Biography
Alexandre Duguay is a partner in the corporate group of Weil’s Paris office. His practice involves a wide range of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions transactions, regarding both private and public companies. Alexandre has extensive experience on representing private equity sponsors in a full range of transactions (including leveraged buyouts, public-to-private transactions and recapitalizations). He has also developed an expertise in the area of business reorganizations, distressed M&A, debt restructurings, debtor and creditors’ rights, and financing transactions.
Recent Transactions:
- Seven2 on the acquisition of Zwart Techniek
- Montefiore on the acquisition of Karavel – Promovacances
- Regent on the acquisition of Petit Bateau
- Fives on the disposal of its cryogenics division to Alfa Laval
- Vinci on a minority/preferred equity investment in, and a joint venture with, NatPower
- Hayfin on the disposal of Frans Bonhomme to Chausson Matériaux
- Seven2 on the disposal of Crystal to Goldman Sachs
- HLD on a minority investment in Clariane
- Kartesia on its preferred equity investment in, and the combination of, Nomotech and VOIP (now Stelogy)
- HLD on the acquisition of the insurance broker Vilavi
- Seven2 on the acquisition of Infraneo
- Seven2 on the acquisition of Vitaprotech
- Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille (CNP) on the acquisition of Cleeven
- Sienna IM and CNP on the acquisition of ECT
- Seven2 on the acquisition of Odin Groep
- iCON Infrastructure on its investment in PortSynergy (Port of Le Havre)
- HLD on the acquisition of Exosens (fka Photonis) and its subsequent IPO and share disposals
- Seven2 on the acquisition of the Belgian telco Dstny
- CVC on its minority investment in the French football league
- Seven2 on the acquisition and disposal of Expereo
- HLD on the acquisition of Rafaut, AEDS and Alkan (Aresia)
Alexandre Duguay is a member of the Paris Bar. He received a master degree (DESS) in corporate and tax law from Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne in 2000 and an LL.M in German law from the Munich University in 1999.