Etienne Vautier
Etienne Vautier

Biography

Etienne Vautier is an associate in the EMEA Mergers & Acquisition / Private Capital practice at White & Case.

Etienne is involved in mergers and acquisitions transactions, advising investment funds as well as listed and non-listed companies at every stage of their strategic transactions. Etienne has gained experience in all areas of corporate law, particularly in private equity (LBOs) and complex carve-out transactions.

Prior to joining White & Case, Etienne acquired experience at several other high-profile international law firms based in Paris.

Experience

  • Advising Triton Partners, a leading European investor, on its entry into exclusive negotiations, through its Triton Fund 6, to acquire Bureau Veritas' fuels testing & inspection businesses (BVF) (2026). 
  • Advising SK Capital on exclusive negotiations to acquire LISI Group's medical division (2025)*
  • Advising Bain-backed Maesa on the sale of its EMEA business to KDC/ONE (2025)*
  • Advising Conti on its reinvestment in Ceva Santé Animale (2025)*
  • Advising Hg on significant minority investment by Téthys Invest and GIC in Septeo Group (2024)*
  • Advising IK Partners on the sale of its controlling interest to Wendel (2024)*
  • Advising Warburg Pincus and ArchiMed on the sale of Polyplus (2023)*
  • Advising Providence Equity Partners on its investment in A2MAC1 (2023)*
  • Advising Iconic Sports on its Investment in Eagle Football (2022)*
  • Advising Clearwater Analytics on the acquisition of JUMP Technology (2022)*
  • Advising Thoma Bravo and its portfolio company Cority on the acquisition of Reporting 21 (2022)*
  • Advising GIC on its investment in Unither (2022)*
  • Advising Talend, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, on the acquisition of Gamma Soft, a provider of Change Data Capture solutions (2022)*
  • Advising Warburg Pincus and its portfolio company Fortius on the acquisition of Once For All (2022)*
  • Advising Ares on the acquisition of a majority stake in Point Vision Group from Abenex (2021)*
  • Advising InPost S.A. on the acquisition of Mondial Relay (2021)*
  • Advising Trinseo on the acquisition of Arkema's PMMA business (2021)*

*Transactions worked on prior to joining White & Case

Paris
Bachelor's Degree
Sciences Po Paris
Master Droit Economique
Sciences Po Paris
Master 2 Droit Financier
University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
English
French

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