BDGS Associés

M&A

Partner specializing in complex mergers and acquisitions (listed and unlisted companies), corporate and financial engineering, industrial restructurings, securities law, private equity and M&A litigation.

He has recently represented Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and the Louis Dreyfus family on the sale of a majority stake in Louis Dreyfus Armateurs to InfraVia; Safran and Safran Ceramics on the sale of Safran Ceramics’ stake in Roxel; Safran on its public offer for Zodiac Aerospace; Icade on the sale of its stake in Icade Santé to Primonial REIM; Butler Industries on the acquisition of a majority stake in MOMA group; ADIT on the sale of 100% of its shares to current shareholders (Sagard, Parquest Capital, Amundi and Bpifrance) and new investors (Impala, Stags, Florac, Weinberg Capital Partners and Fonds stratégique de Participations); Coty on its dual listing on Euronext Paris and issuance of 33 million shares via a public offering in the United States and a private placement reserved for qualified investors in the EEA; Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) on the creation of “New Suez” by a consortium composed of Meridiam, Global Infrastructure Partners and Groupe CDC, constituted from assets acquired from Veolia and Suez in the context of Veolia’s public offer for Suez; Sopra Steria and Sopra GMT on the sale of Sopra Banking Software to Axway, the sale by Sopra Steria to Sopra GMT of a stake in Axway and on its acquisition of CS Group; Bouygues Telecom on several joint ventures (in particular with Cellnex, Phoenix Tower International and Vauban Infrastructure Partners); the French State on the recapitalisation of Air France-KLM; Bpifrance on the reorganisation of the shareholding of Paprec; and Publicis on its joint venture with Carrefour in the retail media sector in continental Europe and Latin America.

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).

Français/Anglais

Comité Juridique de l'Association Nationale des Sociétés par Actions.

Paris Bar (1987)

Sciences Po (1984)

Paris II Assas (1985)

Paris IX Dauphine (1986)