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Allen & Overy in Paris

We have become true partners to our clients. Our technical expertise and in-depth understanding of sector issues allow us to offer our clients a comprehensive service meeting all their needs.

Cover image: Foucault’s pendulum, Panthéon, Paris

At Allen & Overy, our pragmatic and innovative approach to each case draws on our technical expertise and in-depth knowledge of our clients’ market and business sectors. Our hard work and values have made us leaders in the field for more than 20 years.

More than just global advisors in business and finance law, we have become strategic partners to our clients. We support them in day-to-day matters and contribute to the high points of their development, be they large French or international businesses, new innovative companies, banking and financial institutions, stock market businesses, or public institutions.

Our mission is to understand, advise, and support our clients wherever they operate.

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1989Opening of Paris office

140+Lawyers

34Partners, of whom 7 are women

51%Ratio of men to women

12Areas of expertise

6Business sectors

KEY FIGURES

At Allen & Overy, we strive for excellence and efficiency in every case.

We offer our clients:

– Multi-disciplinary and cross-functional approaches– A dynamic international network– Integration and synergy across practice groups

and offices– Quality, reliability and transparency– Innovation, open-mindedness and flexibility– Personalised and proactive service – Ethics and a personal touch

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Banking and Finance

Mergers and Acquisitions

Competition and European law

Banking and Finance– Asset finance– Acquisition finance– Project finance– Structured finance– Financing of public offers– Restructuring and insolvency– PPP/PFI– Real estate finance– Syndicated loans– Securitisation, covered bonds, and factoring

– Export finance

– Trade and commodity finance

– Leveraged finance

Mergers and Acquisitions– Acquisitions and disposals– Securities law– Private equity– Initial public offerings– Joint ventures– Privatisation– Reorganisations– Litigation

– Equity Capital Markets

Competition and European law – State aid– Merger control– Commercial litigation related

to regulatory and/or competition litigation

– Antitrust practices (cartels, abuse of dominant position)

– Distribution law

Practice areas

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Our lawyers advise our clients in all areas of business and finance law and have a perfect command of the issues facing their business sectors. They are excellent practitioners of law who constantly keep up with the latest developments and verse themselves in the most complex domestic and international operations. Consequently, they develop a creative and innovative approach to the projects entrusted to them.

International Capital Markets

Intellectual Property

Employment and Benefits

Intellectual Property – Patents – Trademarks – Copyright – Designs and models– Unfair competition– Intellectual property litigation

International Capital Markets – Debt capital markets,

equity-linked and high-yield– Derivatives – Structured finance

(repackaging and covered bonds)– EMTN programmes– Own funds of regulated issuers– Asset and investment

funds management – Banking and financial regulation

– Equity Capital Markets

Employment and Benefits– Individual employment relations

(employment contracts, dismissals, international mobility, health and safety, etc.)

– Collective employment relations with staff representative bodies

– Restructurings, collective redundancy exercises, outsourcing

– Discrimination, harassment, workplace equality

– Compensation policy, employee profit-sharing, incentive share plans

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In Paris, our teams practise French, English, European, and U.S. law on a daily basis and coordinate on transactions that involve several areas of expertise. When necessary, we seek the involvement of specialists throughout our international network.

TaxPublic and

Environmental Law

Real Estate

Tax– Financial tax

– Real estate tax

– Corporate tax

– Private equity tax

– Litigation

Public and Environmental Law– Public contracts

(public procurement, concessions, PPPs, public domain)

– Public sector entities– Sector regulations– Litigation– Town planning law– Environmental law (responsibility,

waste, greenhouse gas emissions, etc.)

