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Provided by Youssef Djehane
Partner focusing on matters concerning listed companies, including listed companies, including takeovers, capital restructurings, equity capital markets transactions, corporate governance matters and shareholder disputes.
Recent work includes advising: the supervisory board of Europcar Mobility Group on governance issues; Crédit Agricole Assurances (Predica) on the 1.5-billion-euro action plan adopted by Clariane to strengthen its financial structure with the support of Predica in its capacity as key shareholder, the financial restructuring of the Comexposium Group in its capacity as jointly-controlling shareholder; Diageo in respect of its joint venture with LVMH in Moët Hennessy and its delisting from Euronext Paris; and Qatar Investment Authority as reference shareholder of Lagardère.
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).
Paris Bar (1987). Postgraduate degree in Private Law from Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (1985).
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.
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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.
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"Youssef Djehane is technically excellent in terms of applicable corporate law and has a very good grasp of the political environment in which the company operates."
"He knows what the other parties are expecting, which makes decision-making much simpler."
"Youssef Djehane plays an essential role for our organisation. He is up to the challenge in terms of technical skills, availability, responsiveness, quality of services, mobilisation of the team and connections with other peers and other stakeholders in the market."
"Youssef Djehane is technically excellent in terms of applicable corporate law and has a very good grasp of the political environment in which the company operates."
"He knows what the other parties are expecting, which makes decision-making much simpler."
"Youssef Djehane plays an essential role for our organisation. He is up to the challenge in terms of technical skills, availability, responsiveness, quality of services, mobilisation of the team and connections with other peers and other stakeholders in the market."
