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Profile
Simon Lange advises private equity firms and companies in private corporate transactions, with a particular emphasis on leveraged buyouts.
Simon advises leading private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, listed investment firms, venture capital firms, and mid- to large-cap industrial companies.
He regularly helps clients navigate complex cross-border transactions, including:
Leveraged buyouts (LBOs)
Growth equity
Venture capital
Mergers and acquisitions
Recognition
Simon is recognized for Private Equity: LBO in the 2024 edition of Legal 500 EMEA.
Experience
Simon’s experience includes advising:
LBOs
One Rock Capital Partners in its acquisition of Europe Snacks
PSG Equity in its acquisition of Diapason
Summit Partners in its acquisition of Doctrine
Astorg in its acquisition of:
IPCOM
CordenPharma
Corialis
Nemera
Bridgepoint in:
its acquisition of LumApps
its acquisition of Nexity SA’s residential property management services business
its acquisition of Spartfin Group
in the sale of eFront
Ardian in the sale of Unither Pharmaceuticals
KKR:
in its acquisition of Elsan
in the €2.4 billion sale of Webhelp
Ardian Expansion in its acquisition of Syclef
Permira in its minority investment in Safti
Platinum Equity in its acquisition of:
Solo Group
Biscuit International
The founders and TA Associates in the acquisition of Babilou by Antin Infrastructure Partners
Private M&A
Tradesy in its acquisition by Vestiaire Collective
Doctrine in its acquisition of:
Predictice
Maite.ai
Lumapps in its acquisition of Beekeeper
Biscuit International in its acquisition of Continental Bakeries
Elsan in its acquisition of Groupe C2S
Albéa in the sale of its dispensing business to Silgan
Burger King in its sale of Quick
Fraikin in its acquisition of VIA Location
Public M&A
Bridgepoint in its public tender offer for Esker
Calliditas in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Genkyotex
TechnipFMC in the context of a planned spinoff transaction to separate into two industry-leading, independent, publicly traded companies
Venture Capital
Astorg Philanthropy Investments (API) in the €11 million Series A funding round of InHeart
General Catalyst on the €385 million Series A, €600 million Series B and €1.7 billion Series C funding rounds of Mistral AI
Goldman Sachs Alternatives as lead investor on the US$55 million Series B funding round of 73 Strings
Lazard Elaia Capital on the US$100 million funding round of DentalMonitoring
Leonard Green & Partners on the €64 million Series B funding round of TreeFrog Therapeutics
Vitruvian on the €60 million Series B funding round of Singulart
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
Avocat (Paris)
Education
Postgraduate Law Degree Banking and Finance, University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), 2011
Postgraduate Degree Business Tax Law, University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), 2010
Master in Corporate Law, University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), 2009
Bachelor Degree in Law, University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), 2008
Firm honored by Law360 for advising startups, financial institutions, VCs, digital asset and Web3 participants, and corporations on their most innovative and complex transactions, investigations, litigation, and regulatory matters.
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