Jean-Luc Juhan

Jean-Luc’s experience includes representing:

• Summit Partners and its portfolio company Doctrine, a leading player in legal AI in Europe, in the acquisition of Predictice, a company specializing in AI-driven legal software and databases for legal professionals
• Greenergy, a UK-based supplier of road fuels and a major European biodiesel producer, on the acquisition of Armorine, an independent French importer and distributor of fuels and manufacturer of lubricants
• TA Associates:
  • In the sale of a majority stake in Solabia Group, a global biotechnology ingredient solutions provider, to Astorg
  • In its acquisition of 100% of CDPQ’s minority interest in QIMA, a leading provider of quality control and compliance solutions
  • On the joint acquisition, alongside Montagu Private Equity, of Harvest, a leading fintech in France for software dedicated to the wealth and finance professions
  • On Francisco Partners’ investment in Orisha, a European software publisher dedicated to companies in the retail, real estate, healthcare, construction, and agri-food sectors
• Bizzdesign on its acquisition of MEGA International, a global SaaS software company
• IQ-EQ, an Astorg portfolio company, on the acquisition of Agama Group, a market-leading independent regulatory compliance firm based in France and Luxembourg
• Cadence, a pivotal leader in electronic systems design, during the negotiations leading to a binding agreement to acquire Secure-IC, a French leading embedded security IP platform provider
• L’Oréal on its agreement with Swiss retail group Migros to acquire Dr.G, the South Korean skincare brand
• Albea in the sale of its Innovative Beauty Group (IBG) division
• Bridgepoint on the acquisition of Nexity SA’s residential property management services business
• Pernod Ricard on the sale of the Becherovka brand, an iconic Czech bitter, to the Maspex group
• Apollo on High Grade Capital Solution (up to €1.5 Billion) to Air France-KLM Loyalty Program "Flying Blue"
• PAI Partners in its majority investment in ECF Group
• Montefiore Investment on its proposed acquisition of oXya
• L’Oréal on its acquisition of Aēsop
• Lagardère News in connection with the minting and distribution of NFTs linked to celebrity photographs taken by Jean-Claude Deutsch
• ZEPLUG, a leading European provider of electric vehicle charging services in multi-occupant and office buildings, in its €240 million fundraising and acquisition of Bornes Solutions
• Imerys, the world leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, in its exclusive negotiations to sell its High Temperature Solutions business (HTS) to Platinum Equity
• Astorg in its binding agreement to acquire CordenPharma, a leading pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization, from International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG), a privately owned industrial group
• Fortress Investment Group in the Restructuring of Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (Bordeaux FC)
• OpenWeb in connection with its US $100 million acquisition of ADYOULIKE, a France-based global player in native advertising
• Fortress Investment Group on the financing of the acquisition of FCGB (FC Les Girondins de Bordeaux)
• Olympique de Marseille on various corporate matters
• Karnov Group in the context of its offer to acquire the legal information businesses of Thomson Reuters in Spain and Wolters Kluwer in Spain and France
• Bain Capital in the sale of the rail division of the Consolis Group to TowerBrook
• Core Equity Holdings in its acquisition of Majority Stake in Provalliance
• Carrefour in the sale of a majority stake in its fintech Market Pay to AnaCap
• Albéa in the sale of its dispensing business to Silgan Silgan Holdings Inc.
• LVMH on the renegotiation of its global telecommunications (voice and data) infrastructure arrangements and on several copyrights licensing agreements
• A US communication company on major procurement agreement entered with Airbus regarding the provision of WiFi services on Airbus aircraft
• An international media group for the acquisition of the French League 1 football domestic rights
• The International Olympic Committee on a broad range of commercial and intellectual property law issues with respect to the Paris 2024 games
• US producers for the acquisition of copyrights owned by French authors/producers and the remake of French films for the US market
• Several French football clubs on technology and digital media matters
• L’Oréal group, on various projects such as: outsourcing of its main data centers, the reorganization of its global telecom infrastructures for the entire brand’s portfolio, and the negotiation of several SaaS and platform agreements
• A French multinational advertising and public relations company, on several global digital and IT projects for the implementation of innovative business solutions
• L’Oréal on the acquisition of a minority stake in Galderma, the pure-play dermatology category leader
• A global medical device leader on the US$50 million series D financing round of TriCares, a French medtech startup
• Ardian in:
  • Its exclusive negotiations, alongside its partner Hameur Group, to carve out Magimix from the Robot-Coupe and Magimix group, and sell it to Lavafields Group
  • Its entrance into exclusive negotiations to acquire French appliance group Hameur, owner of Magimix, and Robot Coupe
• Imerys on the disposal of its assets serving the paper market to an affiliate of Flacks Group, a US investment firm, for a net equity value close to €150 million