Real Estate– Acquisitions, disposals and

reorganisations of assets and structured real estate portfolios

– Commercial leases– Real estate development– Outsourcing– Acquisition finance– Joint ventures – Real estate tax

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Innovation and Digital

Dispute Resolution

Innovation and Digital– IT transactions– Outsourcing (ITO and BPO)– Data protection and privacy– e-commerce and internet– Media– IT and data security– Commercial transactions

(cooperation agreements, technology related agreements, services agreements)

Dispute ResolutionDomestic and international litigation: – Banking and financial market litigation– Corporate litigation: M&A,

representations and warranties, directors’ and officers, liability and shareholders’ agreements

– Insurance, industrial risks and product liability with a strong focus on aviation

– General commercial litigation (contractual disputes, insolvency related disputes, transportation, etc.)

– Commercial disputes in all courts of French-speaking African countries

International arbitration:– Institutional and ad hoc [arbitration]– Commercial and investor-state

[arbitration]– Across all sectors, markets

and industries– In jurisdictions across the world,

and under both common and civil law systems

White-collar crime and regulatory litigation– Market abuse: insider misconduct and

insider trading, misleading financial information, market manipulation (AMF, criminal courts)

– Proceedings before the French regulators (AMF, ACPR)

– Embezzlement of corporate assets, fraud, forgery

– Corruption, anti-corruption legislation (influence-peddling, favouritism, unlawful taking of interest)

– Money laundering – Tax evasion – Embargoes and sanctions– Involuntary manslaughter

and unintentional injury (industrial, air disasters)

– Internal investigations and compliance– ECHR proceedings– Criminal disputes in all courts of

French-speaking African countries

White-collar crime and regulatory litigation

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Experience highlights

Banking and FinanceWe acted for Citibank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank AG as mandated lead arrangers, Citibank Europe plc, UK Branch as facility agent, and Citibank, N.A., London Branch as offshore accounts bank on the World Bank-guaranteed Gas Supply Security Facility for Naftogaz, the state energy company of Ukraine, in the euro equivalent of USD500 million.

Mergers and Acquisitions, Energy, Public Law, Competition, International Capital Markets, Finance We advised Areva SA in relation to the transfer of its nuclear fuel-cycle business (Mines, Upstream and Downstream activities) and its bond debt to Orano, as well as in relation to the capital increase of Orano subscribed for by the French State, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited.

Project FinanceWe advised the Sponsor and Project Company on the negotiation of an implementation agreement with the Government of Georgia, a power purchase agreement with ESCO (Georgia’s electricity system operator), the EPC contract with Salini Impregilo, the equity documents with Partnership Fund (owned by the Government of Georgia), the debt documentation with the lead development financial institutions (ADB, AIIB, EIB, EBRD and K-Sure) in relation to the development, construction and financing of the 280MW Nenskra Hydro Power Project on the Nenskra river in Upper Svaneti, Georgia.

Citibank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank AG

New Areva Holding

Government of Georgia

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Mergers and Acquisitions, Employment and Benefits, CompetitionWe advised Total on the acquisition from Engie of its portfolio of upstream liquefied natural gas (LNG) assets for an overall enterprise value of USD1.49 billion. Additional payments of up to USD550m could be payable by Total in case of an improvement in the oil markets in the coming years. This portfolio includes participating interests in liquefaction plants, notably the interest in the Cameron LNG project in the U.S., long-term LNG sales and purchase agreements, an LNG tanker fleet, as well as access to regasification capacities in Europe.

Intellectual PropertyWe successfully represented Vemedia Consumer Health Belgium before the Paris Court of Appeal in a trademark dispute involving the Oenobiol brand.

LitigationWe advised HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA on the criminal proceedings that saw the Swiss bank negotiate with the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (parquet national financier), the first French style deferred prosecution agreement (Convention Judiciaire d’Intérêt Public) (CJIP) to be blessed by a French Court.

TOTALVemedia

Consumer Health Belgium

HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA

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International Capital Markets, Tax We advised the Joint Lead Managers (BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Barclays, Crédit Agricole CIB, Deutsche Bank and Natixis) on SCOR’s inaugural issue of perpetual fixed-rate resettable restricted Tier 1 notes for an amount of USD650m. This issue of deeply subordinated notes, intended to qualify as Tier 1 own funds for regulatory capital purposes, is the first of its kind in France under the Solvency II Directive. The notes are admitted to trading on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s regulated market.

