Mathilde Saltiel

Ms. Saltiel's experience includes representing:

• Bain Capital Private Equity
  • in its acquisition of a 55% stake in House of HR, a European leader in HR services
  • in its negotiations to sell Parts Holding Europe (PHE), a leading European digitally-enabled automotive parts distributor, to the D’Ieteren Group, a family-controlled listed investment firm with deep expertise in the automotive services sector
• Astorg:
  • in the signing of a binding agreement with Alpha Private Equity whereby Astorg will acquire IPCOM, a pan-European leading B2B specialty distributor of technical and building insulation products
  • 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
• MGN in the contemplated sale of Euronews
• SK Capital in its acquisition of SEQENS
• Ardian Expansion, a world-leading private investment house, in its acquisition of a majority stake in Artefact
• Sagard in its acquisition of Ginger, the French leader in prescription engineering
• Ontario Teachers in its investment in the merger of Siaci Saint Honoré and the Burrus Group
• Worldline in its acquisition of Ingenico, French firm specialized in payment solutions, creating the European payment services leader
• Leading eyewear manufacturer EssilorLuxottica in its acquisition of global retailer GrandVision
• Leading European industrial vehicle rental company Fraikin in the acquisition of its rival Via Location
• A major French engineering services company in a cartel investigation
• French-based DomusVi in the acquisition of rival Residalya operating in nursing homes for elderly people
• PAI partners in its €1.5 billion acquisition of Elior’s travel catering activities
• Worldline in the context of its €2.3 billion acquisition of SIX Payment Services, to create the leading payment provider in Europe
• Atos in the context of its US$3.4 billion acquisition of IT service provider Syntel
• Philip Morris France in the cartel investigation of the French Competition Authority following unannounced inspections
• Essilor in the context of its merger with Luxottica (EU Phase II)*
• Orange in the context of
  • its €3.4 billion acquisition of Jazztel (EU Phase II)*
  • its plan to acquire rival telecom Bouygues Telecom (aborted)*
• TDF shareholders (comprising Brookfield, PSP, APG, and Arcus) in negotiating remedies following the complaint filed by rival FPS before the French Competition Authority*
• Arkema as a plaintiff before the European Commission concerning anticompetitive practices in relation to standardization issues ("patent ambush") in the car refrigerant sector*

 *Matter handled prior joining Latham