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BDGS Associés Offices
51 RUE FRANCOIS 1ER
75008 PARIS
France
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Antoine Bonnasse
Work Department
Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Law
Position
Partner specialising in complex mergers and acquisitions (listed and unlisted companies), corporate and financial engineering, industrial restructurings, securities law, private equity and M&A litigation.
Recent work includes advising: Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) on the creation of “New Suez” by a consortium composed of Meridiam, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and Group CDC, constituted from the assets acquired from Veolia and Suez in the context of Veolia’s public offer for Suez; Bouygues Telecom on several notable joint ventures (in particular with Cellnex, Phoenix Tower International and Vauban Infrastructure Partners) in order to deploy and operate fibre optics and 5G networks in France; Sopra Steria on its acquisition of CS Group; the French State (Agence des Participations de l’Etat) on the recapitalisation of Air France-KLM; Icade on the sale of Icade Santé to Primonial REIM; Bpifrance on the reorganisation of the shareholding in Paprec; Sagard on its acquisition of a stake in the Agence pour la diffiusion de l’information technologique (ADIT); Publicis on its joint venture with Carrefour in the retail media sector in continental Europe and Latin America; and Safran on its public offer for Zodiac Aerospace.
Career
Before founding BDGS Associés in 2013, Antoine Bonnasse was a partner since 1996 at Gide Loyrette Nouel where he started his career in 1986. He was subsequently seconded, as legal adviser, to the Economic Development Mission of the French Embassy in Washington DC (1987-1988).
Languages
French and English
Memberships
Comité Juridique de l’Association Nationale des Sociétés par Actions.
Education
Paris Bar (1987)
Graduated from Sciences Po (1984), Paris II Assas (1985) and Paris IX Dauphine (1986)
Lawyer Rankings
France > Mergers and acquisitions
(Hall of Fame)BDGS Associés fields ‘a high-level team with exceptional legal technique combined with leading transactional experience’. The group acts for CAC 40 companies as well as state-owned companies and investors. The firm has strong credentials in public and private M&A transactions as well as corporate reorganisations, and recently advised on high-profile deals across various sectors and industries (internet, renewables, transport, telecoms, finance). It is also the go-to-firm for high-end work involving the public sector with Jean-Emmanuel Skovron an expert in this area. Skovron jointly heads the practice alongside the highly regarded Marc Loy
, Antoine Bonnasse and Youssef Djehane. Other key names include Thomas Méli, Lucile Gaillard , François Baylion, Jérôme du Chazaud and David Andréani.