Thomas Philippe is a partner in the Corporate practice.

Thomas’ practice focuses on mergers & acquisitions, with a particular emphasis on the private equity market representing investment funds. He has been involved in many small-, mid- or large-cap deals and developed a broad experience covering the main aspects of this type of transaction, including with respect to the restructuring of LBOs.

Thomas also regularly advises several industrial or services groups in their acquisition, restructuring or financing transactions, as well as in connection with the negotiation and drafting of various commercial agreements with respect to manufacturing, transitional services, distribution or commercial agency, and the resolution of disputes arising out of the same.

• LBO France in the implementation of an Impact debt for Moustache Bikes.
• LBO France in connection with the acquisition of Dutscher group.
• A pool of investors comprised of Unigrains, Sofiproteol, CA-Idia, and Arkea on the financing of the acquisition of Cargill Malt by Axéréal.
• King Street Capital Management in connection with the acquisition of FC Girondins de Bordeaux and the subsequent reorganization of its capital through General Capital Partners' stake.
• LBO France on the acquisition of Moustache Bikes from its founders and from Initiative et Finance.*
• Argos Wityu on the acquisition of group Revima and on its further sale to Ardian.*
• LBO France on the sale of its interests in tour operators Karavel Promovacances and FRAM to Equistone Partners Europe.*
• LBO France on the acquisition of My Media from its founders and EMZ Partners.*
• Ophiliam on the sale of its interests in Funecap Group to Charterhouse Capital Partners.*
• LBO France on the acquisition of Eminence and on its further sale to Delta Galil Industries.*
• LBO France on the acquisition of Crouzet from InnoVista Sensors, a company owned by PAI Partners, The Carlyle Group and Schneider Electric.*
• Weinberg Capital Partners on the sale of Balitrand to Ciffreo Bona.*
• 8Advisory group on its creation and structuring, as well as on several financing and refinancing transactions.*
• LBO France on the acquisition of Chryso and on its further sale to Cinven.*
• Oaktree Capital Partners on the acquisition of Altaïs Tower based in Montreuil.*
• LBO France on the sale of Consolis to Bain Capital.*
• The Dow Chemical Company on the sale of its Speciality Film division to Transilwrap.*
• LBO France on the acquisition of MoM group and on its further sale to Bel group.*
• BlueGem Capital Partners on the acquisition of the DMC group.*
• Eurazeo on its acquisition, through a joint-venture with AccorHotels, of a portfolio of 85 hotels located in Europe.*
• LBO France on the acquisition of Diam international and on its further sale to Ardian.*
• The Materne – MontBlanc (MoM) group on several financing and refinancing transactions.*
• LBO France on the acquisition of IKKS group.*
• Funecap on the acquisition of Société des Crématoriums de France.*
• The management of Alkan in the context of the sale of Alkan by Argos Wityu (ex Argos Soditic) to TCR.*
• Argos Wityu (ex Argos Soditic) on the acquisition of Alkan and on its further sale to TCR.*
• Consolis group on the restructuring of its ca. €1 billion bank debt.*
• LBO France on the acquisition of Converteam and on its further sale to General Electric for a value of €2.5 billion.*
• The management of Groupe Mazarine in the context of the sale of Groupe Mazarine by LBO France to Fondations Capital.*
• The founders of advertising firm Mademoiselle Noï on the sale of their company to Groupe Mazarine.*
• Edmond de Rothschild Europortunities on the acquisition of a minority shareholding in Funecap.*
• L Capital (now L Catterton) on the acquisition of Captain Tortue group.*
• The shareholders of Rue89 on the sale of their news website to SFA-PAR.*
• Converteam on the restructuring of its bank debt.*
• Terreal on its €1 billion refinancing.*
• A major French bank on the financing of the acquisition of five real-estate portfolios by a US real-estate investment fund.*
• A major French bank on the financing of the acquisition of two real-estate portfolios by a French company listed on EuronextTM Paris.*

*Denotes prior firm experience

• IFLR 1000 recognized Thomas Philippe as a “Notable Practitioner” in Private equity and M&A practices (2019).*
• IFLR 1000 recognized Thomas Philippe as a “Notable Practitioner” in the world (2018).*
• Décideurs recognized Thomas Philippe as “Unavoidable” for large & upper mid-cap LBO transactions (2018).*
• Clients tell Legal 500 EMEA “Thomas Philippe is acclaimed for his ‘excellent quality of advice and availability’” (2018).*
• Le Magazine des Affaires recognized Thomas Philippe among the leading LBO practitioners in France (value and volume of transactions) (2018).*
• IFLR 1000 recognized Thomas Philippe as a “Notable Practitioner” in the world. (2017).*
• Décideurs has recognized Thomas Philippe as “Unavoidable” in Private Equity. (2017).*
• Le Magazine des Affaires ranked Thomas Philippe 11^th among the 30 most active lawyers in value in M&A and 6^th among the 30 most active lawyers in volume (2017).*
• Private Equity Magazine has recognized Thomas Philippe as the leading LBO practitioner in France in the category of deals of more than 200 M€ (2017).*
• Le Magazine des Affaires has recognized Thomas Philippe as the leading LBO practitioner in France (value of transactions).*
• Décideurs has recognized Thomas Philippe as “Unavoidable” in Private Equity (2016).*

*Denote prior firm experience