Bio

Partner, admitted to the Paris Bar since 2002, Antoine Tezenas Du Montcel is a member of the Mergers Acquisitions practice group. His practice covers mergers and acquisitions, company law and securities law. He mainly works on mergers and acquisitions, with a focus on listed companies. He also has experience in IPOs, securities offerings and private investments in public equity. His recent assignments include advising Warner Music Group in the context of the business combination between Deezer and the SPAC I2PO (2022); Cast, a listed company, and its management in the context of the acquisition of a controlling stake in Cast followed by a mandatory simplified tender offer (2022); LFPI and Amundi in the context of the acquisition of a controlling stake in the listed company Umanis followed by a mandatory simplified tender offer (2022); Talend for its acquisition by Thoma Bravo (2021); AIPCF VI LG Funding, LP, an affiliate of American Industrial Partners, on the French aspects of the sale of Gerber Technology to Lectra S.A (2021); Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. for its reinvestment in Novagerm in connection with its tender offer on Eurogerm (2021); the energy company Total/Saft on the setting up of a JV (ACC) with PSA Opel in the field of batteries for electric vehicles (2020); Total on the acquisition of Energías de Portugal's portfolio of 2.5 million B2C customers and two gas-fired combined cycle power plants (2020); Michelin on the SIPH cash tender offer (2019); Legrand on the acquisition of a majority stake in the listed company Debflex (2018); LFPI on acquiring a stake in the listed company Umanis (2018); Les Mousquetaires on the acquisition of Bricorama (2017); Debiopharm Holding on the sale of its stake in the listed property company Eurosic to Gecina (2017); Michelin on the simplified tender offer launched over SIPH (2017); Zimmer Biomet on its acquisition of a controlling stake in the listed company Medtech followed by a public tender offer on the remaining shares of Medtech (2016); Furui Medical on its investment in the listed company Median Technologies (2016); Tinavi Medical on its investment in the share capital of the listed company Spineway (2016); Debiopharm Holding on its investment in Eurosic (2016); HNA Tourism Group on its investment in the listed company Pierre & Vacances (2016); IDG Capital Partners on its investment in the listed company Parrot (2015); Cisco in the context of the sale of its Connected Devices division to the listed company Technicolor (2015); Groupe Visiodent on the simplified tender offer launched over Visiodent (2014); CNIM in the scope of the takeover bid initiated by Soluni (2014); Boursorama in the context of the simplified tender offer launched by Société Générale (2014). He is a graduate of the University Paris II Assas with a Magistère de Juriste d'Affaires - D.J.C.E.