BDGS Associés

Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Law

Partner specialising in corporate governance and transactions involving listed companies, including takeovers and equity capital markets transactions.

He has recently represented Société M.B.D., the family controlling shareholder of BIC, on the reorganisation of the family governance and the control structure with respect to BIC; Crédit Agricole Assurances (Predica) on the sale of its stake in La Française des Jeux (FDJ), as reference shareholder on the €1.5 billion refinancing plan adopted by Clariane, on its participation in a €850 million Series C capital injection in Verkor, a company specialized in EV batteries, on the investment by GIC, the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund, in Vauban Infra Fibre, France’s largest independent digital infrastructure platform, alongside several funds managed by Vauban Infrastructure Partners, on its acquisition of a 30% stake in Innergex  France, and on the reorganisation by Group Crédit Agricole of its retirement business with the creation of Crédit Agricole Assurance Retraite.

Before joining BDGS Associés in 2013, François Baylion was an associate at Gide Loyrette Nouel where he started his career in 2009. He became partner at BDGS Associés in 2019.

French and English

Contributor of various French corporate law guides for Practical Law (Thomson Reuters).

François is board member of Exclusive Partners, a financial company with the status of Investment Services Provider (ISP) and approved by the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR).

Paris Bar (2010) Postgraduate diploma in law and management from HEC Paris (2008) Master’s degree in business law from the University of Versailles (2006)