Florent Mazeron

Florent Mazeron

Corporate/Private Equity Partner, Paris

“I have been advising financial sponsors and leading companies across a wide range of sectors for the last 15 years. I focus on being pragmatic and effective to get the deals done.“

Overview

Professional experience

Education and qualifications

Overview

Florent is one of the Linklaters’ global Financial Sponsors group leaders. He is consistently recommended as a leading private equity lawyer by Chambers and is described as “very effective” and “esteemed among clients for his solution-driven style”.

Work highlights

Experience in the last 3 years includes*:

  • CDPQ: advising on the acquisition of a significant minority stake in Qima
  • Carlyle: advising on the acquisition of AutoForm
  • CDPQ and a fund managed by DWS Group (DWS): advising on the acquisition of Ermewa
  • Ardian: advising on its investment in the merger between Siaci Saint Honoré, Diot and LSN
  • EQT: advising on the acquisition of Cerba HealthCare
  • Carlyle: advising on the acquisition of the Acrotec Group
  • Antin Infrastructure Partners: advising on the acquisition of a stake in Babilou Family, leader of corporate and community day nurseries in Europe
  • CDPQ: advising on the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation by Alstom
  • Carlyle: advising on its acquisition of Atotech from Total

* Including transactions done prior to joining Linklaters

Professional experience

Further experience in the last 3 years includes:

  • CDPQ: advising on the follow-up of its minority investment alongside EQT in Groupe Colisée
  • Antin Infrastructure Partners: advising on the acquisition of Idex from Cube Infrastructure Managers
  • Engie: advising on the acquisition of French solar park developer Solairedirect
  • EDF: advising on its acquisition of a majority stake in Areva NP’s business
  • Ardian: advising on its investment with KKR in Elsan, a French operator of private hospitals and clinics owned by CVC Capital Partners
  • CDPQ: advising on the acquisition of Delachaux with Delachaux Family from CVC Capital Partners
  • EQT and Automic: advising on their acquisition of Orsyp
  • CPDQ: advising on the acquisition of Alvest

Florent joined Linklaters as a Partner in 2021, from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer where he was a Partner. Prior to that, he spent almost ten years working at Bredin Prat.

Education and qualifications

Florent Mazeron holds a postgraduate degree in Business Law from Paris II - Assas University and a LLM from Harvard Law School.

He speaks French and English.