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Overview
Camille Pons is of counsel in the Tax practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's Paris office.
She advises on French and international transactional tax matters, particularly in complex mergers and acquisitions, as well as capital markets and financing transactions.
Accolades
- Best Lawyers – Ones to Watch (2023-2025)
Education
- University of Paris Dauphine-PSL, Master 2 Corporate Taxation, 2015
- Catholic University of Lille, Master 2 Business Law, 2014
- EDHEC Business School (PGE), 2010-2014
Representations
- Ardian:
- On the acquisition of control of the Magimix Robot Coupe group, a leading player in food preparation equipment, alongside the Hameur group, the historical shareholder.
- On the term loan facility in connection with the acquisition of Artefact Groupe, a data transformation and data & digital marketing provider for major brands, to refinance existing debt.
- TA Associates on the financing for the acquisition of:
- Approximately 70% of Valoria Group, a Spain-based business consulting firm with a presence in the French wealth management consulting sector.
- DL Software, a French editor of enterprise resource planning software for the retail industry.
- L’Oréal on the:
- Agreement with Swiss retail group Migros to acquire Dr.G, a South Korean skincare brand.
- Acquisition of a minority stake in Galderma, the pure-play dermatology category leader.
- Financing for the acquisition of Aēsop, an Australia-based luxury beauty brand, from Natura & Co.
- Rhône Energies, a consortium composed of Entara and Trafigura, in connection with the acquisition of the Fos-sur-Mer refinery and the oil terminals located in Toulouse and Villette-de-Vienne from Esso S.A.F.
- Fnac Darty S.A. on the offering of €500 million senior notes due 2029 and offer to purchase for cash its outstanding senior notes due 2024 and 2026.
- Entrust Corporation on the financing for the acquisition of Onfido, a U.K.-based cloud and AI-powered identity verification technology company.
- Saur on its financing for the acquisition of Veolia’s European Mobile Water Services, a France-based provider of temporary water treatment solutions.
- ZEPLUG, a leading European provider of electric vehicle charging services in multi-occupant and office buildings, in its €240 million fundraising and acquisition of Bornes Solutions.
- MGN in the contemplated sale of Euronews.
- HLD in its acquisition of a majority stake in Alkan in 2021.
- Management of Franck Provost in connection with tax aspects related to the entry of Core Equity Holdings into the capital of the group in 2021.
- Goldman Sachs in the disposal of its majority stake in MeilleurTaux in 2020.
- IK Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in Kersia and Sopura in 2020.
- Bridgepoint in its acquisition of a majority stake in HTL.
- Equistone in the disposal of its majority stake in Mademoiselle Desserts.
- Equistone in the disposal of its majority stake in Averys.
- Tessi in connection with the refinancing of its existing debt.
Matters may have been completed before joining Paul Hastings.
Involvement
- Member, Paris Bar, 2018