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Sophie Millet

Counsel
About

Sophie Millet mainly advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, LBOs and group reorganizations. She mainly advises industrial groups – whether listed or not – investment funds and family offices on domestic and cross-border transactions. Her expertise spans a diverse range of sectors.

Professional QualificationsAvocate admitted to the Paris Bar

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising the historical shareholders of an industrial services group in the context of a private equity firm’s proposed acquisition of a majority stake in the group, the European leader in technical services for critical energy infrastructure.*
  • Advising an industrial group in the context of the sale of one of its subsidiaries to a Scandinavian industrial company, a subsidiary of an international industrial group.*
  • Advising a services group on its acquisition of an accounting firm.*
  • Advising a private equity firm on its acquisition of a group specializing in employee benefits and services, operating under a dedicated brand in Luxembourg, France, Belgium, and Germany.*
  • Advising an agricultural cooperative, a major regional grain industry player, on its acquisition of a group specializing in the manufacture and distribution of bakery and pastry products.*
  • Advising a leading French group in the sector on its sale of fourteen senior living assets to another market player.*

*Denotes experience from previous firm.

Education
  • University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Master 2 in Business law and litigation
  • University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, Master 1 in Legal careers and criminal sciences
Languages
  • French
  • English

Prior Experience

Before joining DLA Piper, Sophie Millet practiced in the M&A and Private Equity department, for eight years in an international business law firm and for seven years in a French business law firm, in which she was appointed Counsel in 2020.