Arnaud Lafarge is a partner in the Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Practices in the Paris office.

Arnaud has extensive experience in public and private mergers and acquisitions and private equity.

Arnaud advises domestic and foreign companies on M&A transactions, as well as private equity funds on leveraged buyouts, venture capital and development capital transactions.

In addition, Arnaud has extensive experience in transactions involving securities matters (such as tender offers, pipe transactions, squeeze out and public to private transactions).

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  • Advising a manufacturer of electric bikes on the acquisition of a stake by a leading private equity firm.
  • Advising a listed digital services company on the tender offer launched by its main shareholder, a leading UK private equity firm.
  • Advising a listed cinema exhibition services company on the refinancing of its financial debt.
  • Advising the founders of an education group on the sale to a leading education group in France.
  • Advising a software company and its founders on the acquisition of the company by a leading private equity firm.
  • Advising a leading private equity firm on the acquisition of a leading player in wealth and insurance solutions and asset management.
  • Advising a leading private equity firm on the acquisition of a fresh food retail specialist.
  • Advising a leading private equity firm on the acquisition of a software vendor that designs, develops and markets software exclusively for insurance providers.
  • Advising a software company on its initial public offering.
  • Advising a Chinese airline company on its investment in the leading French airline company.

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, LL.M., 2006
  • Paris Dauphine University, DEA, Corporate Law, 2003
  • University Paris II Panthéon-Assas, D.E.S.S., Litigation, Arbitration and Other Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2003

Admissions

  • New York, 2008
  • France, 2005

Languages

  • French
  • English
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