Yvon Dréano assists French and foreign clients, industrial businesses and investment funds in their merger & acquisition and complex restructuring operations. He also acts in relation to strategic alliances and joint ventures, operations concerning listed companies and governance issues. His expertise also includes judicial and arbitration litigation of equity transactions.
Yvon is a member of the Jeantet Conseil des Associés (Board of Partners).
Skills
Lawyer since : 1988
Bar. : Paris - Foreign legal consultant of the New York Bar
Language(s) : French - English - German
Training :
- Certificate of Aptitude in the Legal Profession (CAPA) – EFB Paris
- Master’s Degree in Business and Tax Law – Universities of Rennes I and Saarbrücken-Germany
- Sciences Po Paris (Economic and Financial division)
Member of :
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), Association of the Bar of the City of New York,
- Association des professeurs et maîtres de conférences de Sciences Po (Association of Professors and Lecturers of Sciences Po)
- Advised CRH Materials Group on the sale of all the activities of its subsidiary Teralta to the Audemard group.
- Advised Ammega on the acquisition of B.C.M.S France and its subsidiary, Transitech, from their founders.
- Advised Partnera OYJ on the acquisition of KPA Unicon from Prounicon Oy.
- Advised Interdigital, Inc. on the acquisition of Technicolor’s research and innovation unit and patent licensing business.
- Advised Nippon Steel Corporation on the financial restructuring of Vallourec.
- Advised FSN Capital on the acqusistion of the Rameder group.
- Advised AREVA in setting up a joint venture with the Spanish company Gamesa (Iberdrola Group) in the field of offshore wind power.
- Advised the Superba Group in the sale of its textile machinery manufacturing activities in France and the US.
- Advised the Austrian group Huber Holding in the acquisition of the brand HOM from the Swiss-German group Triumph International.
Best Lawyers in France : Rankings 2023
The firm is pleased to have 20 of its lawyers ranked, including 1 new entry in the following categories : Jean-François Adelle Banking and Finance Law Bertrand Biette Insolvency and Reorganization Law Jacques-Henry de Bourmont Tax Law Thierry Brun Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law Yvon Dréano Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law Karl Hepp […]
Paris | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY | LITIGATION – ARBITRATION – MEDIATION | COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC LAW | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW | TAX | REAL ESTATE | MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS | CAPITAL MARKETS AND STOCK EXCHANGE LAW | IP, TECH & DATA | PUBLIC LAW – PUBLIC CONTRACTS | RESTRUCTURING – LAW OF COMPANIES IN DIFFICULTY
Jeantet advised Silverfleet Capital on the sale of the CoreDux Group to Arcline Investment Management
Paris, on 8 June 2022 – Jeantet advised Silverfleet Capital on the sale of the CoreDux Group, a manufacturer of flexible gas and fluid artery systems with group companies in the Netherlands, France, Germany and the United States, to Arcline Investment Management. Silverfleet Capital was advised by a joint team of Jeantet and the Dutch […]
Paris | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | REAL ESTATE | EMPLOYMENT
Jeantet advises Nippon Steel Corporation in the financial restructuring of Vallourec
Paris, 10 February 2021 – Jeantet is advising Nippon Steel Corporation, Vallourec’s historical shareholder, in the financial restructuring of Vallourec, involving a capital increase with maintained pre-emptive rights.
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Jeantet advises Ammega on the acquisition of B.C.M.S France and Transitech
Paris, 16 January 2020 – Jeantet advised the Ammega group in connection with the acquisition of B.C.M.S France and its subsidiary, Transitech, from their founders. B.C.M.S France and Transitech, located in Castres in Midi-Pyrénées and Sées in Basse Normandie, are both specialized in the production of conveyor belts and custom-made belts. The Ammega group is […]
Paris | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS | REAL ESTATE | EMPLOYMENT | COLLECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS | SOCIAL MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING | SOCIAL LITIGATION | MANAGEMENT
Jeantet advises Silverfleet Capital on the acquisition of BOA Purified Solutions and BOA Flexible Solutions BOA.
Paris, October 11, 2019- Jeantet advised the investment fund Silverfleet Capital in the acquisition of BOA Purified Solutions and BOA Flexible Solutions from the German group BOA.
Paris | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS | EMPLOYMENT | COLLECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS | SOCIAL MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING | SOCIAL LITIGATION | MANAGEMENT | REAL ESTATE
Jeantet advises german Kathrein SE on sale of antenna business to Ericsson
Paris, 05 march 2019 – Acting with German law firm Noerr LLP, Jeantet is advising the German KATHREIN SE on the sale of its mobile networks antenna business (around 4,000 employees worldwide) to the listed Swedish group Ericsson. The asset deal covering several jurisdictions is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2019. […]
Paris | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS | EMPLOYMENT | COLLECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS | SOCIAL MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING | SOCIAL LITIGATION | MANAGEMENT
French business law firm JEANTET changes its governance
JEANTET is changing its governance with the creation of a Comex and a Board of Partners. The Comex will be in charge of the operational management and of the implementation of the strategic plan of the firm. It is made up of two elected partners, Catherine Saint Geniest and Karl Hepp de Sevelinges as co-managing […]
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Jeantet advised swiss life am on its acquisition of pisto shares
Paris, 3rd August 2018 – French lawfirm Jeantet has advised Swiss Life Group in connection with the completion of the acquisition of 24,3% shares of Pisto Group from Lombard Odier Macquarie Infrastructure Fund (LMIF). Swiss Life joints the shareholding of Pisto Group shareholder along with CNP Assurances and Crédit Agricole. Pisto is France’s leading independent […]
Paris | ECONOMIC LITIGATION | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Jeantet advised donnelley financial solutions on its sale of language services providers
Paris, 3rd August 2018 – French lawfirm Jeantet advised Donnelley Financial Solutions in connection with the sale of Donnelley Language Solutions (DLS) to SDL, a leader in global content management and language translation software and services, for approximately $77.5 million. With a global presence on 4 continents, DLS offers a wide range of linguistic services […]
Paris | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Jeantet, Bredin Prat, Cravath and Wilson Sonsini on the acquisition by InterDigital of more than 21.000 patents of Technicolor
Paris, 5 March 2018, The American group InterDigital, specialist in research and development in mobile technology, entered into a sale agreement of its “patent licensing business”, for an estimated value of 475 million dollars. The agreement provides that InterDigital will pay Technicolor 150 million dollars in cash up front. Technicolor shall also receive 42,5% of […]
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Our partners quoted in Best Lawyers 2018
Our partners quoted in Best Lawyers 2018 June 6 2017 Click on the document attached to read the list
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JEANTET, advisory of AREVA in the context of the sale of its offshore wind business
AREVA transferred on January 5, 2017 to Gamesa its 50% shareholding in the share capital of Adwen Offshore S.L.U. This sale is part of the transformation plan undertaken by AREVA to refocus its business on nuclear fuel cycle activities. The Jeantet team included Yvon Dréano, partner (Corporate – M&A Department) and Sophie Merlet, associate (Corporate […]
Paris | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS