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Orrick

Orrick

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France

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Private equity: LBO

Orrick has a comprehensive private equity practice with extensive experience across LBOs, owner buyouts, management buyouts, secondary buyouts and the sale of portfolio companies to other private equity investors. Led by Patrick Tardivy and Olivier Jouffroy, the team acts for buyers, sellers, investors and lenders. Tardivy brings particular sector expertise in energy, infrastructure, real estate and technology, whereas Jouffroy is notably experienced in the financial institutions, real estate and life sciences sectors.
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Accolades

Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency

Testimonials

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  • ‘Technical and commercial excellence. Comprehensive understanding of the issues. High responsiveness in urgent situations.’
  • ‘Professionalism, pragmatism, and strong responsiveness at both senior and junior levels. Always a pleasure to work with this team, which we will definitely consider for future projects.’
  • ‘The team is extremely collaborative, commercial, and technically capable. They have demonstrated a high degree of pragmatism, and are able to prioritise what matters to us over the nitty-gritty details that do not have material implications to the deal.'

Key clients

  • 3i Group plc
  • Alba Infra Partners
  • Almaviva Capital / Almaviva Santé
  • Amundi Transition Energétique
  • Antin Infrastructure Partners
  • Aptean
  • Ardian
  • Axa IM
  • CNP Assurances
  • CVC DIF
  • Demeter CIF
  • EDF Invest
  • Eurofiber
  • GreenYellow
  • Impax Asset Management
  • Infrared Capital Partners
  • Morrison
  • Pasqal
  • Saur
  • Société d’investissement Bastide – SIB

Work highlights

Advising Alba Infra Partners, which has more than €1bn of assets under management, on its market launch.
Advising Antin Infrastructure Partners on the launch of France’s first independent high-speed train company, which will involve a €1bn-plus investment.
Practice head

Patrick Tardivy; Olivier Jouffroy

Other key lawyers

Marine Jamain; Bruno Romagnoli; Marc Diab Maalouf