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Mr Didier Martin

+33 (0)1 40 75 29 03 martin@gide.com

Work Department

Mergers & Acquisitions / Corporate

Position

Didier G. Martin is a partner in Gide Loyrette Nouel’s Mergers-Acquisitions/Corporate Department. His practice covers mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities law and corporate governance. He mainly works on mergers and acquisitions, including listed companies, and frequently advises on cross-border transactions.
He also handles disputes. He is listed as “leading individual” in the Mergers & Acquisitions section of several legal guides (Chambers Global, EMEA Legal 500).
He recently advised URW for a joint venture with Predica and La Française, Accor for the transfer of its activity Hotel Invest to a joint-venture controlled by an investors’ pool, Zimmer Biomet for the acquisition of Medtech, followed by a takeover bid, Nexity for the acquisition of the property developer Edouard Denis, Caisse Centrale de Réassurance (CCR) for the hive down of part of its activities, Accor in connection with the transfer of 85 hotels to a Joint-venture with Eurazeo, Deutsche Bank on the sale of 5% of the share capital of Renault to the French State, Unibail on the transfer to Wereldhave of a portfolio of companies holding shopping malls, Econocom on the exchange offer on Osiatis, Tikehau on the take over of Salvepar, Silic on its combination with Icade through an exchange offer.

His recent assignments in M&A include advising:
– URW for a joint venture with Predica and La Française,
– Accor for the transfer of its activity Hotel Invest to a joint-venture controlled by an investors’ pool,
– Zimmer Biomet for the acquisition of Medtech, followed by a takeover bid,
– Nexity for the acquisition of the property developer Edouard Denis,
– Caisse Centrale de Réassurance (CCR) for the hive down of part of its activities,
– Accor in connection with the transfer of 85 hotels to a Joint-venture with Eurazeo,
– Deutsche Bank on the sale of 5% of the share capital of Renault to the French State,
– Unibail on the transfer to Wereldhave of a portfolio of companies holding shopping malls,
– Econocom on the exchange offer on Osiatis,
– Tikehau on the take over of Salvepar, followed by a takeover bid,
– Silic on its combination with Icade through an exchange offer.

Career

Associé Gide Loyrette Nouel (depuis 1999)

Collaborateur résident au Bureau de New-York de Gide Loyrette Nouel (1992-1994)

Avocat inscrit au Barreau de Paris (depuis 1992)

Languages

French, English, Spanish, Germain

Education

Maîtrise de droit des affaires, Université de Paris XII (1990)

Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC), spécialisation en finance (1989)