Jeremy Scemama is an M&A partner and member of the firm's Private Capital industry group.
Jeremy has been working for more than 20 years with listed and non-listed industrial and services groups on their corporate finance operations, restructuring and external growth operations.
Jeremy also advises investment funds on leveraged buyouts, venture capital and development capital transactions.
While working for corporate groups and investments funds, he has developed an extensive experience in transactions involving securities matters (tender offers, pipe transactions, squeeze out, public to private transactions).
Jeremy's clients include Montefiore Investment, PAI Partners, The Carlyle Group, MML Capital, Alpha Private Equity, European Camping Group, Worldline, and Groupe Premium.
Publications
- SPACs in France, an original vehicle for accessing financial markets, likely to develop in France?, La Lettre des Juristes d'Affaires (LJA), April 2021
- Overview of the contractual engineer of M&A operations: latest trends in France and internationally a market already in transition? Mergers & Acquisitions Magazine, no. 314, January-February 2021
Education
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University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, LL.M.
International Law and International Commerce
Memberships
Member of the Association of Lawyers Securities Law (ADB)
Member of the France-China Committee (Comité France Chine)
Awards & Recognition
Best Lawyers in France: Corporate Law / Leveraged Buyouts / Mergers and Acquisitions Law / Private Equity Law / Private Funds 2024
The Legal 500 EMEA 2023
Chambers Europe: Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability 2023-2024
Chambers Global: Private Equity/M&A 2024
IFLR1000: M&A: France, Notable Practitioner 2022
Languages
- French
- English
Matters
Recent Representations:
Jeremy’s representative matters include advising:
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Qualcomm Incorporated on the Acquisition of Sequans Communications’ 4G IoT Technology.
- DC Company on the strategic acquisition of Konbini.
- Montefiore Investment on the acquisition by Latour Capital of a stake in European Digital Group.
- 3E on the acquisition of Quick-FDS.
- PAI Partners and European Camping Group on the acquisition of Vacanceselect from Permira.*
- The Carlyle Group, Montefiore Investment and OTPP for its sale of European Camping Group, the European leader in outdoor accommodation, to the benefit of PAI partners.*
- The Carlyle Group on the acquisition of the French listed company Envea.*
- Montefiore Investment on the acquisition and the sale of Groupe Premium to Eurazeo.*
- Montefiore Investment on the acquisition of the French listed company Groupe Open.*
- Montefiore Investment on the acquisition of Bridge Group.*
- Montefiore Investment on the acquisition of Valeur et Capital.*
- MML Capital on the acquisition of Global Pallets & Packaging Services (GPPS).*
- Alpha Private Equity on the acquisition of Impact Field Marketing Group.*
- Groupe Premium on several build-up transactions (2L, ID, Valetys, Sefima, Linard, Forward, Ferri Gestion, Cap Finances, Flornoy, etc.).*
- Worldline on several build-up transactions (Handelsbanken, Equens).*
- SopraSteria on several build-up transactions (Fidor, Sodifrance, Kentor, Cassiopae, HR Access).*
- Bpifrance on several investments (Voluntis, Microwave Vision, Vexim).*
- Medtronic on the acquisition of the French listed company Medicrea.*
- Fosun on several investments (Club Mediterranée, Saint Hubert, EOS Imaging).*
- China Eastern Airlines in its investment in KLM-Air France.*
*Aforementioned matters handled at prior firm.