Mr Christophe Garaud > Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
21, boulevard Malesherbes
75008 PARIS
France

Work Department

Corporate and Financial Services

Position

Christophe H. Garaud is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Paris. Mr. Garaud specializes in private equity and mergers and acquisitions transactions across multiple industries. He is actively involved in representing private equity funds in their acquisitions, build-ups and dispositions of targets for both public and private companies both in France and internationally. Mr. Garaud has acted on some of the most significant transactions closed in France.

Lawyer Rankings

France > Private equity: LBO

The private equity group at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP regularly handles large-cap private equity transactions including cross-border leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, platform acquisitions, and exits, working across all mainstream sectors. The practice is co-led by a trio of partners, comprising: Eduardo Fernandez, who has particular experience advising on transactions involving the professional services, consumer products, food and healthcare segments; and private equity and M&A specialists Christophe Garaud and Cédric Hajage. Additional names to note include Gabriel Flandin, Grégory de Saxcé, Hugo Nocerino. Gil Kiener  left the firm in December 2022.