Biography
Laure Bauduret is a partner in the EMEA Mergers & Acquisitions team. She is a seasoned corporate lawyer having more than 10 years' experience representing investors and corporates in all manner of Private Equity and private M&A including acquisitions, sales and strategic joint ventures primarily belonging to the jumbo-cap to mid-cap market segments.
Native in French and fluent in English, Laure is at ease navigating both domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions on behalf of multinational clients, including investment funds, banks, entrepreneurs, industrials and non-listed companies, from all sectors notably financial, banking, insurance and consumer and retail.
Laure has also gained a significant experience while in secondment in the M&A team of a large corporate.
Prior to joining White & Case, Laure worked for an international high profile law firm in Paris.
Experience
Her recent experience includes:
Representation of ABB in its initial acquisition of 93.13% of the fully diluted share capital and voting rights of BrightLoop SAS, and on the acquisition of Solutions Industry & Building (SIB).
A major French retailer in connection with a strategic partnership with another leading French retailer for the operation of their supermarket networks in France.
Representation of Luxembourg group Hameur on a partnership agreement with Ardian through which Ardian will take a majority stake in Robot Coupe and Magimix, the food processor and cooking accessories brands.
Representation of Cobepa on the acquisition of a majority stake in Ascentiel Groupe, a leading digital insurance brokerage platform providing property and casualty cover for individuals and small businesses in several specialty areas, from IK Partners and ISAI.
Representation of Groupe BPCE in connection with its acquisition of Société Générale Equipment Finance, one of the European leading providers of industrial equipment lease financing, and on the combination of its subsidiary Bimpli with Swile (a French unicorn) and the resulting minority investment by BPCE in Swile.
Representation of Catella on the acquisition of 60 percent of the shares in Aquila Asset Management. the Aquila Group consists of Aquila Asset Management and the real estate investment fund management company Axipit Real Estate Partners, with in total EUR 1.4 billion in assets under management.
Representation of Eurazeo on its £355 million investment in BMS Group (BMS), a global insurance broker headquartered in the UK, equating to 34 percent of the share capital of BMS.
Representation of the Apave Group and its shareholder GAPAVE on the investment by PAI Partners, a European private equity firm, in the capital of the Apave Group.
Representation of Altitude, the leading independent telecom operator in France, on the sale of a minority shareholding in Altitude Infra THD to Swiss Life Asset Managers.
Representation of Catella AB, on the sale of its majority shareholding in French subsidiary Catella Asset Management SAS to Arkea Investment Services.
Representation of IFS on its joint venture with BearingPoint relating to IFS Cloud deployment and technology services.
Representation of Nexity, the French leading real estate development group, on its innovative partnership agreement with real estate group Gecina to co-develop 4,000 new housing units over 4 years in Paris, the Paris region and major urban hubs across France. Under this partnership, a joint co-development company will be set up, with 60% owned by Nexity and 40% by Gecina.*
Representation of Sogestran Group, a French maritime transportation and logistics services provider, on the acquisition of a majority stake in De Poli Tankers Holding B.V, a Dutch chemical tanker company.*
Representation of Jingye Group on its contemplated acquisition of Ascoval and France Rail Industry, in the context of an insolvency proceedings.*
Representation of GBL on the acquisition of Webhelp from KKR for EUR 2.4billion.*
Representation of Engie New Business on the investment in tiko Energy Solutions AG.*
Representation of Apax Partners on the sale of INSEEC U Group, a group of management and business schools located in France, Europe, the US and China, to Cinven* and on various build-up acquisitions by its portfolio companies, including Unilabs on the acquisition of the biological laboratory group Biopath* and NuPharm (now Neuraxpharm) on the acquisition of the pharmaceutical group Biodim*, as well as representation of Apax Partners Midmarket SAS on the acquisition of Ciprés Assurance (now Entoria) from TA Associates.*
Representation of Nestlé S.A. on its acquisition of Wamiz, a leading social media dedicated to pets.*
Representation of Partners Group, in consortium with PSP Investments, on the acquisition of Cerba HealthCare, a European leader in the clinical pathology business, from PAI Partners.*
Representation of CMI on the acquisition of a majority stake in European Furnace* and on the acquisition of a 75% stake in Société des Equipements Union Technique (SEUT).*
Representation of CVC Capital Partners and Eurazeo in the context of their entering into exclusive negotiations with Groupe Petit Forestier.*
Representation of HgCapital on its acquisition of Trace One, a leading Software as a Service ("SaaS") platform for the retail and private label goods sectors.*
Representation of Innergex Renewable Energy Inc on the acquisition of two wind power projects companies located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.*
Representation of Apollo Global Management LLC on its acquisition of Verallia from Saint-Gobain and its following refinancing.*
*Transactions worked on prior to joining White & Case
