Biography
Laure Bauduret is a partner in the EMEA Mergers & Acquisitions team of our Global Mergers & Acquisitions practice at White & Case.
Laure is a seasoned corporate lawyer representing investors and corporates in all manner of complex private equity and private M&A transactions, including acquisitions, sales and strategic joint ventures primarily belonging to the jumbo-cap to mid-cap market segments.
Laure is at ease navigating both domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions on behalf of multinational clients, including investment funds, banks, industrials and non-listed companies, from all sectors notably financial, banking, insurance and consumer and retail.
Prior to joining White & Case, Laure worked for an international high profile law firm in Paris.
Experience
Her recent experience includes:
Representation of Cobepa on:
- its partnership with funds managed by Apollo, Prosol's founder and the management team of Prosol (Grand Frais), for the acquisition of Prosol from Ardian;
- the sale of its majority stake in the French HVAC engineering group Climater to a consortium including ICG, Krefeld (the Hermès family office), CNP, and Sagard;
- the acquisition of a majority stake in Ascentiel Groupe, a leading digital insurance brokerage platform, from IK Partners.
Representation of Les Mousquetaires (Intermarché) in connection with its strategic partnership with Auchan for the operation of their supermarket networks in France.
Representation of BPCE Group on:
- its entry into exclusive negotiations with Nexity relating to a strategic partnership for the distribution of new and renovated homes;
- the acquisition of the activities of Société Générale Equipment Finance (SGEF), one of the leading European providers of industrial equipment lease financing, from Société Générale.
Representation of ABB on the acquisition of Solutions Industry & Building (SIB) from Galiena Capital.
Representation of Luxembourg group Hameur on a the sale of a majority stake in Robot Coupe and Magimix, the food processor and cooking accessories brands, to Ardian.
Representation of Eurazeo on:
- its £355 million investment in BMS Group (BMS), a global insurance broker headquartered in the UK;
- the sale of the CPK Group - the parent company of Carambar & C - to Ferrara Candy Company.
Representation of Catella on the acquisition of a majority stake 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 the Apave Group and its shareholder GAPAVE on the investment by PAI Partners, in the capital of the Apave Group.
Representation of IFS on its joint venture with BearingPoint relating to IFS Cloud deployment and technology services.
Representation of GBL on the acquisition of Webhelp from KKR for EUR 2.4billion.*
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*;
- the build-up acquisition by its portfolio company Unilabs of the biological laboratory group Biopath*;
- the build-up acquisition by its portfolio company NuPharm (now Neuraxpharm) of the pharmaceutical group Biodim*;
- the acquisition of Ciprés Assurance (now Entoria) from TA Associates.*
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 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 Apollo Global Management LLC on its acquisition of Verallia from Saint-Gobain and its following refinancing.*
*Transactions worked on prior to joining White & Case
