Bio

Christophe Garaud is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Paris. He specializes in private equity and mergers and acquisitions transactions across multiple industries. He is actively involved in representing private equity funds in their acquisitions, build-ups and dispositions of targets for both public and private companies both in France and internationally. Christophe has acted on some of the most significant transactions closed in France. Christophe Garaud has been recognized by Chambers Global and several other professional guides including Legal 500 as one of the leading individuals practicing in Private Equity (High-End Capability). Christophe is ranked by Chambers Europe 2024 in Band 2, where a client noted that, "He is absolutely excellent and has an outstanding mix of skills in terms of law and business aspects" and “Christophe is a very good adviser in the sense that he will really help you negotiate and focus on the wider issues. He understands the client's positioning and it helps you to think out of the box; he also offers nice solutions that accommodate both the seller and the buyer. Finally, he is very calm, very experienced of course, and so confident; he won't let you panic." Christophe has also been recognized again by Best Lawyers in 2024 for Corporate, Leveraged Buyouts and Mergers and Acquisitions. He is currently recognized by IFLR1000 2023 as a ‘Highly Regarded’ practitioner in the areas of private equity, M&A and investment funds.