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Simon Charbit

Partner
Location Head, France
Partner Simon Charbit is excellent. Tremendous responsiveness and always maintains a business-oriented overall view of any engagement.
— Legal 500, 2021
Paris
About

Simon Charbit is highly experienced in mergers and acquisitions, joint-ventures and private equity transactions in France and abroad.

In addition to his M&A skills, Simon has a strong corporate background advising listed and non-listed companies, and a thorough knowledge of global market practices, most notably in the infrastructure field.

Areas of FocusCorporateMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate EquityInfrastructure, Construction and TransportIndustrials
Professional QualificationsAvocat admitted to the Paris BarParis

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising Eagle Football Holdings LLC in connection with the acquisition of a majority stake in OL Groupe from Holnest, Pathe and IDG Capital.
  • Advising Sprints Capital in connection with its investment in Back Market.
  • Advising CoinShares on the acquisition of the Napoleon Group and its Social Trading Platform Expanding into New Consumer Market Segment.
  • Advising Compagnie Française des Transports Régionaux in connection with the acquisition of the exclusive control of the Holfima transportation group.
  • Advising Famille C in connection with the acquisition of PAI Skincare by Famille C.
  • Advising the Asmodee group in connection with acquisition of 55% of Exploding Kittens.
  • Advising Michelin in connection with the contribution of the 3D business of Fives Machining to Addup.
  • Advising SPIKA in the context of the acquisition of 60% of the share capital and voting rights of Allopneus from HEVEA.
  • Advising Cube Infrastructure and Partners Group in connection with the sale of Covage to a consortium composed by Altice, AXA, Allianz and Omers for a consideration in excess of €1 bn.
  • Advising G.Network, a fast-growing full fibre local access broadband connectivity provider focused on London, in connection with a £1 bn fundraise.
  • Advising Cube Infrastructure Fund II in connection with its investment in DST group's telecommunications business unit in Portugal.
  • Advising Idex and Antin Infrastructure in connection with the acquisition of Danpower Baltic.
  • Advising Cube Infrastructure Fund II with its investment in Veranger Kraftvind the owner of the Raggovida wind farm in Norway.
  • Advising Cube Infrastructure Fund II in connection with their acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Lacroix Participation et Services, a leader in inter-urban public transportation in the Ile-de-France region.
  • Advising Cube infrastructure Fund II in connection with its acquisition of Cars Savac.
  • Advising Limagrain in the acquisition of Unicorn Grain Specialties, a Dutch company specialized in cereal ingredients and legumes for human and animal nutrition, from Nordian Capital.
  • Advising Idinvest in connection with its investment in the Spanish company 21 Buttons.
  • Advising the Courtin Clarins Family, owners of the Clarins group, in connection with their investment in various funds.
  • Assisting Cube Infrastructure Fund II in connection with its acquisition in Norway of a 49% stake in Varanger Kraftvind AS.
  • Assisting Dassault Systèmes in connection with its VC investment in NuoDB, Inc.
  • Advising the founders of Disa Technology in connection with its sale to AkzoNobel.
  • Advising the Diana Group (group Symrise) in connection with the acquisition of the shares of Yummypets.
  • Advising the founder of Go Fluent in connection with the sale of a minority stake of the Swiss company Go Fluent to Capital Transmission.
Languages
  • French
  • English
Education
  • University of Pennsylvania law school, LL.M., (2000)
  • University of René Descartes Paris V, Post Graduate Degree in European business law, (1998)
  • University of Paris X Nanterre, Master's degree in corporate law, (1996)


    IEP de Strasbourg , Bachelor's Degree, (1994)

Recognitions

  • Legal 500 - Private Equity: LBO - Tier 3 - 2023

Seminars

  • International Private Equity (IPEM), Cannes, France, September 2022

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