Cécile Mariotti

Cécile's notable experience includes advising:

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Albea in the sale of its Innovative Beauty Group (IBG) division
• Saur in its acquisition of Veolia’s European mobile water services division
• Amundi in its contemplated acquisition of Pioneer Investments and related €1.4 billion rights offering*
• Ardian in acquiring a minority stake in Inovie, the leading independent medical diagnostic provider in France
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch International in its €684 million bid for Societe des Produits Marnier Lapostolle*
• Burger King in its sale of Quick, a leading burger fast-food chains
• Carrefour in its sale through an accelerated book-building process of treasury shares of Carrefour’s share capital*
• Consolis in the disposal of its rail division to TowerBrook, an international investment management firm
• Essilor in its US$50 billion combination with Luxottica*
• Gecina in its €3.3 billion acquisition of Eurosic*
• Investindustrial in its €800 million takeover bid for Club Méditerranée*
• Loxam in a complex financing transaction to acquire Lavendon in a UK public bid*
• MGN in the contemplated sale of Euronews
• Mubadala Capital in acquiring a significant stake in Looping Group from Ergon Capital Partners and Bpifrance*
• Natixis in its €347 million tender offer for CEGID*
• Thales in its €4.6 billion tender offer for Gemalto, which the International Tax Review recognized as Impact Deal of 2020*
• Total in its €950 million acquisition of Saft Groupe*
• Worldline, the European leader in payments services, on the binding offer by Apollo funds to acquire its Terminals, Solutions & Services business (TSS)
• Worldline in its €7.8 billion contemplated acquisition of Ingenico through a mix-and-match public offer to create a world-class leader in payment services*

Equity Capital Markets

• ArcelorMittal in its US$3 billion capital increase*
• Oberthur Technology in its projected IPO*
• Showroomprivé in its rights issuance*
• Tikehau in several share capital increases*
• Vallourec in its €1 billion capital raising*
• The underwriters in Verallia’s IPO*
• Worldline, Europcar, Tikehau Capital, and Neoen in their IPOs*

Debt Capital Markets

• BNP Paribas in a US$1.75 billion Tier 1 notes offering*
• Crédit Agricole in its €80 billion euro medium-term note program and subsequent notes offerings*
• Crédit Agricole Assurances in a €1 billion Reg S Tier 2 notes offering*
• Edenred, Air France, Sanofi, and Publicis Groupe in their bond offerings*
• Republic of Côte d’Ivoire in connection with tax matters in a €1.7 billion sovereign bond offering*
• Sanofi in its US$2 billion registered bond offering*
• Vallourec, Atalian, and Loxam in their high-yield notes offerings*

Other Financings

• Lagardère News in connection with the minting and distribution of NFTs linked to celebrity photographs taken by Jean-Claude Deutsch
• Capgemini in connection with tax matters in the refinancing of its €5 billion acquisition of Altran Technologies*
• Nexans in connection with tax aspects relating to a state-guaranteed term loan facilities agreement and implemented in the context of the French government’s emergency support plan for companies whose businesses are affected by Covid-19*
• Publicis Groupe in financing and acquiring Alliance Data’s Epsilon business*

 *Matters handled prior to joining Latham