Emmanuel Mimin brings almost two decades of mergers and acquisitions experience, much of it focused on private equity transactions, to his work advising private equity houses, multi-asset managers, and sovereign wealth and pension funds. He counsels across all investment structures and strategies, including secondaries and co-investments. His experience encompasses a diverse range of industries, including healthcare, TMT and infrastructure.
Highly regarded for his in-depth knowledge of private equity and role as a trusted advisor to clients, Emmanuel has been consistently recognized as a leading M&A and private equity lawyer by prominent legal directories such as International Financial Law Review (IFLR) and The Legal 500. In France, he has earned accolades as a “Rising Star” from IFLR and “Next Generation Partner” from The Legal 500, which cites his exceptional skill and commitment to client success.
Experience
All matters completed prior to joining Ropes & Gray
Private Equity
- PAI Partners:
- On the acquisition of the Asmodee Group from Eurazeo
- On the acquisition of B&B Hotels from Carlyle
- On the disposal of B&B Hotels to Goldman Sachs
- IK Partners on the sale of Nomios to Keensight Capital
- Permira on the acquisition of Exclusive Networks from Cobepa, Andera Partners and management
- Cerberus on the disposal of MCS Groupe to BC Partners
- Trustly (Nordic Capital) on its acquisition of recurring payment specialist SlimPay
- Cathay Capital in the newly combined Siaci Saint-Honoré–Burrus Group alongside OTPP, Bpifrance and Ardian, acquired from Charterhouse
- Mubadala in its co-investment alongside Ardian Expansion in Vulcain
- Unigrains in its flex equity investment in Groupe Bertrand
- European Investment Bank on several venture debt programs (Qwant, Si-Pearl, Kayrros)
- Plastic Omnium on the sale of its environment business to Latour Capital
- Airbus on the sale of Vector Aerospace to StandardAero Ltd., a portfolio company of Veritas Capital
- Colony Capital on the acquisition and subsequent disposal of Paris Saint Germain Football Club
- Partners Group, ADIA, Permira, Tikehau Capital and Cinven on several bid transactions
Infrastructure
- Macquarie Asset Management, lead investor in Verkor's Series C financing round, the largest equity raise for a French startup (c. €1 billion)
- Macquarie Asset Management in the context of its bid for the acquisition of a majority stake in Lyon airport
- APG in its €250 million investment in electric vehicle charging pioneer Driveco
- InfraVia Capital Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in Blue Phoenix Group, a service provider to EfW operators diverting their output from landfill and recycling into usable product
- The founders of Photosol on the disposal of a majority stake to Rubis SCA and on the carve-out and disposal of Photosol’s U.S. business operations
- Kerogen Capital on its acquisition of a significant minority stake in Ideol, a manufacturer and developer of offshore floating wind farm technologies
- Bolloré Energy on the disposal of Société Française Donges-Metz, operator of the DMM pipeline, to the French State
- RWE on the disposal of 19 hydropower stations in France and Portugal to Austrian energy utility KELAG
- InfraMed Infrastructure on the disposal of its entire stake in Jordan Wind Project Company, consisting of wind farms with total capacity of 117 MW
- Vauban Infrastructure Partners:
- On its strategic partnership through a joint venture with Bouygues Telecom for the purpose of acquiring indefeasible rights of use in medium-density areas and renting those rights to Bouygues Telecom, a transaction named European Fiber Deal of the Year at the 2020 PFI Awards
- On the structuring, setup and governance of an investment platform (Vauban Infra Fibre) pooling all its existing fiber assets, as well as on the entry of Predica as a minority investor
- Vauban Infrastructure Partners, Marguerite, InfraVia Capital Partners and GIC on several bid transactions.
- TotalEnergies/Saft in the context of the entry of Mercedes-Benz in Automotive Cells Company, a joint venture of the Stellantis group and TotalEnergies, which designs, manufactures and sells battery cells and modules for electric vehicles
- Africa 50, Jovena and SN Power on their agreements to develop a hydroelectric power plant in Madagascar
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Caisse des dépôts et consignations as reference shareholder of Euronext N.V., on the acquisition of Borsa Italiana Group by Euronext N.V. and the renegotiation of the arrangements between the reference shareholders of Euronext following the entry of CDP Equity and Intesa Sanpaolo
- Caisse des dépôts et consignations and Bpifrance in the exit of Bpifrance from Euronext N.V.
- Caisse des dépôts et consignations/Mubadala in the acquisition of a minority stake in Galileo Global Education from Providence Equity Partners
- Carrefour on the acquisition of foodtech companies Greenweez, Quitoque and Dejbox
- SMCP on the acquisition of De Fursac
- Axel Springer on the acquisition of MeilleursAgents.com