About
Avocat à la Cour, Simon is a corporate counsel in our Global Transactions group.
His main areas of expertise are corporate law, private equity and public and private mergers and acquisitions. His experience includes both domestic and cross-border transactions.
Simon is fluent in French and English.
Additional Information
- Advising EQT Infrastructure on the sale of 50% of its stake in the SAUR group to a consortium formed by PGGM and DIF Capital Partners.
- Advising Chequers Capital on the disposal of the ECT group to a consortium formed by CNP and Sienna Private Equity.
- Advising Funecap on the acquisition of Altair Funeral.
- Advising Charterhouse Capital Partners on the disposal of the Cooper-Vemedia group to CVC and its concomitant reinvestment alongside the purchaser.
- Advising Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board on the disposal of its minority stake in European Camping Group to PAI Partners.
- Advising Marlin Equity Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in iBanFirst.
- Advising Charterhouse Capital Partners in the context of the investment of Latour Capital in the Funecap group.
- Advising Comexposium on the creation of Vinexposium, its joint venture with Vinexpo regrouping their B2B wine & spirits fairs and events organisation business.
- Advising Charterhouse Capital Partners and the SERB group on the $800M acquisition of BTG Specialty Pharmaceuticals from Boston Scientific Corporation and the concomitant minority equity investment in SERB of Partners Group and Mérieux Equity Partners.
- Advising Blackstone on its equity investment in the Sipartech group alongside its founder.
- Advising Charterhouse Capital Partners on the disposal of the Comexposium group.
- Advising Charterhouse Capital Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in the Funecap group.
- Advising Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board on the acquisition of a minority stake in European Camping Group alongside Carlyle and Montefiore.
- Advising Charterhouse Capital Partners on the acquisition of the SERB group.
- Advising Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec and Ardian on the acquisition of a significant stake in the Alvest group.
- Advising Chequers Capital on the disposal of the Accelya group to Warburg Pincus.
- Advising Charterhouse Capital Partners on the acquisition of the Cooper group from Caravelle.
Simon Dievart
Counsel
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