Séverine de La Courtie is counsel in the Paris Corporate practice.

She advises on French and international capital markets transactions, on equity and equity-linked securities and debt securities. Her practice and specific experience covers offerings by French and European issuers, including initial public offerings, secondary offerings, institutional and private placements, stock exchange listings, M&A transactions and general corporate matters. She has represented issuers and underwriters in a wide variety of offerings.

Capital Markets

• STMicroelectronics in connection with its $1.5 billion offering of senior unsecured convertible bonds and the early redemption of its outstanding $750 million zero coupon convertible bonds due 2022.
• Constellium SE on the transfer of its headquarters from Amsterdam to Paris.
• Orange on the completion of the sale of its remaining stake in BT Group plc for a net amount of GBP 486 million.
• Nexans on its € 400 million Negotiable European Commercial Paper program- NEU CP.
• Nexans on the signature of a €600 million Revolving Credit Facility with 11 of its core banks for a period of five years, thereby extending the tenor of the Group’s access to liquidity until 2023.
• Celeste Management SA on the initial public offering of Neoen.
• Oddo BHF, acting as Global Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner, in connection with CGG’s capital increase with preferential subscription rights.
• BNP Paribas, HSBC, Crédit Agricole, ING, Société Générale and UniCredit as initial purchasers on CMA CGM's €500 million 5.250% senior notes due 2025.
• The Agence des Participations de l’État on the €1.53 billion sale of a 4.5% stake in Engie.
• Nexans in connection with the issuance of a €250 million bonds and a €200 million bond listed on the regulated market of Euronext Paris.
• Bolloré on the completion of a six year €100 million bond issue and a five-year €500 million bond issue.
• The Agence des Participations de l’État on the sale of a 4,1% stake in Engie for €1.14 billion.
• IPO and global offerings of equity by French and other European issuers including Alcatel-Lucent, Alstom, Blue Solutions, Club Méditerranée, Danone, Euronext, GenSight Biologics, Groupe Eurotunnel, Groupe GO Sport, Groupe Outremer Telecom, Inside Secure, IPSOS, Labco (IPO postponed), Lafarge, Orange, Pernod-Ricard, Société Générale, Solocal Group, Thales, Thomson, TxCell.
• Private placements: Airbus Group, Alstom, GDF SUEZ, Rexel.
• Block trades (French State holdings agency in its sale of Airbus Group shares; Groupe Bruxelles Lambert in its sale of GDF SUEZ shares; Rexel), Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley on Groupe Bruxelles Lambert’s sale of Total’s capital.
• Bond, convertible bond and Eurobond offerings: Ausy, Bolloré, Danone, Nexans, Olympique Lyonnais Groupe, Orange, Publicis Groupe, Schneider Electric, Technip.
• High yield bond offering by Alcatel-Lucent, BSN Glasspack, CMA-CGM, Completel N.V., Danone, Schneider Electric.

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Alstom in connection with its public share buyback offer (OPRA).
• ICE on Clearing Transition from NYSE Liffe to ICE Clear Europe.
• Tender offers on public listed companies: Ardagh Group in its agreement to buy Verallia North America (financing securities aspects), Business Objects in SAP AG’s friendly tender offer on Business Objects.

Awards & Accolades

• “Hervé Letréguilly and Séverine de La Courtie are very close to their clients, always trying to find pragmatic solutions with a very good understanding of their business issues.”– Legal 500 EMEA 2022.
• “The team has not only an unrivalled expertise with respect to the capital markets legal framework, but also a unique knowledge of the market practices and doctrine of the regulatory authorities due to its involvement in almost all the major transactions.”– Legal 500 EMEA 2022.
• “Talented counsel Séverine de la Courtie is recommended for her record in advising French and European issuers on the full range of public and private offerings.” – Legal 500 EMEA 2020.
• “Mainly two partners: Hervé Letréguilly and Séverine de la Courtie —exceptional and fully devoted.” – Legal 500 EMEA 2020.
• Séverine de La Courtie was shortlisted for ‘Europe Women in Business Law Awards’ 2019 in the category “Rising Star: Finance”
• She was ranked ‘Next Generation Lawyer’ by Legal 500 in 2019.
• She was named ‘Best lawyer’ in « Capital Markets Law for France » in 2021.
• She was named ‘Best lawyer’ in « Securities Law » for France in 2020 and 2021. 
  
   

Publications

• Guide “Initial Public Offerings 2021 | France” - Global Legal Insights: Initial Public Offerings Laws and Regulations 2021, June 2021.
• Guide “Initial Public Offerings 2020 | France” - Global Legal Insights: Initial Public Offerings Laws and Regulations 2020, July 2020.
• COVID-19 France | The Holding of General Meetings of Public Limited Companies (Sociétés Anonymes), May 2020.
• COVID-19 France | Crisis Impact in Capital Markets and Corporate Law, March and April 2020.
• Guide “Initial Public Offerings 2019 | France” - Global Legal Insights: Initial Public Offerings Laws and Regulations 2019, July 2019.