Bio

Antoine Lelong is a partner in Gide Loyrette Nouel's Mergers & Acquisitions / Corporate Department. He advises on a wide range of M&A transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, equity investments, issues of equity securities and corporate reorganizations (mergers, spin offs, contributions in kind...), both in France and abroad. He also regularly advises on company law and corporate governance issues. Antoine has acted on behalf of a diversified clientele, including BPCE, Casino, BNP Paribas Personal Finance, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC, Hachette, Storengy (an Engie group subsidiary), the global leader in logistics real estate GLP, My Money Bank (formerly GE Money Bank), the Canadian travel and tourism group Transat A.T., Credit Suisse, the founders and financial shareholders of Solairedirect, the Belgium insurer Federale Assurance, Hammerson, Conforama, Unibail-Rodamco, Safran, Steinhoff, Areva, SNCF, Total, Olympus and Vivendi. He has developed expertise in M&A in the banking, financial and retail sectors, and has also acquired a good understanding of the specificities of M&A transactions in the real estate, energy and infrastructure sectors. Antoine Lelong is a graduate of HEC Paris (1995). He is a member of the Legal Committee of the French national association of joint-stock companies (ANSA). He is director and corporate secretary of Gide Pro Bono endowment fund (fonds de dotation). A lawyer recommended in Mergers and Acquisitions (Legal 500 EMEA) and Corporate Law (Best Lawyers in France), he is described as "a very diligent and good negotiator" (Legal 500 EMEA).