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About Hervé Pisani

Avocat à la cour, Hervé Pisani is a corporate Partner in our global transactions group in Paris. He is recognised as one of the leading M&A corporate lawyers in France.

Hervé has a solid experience in advising listed and non-listed companies in relation to their most strategic M&A transactions, either in France or globally.

In addition, Hervé has a particularly strong expertise in relation to stock market litigation, and represents French and international corporates, public companies and the French state in relation to their most complex disputes.

Hervé is fluent in French and English.

Recent work

  • Advising La Française des Jeux on its Initial Public Offering and privatisation process
  • Advising Saur on the acquisition of the Group by EQT Infrastructure
  • Advising Groupe ADP and its co-investors on the acquisition of a majority stake in Airport International Group, the concessionaire for the Queen Alai International Airport in Amman, Jordan
  • Advising Total on its US$7.45bn acquisition of Maersk Oil
  • Advising EDF on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Framatome, alongside Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Assystem as minority shareholders, from Areva

Qualifications

Education

  • Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France (law)
  • University of Paris Dauphine, France (masters degree in taxation)

Professional qualifications

  • Admitted to the Paris Bar (1991)

Publications

  • Les Echos Business, April 2015 L’information privilégiée : quel sens ? with Stéphane Bénouville

  • Les Echos, February 2015 Secret des affaires » : reprenons un débat qui était mal posé with Jérôme Philippe

  • Les Echos, June 2013 Le droit français des OPA : de Charybde en Scylla ?

  • La Semaine Juridique, April 2012 Est-il opportun d’introduire un seuil de caducité automatique de 50% ?