Sonia de Kondserovsky

Corporate transactions

• Advising BIC in connection with the acquisition of Advanced Magentic Interraction.
• Advising SpendHQ (US, Atlanta) regarding the purchase of procurement performance management specialist Per Angusta SAS.
• Advising Renault on the sale of its car distribution business in 7 jurisdictions (Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Croatia).
• Advising Société Générale on its participation in a Cap Gemini/Credit Agricole joint-venture named “Azqore”.
• Advising Société Générale group affiliate ALD on the negotiation of a JV in Thailand with Bangkok Mitsubishi HC Capital Co., Ltd and Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc.
• Advising Emergent Biotechnologies regarding its acquisition of a JV stake and a portfolio of products from Sanofi.
• Advising ALD, a subsidiary of Société Générale specialising in operational vehicle leasing and fleet management, in the context of the acquisition of Bansabadell Renting.
• Advising Pierre Fabre on the sale of two production units near Pau and Saint-Julien-en-Genevois to Fareva.
• Advising Société Générale on its acquisition of Shine, a French fintech and neobank dedicated to entrepreneurs.
• Advising Société Générale on its acquisition of Treezor, a French fintech with pioneering Banking-as-a-Service platforms, providing services across the entire payment chain through API to many innovative financial-sector companies.
• Advising ALD Automotive (part of the Société Générale group) on its joint-venture with Mitsubishi, establishing a multi-brand, full service operational leasing and fleet management business for corporate clients in Malaysia, this strategic partnership should facilitate the group’s development in all the key markets of South East Asia.
• Advising ALD Automotive on its acquisition of SternLease BV in the Netherlands, the leasing arm of Stern Group, the Dutch listed market leader in automotive retail.
• Advising ALD Automotive on its acquisition of Reflex Alquiler Flexible de Vehiculos in Spain.
• Advising AON on a number of acquisitions, including the acquisition of Apollo Conseil & Courtage, a specialist broker providing insurance to companies operating in new technologies, the acquisition of Chapka Assurances, a specialist broker of online travel insurance, the acquisition of Ovatio, a specialist broker in entertainment risk management.
• Advising Coca-Cola in the context of its acquisition of Tropico.
• Advising Alcatel-Lucent on a number of matters including: the sale of its cyber security and legal interception businesses to Thales; the sale of its worldwide RFS business to Alcatel Shanghai Bell (China); the sale of its EUR200 million sale of its worldwide Adixen business to Pfeiffer; and the EUR145 million sale of its worldwide Dunkermotoren business to Triton and on its acquisition of Velocix.
• Advising Allianz on the transactional merger of its French affiliates with German parent company.

Sonia de Kondserovsky has been the lead lawyer with respect to the following transactions:

• Advising Groupe Pierre Fabre, an international pharmaceutical and dermo-cosmetic group, on its sale to Fareva of two manufacturing sites, specialized in development, manufacturing, and subcontracting of small scale biotechnology products (with a focus on monoclonal antibodies and antibody drug conjugate active pharmaceutical ingredients) and small scale batches of fill-and-finish sterile injectables, the transaction included several spin-offs to newly created entities.
• Advising Groupe Pierre Fabre, on its strategic collaboration with Foresee regarding R&D and industrial development of pre-filled syringe products.
• Advising Japan-based global pharmaceutical group Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. several transactions, including on its purchase of rights for ophthalmic drugs in Japan, Asia/Pacific and Europe from Merck & Co. for USD600 million and on its public tender offer on Novagali (Euronext C) and subsequent squeeze out.
• Advising a major French pharmaceuticals group on various transactions, including the sale of its Quétigny manufacturing site, the USD300 million sale of worldwide marketed products to a US pharmaceutical group; several spinoffs to private equity funded joint-venture companies, followed by a majority holding held by a syndicate of investors; a USD315 million collaboration and license agreement with a Japanese laboratory, and the split and sale of several product manufacturing sites.
• Advising Becton Dickinson on its French corporate restructuring in the context of the transfer of its respiratory solutions business to Vyaire Medical, a newly created joint venture.
•  Advising Terumo Corporation on its acquisition of Bolton Medical SAS.
• Advising Nordic Pharma on its strategic collaboration and license with Nippon Kayaku on Spanidin® (gusperimus) in selected territories outside Japan, including Europe.
• Advising Innothéra on its strategic partnership with Bioserenity for the R&D and industrial development of connected medical devices.

Legal doctrine

• "The reform of French Contract law and its impact on mergers and acquisitions", Revue de Droit Bancaire et Financier - Revue Bimestrielle Lexis Nexis/Jurisclasseur
• "The Reform of French Contract Law in an M&A context: revolution or status quo?", Journal of International Banking and Finance law
• "International and Transnational Mergers", Actes Pratiques
• "Contributions under the spin off regime", Jurisclasseur Commercial

Press publications

• "M&A transactions in the pharmaceutical sector", Les Echos
• "Lock-Boxes in distressed M&A transactions", Les Echos
• Healthcare & Digital Transformation article, Les Echos Executives, Fusions et Acquisitions Magazine, July 2019
• Chapter "Healthcare & Digital Transformation", DLA Piper Digital Guide: Impact on Sectors, Lettre des Juristes d’Affaires (LJA), April 2019
• Chapter "Santé & transformation numérique”, Livre blanc: Le numérique et ses déclinaisons sectorielles, Lettre des Juristes d’Affaires (LJA), March 2019