Audrey Bontemps has advised clients on numerous mid-cap M&A transactions, as well as several large-cap M&A transactions.
Audrey’s practice focuses on private M&A, including domestic and cross-border divestitures, acquisitions and strategic alliances, contracts, and corporate law issues. She represents large French and multinational industrial corporations and investment funds in a number of key sectors and is especially active in the chemical, energy, and real estate areas.
Recent representative matters include: Total SA’s two major divestitures of its specialty chemicals affiliate Atotech B.V., a global manufacturer of high-technology plating solutions, to The Carlyle Group, and of its worldwide adhesives business to Arkema; Calgon Carbon’s acquisition of Arkema’s wood-based activated carbon, reactivation, and mineral-based filtration media business; crude oil storage operator Pisto’s tentative acquisition of a 30% stake in the Trapil pipeline network from Total; and Greystar Real Estate Partners in relation to a joint venture for the development of purpose-built student accommodations and young professional accommodations in the Greater Paris region, with an investment capacity of circa Ǩ1 billion.
