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Provided by Youssef Djehane

France

Practice Areas

Partner focusing on complex M&A and matters concerning listed companies, including takeovers, capital restructurings, equity capital markets transactions, corporate governance matters and shareholder disputes.

Publications

Regular speaker at the IBA M&A conferences.

Author of IBA Takeover Guide France and of "Corporate Governance and Directors' Duties in France" for Practical Law (Thomson Reuters).

Career

Paris Bar (1987). Before founding BDGS Associés in 2013, Youssef Djehane was a partner since 1994 at Gide Loyrette Nouel where he started his career in 1986. He was seconded to Allen & Overy, London, in 1990 and then to the World Bank in Washington in 1992.

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; the supervisory board of Europcar Mobility Group on governance issues; Crédit Agricole Assurances (Predica) as reference shareholder on the €1.5 billion refinancing plan adopted by Clariane and the financial restructuring of the Comexposium Group; Diageo on its joint venture with LVMH in Moët Hennessy, its distribution arrangements with Moët Hennessy and its delisting from Euronext Paris; and Qatar Investment Authority as reference shareholder of Lagardère.

Languages Spoken

French / English

Education

Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne

Postgraduate degree in Private Law

1984 - 1985

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Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability - France

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Individual Editorial

Youssef Djehane is known for his capabilities in domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, often acting on behalf of financial institutions and publicly listed companies.

Editorial individuel

Youssef Djehane est reconnu pour ses compétences en matière de M&A domestique et transfrontalier, agissant souvent pour le compte d’institutions financières et de sociétés cotées en bourse.

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