Thibault is an associate in the asset management & tax practice.
He advises clients on both domestic and cross-border tax matters, with a particular focus on the tax structuring of leveraged buyouts transactions. Thibault also advises clients on tax aspects of management packages.
Thibault also has extensive experience in fund formation for sponsors across a range of jurisdictions, including Luxembourg, Scotland and France as well as advising investors on their primary investments in investment funds.
In 2023, Thibault completed a secondment at ARDIAN (fund formation), where he developed an in-depth understanding of sponsor objectives during fundraisings as well as a practical approach of key questions for management companies. This experience now guides his approach to client advisory work.
Experience
- Represented Flexstone Partners in the acquisition of Glouston Capital Partners.
- Represented Permira on the tax structuring of the acquisition, refinancing and exit of Hana Group.*
- Represented My Money Bank in the tax structuring of their acquisition of the French retail bank of HSBC. *
- Represented Webhelp, a leading global provider of customer experience and business solutions, in the tax structuring of its acquisition of Onelink, an innovator in digitally enabled CX, BPO, and technology services across the United States, Europe, and Latin America.*
- Represented Ardian in its $30 billion fundraising for Ardian Secondary Fund IX, the world’s largest-ever secondaries platform.*
- Represented Ardian on the fundraising of Ardian Buyout Fund VII (€7.5bn), the seventh generation of European LBO funds.*
- Represented Ardian on the fundraising of ARDIAN Clean Energy Evergreen Fund, its first open-ended fund dedicated to renewable assets and energy transition.*
- Represented Ardian on the fundraising in relation to the co-investment in Diot-Siaci.*
- Represented Capza on the fundraising of CAPZA 5 Flex Equity (€700 million).*
*Experience prior to joining Ropes & Gray