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Overview
Olivier Deren is a partner in the Corporate Department of the Paris office of Paul Hastings. His practice focuses on private equity and on mergers and acquisitions. Recognized as a leading private equity lawyer in France by Chambers Europe (Band 1), Olivier advises private equity funds and managers on their leveraged buyouts and capital development transactions as well as companies on their growth strategies or reorganizations.
Accolades
- Ranked in Band 1 by Chambers Europe as one of the leading private equity lawyers in France (for 18 years)
- Nominated in 2017 as the private equity lawyer of the year by Option Droit et Affaires
- Ranked in Band 1 in the ranking published for mid-cap LBOs by Décideurs Stratégie Finance Droit
- Award of "private equity law firm of the year" during the "Grands Prix de Private Equity Magazine" 2013 and 2016
Education
- Institute of Political Science (Institut d'Etudes Politiques) of Paris, 1987
- University of Paris II, LL.M (with honors), 1990
Representations
- Argon & Co and majority shareholders on LBO structured by Bridgepoint Development Capital and Ardian Growth.
- Keensight Capital in connection with the LBOs of Sogelink, Smile, Symeres, Inherent (Adista), Buckaroo, Valiantys, Axxam, Quanos, Inke and Unither Pharmaceuticals groups, the combination of 3P Biopharmaceuticals and Biovian, the LBUs of Unyc, Locatiqs, Focus Software, Connect Services, Contegix, Upperlink, Devensys Cybersecurity, Conexio Telecom and EverLink and in connection with the sales of Linkbynet to Accenture, of Asti to ABB group, of Demetra to Astorg and of SFA Romani to Symrise.
- Andera Partners in connection with its investment in Résonance Imagerie, in connection with the LBOs of Senstronic and Telamon groups, the OBO of André Chenue group, and in connection with the sales of Skill & You and Minafin group.
- Sagard NewGen in connection with the OBO of Asobo Studio, the LBOs of I-Tracing, Unit 8 and FuturMaster groups, with its investment in kShuttle and with the LBU of PlaniSense.
- Equistone Partners Europe in connection with the LBOs of Vulcain Ingénierie, Wallenborn, GSCM and Safic-Alcan groups and in connection with the sale of Vulcain Ingénierie.
- Crédit Mutuel Equity in connection with the LBO of Claire group and in connection with the LBU of ADG.
- Isai Expansion in connection with the successive LBOs of Vitalliance group.
- B & Capital in connection with the LBOs of HR Team group, of Steliau group and of Be-Cloud group.
- MML Capital and Bpifrance in connection with the LBO of Gravotech group and of its sale to Brady Corporation.
- Ardian Expansion in connection with the OBO of Alixio group.
- Enerlis on White Summit Capital’s investment in Powesco.
- The shareholders of Provalliance group in connection with the LBO structured by Core Equity.
- EMZ, Raise, Siparex, Unigrains and Etoile Capital in connection with the LBO of Groupe Carso structured by Archimed.
- Qualium Investissement in connection with the refinancing of Kermel group.
- The shareholders and managers of Dedienne Aerospace group in connection with the MBO structured with Crédit Mutuel Equity, IRDI and GSO.
- The management teams in connection with the LBO of Odigo structured by Apax Partners and the LBO of Sicame structured by Equistone.
- Amundi Private Equity and Bpifrance in connection with the LBO of Wifirst.
- 21 Invest in connection with the LBO of FMA Assurances.
News
- Paul Hastings Advises Inherent, Backed by Keensight Capital, on Acquisition of EverLink - June 23rd, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises Argon & Co and Majority Shareholders on LBO Structured by Bridgepoint Development Capital and Ardian Growth - April 17th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises Enerlis on White Summit Capital's Investment in Powesco - March 20th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises Inherent, Backed by Keensight Capital, on Acquisition of CONEXIO Telecom - March 13th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises FuturMaster, Backed by Sagard NewGen and Cathay Capital, on Acquisition of PlaniSense - February 18th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advised Inherent in its Acquisition of Devensys Cybersecurity - January 17th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advised Andera Partners in Investment in Horus Finance's Fine Art Logistics Division - November 14th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Valiantys, Backed by Keensight Capital, in the LBU of Contegix - October 31st, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Sagard NewGen in the LBO of FuturMaster - October 30th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Sagard NewGen on its Investment in kShuttle - October 10th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised MML Capital, Bpifrance and the Other Sellers on the Sale of Gravotech to Brady Corporation - September 2nd, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Inherent and Keensight Capital in the Acquisition of Upper-Link - April 30th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Inherent and Keensight Capital in the Acquisitions of Connect Services and Prodware's Private Cloud and Telecoms Business - April 25th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Qualium Investissement in Sale of Kermel - April 16th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Equistone, Sagard and other Sellers in Sale of Vulcain Engineering - April 11th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Keensight Capital in the LBO of Sogelink Structured with CVC Capital Partners - April 8th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Andera Partners in MBO of Telamon - April 4th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Keensight Capital in the Combination of Biovian and 3P Biopharmaceuticals to Create 3PBIOVIAN - February 5th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Crédit Mutuel Equity on Investment in the Claire Group - September 20th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Keensight Capital in the Acquisition of Inke - June 7th, 2023
Accolades
- Paul Hastings Again Recognized in the 2024 Edition of The Legal 500 EMEA - April 2nd, 2024
- Paul Hastings Again Recognized by Chambers Europe 2024 - March 18th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Again Recognized in the 2023 Edition of The Legal 500 EMEA - April 13th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Again Recognized by Chambers Europe 2023 - March 20th, 2023
Engagement & Publications
- Co-author of the chapter dedicated to France in « The Technology Mergers & Acquisitions Review » published by Law Business Research Ltd.
- Lecturer on business law at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Institute of Political Science - Sciences Po) of Paris for eight years.
- Seminar on the structuring of LBOs at the Magistère de Juriste d'Affaires of the University of Paris Panthéon-Assas (between 2008 and 2018).
Involvement
- Member, Paris Bar