Biography
Marco Hazan is an associate in the EMEA Private-Equity / Mergers & Acquisitions practice at White & Case.
Fluent in French and English, Marco is at ease navigating both domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, as well as private equity, growth equity and venture capital matters and restructuring operations, on behalf of multinational clients, including investment funds, investment banks, management companies, entrepreneurs, industrials, listed and non-listed companies, and distressed companies.
Prior to joining White & Case in 2026, Marco worked in Paris in international law firms.
Experience
Bleichroeder (2026)*
Representation of Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC, on $2 billion business combination with French neutral atom quantum computing company Pasqal.
EthiFinance (2026)*
Representation of EthiFinance in connection with its business combination with ESG Book, a Frankfurt-based ESG data, scoring, risk management, and compliance platform in order to create one of Europe's largest independent credit and sustainability rating agencies.
AIC, OTB, Karista & Serena (2026)*
Representation of Alpha Intelligence Capital, OTB, Karista, and Serena on their investment in Waiv, a carve-out from Owkin.
Claret Capital Partners and BlackRock (2026)*
Representation of Claret Capital Partners and BlackRock Growth in connection with a financing of up to €130 million for Inventiva (Euronext Paris and Nasdaq: IVA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing oral therapies for the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a chronic and progressive liver disease.
Alba, Mirova, Neot, CDC (2025)*
Representation of investors Alba, Mirova, Neot, and Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, on the creation of two innovative investment platforms: Neot e-motion and Neot e-motion France, with a total investment of €350 million.
HCSS (ThomaBravo) (2025)*
Representation of HCSS, a Thoma Bravo portfolio company and a leading U.S.-based provider of construction management software on its acquisition of Dispatcher-Pro, known in the European market as "Dispatcher," a French company specializing in resource planning and optimization solutions for the construction, public works and industrial sectors.
Sandton Capital Partners and Verdoso (2025)*
Representation of Sandton Capital Partners and Verdoso on the acquisition of the assets and activities of Geismar, a global leader in the design and manufacture of railway track-laying and maintenance equipment.
ECM Partners and Metric Capital Partners (2024)*
Representation of ECM Partners and Metric Capital Partners on an agreement to sell a majority stake in FAMAR to MidEuropa, a leading European private equity investor. FAMAR is a European contract development and manufacturing organisation servicing the pharmaceutical industry across a network of six manufacturing sites located across southern Europe with two complementary R&D centres, employing around 1,900 people.
Ex Nihilo (2024)*
Representation of EX NIHILO Paris in connection with the 2024 LBO investment by the Eurazeo group.
Move Capital (2023)*
Representation of Move Capital Fund I, a European fund managed by KC Invest (Kepler Cheuvreux Group), on its investment in Shark Robotics, a French technology company specialising in firefighting, defence and nuclear robots.
Bootstrap (2023)*
Representation of Bootstrap on the fundraising of around €100 million for Animaj, a start-up specializing in audiovisual content for children.
Cap Horn (2023)*
Representation of Cap Horn in Tilak Healthcare fundraising, a pioneering company and a major player in the field of ophthalmological digital health.
Bastide Groupe (2023)*
Representation of Bastide le Confort Médical, the majority 70% shareholder in Distrimed, on the sale of 100% of its share capital to Hygie31.
PFH (2023)*
Representation of PFH, on the formation of a strategic partnership with Groupe BMF to acquire and operate the five star Mont Royal Hotel in Chantilly, France.
*Experience prior to joining White & Case.