Pascal Bine > Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
68 RUE DU FAUBOURG SAINT-HONORE
75008 PARIS
France

Work Department

Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Markets

Position

Partner

Career

Pascal Bine focuses his practice on a wide variety of corporate transactions, including cross-border M&A, public M&A, capital markets and financing transactions.

Mr. Bine’s experience in French public M&A includes the representation of issuers, bidders, target companies, financial sponsors and controlling shareholders in public tender offers, including hostile or unsolicited transactions, mergers, cross-border business combinations, block trades, private placements, reorganizations of shareholding structures, minority buyouts and take-private transactions.

As part of his cross-border M&A practice, Mr. Bine has acquired significant experience navigating foreign investment reviews before French authorities. His experience in this area covers both inbound M&A transactions in France and multijurisdictional M&A deals where the foreign buyer is required to obtain similar authorizations from national authorities or agencies, including the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Mr. Bine has unique experience negotiating mitigation agreements with French foreign investment authorities across a full range of industries, including defense, aeronautics, public security, telecommunications, transportation, public infrastructure, health care, IT services and technology.

Languages

English, French

Memberships

  • Paris

Education

Education

  • LL.M., Cornell Law School, 1995
  • LL.M., Business Law, Université de Paris X, 1993
  • M.A., Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, 1988