Jean-Emmanuel Skovron

Practice Areas

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: CMA CGM and Merit France on the structuring and regulatory implications of their intended acquisition from Altice France of 100% of Altice Media; La Banque Postale (LBP) on the conclusion of a commercial partnership with BNP Paribas for the creation of a mobility offer ; 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); and EDF on its partnership with Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations regarding RTE.

Personal

Paris Bar (1995). Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris (1991), History and Private Law Master’s degrees from Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (1993-1994).

Career

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.