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

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

(Leading partners)

Christophe GaraudWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Lauded by one client as ‘a leading team in the French LBO transaction market’, the group at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is noted for its handling of private equity transactions for sponsors, portfolio companies and management teams. Areas of expertise include large-cap LBOs, joint ventures, public to private transactions, minority investments and exits. Leadership is shared between ‘pillar of the firm’ Eduardo Fernandez (LBOs and growth capital transactions); and Christophe Garaud and Cédric Hajage, both of whom specialise in private equity and M&A transactions. Additional key contacts include Grégory de Saxcé, Hugo Nocerino and the ‘tremendously talented, precise and attentive’ Mathilde Faure.