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Hogan Lovells advises Daimler on a mobility joint venture with BMW
28 March 2018
Xavier Doumen
Partner, Paris
Email xavier.doumen@hoganlovells.com
Phone +33 1 53 67 47 47
LanguagesEnglish, French
Practice groupCorporate
As a partner in the firm's Paris office, Xavier is a member of our Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions practice and Private Equity practice and of the M&A Leadership Team. Xavier advises clients on French and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions, as well as on a variety of other corporate matters, including joint ventures, strategic investments, spin-offs, equity financings, and recapitalizations.
He also advises on French securities law and corporate law issues. He joined the firm in 2012 after having worked at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Paris and New York. Xavier Doumen is recommended for his mergers and acquisitions experience by Legal 500 EMEA in its 2015 edition. He is also recognized as a 'rising star' by IFLR 1000, 2015.
Awards and recognitions
2015
Xavier Doumen is recommended by Legal 500 EMEA 2015 and recognised as a "rising star" by IFLR 1000.
Education and admissions
Education
ESSEC Business School, 2003
LL.B., King's College London, 2001
Maîtrise, University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2001
Bar admissions and qualifications
Paris
Representative experience
Advising Alstom on sale of its Power & Grid businesses to GE, its joint ventures with GE, and on its acquisition of GE's signaling business.
Advising TOTAL on sale to EDF Invest and Ardian of majority stake in Geosel, and public tender offer on shares held by minority shareholders of Elf Aquitaine.
Advising EDF on various transactional matters including the disposal of its stake in a JV (€800m EV).
Advising a major global oil and gas company on various corporate and transactional matters. (ongoing)
Advising Axway on its acquisition of Systar by way of acquisition of a block followed by a public tender offer (2014).
Deal Counsel on the purchase of Financière Selec from LBO France and Deutsche Asset & Management (c. €1bn EV) (2013).
Advising Albioma (a portfolio company of APAX Partners) on the sale of its wind farms to EDF EN (2013).
Advising CCA International (a portfolio company of LFPI) on the acquisition of Data Base Factory, a commercial CRM specialist (2015).
