INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE RANKINGS
FA: Financial Advisor LA: Legal AdvisorFRANCE TOP 10 M&A DEALS
July 2015 - June 2016
DATE DEAL VALUE
EUR
(MILLIONS)TARGET
COMPANYDEAL
DOMINANT
INDUSTRYBIDDER BIDDER
ADVISORSSELLER SELLER
ADVISORS27/06/2016 11400 MerialMedical: Phar-
maceuticalsBoehringer
IngelheimFA: Bank of America Merrill
Lynch; Rothschild
LA: Freshfields Bruckhaus
DeringerSanofiFA: Lazard
LA: Weil Gotshal & Manges29/09/2015 4466Natural American
Spirit (ex-US
business)Consumer:
OtherJapan Tobacco LA:^ Freshfields Bruckhaus
Deringer; PwC legalReynolds Ame-
ricanFA: Citi; J.P. Morgan; Lazard
LA: Jones Day19/05/2016 4060 Technip Energy FMC TechnologiesFA: Evercore Partners; Societe
Generale
LA: Latham & Watkins; Sidley
AustinTechnipFA: Goldman Sachs; Rothschild
LA: Darrois Villey Maillot Bro-
chier; Davis Polk & Wardwell;
Sullivan & Cromwell19/05/2016 3113 Fonciere de Paris Real Estate GecinaFA: Goldman Sachs
LA: Herbert Smith Freehills;
LinklatersFonciere de ParisFA: Barclays; Natixis; Ro-
thschild
LA: Bredin Prat; Gibson Dunn
& Crutcher04/03/2016 2969 Fonciere de Paris Real Estate EurosicFA: BNP Paribas; Credit
Agricole
LA: Darrois Villey Maillot
Brochier; De Pardieu Brocas
Maffei; Weil Gotshal & MangesFonciere de ParisFA: Barclays; Natixis; Ro-
thschild
LA: Bredin Prat; Gibson Dunn
& Crutcher04/11/2015 2548General Electric
Company (European
fleet services
business)Transportation Arval Service
LeaseLA: Loyens & Loeff; Walder
Wyss; White & CaseGeneral Electric
CompanyFA: J.P. Morgan
LA: BonelliErede; Weil Gotshal
& Manges06/10/2015 1675 Faiveley TransportIndustrial
products and
servicesWabtec Corpo-
rationFA: DC Advisory; UBS Invest-
ment Bank
LA: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher;
Jones DayFaiveley TransportFA: Rothschild
LA: Darrois Villey Maillot Bro-
chier; Mayer Brown; Wachtell,
Lipton, Rosen & Katz19/10/2015 1500 Linxens Group
(80% stake)Computer: Se-
miconductorsCVC Capital
Partners LimitedFA: Rothschild
LA: Weil Gotshal & MangesBain Capital;
Astorg PartnersFA: Credit Suisse; HSBC
LA: King & Wood Mallesons09/05/2016 981 SaftIndustrial:
Electronics TotalFA: BNP Paribas; Messier,
Maris et Associes
LA: Cleary Gottlieb Steen &
HamiltonSaftFA: Finexsi; Goldman Sachs
LA: Bredin Prat28/06/2016 895 PropertizeFinancial
ServicesJPMorgan Chase;
Lone Star FundsFA: KPMG
LA: Freshfields Bruckhaus
Deringer; Vinson & ElkinsGovernment of
the Netherlands LA:^ NautaDutilh