Yohann Smadja | Lawyers

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Overview

Yohann is a Corporate Counsel in the Paris office.

Yohann advises listed and non-listed companies on their strategic public and private M&A transactions, with a particular focus on cross-border deals, as well as on corporate governance matters and equity capital markets transactions.

Experience

Yohann has advised on a number of high-profile and market-leading transactions. Some of them include:*

Capgemini: advising on the acquisition of Cloud4C, a global leader in hybrid cloud platform services.
Safran: advising on the carve out and sale of its cabin catering business to Hivest Capital.
OneWeb: advising on its combination with Eutelsat Communications.
Alstom: advising on the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation.
Worldline: advising on the acquisition of Ingenico by way of a friendly tender offer.
Lumibird: advising on number of acquisitions (including Ellex Lasers, Saab’s defense laser business, Convergent Photonics)
Latour Capital and Bpifrance: advising on the acquisition of Plastic Omnium Environnement and the acquisition of the San Sac group (Scandinavian group) through a build-up transaction
Alstom: advising on a share capital increase for an amount of approximately €2 billion.
Barclays, Deutsche Bank and ING: advising on the rights issue of Atos of €233 million.
Numerous listed French companies: on corporate governance and securities law matters.

* Including transactions done prior to joining Linklaters

Education, Qualifications and Languages

Yohann holds a Master’s degree in Business Law and a Magistère-DJCE in Business Law from Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas.

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