Laurent Victor-Michel
Overview
Corporate partner Laurent Victor-Michel advises financial private equity houses, financial sponsor-backed clients and corporates on complex mergers and acquisition, focusing on leveraged buyouts and public-to-private transactions.
Laurent is recognised as a “Next Generation Partner” by The Legal 500 EMEA (2023), with clients describing him as ”an excellent professional, with a particularly high level of rigor and technicality, while remaining very approachable, friendly and relaxed”, and by Chambers Europe (2023) as an “Up and Coming” lawyer. He has further been recognised by IFLR1000 (2022) as a “Notable Practioner” for Private Equity; Mergers & Acquisitions.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Golden Flag, Laurent has worked on the following matters, advising:
- EQS Group, a Thoma Bravo portfolio company, on the acquisition of Data Legal Drive
- Blue Wolf on the acquisition of seven CDMO sites from Recipharm
- H.I.G. Capital on the acquisition of Alight’s payroll and professional services business
- Warburg Pincus and ArchiMed on the €2.4 billion sale of Polyplus
- Oaktree Capital Management and its portfolio company Boardriders on its sale to Authentic Brands
- Warburg Pincus on the sale of Once For All to GTCR
- GTCR on its acquisition of a majority stake in Worldpay
- MACOM on its acquisition of the key manufacturing facilities, capabilities and technologies of OMMIC SAS
- Triton Partners on the creation and close of Triton IV Continuation Fund
- Thomas H. Lee Partners and Frazier Healthcare Partners on the sale of Adare Biome
- Boardriders on the purchase offer from Authentic Brands
- PAI Partners in a strategic minority investment in its business by Dyal Capital
- Iconic Sports on its Investment in Eagle Football
- Thoma Bravo and its portfolio company Cority on the acquisition of Reporting 21
- GIC on its investment in Unither
- Thoma Bravo on its definitive agreement to acquire ForgeRock
- XPV Water Partners on the recapitalization of its four Fund II water-focused portfolio companies, SG Holdings, Mobiltex, Smart Cover and Metro Farnier
- CPP Investments on the acquisition of a stake in Universal Investment
- UserZoom, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, on the acquisition of Testapic
- Warburg Pincus:
- and ArchiMed on the sale of Polyplus
- and its portfolio company Fortius on the acquisition of Once For All (Attestation Légale)
- on its investment in Polyplus
- on the sale of Accelya
- Consortium and KKR on the $15 billion all-cash acquisition of CyrusOne Inc.
- IVC Evidensia, a portfolio company of EQT Private Equity:
- on the acquisition of VetOne group
- on the acquisition of a majority stake in Veternity
- Vitruvian Partners:
- on the acquisition of a majority interest in the Fotona Group
- on the sale of Technogroup to 3i-backed Evernex
- Renaissance, a portfolio company of Francisco Partners, on its acquisition of Lalilo
- Thoma Bravo on the acquisition of Calypso Technology, Inc. from Bridgepoint and Summit Partners
- InPost S.A. on the €565 million proposed acquisition of Mondial Relay
- Trinseo on the €1.137 billion contemplated acquisition of Arkema’s PMMA business
- iCIMS, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners, on its acquisition of EASYRECRUE
- Appfire, a portfolio company of Silversmith Capital Partners, on its acquisition of Innovalog
- Apex Fund Management, a Genstar portfolio company, on its acquisition of the FundRock Group
- Antin Infrastructure Partners on its reinvestment in Eurofiber, including the sale of a minority stake to PGGM
- Technicolor on its successful comprehensive financial restructuring
- A bidding consortium led by Advent, Cinven and the RAG-Stiftung on the acquisition of the elevator division of thyssenkrupp AG
- Continental Grain Company on its investment in Ceva Santé Animale
- Vista Equity Partners-backed Mediaocean, on the acquisition of MBS, the leading media management software provider in France
Prior to joining Golden Flag, Laurent worked on the following matters, advising:
- CVC Capital Partners on the sale of its stake in Delachaux to CDPQ and the Delachaux Family
- SIX Group on the £2.14 billion sale of SIX Payment Services Ltd to Worldline
- Apax Partner-backed Unilabs on the acquisition of France-based medical biology laboratory operators Biopath, Polibio and SFMTBIO
- Atlas Merchant Capital on the acquisition of a stake in French broker Kepler Cheuvreux
- L’Oreal on the sale of the Body Shop to Natura and the acquisition of La Roche-Posay thermal station
- The consortium of Partners Group and Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP) on the £1.57 billion acquisition of Cerba Healthcare Group
- Montagu Private Equity on the sale of St Hubert to the consortium consisting of Beijing Sanyuan Foods & Co. Ltd and Fosun International Limited
- Apax Partners Midmarket SAS on its acquisition of Ciprés Assurance, and the acquisition of Inseec (and subsequent acquisition of French education assets of the Laureate group)
- Goldman Sachs PE on the acquisition of French insurance broker Meilleurtaux.com, French pharmaceutical group HRA in consortium with Astorg and French software company Talentsoft
- Providence Private Equity Partners on the acquisition of French education group Studialis from Bregal
- Apollo Global Management on its €2.95 billion acquisition of Verallia
Prior Experience
Linklaters LLP, Paris
- Partner (2017–2018)
- Counsel (2016–2017)
- Associate (2006–2016)
French Navy
- Surface Warfare Officer (2004–2005)
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- Avocat à la Cour (France)
Education
- French Naval AcademyOfficer of the Watch Training2004
- Paris Bar School2003
- Université Paris-SorbonneMaster in Business and Tax Law2003
- Université Paris NanterreMaster in Business Law2002