman Sachs PE on the 70 million dollars Series C funding round of LumApps; and Safran on its public offer for Zodiac Aerospace.
Before joining BDGS Associés in 2014 as partner, Thomas Méli was counsel at Linklaters where he started his career in 2004. He was seconded to Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations for a 7-month period in 2009.
Paris Bar (2004). Master’s degree in commercial law from the Cergy-Pontoise University (2002), ESSEC business school (2000)
Provided by Chambers
Thomas Méli is well versed in handling cross-border sales involving multinational clients.
Thomas Méli a une bonne connaissance du M&A cross-border impliquant des clients étrangers.
Provided by Chambers
Thomas is a really good lawyer. He is pragmatic, with a wide area of expertise.
He is an excellent lawyer. He fully understands the issues of his clients and is able to manage situations of great complexity.
What stands out about Thomas is his availability and the way he always offers solutions with a very business-oriented approach. He is a business partner.
Ce qui ressort chez Thomas, c’est sa disponibilité et la façon dont il propose toujours des solutions avec une approche très commerciale.
Thomas est un très bon avocat. Il est pragmatique, avec une expertise sur un grand nombre de sujets.
C’est un excellent avocat. Il comprend parfaitement les enjeux de ses clients et est capable de gérer des situations d’une grande complexité.
Thomas is a really good lawyer. He is pragmatic, with a wide area of expertise.
He is an excellent lawyer. He fully understands the issues of his clients and is able to manage situations of great complexity.
What stands out about Thomas is his availability and the way he always offers solutions with a very business-oriented approach. He is a business partner.
Ce qui ressort chez Thomas, c’est sa disponibilité et la façon dont il propose toujours des solutions avec une approche très commerciale.
Thomas est un très bon avocat. Il est pragmatique, avec une expertise sur un grand nombre de sujets.
C’est un excellent avocat. Il comprend parfaitement les enjeux de ses clients et est capable de gérer des situations d’une grande complexité.
