BDGS Associés

Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Law

Partner specialising in mergers and acquisitions focusing on State investments and transactions concerning the public sector (listed or unlisted). Through this practice, he has developed an in-depth understanding of the banking and infrastructure sectors.

Recent work includes advising: La Banque Postale (LBP) on the creation of a large  public financial group via its acquisition of Groupe BPCE’s stake in CNP Assurances, followed by a public offer and squeeze out of the remaining shares of CNP Assurances, its sale of 40% of AEW Europe and 45% of Ostrum Asset Management to Natixis Investment Managers (Groupe BPCE) and the renegotiation and renewal of distribution and management agreements between LBP and Groupe BPCE; SNCF on its recapitalisation via a EUR 4 billion share capital increase; the French State (Agence des Participations de l’Etat and Direction Générale du Trésor) on the reorganisation of Bpifrance (the French public investment bank); Paprec on the takeover of Dalkia Wastenergy; Covéa on the sale of its 20% stake in Caser Seguros to Helvetia; Aéroports de Paris on the structuring of its share capital and regulatory consequences of its privatisation; and EDF on its partnership with Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations regarding RTE.

Before founding BDGS Associés in 2013, Jean-Emmanuel Skovron was a partner at Gide Loyrette Nouel since 2002 where he started his career in 1993.

French, Spanish, and English

Paris Bar (1995) Institut d’études politiques, Paris (1991) Master’s degree in History (1993) and in Private Law from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (1994)