Alexandra Lauvaux

Alexandra Lauvaux focuses her corporate transactional practice on the representation of private equity firms and strategic investors in acquisitions, divestitures, shareholders' agreements, joint ventures and governance matters.

Alexandra serves as pro bono counsel to the Albertine Books Foundation, a cultural project of the French Embassy in the United States, Director and Secretary, Friends of Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, Inc., Director French American Cultural Exchange and Secretary and Director of Friends of Ecole Polytechnique, Inc. Alexandra was awarded the Medal of Arts and Letters of the French Republic for services to French culture and institutions.

Recent US transactions include:

• Carve-out and divestiture by Danone of Horizon Organic and Wallaby
• Acquisition of a majority interest in Tangible Solutions by Marle International, a portfolio transaction of Dentressangle; acquisition of Elite Medical by Marle International
• Acquisition of AED Brands by Safe Life, a portfolio company of Bridgepoint (medical device equipment)
• NovaTaste, a portfolio company of PAI Partners, in its acquisition of McClancy Food & Flavors (largest acquisition for NovaTaste)
• Asmodee Editions LLC, a portfolio company of PAI Partners in the acquisitions of a majority interest in Exploding Kittens (largest acquisition for Asmodee), Fantasy Flight and F2Z Entertainment
• Carlyle in the acquisition of ETC Group, a telecom supplier group
• Danone in the strategic acquisition of Follow Your Heart (Danone's largest US acquisition since 2015 at the time)
• Investindustrial and its portfolio company, Polynt SpA, in connection with their acquisition of the North American coatings and composite resin business of Momentive Corporation (formerly Hexion)
• Michelin North America in the acquisition of RoadBotics
• Artemis and Compagnie du Ponant in the acquisition of Paul Gauguin Cruises
• Dassault Systemes in the acquisition of StyleSage