Biography
Martin Lodéon is a senior associate in the EMEA Private Equity team of our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice.
Martin joined the firm in September 2025 after practicing over seven years at a top-tier M&A French law firm in Paris in its M&A and Restructuring Practices.
Martin intervenes in both transactional and litigation matters by assisting clients in M&A projects, restructuring proceedings and commercial lawsuits and settlements.
Martin commonly advises directors, companies, shareholders and investors on equity capital infusions and other corporate transactions, corporate, contracts and stock market law matters, divestments, sales and acquisition of business assets and equity stakes, among others.
He has strong experience advising boards and directors of listed companies on various types of sensitive transactions, and on director's duties related to stock market regulations.
Experience
Representative transactions include advising:
Mergers & Acquisitions
Shareholders of French tech company AB Tasty in connection with the sale of its share capital to the Indian company Wingify backed by private equity fund Everstone Capital.
OVHcloud in connection with its acquisition of the tech company ForePaas operating in France and in the United States.*
OVHcloud in connection with its acquisition of the tech company BuyDRM in the United States.*
French listed company Unibail-Rodamco in connection with the activist campaign of the founder of French telecom company Free.*
French listed company Unibail-Rodamco in connection with its acquisition of Australian company Westfield in a cross-border transaction involving a stapled share structure.
French listed company Thales in connection with its acquisition of Dutch listed company Gemalto, in the context of a hostile bid casted by French listed company Atos.*
Distressed M&A
French toy company JouéClub in connection with its prepack acquisition of the assets of French toy company Ludendo in bankruptcy.*
A major French listed company in connection with its distressed divestment of the share capital of a loss-making French subsidiary.*
The founder of OVHcloud in connection with his distressed acquisition of the assets of tech company Blade in bankruptcy in France and in the United States, in the context of a competing bid casted by the founder of Free.*
French fashion company Lanvin in connection with a distressed equity capital infusion and the opening of its share capital to a new external investor.*
*Transactions worked on prior to joining White & Case