Vincent advises private equity houses, sovereign wealth funds and corporates on leveraged buyouts, private equity acquisitions, fund investments and public-to-private conversions and has considerable experience advising on cross-border transactions. Vincent works from both London and Paris offices, providing clients with a unique perspective on these regions, with the ability to harness the full resources of Kirkland’s global reach to match a client’s global needs.
Options Droit & Affaires (2024): “Private Equity Lawyer of the Year”
Legal 500 France (2023): Listed in the ‘Leading Individual’ for Private Equity – “excellent – very commercial and responsible but also technically highly skilled”
Chambers Europe (2023): "He is great and has an amazing reputation in the market. He is also very efficient; he does twice the work in half the time"
Experience
Representative Matters
While at Kirkland:
Hg on significant minority investment by Téthys Invest and GIC in Septeo Group
Wendel on the partnership agreement and majority acquisition of Monroe Capital
Esker on the take private by Bridgepoint, in association with General Atlantic and management shareholders
Gallant Capital on the acquisition of Fime and its combination with UL Solutions’ payments testing business
Keter Group on its financial restructuring
Arctos on its partnership and investment in Paris Saint-Germain
Searchlight Capital on a €307 million recapitalization of Latécoère
SK Capital Partners on the $538 million sale of IPACKCHEM
IK Partners on the sale of its controlling interest to Wendel
HgCapital on its majority investment in Nomadia
Wendel on the acquisition of the Scalian Group
Nordic-Backed ArisGlobal on the acquisition of Amplexor Life Sciences
Platinum Equity on the acquisition of HarbisonWalker International, Inc.
Clearwater Analytics on the acquisition of JUMP Technology
Platinum Equity on the acquisition of High Temperature Solutions Business
Latécoère on the Acquisition of Avcorp
Talend, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, on the acquisition of Gamma Soft, a provider of Change Data Capture solutions
Partners Group on their investment alongside Montagu in connection with the acquisition of HTL Biotechnology
Ares on the acquisition of a majority stake in Point Vision Group from Abenex
Antin on its €4.1 billion initial public offering on the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange
Silver Lake on the $555 million funding round to power the accelerated growth of Mirakl
Searchlight Capital on the recapitalisation of Latécoère
Goldman Sachs and other shareholders of Talentsoft on the sale of Talentsoft
Continental Grain Company on its strategic investment in Cérélia
Schneider Electric on its joint venture with SUEZ to develop innovative digital solutions in the field of water
Public Investment Fund on the capital increase and associated refinancing of AccorInvest Group
Thoma Bravo on the $2.4 billion acquisition of Talend, a leader in data integration and data integrity
Providence Equity Partners on the exclusive negotiations relating to the potential acquisition of a majority stake in Groupe La Centrale
SK Capital Partners on its agreement to acquire Ipackchem
Horizon, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management, on the €185m sale of 7.7 million Verallia shares through an accelerated bookbuild offering to institutional investors
West Street Capital Partners VII and other shareholders on the agreement to sell Groupe Meilleurtaux, a French financial services provider
CPP Investments and a consortium of investors on the acquisition of Galileo Global Education, a post-secondary education group
Continental Grain Company on its investment in Ceva Santé Animale
Stirling Square on its sale of Siblu Villages to Naxicap
Apollo funds on the IPO of Verallia SA on the French Stock Exchange - the largest IPO in France in 2019
Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division on its acquisition of B&B Hotels
Banijay Group on the financing of its acquisition of Endemol Shine Group
Searchlight Capital on the take private acquisition of a of a majority stake in Latécoère, a French aeronautics company
Prior to joining Kirkland:
The consortium of Partners Group and Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP) on the acquisition of the Cerba Healthcare group
BC Partners on the acquisition of the Vetpartners group, the Pronovias group (and subsequent acquisition of Nicole Spose in Italy) and the Keter group (and subsequent acquisitions of ABM Italia, of Stewart Plastic in the UK and of Adams Manufacturing in the US
L’Oreal on the sale of the Body Shop to Natura
Providence Private Equity Partners and its portfolio company, Galileo Global Education, on the acquisition of institutions in Italy and Cyprus from Laureate Education and on the acquisition of French education group Studialis from Bregal
Montagu Private Equity on the acquisition of the French software company Maincare Solutions and the sale of St Hubert to the consortium consisting of Beijing Sanyuan Foods & Co. Ltd and Fosun International Limited
Apax Partners Midmarket SAS on its acquisition of Ciprés Assurance, and the acquisition of Inseec (and subsequent acquisition of French education assets of the Laureate group)
Apollo Global Management on its €2.95bn acquisition of Verallia and subsequent refinancing
AXA and AXA IM on the acquisition of European data center operator Data 4 from Colony Capital
Goldman Sachs PE on the acquisition of French insurance broker Meilleurtaux.com, French pharmaceutical group HRA in consortium with Astorg and French software company Talentsoft
Prior Experience
Linklaters LLP
Partner (2006–2018)
Associate (2001–2006)
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Memberships & Affiliations
Trustee of Friends of HEC charitable fund
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
Avocat à la Cour (France)
Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
Education
Paris Bar School1998
Université Paris-Sud, Paris XIDESS Juriste d’affaires1997
Université Paris-Sud, Paris XIMaîtrise droit des affaires1994–1997
