Guillaume Vitrich
Guillaume Vitrich
Guillaume is unanimously recognized as a leading Private Equity/M&A expert on both the French and international markets, including by Chambers and Legal 500. He is a top-rated French and US qualified lawyer, supporting tech, infrastructure and large corporate clients with complex corporate and financial transactions.
Biography
Guillaume Vitrich is a partner in the EMEA private equity team of our Global Mergers & Acquisitions practice; he is a core member of the Firm's Global Technology Industry Group and the Firm's Fast Growth group. Clients enthuse: He is much more than a lawyer. He has an understanding of the business and adapts his legal work to the real essence of the client he is working with.
With over 20 years of experience Guillaume advises on PE, M&A, fundraisings, joint ventures and broader corporate matters, with extensive experience in high-profile and complex cross-border transactions, including in a distressed or restructuring environment.
He is a frequent speaker including at VivaTech, IPEM and Challenges Start Up Summit.
Guillaume was involved in the landmark transactions in France and recently acted for clients including Geopost, Goldman Sachs, Softbank, Carlyle, Eurazeo, Apollo, Nordic Capital, Infravia and EQT.
Guillaume joined the Firm in December 2018 from an international law firm in Paris.
Experience
Recent experience includes:
EX NIHILO (2026)
Representation of the Parisian luxury perfume house EX NIHILO and its shareholders on the acquisition of a leveraged stake in the business by L Catterton.
Eurazeo (2022 - 2025)
Representation of Eurazeo, on its investment in Filigran, a French startup specialized in cybersecurity. Founded in 2022, the startup develops an open-source suite that helps companies anticipate cyber threats by leveraging data proactively.
Representation of Eurazeo, a French PE fund, as lead investor in the $210,000,000 Series D fundraising of Aiven, a Finnish software company.
Summit Partners (2024 – 2025)
Representation of Summit Partners on its growth investment in Dreampath Diagnostics, a leading healthcare technology company focused on digitizing workflows in anatomical pathology laboratories.
Representation of Summit Partners and other shareholders, including management, in connection with the sale of CluePoints, a provider of AI-based software for risk-based monitoring and data quality oversight of clinical trial studies, to EQT.
AB Tasty (2025)
Representation of the shareholders of AB Tasty to help them build the next phase of their journey together with Wingify and Everstone Capital.
Mayday (2025)
Representation of Mayday and its shareholders in connection with the sale of Mayday to USU/Thoma Bravo.
happn (2025)
Representation of the shareholders of happn, the french online dating app, as part of its acquisition by Beijing-based Hello Group, the parent company behind Momo and Tantan.
Syensqo (2025)
Representation of Syensqo in the launch of Argylium, a new joint venture company with Axens, dedicated to developing and scaling-up commercial demonstration of advanced materials for solid-state batteries in Europe.
Matawan (2025)
Representation of Matawan, expert in connected transportation ticketing, in the competitive auction process and secondary LBO sale of the group to Antin Infrastructure Partners.
Cary Group (2025)
Representation of Cary Group, a leading specialist in repair and replacement of vehicle glass owned by Nordic Capital and CVC, on its build-up acquisition of 70% of share capital and voting rights of Glazing Holding SAS, specialized in professional glazing replacement and repair (with an option to purchase the remaining 30%).
Representation of Cary Group, a leading specialist in repair and replacement of vehicle glass owned by Nordic Capital and CVC, on the acquisition of the French group 123 Pare-Brise, a leading independent vehicle glass repair and replacement specialist in France.
Welcome to the Jungle (2024)
Representation of Welcome to the Jungle, the leading French employer branding and recruitment platform, in its acquisition of 100% of the share capital and voting rights of Lymia, a French startup specializing in AI-based candidate sourcing.
Representation of Welcome to the Jungle on the acquisition of London-based Otta, the candidate-first job search platform.
Goldman Sachs (2021 - 2024)
Representation of Goldman Sachs, shareholders of Younited, on the signing of a business combination agreement between Iris Financial, a Euronext Amsterdam-listed company focused on the financial services sector and Younited S.A., in connection with a contemplated business combination. Younited will be listed on Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Paris upon completion of the Combination.
Representation of Goldman Sachs Asset Management Division as lead investor in an €122 million secondary round into French robotics business, Exotec.
Representation of Goldman Sachs Growth in connection with its investment in Backmarket, alongside General Atlantic, Eurazeo Growth, Daphni, Financière Agache and Aglaé Ventures. It is a Series D investment with a total amount of $335 million.
Representation of Goldman Sachs Growth as lead investor in connection with the US$170 million funding round of Younited Credit, French Next40 fintech specialised in credit and payments, alongside Bridgepoint, Eurazeo, Bpifrance and AG2R La Mondiale.
Representation of Goldman Sachs and Eurazeo, as lead investors in Malt, on its €70 million series D fundraising. Other investors are Isaï and Serena (already shareholders of Malt).
Representation of Goldman Sachs (through its West Street Capital VII Funds) as part of the partial divestment of its equity investment in Stan Holding SAS, the parent company of the Voodoo Group, the world leader publisher of mobile hyper casual games, and on the entry of Chinese conglomerate Tencent into Voodoo's capital.
Tikehau Capital (2022 - 2024)
Representation of pan-European asset manager and investor Tikehau Capital, as a minority investor in Vade, on the sale of Vade to international cloud security and compliance software as a service provider Hornetsecurity.
Representation of Tikehau Ace Capital Partners, a private portofolio investment management company in connection with its investment, through its fund Brienne III, in Yogosha, through a share capital increase.
Checkmyguest (2024)
Representation of the founders of Checkmyguest, a French technology company that manages short and medium-term rental properties, on its merger with Oyo, the world's tenth largest hotel group.
Geopost (2023)
Representation of Geopost, a La Poste affiliate, in the sale of the Stuart group, a leading European delivery services provider, to private equity turnaround fund Mutares.
Luko (2022 - 2023)
Representation of Demain ES, a French leading insurtech operating under the name "Luko", on its restructuring.
Representation of Luko in its acquisition of Unkle, the French specialist of insurance unpaid rent.
Representation of Luko in its cross-border acquisition of Coya AG, a german insur-tech company.
Moma Group (2023)
Representation of Moma group, France's leading independent hospitality and catering group, as well as its controlling shareholder, in connection with Butler Industries' acquisition of a minority stake in its capital.
Kadiska Group (2023)
Representation of the Kadiska group, a digital experience monitoring innovator, and its founders, on its sale to Netskope, a US-based global cybersecurity leader specializing in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE).
Carlyle Global Credit (2023)
Representation of Carlyle Global Credit, the credit arm of the global investment firm Carlyle, on a bond financing package of up to €500 million for Onepoint.
The Bradery (2023)
Representation of Edouard Caraco and Timothée Linyer (Founders of The Bradery), along with several other sellers, in their sale of 51% of the share capital and voting rights of The Bradery to Showroom Privé.
EPSA (2022)
Representation of EPSA, a performance optimization consulting firm, and its main shareholders on a joint minority investment from Towerbrook, Capza and Raise.
Softbank (2021)
Representation of Softbank in connection with its Series B round investment of U$500 million in exchange for a circa 17% stake in the capital of SORARE (with a pre-money valuation of U$3.4 billion).
Representation of Softbank in connection with its Series E round investment of U$400 million in exchange for a circa 17% stake in the capital of Content Square (with a pre-money valuation of U$2.35 billion).