Johanne Dubucq

Associate, Paris

Biography

Overview

Johanne Dubucq is an associate in the Corporate/M&A team of White & Case in Paris.

Her practice focuses on both domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, as well as corporate reorganizations and general corporate and securities law matters, on behalf of listed and non-listed companies. She also advises clients on disclosure and corporate governance matters.

Prior to joining White & Case in October 2021, Johanne acquired experience in M&A departments of several high profile law firms in Paris and at the French Markets Authority (AMF). She was also an assistant professor in Corporate and Civil Law at University Paris 2 (Panthéon-Assas) and occasionally teaches M&A at the Paris Bar School (Ecole de Formation professionnelle des Barreaux de la Cour d'appel de Paris).

Bars and Courts
Paris
Education
Master in Management, Programme Grande Ecole
HEC Paris
Master 2
Corporate and Tax Law
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Master 1
Corporate Law
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Languages
French
English
Spanish

Experience

Representation of J.P. Morgan SE as presenting bank, alongside BNP Paribas, on the proposed mandatory tender offer by Keysight Technologies Inc, through its fully owned subsidiary Keysight Technologies Netherlands B.V., to acquire in cash all the outstanding shares issued by ESI Group, a French provider of virtual prototyping software solutions, not already held by Keysight.

Representation of Schneider Electric on the sale of its business unit Telemecanique Sensors to Yageo.

Representation of leading natural resources player EREN Group and its subsidiary Total Eren, a renewable energy production leader, on the acquisition of Total Eren by TotalEnergies.

Representation of SES-imagotag, global leader in Electronic Shelf Labels and IoT solutions for retail, on its acquisition of In The Memory, a French company specialized in data analytics and decision-making tools for the retail sector.

Representation of Eurazeo on its investment in Sevetys, one of the largest vet clinic in France with more than 200 clinics.

Representation of Groupe BPCE and Truffle Capital in connection with Series A fundraising of Bridge, payment solutions leader.

Representation of Peugeot Frères Industrie on its entry into exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of a majority stake in Holding Tivoly and the direct acquisition of shares in Tivoly S.A. from certain members of the Tivoly family.

Representation of Forvia, one of the world's largest automotive equipment suppliers, on the acquisition of HELLA through a tender offer, forming the seventh largest automotive technology supplier in the world.

Representation of Kering on its acquisition of a minority stake in Vestiaire Collective, as part of a $216m transaction*

Representation of Eurazeo as significant shareholder to Europcar, on Europcar's €307 million financing related to COVID-19*

Representation of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. in its agreement with Peugeot S.A. to work towards a full combination of their respective businesses by way of a 50/50 merger ("Stellantis")*

Representation of Tiffany & Co. in the unsolicited proposal offer from LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE to acquire Tiffany*

Representation of EssilorLuxottica S.A. in its definitive agreement to acquire 76.72% interest in GrandVision N.V. from HAL Optical Investments B.V. for €5.5 billion*

Representation of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in its acquisition from Enbridge Inc. of 49% of the entity that holds Enbridge's stake in Éolien Maritime France SAS, Enbridge's partnership with EDF Renewables (France)*

*Transactions worked on prior to joining White & Case