Philippe Ludwig

Tax Associate , Paris

“My practice focuses on tax law, advising on transactions such as mergers and acquisitions (including LBO structuring), real estate transactions and structured finance.”

Overview

Education and qualifications

Overview

Philippe is notably involved in transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate tax, investment funds structuring, project finance and capital markets.
 
Work highlights
Recent transactions handled by Philippe include amongst others:
 
  • Funds managed by I Squared Capital on their acquisition of a 45% stake in Rubis Terminal from the Rubis Group
  • The Mandated Lead Arrangers in relation to the €395m financing of Mirova and Asterion's acquisition of the Proxiserve group, a leading infrastructure group in France specialising in sub-metering and energy services
  • Apax Partners S.A. on its sale to Cinven of 100% of the securities of the holding company of the INSEEC U. group, a group of management and business schools located in France, Europe, the USA and China
  • Bouygues Constructions on the sale of 49% of the share capital of Axione, a subsidiary of Bouygues Energies & Services (Bouygues Construction Group), to the general infrastructure funds of Mirova
  • Faurecia S.A. on the EUR 700m Schuldschein loan agreements divided into Euro and USD tranches with different maturity profiles and was significantly oversubscribed by French and international investors
 

Education and qualifications

Philippe holds a Master 1 and a Magistère Juriste d’Affaires-DJCE from the University Paris II Panthéon-Assas.

He is admitted at the Paris Bar.

Philippe speaks French and English.