Strong fundamentals drive M&A growth in France
30 January 2020
Xavier Doumen
PartnerParis
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
2019
Industry Focus: IT, Telecoms, and the Internet
Legal 500 EMEA
2019
Industry Focus: Energy
Legal 500 EMEA
2019
Recommended in Private Equity
Best Lawyers
2019
Corporate/M&A, Recognised Practitioner
Chambers Global
2018-2019
Mergers and Acquisitions
Legal 500 EMEA
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 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).
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.
Latest thinking and events
Press Releases
Hogan Lovells advises ESTEVE on the acquisition of Riemser
09 January 2020
Events
Africa Forum London 2019
03 July 2019
Tech M&A - The View From Paris and Silicon Valley
04 June 2019 | 8:30 AM (CET)
Press Releases
Hogan Lovells advises Flixbus on its entry into exclusive negotiations with Transdev Group
07 March 2019
Driving into the Future
11 October 2018
