Bio

Yves Quintin practices in the areas of corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, finance and international transactions. Admitted to practice in New York and Paris, he formerly served as a legal and economic advisor in the Cabinet of the Governor of French Guiana. Mr. Quintin is the former chair of the International Law Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association and the International Law Committee of the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association. Fluent in French and conversant in German, he has authored numerous articles, published in English and French, on various aspects of international transactions, most recently on the violation of U.S. embargoes by BNP Paribas (2014) and on credit default swaps and the Greek debt restructuring (2012), and has also lectured in the United States and abroad on mergers and acquisitions and related matters. His book on M&A, Les Fusions-Acquisitions aux USA, was published by Les Editions Bruylant (Brussels) and Yvon Blais (Québec) in 2005. Mr. Quintin has taught a mergers and acquisitions class at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Mr. Quintin is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School (LL.M.), the University of Paris-IX-Dauphine (D.E.A. (all but dissertation) in economics), the University of Paris-V (LL.B.), l'École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (M.B.A.) and Lycée Louis Le Grand (Paris). He is an avid competitive squash player, a soccer fan and windsurfing enthusiast.