Real Estate, Tax, Public LawWe advised Ivanhoé Cambridge, a real estate subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, on the signing with Natixis of leases covering 100% of the 90,000sq m of office space designed by Jean Nouvel at the DUO towers in Paris.

Intellectual Property, Life SciencesWe successfully represented Merck Sharpe & Dohme in one of the first patent disputes involving antibodies in France.

BNP Paribas and Citigroup

Ivanhoé Cambridge

Merck Sharpe & Dohme

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Mergers and Acquisitions, Regulatory, Competition, Employment and Benefits, TaxWe advised Société Générale on the conclusion of an agreement with Commerzbank, a leading European manufacturer, distributor and market maker of structured and flow products as well as asset management solutions, for the acquisition of its Equity Markets and Commodities activities. The transaction includes Commerzbank’s Investment Products, Flow Products, and Asset Management businesses worldwide, including associated market making, sales and structuring capabilities.

Société Générale

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Each sector group is made up of experts from various practice groups and geographic areas. The specialised and complementary skills they offer are reinforced by a strong and comprehensive knowledge of our clients’ markets and business needs.

Sector groups

Energy InfrastructureReal estate

Telecoms, media and technologyLife sciencesFinancial

institutions

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Intellectual Property

Laëtitia Bénard

Tel +33 1 40 06 50 33laetitia.benard@allenovery.com

David PorTel +33 1 40 06 55 46 david.por@allenovery.com

Alexandre RudoniTel +33 1 40 06 50 34 alexandre.rudoni@allenovery.com

Real Estate

Jean-Dominique CasaltaTel +33 1 40 06 53 73jean-dominique.casalta@allenovery.com

Xavier JancèneTel +33 1 40 06 50 19xavier.jancene@allenovery.com

Banking and Finance

Adrian MellorTel +33 1 40 06 53 75 adrian.mellor@allenovery.com

Caroline DelavetTel +33 1 40 06 55 83 caroline.delavet@allenovery.com

Julien RouxTel +33 1 40 06 53 70 julien.roux@allenovery.com

Our partners

Jean-Christophe David Tel +33 1 40 06 53 53jean-christophe.david@allenovery.com

Driss BererhiTel +33 1 40 06 53 25driss.bererhi@allenovery.com

Fabrice Faure-DauphinTel +33 1 40 06 53 93 fabrice.faure-dauphin@allenovery.com

Competition and European Law

Florence NinaneTel +33 1 40 06 53 22 florence.ninane@allenovery.com

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International Capital Markets

Hervé EkuéTel +33 1 40 06 53 59 herve.ekue@allenovery.com

Brice Henry

Tel +33 1 40 06 53 66brice.henry@allenovery.com

Mergers and Acquisitions

Alexandre AncelTel +33 1 40 06 53 11 alexandre.ancel@allenovery.com

Frédéric MoreauTel +33 1 40 06 53 06frederic.moreau@allenovery.com

Marc CastagnèdeTel +33 1 40 06 53 99marc.castagnede@allenovery.com

Romy RichterTel +33 1 40 06 53 04romy.richter@allenovery.com

Frédéric JungelsTel +33 1 40 06 53 18 frederic.jungels@allenovery.com

Julien SébastienTel +33 1 40 06 53 51 julien.sebastien@allenovery.com

Antoine SaraillerTel +331 40 06 53 58antoine.sarailler@allenovery.com

Jean-Claude RivallandTel +33 1 40 06 53 02jean-claude.rivalland@allenovery.com

Diana BillikTel +33 1 40 06 53 65 diana.billik@allenovery.com

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Public and Environmental Law

Romaric LazergesTel +33 1 40 06 53 44 romaric.lazerges@allenovery.com

Marie StoyanovTel +33 1 40 06 51 31marie.stoyanov@allenovery.com

Erwan PoissonTel +33 1 40 06 53 87 erwan.poisson@allenovery.com

Hippolyte MarquettyTel +33 1 40 06 53 98hippolyte.marquetty@allenovery.com

Dispute Resolution

Denis ChemlaTel +33 1 40 06 53 03 denis.chemla@allenovery.com

Dan BenguiguiTel +33 1 40 06 53 17dan.benguigui@allenovery.com

Christopher Mainwaring-TaylorTel +33 1 40 06 53 85 christopher.mainwaring-taylor@allenovery.com

Tax

Mathieu Vignon

Tel +33 1 40 06 53 63mathieu.vignon@allenovery.com

Guillaume ValoisTel +33 1 40 06 53 08guillaume.valois@allenovery.com

Olivier PicquereyTel +33 1 40 06 53 34olivier.picquerey@allenovery.com

Claire ToumieuxTel +33 1 40 06 53 37 claire.toumieux@allenovery.com

Employment and Benefits

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Dan Lauder Tel +33 1 40 06 53 39dan.lauder@allenovery.com

Christophe JacqueminTel +33 1 40 06 53 78 christophe.jacquemin@allenovery.com

Our senior counsel

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Jules LecoeurTél +33 1 40 06 55 24jules.lecoeur@allenovery.com

Anne-Caroline PayelleTél +33 1 40 06 50 89anne-caroline.payelle@allenovery.com

33 1 40 06 50 38

Banking and Finance Real Estate Intellectual Property

Antoine ChatryTel +33 1 40 06 53 01antoine.chatry@allenovery.com

Eveline Van KeymeulenTel +33 1 40 06 55 66eveline.vankeymeulen@allenovery.com

Charles Tuffreau Tel +33 1 40 06 51 43charles.tuffreau@allenovery.com

Amine BourabiatTel +33 1 40 06 50 38amine.bourabiat@allenovery.com

Thomas RoyTel +33 1 40 06 53 05thomas.roy@allenovery.com

Mergers and Acquisitions

International Capital Markets

Laurie-Anne AncenysTel +33 1 40 06 53 42laurie-anne.ancenys@allenovery.com

Mia DassasTel +33 1 40 06 53 64mia.dassas@allenovery.com

Clément SaudoTel +33 1 40 06 53 28clement.saudo@allenovery.com

Soline LouvignyTel +33 1 40 06 50 79soline.louvigny@allenovery.com

Olivier ThébaultTel +33 1 40 06 53 74olivier.thebault@allenovery.com

Our counsel

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Public and Environmental Law Tax

Charles-Antoine Del ValleTel +33 1 40 06 53 94charles.delvalle@allenovery.com

Antoine Coursaut-DurandTel +33 1 40 06 53 77antoine.coursaut-durand@allenovery.com

Luc LamblinTel +33 1 40 06 51 32luc.lamblin@allenovery.com

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GLOBAL PRESENCE

Allen & Overy is an international legal practice with approximately 5,500 people, including some 550 partners, working in over 40 offi ces worldwide.

Allen & Overy means Allen & Overy LLP and/or its affiliated undertakings. Allen & Overy LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC306763. Allen & Overy LLP is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority of England and Wales.

The term partner is used to refer to a member of Allen & Overy LLP or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. A list of the members of Allen & Overy LLP and of the non-members who are designated as partners is open to inspection at our registered office at One Bishops Square, London E1 6AD.

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Paris

Allen & Overy LLP 52 Avenue Hoche CS 90005 75379 Paris Cedex 08France

Tel +33 1 40 06 54 00 Fax +33 1 40 06 54 54

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Denis Chemla Senior Partner Tel +33 1 40 06 53 03 denis.chemla@allenovery.com

Hervé Ekué Managing PartnerTel +33 1 40 06 53 59herve.ekue@allenovery.com

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